BlueEmpire

Mathematically maybe, realistically - no chance.

Seems like people making a mountain out of a molehill to me. Although i suspect Allardyce might be more annoyed about the fact that Rafa didn't bother to speak to him after the game, rather than tha gesture.

I feel we would be better off with a younger manager, someone who can build a long term future for the club rather than going for quick fixes like Grant, Scolari, Ancelotti... Someone like Bilic might do well, but i suspect he would need time to start with to get used to the Premier League and to build a side, but unfortuntely managers rarely get any time nowadays, i don't think we'll see another Ferguson or Wenger for a long time because chairman are sacking managers after barely any time at all. However, if i were to get my way, i think Steve Clarke would do a good job, i don't think it's any surprise that when he left our results and performances suffered. So Clarke and maybe Zola or Di Matteo working alongside him, that would do me nicely.

He is a good striker when he is in the mood, but his injury feigning does get very irritating. Watching him rolling around on the floor against Liverpool the other day i wondered to myself if i had ever actually watched a game in which he played and did not roll around on the floor at some point as if dying. If there has been such a game i must have missed it, because it seems to be every single time he plays. If he spent as much time concentrating on scoring and playing well as he does making love to the turf he could be great.

He has improved slightly since the start of his Chelsea career, at least he occasionally beats people now, but he has two big weaknesses: - He is too greedy - He always tries to take on everyone and rarely passes when the opportunity arises, instead imagining himself scoring a wonder solo goal which is about as likely to happen as Rafa and Ferguson sitting down for a nice candlelit dinner. - He just doesn't score enough goals - I know he is played out wide rather than through the centre, but still, he has only scored a few goals this season and it's just not enough, especially considering that the other winger [Malouda] hardly ever scores either, which puts all the pressure on Drogba, Anelka and Lampard. He is still reasonably young, but i can't see him ever improving to a top 4 standard, nor Malouda.