NattyBlue

Sinclair didn't make the grade at Wigan, in the PL. Di Santo didn't make the grade at Blackburn, again moves in the PL. This is why I'm annoyed at the club with regards to Cork and Mancienne, both capable players, Cork more than Mancienne. They both have qualities we could've used though and these final loan outs for them mean that I have no doubt in my head that both will leave us next summer, to Burnley and to Wolves.

Got a ticket for the game going at face value for £51 in Shed Lower

Man...Lampard I miss seeing him, tis weird without him! I think we need to drop Malouda into midfield and play zhirkov at LW until Lampard is fit

I have no idea to be honest, maybe in Jan he'll go out on loan to a league 1 club...

No side really deserved the win, City just edged it, well done to them, they done us in last season too anyway. We lacked drive from midfield today and our bigger guns like Drogba and Malouda were really off today

Well, lost this one but there will be brighter days, City done us last season and so did Teves, thanks to our good start we're still top though so we just need 3 points vs Le Arse now.

Josh on for Rammy

Essien come on man fuck sake, we know we're better than this, 1 - 1 come on please

This fucking ref, oh wel, come on 1 - 1 please!!

Studge might be coming on? I guess that a midfielder is coming off or Malouda

Time to really go for it in the 2nd half

Mikel's been good all season...

If we win this game we can just continue our momentum. Teves will score and hopefully Drogba will too, Anelka will give their left back a horrid time imo, and the front 3 always change it up anyway, it seems like ages since I've seen a game haha, 1 hour now....

I'm pretty sure Micah Richards will play anyway, any "doubtful" player always plays. Le Kak will be on the bench and Zhirkov could come on and Malouda dropping into midfield with Ashley and Zhirkov then sharing the LB role if we lack creativity in the middle of the park that is. Anelka will be on fire I think, the bench should be interesting!

I just hope we go out there and play well, don't submit to City if we score and really show a fight against them. They did the double over us this season but we know we can get some points or a point off them, come on chels

We should sack Carlo and bring in their manager

Kalou will start as a senior player in the squad but I still feel Borini should start too, no reason for him not to, Lamps will probably start or come on to test his fitness

@ Zola: yes yes yes that's what's needed to be done, ween them all into the team, like with Kalou being the sub of X amount of years we know he's going to come on kinda thing, now with Studge and Kakuta etc we should try and do the same with them

LOOOOOOOL lord they're dreadful, good stat we have is though is 2 goal scorers every game

Boselli is a good player, did well against us.

Kalou obviously would've passed and won the game for the team, God of Football, nobody compares

Funny how that now Kakuta is back people want to forget Danny Boy?! Would be nice if he started or got on for the whole of the 2nd half depending how the game goes

Great goal, silly one for us to concede, Cech probably could've caught it in the first place is why

One thing I really really liked to see him doing was where he spread the play with cross-field passes, like how Mikel does diagonal ones these days it was nice to see, 1st half Parker etc. were bossing him about but then he really got stuck in, his stats from the game are: 2 shots off target 45 out of 49 passes successful - most just in the opponents half each end of half time 4 interceptions, 2 in each half 5 out 7 tackles successful 5 out of 7 free kicks given away

Nani, right winger played on the left, failed, now played on the right and can score some goals. Kalou, Striker playing as left / right winger. Still playing as left / right winger, scores more goals tbh, I don't care lol, Kalou, God of Football, up there with the future legends Benayoun and Ramires Nobody can compare to the epic player that is Kalou.