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Looks like you are right and sky were wrong as I remembered they were saying that the ban would be served on his return. Looks like he/they (chelsea) may have realised this. Quote from cfc website below 87 Yellow card Drogba brings down Konchesky and is booked. He is now suspended for Watford next weekend, when he will be away with his national side.

I believe Drogba faces a 1 match ban when he returns, due to getting booked in the last game he played before he departed.

Sawyer returned to Southend United on 14 July 2009 on loan until January 2010. After a series of breaches in club discipline Sawyer was sent home by Southend and then at his own request had his loan cut short and returned to Chelsea on 26 October.On 12 November, it was announced that Sawyer's contract with Chelsea had been terminated. Have just found this. Haven't seen it on this site so apologies if its old news. Appeared on the bench both league and champions league so must have been serious. Now signed for Barnet.

Old news but wondered why fifa took no action against Arsenal. Arsenal prepared to pay court demands for Fran Merida’s potential Barcelona remain aggrieved that they did not receive a significant transfer fee from Arsenal for Cesc Fà bregas, but the Catalan club will be compensated for a player who followed in the midfield player’s footsteps. Fran Merida models himself on Fà bregas, but his journey to the Emirates Stadium will cost him up to £2.2 million after a Spanish civil court ruled that he had broken an agreement he had signed with Barcelona. Arsenal will foot the bill on behalf of the 17-year-old central midfield playmaker, which could be a small price to pay. The decision sets a powerful precedent for future claims and Barcelona are believed to be ready to pursue a similar course of action against Daniel Pacheco, a forward signed by Liverpool during the summer. Merida was even given Fà bregas’s old room after arriving from Barcelona’s youth academy in the summer of last year. Of similar stature to his countryman, Merida was spotted playing for the Spain youth team. He has impressed since marking his first appearance for Arsenal with a swerving strike, helping them to reach the FA Youth Cup semi-finals last term and creating the only goal for Spain against England to lift the Uefa Under-17 Championship in May. Merida came on for his debut in the 2-0 victory against Newcastle United in the Carling Cup third-round tie last month. It is a similar path to that taken by Fà bregas, who dazzled with his calmness and maturity when he played in a Carling Cup tie at 16 years and 177 days four years ago. Arsenal had to pay £700,000 in compensation for Fà bregas after Barcelona asked Fifa to arbitrate. Barcelona took Merida to court, claiming that he had signed a precontract agreement at 14 to sign professional terms two years later. They claimed that Merida had requested his registration a year later and disappeared for several months. He then joined Arsenal when he was 16 without a fee being paid. Arsenal were not part of the court case and have said that they acted correctly. Barcelona protested to Uefa and sued the player for his “formation costs and future valueâ€. Merida is expected to figure in the Carling Cup this season, while his predecessor continues to shine in the Barclays Premier League. Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manager, said that he hopes that Fà bregas can maintain the same desire he has shown this season in leading the team to the top of the table. “I hope that he does not carry too much responsibility and continues to want to improve and be the best,†Wenger said. “The rest will come, as he has immense talent. If he keeps the same desire to progress, it will come by itself. “We lost a great player [Thierry Henry, who left for Barcelona in the summer], so on an individual level we miss something, but we will try and compensate using our initiative and sharing responsibility at the heart of the side. That was sometimes too concentrated on one player from an attacking point of view. I hope that the loss will be compensated by the dividing up of these tasks.†Tomas Rosicky has had a special insole put into his boots to help him to avoid a repetition of niggling injuries. The Arsenal midfield player hopes to return for the Czech Republic against Germany on Wednesday after missing five matches with a hamstring problem.

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Couldn't be the JCL's booing at the end as they would all have been on the tube 15 mins from the end of the game!

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Gone to Reading on permanent deal. http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0...1784806,00.html

I believe we have now scored 999 Premiership goals. Who's your money on to get the 1000 and become the 4 club to achieve this feat. My money has to be on Frank Lampard!