really?? if schweinsteiger happened to go to real madrid, he might face the same consequences.. don't forget that ballack was the best player at bayern and germany and it took him 2 season to settle down here in london.. IMHO, VDV have the same quality as ballack, riquelme, gerrard who are considered as the best playmaker at their prime.. maybe not as good as zidane.. plus, his price is very cheap compared to others with his quality..

yepp the seriousness of the injury is what worries me. the doctor who joined from milan labs specialised in injury prevention, so maybe he wasn't involved with the initial diagnosis. even so, it makes u wonder if he authorised benny to join up with his national team.

imagine if something similar happened to cech, right before the january transfer window slams shut? it could be a season-breaker right then and there! i do hope there are some internal inquiries going on, after this latest shambolic episode, because this should not happen at a club like chelsea. yes medics do make mistakes, but i see a worrying trend developing among our staff which must be addressed immediately.

great news on the boss, but if u recall he was also a player misdiagnosed with a 'short term' injury as well!


welcome gyasi! another one joining our young hopefuls. they're sure quick to find di santo's replacement eh...sigh.


the number one bargain for this current season, it has to be said. i don't think anyone will top that for some time to come, and hats off to harry for that. he made a calculated gamble which is paying off handsomely. who knew one of madrid's rejects (who didn't even play that often!) would find the premier league to be such a piece of cake.

the only department that we need urgent reinforcement is goalkeeping dept.. second to that is striker but that can wait since we still have didier and anelka on fire (i have no faith in kalou though).. we have plenty of backup for middie and defence are, don't think we need another expensive benchwarmer.. bear in mind that we have constantly making negative profit since past 6-7 years, and if we keep it like that, even abrahamovic will not be able to cover for us..

you have to understand that we are biased towards schweiny because we are schweiny fans.

i've already indicated that in my previous post

its really awesome that Abramovich has poured so much money into the club and yet we're still not breaking even yet. which means he isnt actually making anything out from this club.

Kalou is our supersub. If you do notice, so far this season, he scored everytime he came from the bench.

As for VDV, initially, RM wanted to let go of him at higher price. I think at that time MU is in advance negotiation. Then that broke down. During the last day, Spurs made 1 final offer, and RM accept that.

Eh eh, don't write of my Schweiny. never put him in a same sentence as VDV

whoa, this is awesome! while Ash/Bos bombarding up and down. epic. but we all know that we have very little chance to put them in a team.

Ash is the best! and i wonder why some still prefer Evra, he's past his prime

point accepted.. but regardless what, I think we should have faith in our youngsters.. its time for us to stop buying and begin to create talent.. yeay, we are not breaking yet for now.. but, just imagine if we keep buying like this and suddenly he left (bankrupt or whatever), what will happened to us?? completely wrecked..

yeah. most prolly we'll be in liverpool's condition right now. i seriously hope Roman owns Chelsea until this last breath!

after looking at what liverpool is going through, i dont mind if we can be like arsenal. making money and playing decent football.

but thats all for the future if Roman decides not to pour in money from his own pocket. for now, we're firing on all cylinders and winning silverware!

CHELSEA! CHELSEA!

This post has been edited by madfag: Oct 15 2010, 04:02 PM

we do have faith in youngster in CA regime..i don't have to mention any name u surely know better..in fact, we even bought an eleven years old footballer for the future

If Lahm here..he will take RB..

Yap..and bayern got another one just like him..Toni Kroos...

Cuz at the moment we got Benny...and we just signed Ramires...

GK-Yap need a good backup...
ST-Next season we will start looking...
Benchwarmer - Hmm...we got a good reserves some of them can play 1st team...

I hope Roman family own Chelsea for generations...so we can get more stability...

My Favourite Lineup BayernXChelsea

Cech
Lahm,Terry,Alex,Cole
Essien
Bastian,Lampard
Robben,Drogba,Malouda

Sub - Butt,Badstuber,Bruma,Mikel,Ramires,Kroos,Mueller,Klose

Any1??

FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUU, see you in 10 years!

(L) BPL: Aston Villa v Chelsea
Showing at 00:30 on Astro SuperSport 17th October 2010
Barclays Premier League 2010/11: Aston Villa v Chelsea live from Villa Park, Birmingham, England.

From official website...seems not good for us

DROGBA OUT, TERRY IN


Didier Drogba will miss the weekend's game against Aston Villa due to a fever, joining Frank Lampard on the sidelines.

John Terry is available after missing England's game in midweek, but four others also miss out.

'Frank Lampard is not available, Drogba is not available, Sturridge is not available, Kalou is not available, Alex is not available, Benayoun is not available, Terry is available,' reported manager Carlo Ancelotti, who also named his line-up for the game at Villa Park.

'The line-up will be Cech, Ferreira, Ivanovic, Terry and Cole, Ramires, Essien and Mikel, strikers Kakuta, Malouda and Anelka.'

There will also be a place on the bench for Jose Bosingwa, who has missed a year with a knee injury, a small consolation for a squad bereft of last season's two top scorers.

'[Lampard] is getting better but he needs to have some weeks again, maybe two weeks to be fit 100 percent, he had a problem on his adductor and we have to pay attention. He is working individually and needs two weeks again,' Ancelotti explained.

'Drogba had a fever this week and was not able to train, he started today but is not fit. He took antibiotics in the last days and needs to train next week and I'll know if he is available for the game in the Champions League.

'Alex may be available next week and also Kalou will surely be available for the Champions League, and Sturridge needs days of recovery.'

Hope that 3 points for us in away game

WOW...INJURY SPREE!

Frank Lampard is not available, Drogba is not available, Sturridge is not available, Kalou is not available, Alex is not available, Benayoun is not available

Terry - Available

Cech
Ferreira,Ivanovic,Terry,Cole
Essien,Mikel,Ramires
Kakuta,Anelka,Malouda

Not a bad lineup..I expect more young players at the bench...

Borini,Conor Clifford,Josh,Bruma,Aanholt maybe Lalkovic or Tore will be included..I still cant see Mitrovic in...

Hey! In a positive notes, aren't you guys forgot we got 7-2, drogba was not available that time too.
Get well soon lads!

within two weeks most of them will be fully fit..except benny..we just need to deal with aston villa...carefully...

Aston Villa is now under Houllier, their attacking style play make me worry.
Luckily Terry is back.
I can't wait to see Ramires and Kakuta!

Anelka will lead the attack, hope he'll do great.

Anyone here getting shirt from chelsea megastore asia ?

I got from them for the home shirt. Delivery is super fast. Reached me in 3 days.