Aesthetic Relic

Look at the bigger picture. He's been here 5 season more or less and we've had 1 really good season out of him. Is asking for that on a regular basis such a hard thing to ask for? If it wasnt for the fans getting on his case in the first place he wouldnt have bucked his ideas up and went on the scoring spree we go on about so often. I'm not fickle were Drogba is concerned. He's shown what he can do, and when he's not doing it he deserves criticism just like eveyone else. When Drogba is on his game I wouldnt have any other striker in the world leading the line. When he starts falling over and moaning at every opportunity you'd be better off with me up front. With his recent action over the last 6 months he's pissed me off big time. If he gets his finger out and plays like he can then he'll be forgiven.......not forgotten. :thumbsup:

Yes...for a few days after. My head was killing me. If he hadnt got on like a twat half the time I would have no problem with him. I've said numerous times that when Drogba wants to be he can be the best in the business. And when he doesnt he gets on like a spolit brat. DD....you either love him or hate him.......atm he looks sharp and I love him, but not in a gay way.

Its good to see that the team bonding is still there. Although this bit concerned me slightly......

Bandicoot of this forum lives up that way and goes to the odd game now and then. Last time I spoke to him he said they were playing some great football.

Anyway....Alex is a girls name

I was laughing when this happened. Twice in the matter of seconds after he came on the huge....SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT...rang out. Even when he had the ball halfway in our own half there were the odd SHOOOOOOOOT aired. Did you hear them shouting DONT SHOOOOOOT when Mikel had the ball?

I'd rather pay £6m on Zaki knowing he can handle the EPL than pay £30m on some striker with a big reputation to take time to settle in and fail miserably

Have you lived in a cave the past 4/5 years?

Various Definatley a striker who'd improve our options upfront. He's came out of nowhere and hit the ground running in the EPL which is not an easy thing to do.

The Sun......

If we're fortunate to get through the next phase, we should have Essien back and praying we dont get any more injuries we could come on strong in the 2nd half of the season. It pains me to say it but Drogba could be the man to turn our season around. He looks like he's on a mission to prove alot of people wrong. He didnt fall over once on Tuesday night. That must be some kind of record ffs

Juve would be a good shout and a return for Ranieri

Next friday.

Cluj - Crap Roma - Pathetic Bordeaux - Didnt turn up Yeah....we're great away from home in the CL

Didnt we pull Liverpool a few years ago in the first KO stage? I think that rule only applies to the initial group stage draw.

I thought Ballack had a poor game tonight. In the first 20 mins I counted easily 6 times he easily gave away possession due to slack passing. The rest of the game wasnt much better tbh. My MOTM...Mikel :thumbsup:

Shouldnt that say ceases ?

Cometh the hour, commeth the Drogba We looked so much dangerous when he came on. Even Anelka seemed to liven up which cant be a bad thing. This gives LFS a massive headache now. Drogba or Anelka....Drogba and Anelka...... :unsure: Next round?.......My moneys on us getting the Scousers.

Quite a fortunate goal by Kalou. Still.....not complaining. We havent seen much of Ash and Bosingwa so far. Credit to their wingers for keeping them back. If we're to get another goal we'll need them to get forward more. When Cluj have time to get players back behind the ball the final pass hasn't been good enough. Mikel I think is having a cracking game.

Mancienne should be the next big thing to come out of Chelsea. Not in a selling sense, but to follow in the footsteps of JT. Making the transition from reserves to regular first teamer.

Well he should be.....he's had fuck all else to do the last lot of weeks. I'd have beasted the hell out of him to make sure he's ready.

Looks Like Drogba is going to be Plan "B" if things arent going to plan

We've been spoilt the past few years with big money signings. But we need to spend big to make the jump to be challenging. Imo we've waited too long to start bringing the youth players through. We should have been doing it 2/3 years ago instead of loaning them out. Fair enough, you can say that they needed to pick up experience, but there no experience like playing with the first team. Sinclair for example......He's had the odd appearance here and there over the last few seasons. If he'd been kept around I feel we'd have a hell of a winger on our hands and his improvement would have been more rapid. I dont want to see the same with Stoch. He's had a taste of it and I'm sure he's hungry for more.

I dont care if we finish 2nd. First and foremost we have to qualify. If we face Barca or Inter it doesnt matter because if we do progress we'll have to play the other big teams sooner or later if we want to win it. No team is an easy team in the 2nd phase even if you finish top, which someone highlighted earlier when we faced Barca after they finished 2nd in their group. This game has no place for passengers tonight. We need a fully focused team on the pitch to do one thing. Win at all costs. C'mon Chelsea......

It is pantomine season afterall I'd love to see and Agent Zola banner