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Not long now, early night for me tomorrow so I can set of early to get the coach at 6am Saturday. I think Carlo will play these players (back 4 will remain the same as for Villa, confirmed on Chelseafc.com). Would the rest of the formation work? I think I've got the positions right, please correct me if I haven't. Cech Paulo Ferreira Alex John Terry Zhirkov Lampard Joey Cole Malouda Mikel Anelka Drogba

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I think that we shouldn't underestimate Manure. OK Rooney will most definitely be out for Saturday, but they have proved that they can secure a comfortable win with out him, you only need to look at the win against Bolton 4-0. Same with us really and Drogba we proved it on Saturday 7-1. Just believe that we have to have the right mentality and show that we are now serious about winning the title and don't drop any points from now on.

It would certainly make my Easter us winning and having the satisfaction of seeing the glum faces of the Manure fans at losing, otherwise it's going to be a long and weary trip home, feeling gutted knowing that they've got one over on us and knowing that they've almost certainly clinched the title by beating us. Just shudder to think that it might happen. As Laylabelle says hope that the team that beat Villa and Pompey turn up.

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I cannot believe that this season is nearly over as it has just gone so quickly.

SUPER Chelsea are back :blue scalf: , well done lads, now lets keep focussed and hopefully we will be able to bag ourselves 3 points next week. Superb performance by Lampard and Malouda today, pleased that Lampard scored his 151st goal which means he's now our third highest scorer of all time, such an impressive achievement.

I will be there, that's if I get to the coach which departs SB at 6am, ouch lol. I'm glad i'm on the caoch as it looks more and more likely that there is going to be a train strike that day.

Just amazing to think that for a semi final that for members it's so easy to get a ticket. When I got mine when they first went on sale for 35 loyalty points there were only 2 other people queuing at the box office until about 8.30 when a few more people came. Someone said that this is the 'final' for members as we know we won't get a ticket for the real final should we get through.

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I think tickets are now selling to members with 5 loyalty points or more. They must really be struggling to sell tickets if they've gone down to so few loyalty points or did this happen last year?

Really very happy with the win and didn't lose faith in the lads for one minute. Welcome back Petr, I thought he put in some fine saves and it showed how we've missed him since Inter away. Great goals from Malouda, Drogba and Lamps, shame that Malouda and Drogs couldn't complete a hattrick, though. Just hope we can now keep the momentum going against Villa on Saturday. Really think that this for me has had the best atmosphere for a UK away game this season, and felt we really got behind the team. Loved Bob Marley's 'Every little thing gonna be alright' towards the end. Plenty of chants aimed at Pompey of course.

Got my ticket today at the box office, which was the cheapest as all other tickets sold out. Think i'll probably be up in the Gods. Looking forward to a day out at Wembley. :blue scalf:

Should be a walk in the park for us, but can see us just scraping through if we play like we did yesterday. Got to stop being complacent. OK we score first, but it's not the time to sit back and relax. Need to fight to the end. FFS they're in administration, they know that they're in the shit, so we just got to go in with guns blazing and get the job done.

Think this will most likely be the decider for the title. Hopefully we can show 'em that we're up for it and that we mean business.

I thought we played some good attacking football in the first half, if only we could have held on to our lead. The second half was a joke, it was as though we were a completely different team, half asleep. Thought we lost possession of the ball quite a few times which was so frustrating.

Just feel that we need to get what happened on Tuesday out of our system and go into tomorrow brimming with confidence. Need to keep thinking that we WILL be top after tomorrow. Would be lovely is scum beat manure tomorrow and the pikey boys beat l'arse today to help us out a bit.

Thanks mate.

It's nice to read a positive story in the Press for once and that it's Chelsea related is a bonus.

Thanks as I say I am seriously considering it. As i've been to quite a few UK away games this season, is it worth me getting an away season ticket too and does it work the same way as with a home season ticket?

Welcome to Talk Chelsea :blue scalf: The easiest way you can get tickets to go to a match is for you to become a member. The basic package costs £25. This will get give you a better chance to get tickets for most games, however you will not get tickets for games against the more popular clubs, i.e. Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham etc... as they will be sold on a loyalty points system to Season Ticket Holders and Members. Loyalty points are awareded for each match you attend. You shouldn't have a problem getting tickets for most other games. I'd recommend you keep an on the official website as that will tell you when tickets go on sale.

Thanks, i've made it. Here's to the next 1000....

Purchased a couple of books which have come today, "And Now are You Going to Believe Us: Twenty-five Years Behind the Scenes at Chelsea FC" and "Roy Wonder: The Story of Roy Bentley Chelsea Champion (100 Greats)".

I finally made it to the Malt House yesterday to meet some of the guys from the Fancast, including, Chidge, Cheltel, Stu and Chris. It didn't have a lot of time to talk to them, as I had to head to the ground in time for kick off. I think I had about 2 minutes before the liquidator started by the time I got to my seat lol. I walked over with Chidge and amongst other things I did mention Talk Chelsea and about getting a link on the Website. Chidge said he would look into it.