Steve

Our passing is really letting us down early.

Good effort Gael!

Very scrappy game so far. Well done ash!

Corner, come on!

Dunne OFF Clarke ON Essien :yellow_card:

Gael FFS just pass the ball.

Ouch, Gael copped the right in the face

Ash pass the ball, come on....

Ash have been caught out twice already. Come on we are all over the shop early...

Cech amazing save! Great work. Ramires gives the ball awa, just in front of gael but he didnt have to be fancy....

Well done cech, good positioning!

Whats the free kick for ref?

OMG we just played our get out of jail card early

Maloudas hair is down haha

Game underway, come on Chels!

Chelsea in blue kits!

Come on lads!

Aston Villa - Opposition Views

This game has just become a lot more important. Hopefully it gives our lads a boost!

He is getting older so there for he deserves a minor raise. At the end of the day its for the club to decide how much of a raise he deserves and they will go to Carlo for that because he trains him every day. If he is asking for too much and the coaching staff think its not warranted then so be it.

Things change, we have a completely different squad to what we had in 2004 when we signed Robben. It would be a lot harder for Gael to break into the first team now then it would for Robben to break into the team in 04. We are defending champions and its always going to be hard for a player to break into a first team when we are in form like this. He needs to wait for these opportunities when other players get injured and needs to do his best to step up. If he doesn't then he will have to look back on these games and look where he can improve. At the end of the day the only way he can really impress, is too show it on the training ground. I agree when you say he needs to take his chances when they come but no one becomes a world class player when they don't get game time. Robben was playing regularly before he joined with us in 2004. Kakuta is basically sitting on our bench and playing with the reserves here and there.

Do you know much about there new owners? Are they wealthy and do you think they will help them grow?

Added for you mate! :chelsea2: :chelsea2:

Tell me about it. Carlo looked annoyed as soon as it was brought up. I hope this is resolved sooner rather then later...

I think the Villa of then was a lot stronger then what it is now. They lost there two key players but i guess they brought in some good players as well. I guess we will wait and see!