The Psycho Pianist

To get Rooney.

Mata to United would give them the title. Would be by far the worst mistake of the Abramovich era, even above sacking Jose in 2007.

Could be back by the 27th for the City game (wasn't one of Essiens first games back after his last major injury against City?). Most probably though will be back around the beginning of March.

I was hoping for United or Arsenal, but undoubtedly we shall face them in the semis anyway. City vs Arsenal is always a good one these days as well.

This.

Mikel will really show his true colours if and when Ancelotti actually plays him in his natural position. Currently he's being rarely used as a DM, which is forced upon him, sort of like when Lamps is played in CAM. If he was played on the flanks of the diamond, I'm sure he would play much better. The only problem is, we have Ballack and Lampard already playing there, who are better - unfortunately for John Obi.

I'd take Grant or Mourinho back.

I never thought I'd say this, but I'd take Grant back now quicker than you can say "Wilkins."

Another less player to worry about. How is this bad? :P

These are the numbers: 1 Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 3 Barnsley 4 Birmingham City 5 Blackburn Rovers 6 Blackpool 7 Bolton Wanderers 8 Bristol City 9 Burnley 10 Cardiff City 11 Charlton Athletic 12 Chelsea 13 Coventry City 14 Crystal Palace 15 Derby County 16 Doncaster Rovers 17 Everton 18 Fulham 19 Hull City 20 Ipswich Town 21 Liverpool 22 Manchester City 23 Manchester United 24 Middlesbrough 25 Newcastle United 26 Norwich City 27 Nottingham Forest 28 Plymouth Argyle 29 Portsmouth 30 Preston North End 31 Queen's Park Rangers 32 Reading 33 Sheffield United 34 Sheffield Wednesday 35 Southampton 36 Stoke City 37 Sunderland 38 Swansea City 39 Tottenham Hotspur 40 Watford 41 West Bromwich Albion 42 West Ham United 43 Wigan Athletic 44 Wolverhampton Wanderers 45 Chesterfield or Droylesden 46 Peterborough United or Tranmere Rovers 47 Eastwood Town 48 Notts County or Kettering Town 49 Leicester City 50 Barrow 51 Leyton Orient 52 Southend United 53 Forest Green Rovers 54 Histon or Leeds United 55 Sc**thorpe United 56 Torquay United 57 Hartlepool United 58 Morecambe or Cheltenham Town 59 Gillingham or Stockport County 60 Millwall 61 Carlisle United or Crewe Alexandra 62 AFC Bournemouth or Blyth Spartans 63 Kidderminster Harriers 64 Macclesfield Town Who would you like? I think a good away draw at Eastwood Town, or Millwall would be a good option :)

Why is it that we do fine on single penalties, eg. Lampard hardly ever misses, but we do really, really bad in shootouts? As soon as the final whistle went yesterday after extra-time, I knew we had lost. Someone said we haven't won in one for a decade, since Ipswich back in the 1990's!? Is it a confidence problem, do we not have the best players for penalties or is it just a curse? I do know one thing; something has to be done about it - I've had about as much mockery as I can take from my Manure supporting friends over these damn stupid ways of deciding matches <_<

My team is as follows: .....................................Cech....................................... ...Ferreira.............JT...............Alex...............A. Cole..... .................................Obi Kenobi.................................. ................Deco...............................Lamps................... .......Joe Cole/Belletti.........................Malouda............. ...................................Anelka...................................... Subs: Cudicini, Ivanovic, J.Cole/Belletti, Kalou, Di Santo, Bosingwa, Drogba. Score: 3-1 Chelsea.

Anelka is the biggest waste of space there has ever been at Chelsea. He never, ever looks like he cares (example: penalty miss in CL final), he needs to have the ball put on a plate for him (ie. on the goal line) before he can even comprehend putting it into the net, he is useless in the air and we spent 15 million on him. What a waste of money, time and effort. Fat Ronaldo would have scored more goals. I would choose Drogba and Di Santo over Anelka any day, with absolutely no doubt.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ukfootb...rkpermitchange/ I would appreciate it if you signed this, to show support for this obviously misguided ruling. :D Thanks, Alastair.