misschief

The beauty of Sky and Setanta - putting supporters first as usual.

The man upstairs doesnt like Chelsea very much this season eh?

I don't think anyone's suggesting he isn't a great player on his day, its his attitude that makes people want rid, although even those of us who cant stand the bloke wouldnt want him to go unless a good enough replacement is in place first. If he's going to sort his head out and stop talking about leaving every week then great, but if he's going to start all last season's whingeing again then he's no good to Chelsea. Anyone else think he's getting just a little too injury prone now though?

It never rains, it just pisses down at Chelsea.

We should've signed a striker in the summer anyway. We seem to get as many games out of Drogba these days as we used to get out of Robben.

Our injuries have been a bloody nightmare for the past few seasons really. With Drogba out now though its really important to get Deco back otherwise I cant really see where the goals are going to come from. I said a while back that Scolari cutting our squad back and not having a plan B when we didnt get Robinho showed some naivety on his part about the demands of the Premier League, and the latest batch of injuries highlights that.

I seriously can't believe how many people have called that an 'embarrassing' result. Whats embarrassing about it? Theyre hardly the Champions League whipping boys are they? Like it or not, Cluj are a well organised side and I cant see anyone getting much off them in the competition. We were away from home against a side who's game against Roma proved theyre no walkover. We werent on our game, we've got half the bloody first team out injured anyway and then had to watch Drogba carried off clearly fucked. A few decent performances and good results hasnt turned us into the Brazilian side some people started to believe we were maybe? Embarrassing? Get a grip.

As I pointed out to someone already - Mikel, Kalou, Joe Cole, Essien......is Pearce suggesting none of these have 'developed' at Chelsea? What about Robben's development while he was with us? JT, Lampard - pretty decent development of their careers at Chelsea no? Even someone like Alex - sent on loan for a few years then brought back into the first team.....isnt that development either? or does Pearce see all these as examples of 'stockpiling' as well? Dick.

@ Arsenal Love it.

Bosingwa wasnt even going for goal imo, he was trying to put it across the face of goal before Andy Griffin's deflection. You need a bit of luck along the way though, so I wont be complaining about it. Didnt think the game was anything special, we played some nice football and some sloppy football. Deserved the win overall but a bit more effort couldve given us more than a 2 goal return.

Delap's out injured - great news.

Shame we can't play Pompey every week really, their defending is shocking. Good to see us pushing forward a lot more already this season. Decent return on the night, looked pretty comfortable against a woeful Portsmouth side. Great to see Malouda improving all the time and Kalou seemed to have a big influence from what I saw - he'll have me eating my words if he keeps it up.

How about gifting Rooney a goal?

Of course they won't be bothered about the fine but its the accumulative effect over the course of a season. Quite apart from that though, that had the potential to be a much better game without a dickhead as a ref.

Could've been a much better game if Riley hadnt got the whistle welded to his mouth. Really missed Deco but Alex was immense considering the time he spends out. Why we ever gave Anelka a Chelsea shirt is beyond me, he's a bloody embarrassment. FFS half of his chances are easier to score than miss and he still manages to miss the fuckers.

Riley didnt have the balls to let us have a game and the way he was dishing cards out you'd have thought United were armed - bloody joke. Some were deserved, but 7? Not a chance. Officialdom gone mad. Fair play to Ballack because there aint many players as honest as that.

Deco's already a big loss, our midfield's nowhere near as affective going forward without him. Alex did a great job coming in for Ricky yesterday but again its another blow. JT and Alex together isnt the ideal partnership when it comes to pace.

Carvalho's been a far better defender than JT for the past couple of seasons.

Pathetic.

Fucking LOVE it. Of course it'd be for the money but isnt that what motivates most players these days? As for being a United LEGEND, I don't think he's been given that sort of status there - the vast majority know he's only temporary and are just enjoying it while it lasts, same as Real will next season.

City'll get there first.

Well he can get in the queue behind Kaka then.

Proper risky. Maybe Bosingwa will prove me wrong by the end of the season, but right now he makes me a little nervous against opposition that'll need more defensive tactics.

I'd hate to see Bosingwa against him because so far its looked to me like he's more than happy in attacking games where we're comfortable enough (i.e. Portsmouth, City, Bordeaux) but in games where some hard work is called for in defence he hasn't particularly looked up for it (Wigan, Spurs). Honestly think he'd struggle with Ronaldo.

Is there some FA rule somewhere that says we always have to have the shittest possible ref for the biggest games?