mad_mac

Drogba just wide!!!! defender had armfulls of his shirt and the ref did nothing?

this has been a worrying trend, Gem. We pile heaps of pressure on but fail to capitalize on these extended stints of prssure, they score against us against the run of play, and then it is another draw, and panic stations! Scott

was just thinkging the same, about us being determined. Frank and kalou are all over the place, Robben looks lively, and essien is doing well so far in CB Scott

robben and lampard linking up well again. Good to see RObben, so far, has hit the ground almost running!

i'm just heading into the 21st minute now.....

nice link up with kalou and franky there....keeper just beating salomon to the end ball SCott

was that the move with Kalou being fed in with a 50-50 ball? Just wondering how far behind my stream is?

LAMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1-0 free kick looped into teh area, great ball to attack, no one did and it bouced into the far corner Scott

yip, with a nice move by robben to start boot in there. One word though...STOP THESES F*C*ING LONG BALLS Scott

we HAVVE to win, give us a boost heading to bin-field. ................hilario geremi.....pf...carvs....bridgey ..............maka ....essien...........lamps ...............ballack ..........sheva....drogba or switch to ............maka ..essien.........lamps swp...................kalou ...........Drogba

quite good that, you have to be able to ahve a sense of humour in these days!

for me, since I have been watching chelsea it is pretty much as follows. Hod's, Gullit, Zola, Lamps Mentionables, Guddy, Eddie Newton (was he a signing?), DI matteo, Petrescu, JFH Bad uns...quiqui de lucas, jokanovic, del horno, gordon durie, laudrup (great player, but never settled), bogarde

simply not good enought, far more grovelling demanded, you snob!

the deal is reported to be WORTH $250 million. Now that is in wages and Endorsements, not just wages. Either way it is huge Scott

are maka and cashley both out of this one, or do their bans not happen until the liverpool game?

I don't know, just call it a hunch. Man even the celeb mags in teh states are claiming that it would have been Posh who decided where to go! Scott

I think the next time anyone plays a long ball to sweepy they shoud be immediately subbed! It is a joke, the long ball, when we have some great passing ability and players that make great runs. The long ball completely negates all of their effort. I saw on more than one occassion, A Cole switching the ball from side to side, when bridge, or Obi would have been the easier pass, and they were running into space I guess they are hoping Sweepy will suddenly gain some control, and grow several inches. Scott

sent you an email with CHELSEA questionnaire in the title Scott

I never thought that you were leaving us Tim, maybe the title was a bit misleading. One thing though, that peeves me slightly, is that you have to justify your support to fellow Chelsea fans. This site is meant to be about coming on, talking about Chelsea past and present and how you feel about the way we are performing, what you think the team will be for the weekend, who are we going to sign, who do we need back, why did we sell so many players and not cover their departure. However, it shouldn't be a place where there is some form of snobbery, where the boys who have been around for longer (solely because of when they were born) looking down at us younger ones, accusing us of being fairweather fans, just for stating that we are pissed off with the way we are currently playing. I WISH I was able to see Cooke, Nevin, Ossie and players like that perform for Chelsea. Unfortunatley, I never did. I started with players like Stein in the side (about the same time as Tim, I would guess.) I saw us beat Man U twice in the league...Peacock. And then lose to them in the FA cup final that same year. So I know what it is like to go through the good and bad. Maybe though, our bad isn't comparable to other's bad because they were around when things were far worse. However, I don't think this should be a debate about who has suffered the most with Chelsea! It is great that we are now regulars in Europe, it is great that we can dream of taking the EPL, because they were far off dreams when I started following the club. When we won the CWC I thought that was the best it could EVER get. Now Ihave dreams of us winning the CL, how sweet that is!! Anyway, I know we are all not going to agree on here, and that is part of the fun of a forum, it gives an arena to debate. But some of us have been on here for a long time, and have made some good points over the years, and who says the next person that comes on here, that may have only been following Chelsea since 99, will not continue to follow them all the way through their life. IF it were a club only for the old brigade, the club would soon be in financial ruin becuase there would be no, new, fairweather fans to continue the Chelsea elgacy Scott

unfortunatley I think Loz may be right. If carlo comes back at the same time as Cech, Cech will be first choice, no hesitation/question. This also means that it is unlike last season where we had the title wrapped up, and could have played Carlo enough for him to get a winner's medal. This season, IF we win, and IF cech makes a comeback, there is no doubt Cech will be between the sticks until the bitter end. I don't think Carlo has played enough to get a medal this season, again. IF we win the league, which is looking less likely Scott

Essien up here Carrick, down here that is the gap between them my friend Scott

oh dear, does this mean we are going to have to put up with more of posh on the tv!

it is tremendous to think of the actors that were in that film. Transformers that is. I also liked that they became "more human" in a sense because they would be injured if shot as opposed to just falling over Scott

I am currently free of all venereal diseases what, planning on picking up some tart from outside the chippy and getting some again?

no arguments here mate!