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Most of what I saw when Ash signed his new deal said he became the highest paid defender in the world to sign a new deal, where did you see he took a pay cut?

Very good deal for them. Can sell now and sell another later, may even get a Buffon size fee.

Mikel and Moses should be able to play in this one yes? If so then I would go for a 4-3-3: Cech, Cesar, Cahill, Luiz, Cole, Mikel, Lamps, Ramires, Moses, Hazard, Torres. Rest Mata for the weekend.

Deary me, another reason why this season is just a big disappointment.

Way Frank is being treated by the club after all he has done for us is one of the main reasons I feel such a great deal of ambivalence to the club at the moment.

It would appear you are getting no answer on the subject DKW.

With him in goal we are still losing. So as much as it sucks if he is out again it will not really hit us too hard given we are not competing for top honors this season.

Given he is currently fishing in our pool and has been given a great fishing rod and bait and can only catch us sick carps and yet is still allowed to remain at the head of the boat and be paid a ton of money to do so, I would say yeah why would he not ;)

Tired of hearing "must win game" comments. It's Wigan, but it was QPR and Southampton recently and looked what happened there. Wigan are due some good luck against us after recent meetings at the bridge, so 1-2 or 2-2. Rafa will still be in a job, talking about our "continued progress" and about how "happy" he is (given we are carp I am sure he is delighted) and we will get to watch Spurs surge past us and Arsenal close to breathe down our necks. Win, lose or draw, F.O.B-YNWH.

Have seen worse seasons, but yes Rafa going would help. At the moment I feel a wedge that has been forced between the club and supporters. But I still see the making of a very talented squad, who with the right man in charge can turn us back in to a great side again. Last season was glorious, this one is painful. Such is the life of a Chelsea supporter. Never a dull moment.

Just seen the goals, what the he*k happened to our defense on their second goal? Laughable...

So we manage to go 1-2, end up not winning (in this case losing) yet again and Rafa is STILL IN A JOB! Wtf does he have Romans gf at knife point or something? As I said before kick off win ,lose or draw F.O.B-YNWH! (and yes to the much earlier question it does indeed stand for F off Benitez - You're not wanted here!)

Drogba and Essien would be nice as well ;) He does never seen to get a fair crack of the whip, and is too rusty when he gets a chance. Have to see what our new manager thinks of him in the summer. F.O.B-YNWH.

Just remember the odd game when Robbie was in-charge where Ryan and Ash linked up quite well, some were comparing it (prematurely as it turned out) to Le Saux and Baba. Rafa is a defensive minded manager so is not a surprise he does this. It will be very good to have Moses back from the ACoN...

Good JT starts, feel sorry for Ryan put in that role by Rafa. Let us not forget Robbie used him there, quite effectively at times too. Hopefully Lamps adds to his goal tally today.

Can see this being 2-1 Newcastle or 2-2, with us getting the first goal. Win, lose or draw though F.O.B-YNWH.

Got in from work, couple of window hours left and no one in? Not too surprising sadly...

Given our links to Butland and Begovic I would expect more links to a backup GK before the window shuts. The other one doing the rounds is that Everton are looking to sign a midfielder, and if they can do so it may or may not be funded by the sale of Fellaini, possibly to us, which would make one of Stars three predictions correct for this window. I do not expect any movement before the end of the window.

Another draw, which Rafa will claim as "progress" no doubt.

From Champions of Europe to the European laughing stock. Ah well it does not surprise me at the moment. F.O.B-YNWH

Maybe there is some truth in the Courtois to Barca rumours.

We may see Marin, Flo Mo and/or Yossi leave the club in some way, but I doubt any will be coming in.

I believe Ba is cup tied in the Europa after playing for Newcastle in it, so not an option for us there, only in the league and FA cup.

away again if we get through the replay? I can remember us getting a lot of home draws in a row before in the FA cup, but cannot say I can 3 away on the spin.

So we are basically writing off the Europa League then? Unless Moses and Torres could become a lethal strike force for us that is...