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AP report on Anelka:

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But after it emerged that Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua were prepared to offer a lucrative salary to convince him to play with them, Anelka has accepted his days at Chelsea are numbered.
"I love playing here," Anelka said in The Times."Chelsea has been the best part of my career and it's been great playing and winning with terrific guys like Didier Drogba, John Terry, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda."I was hoping to win another league title this season with Chelsea, but now, apparently, it is not to be."


I'm glad he is leaving personally, him and Drogba have been great servants but are no longer what Chelsea need at all. Drogba's in contract talks which I believe is a simple gesture to up his potential price rather than a convincing long term extension deal. All that's needed now is Kalou and Malouda to upsticks and move on, then we can all really start calling this AVB's team and less Mourinho/Ancelotti's team.
 
Starting XI vs Bayer: Cech; Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Luiz; Meireles, Ramires, Lampard; Sturridge, Drogba, Mata.
 
Disappointed at no Torres. Very Disappointed. And it's not so much that Torres isn't starting; more that Drogba is. He put a lot of effort in against Liverpool, but looked nowhere near good enough, and he looked better because we changed our style to suit him. AVB's most likely doing it to persuade Drogba to sign a new contract or to get his price up.
 
Thing is, if I was a Chelsea fan, I'd be worried as AVB said he will not abandon the tactics Chelsea are employing right now. Have to put up with the high line for a while longer I'm afraid
 
Thing is, if I was a Chelsea fan, I'd be worried as AVB said he will not abandon the tactics Chelsea are employing right now. Have to put up with the high line for a while longer I'm afraid

I'm glad he is; you don't adjust to new tactics overnight, and us Chelsea fans just need to be patient and accept that we are most likely going to concede goals.
 
I'm glad he is; you don't adjust to new tactics overnight, and us Chelsea fans just need to be patient and accept that we are most likely going to concede goals.

I just don't think the high defensive line works tbh. Some of the players are starting to improve, but they need to improve the back 4 speedwise as Terry has to rely on position half the time as obviously he's not the paciest (though I still think he can be quality obviously), and I see Luiz more as an attacking player-but thats just going by what I've seen of him on tv as I haven't been to Chelsea. So i stand to be corrected there, but it's just by going what Ive seen on the box
 
That should've been a yellow-that was a blatant kick in the stomach of Luiz
 
You're back...Enjoy your ban?

And whoever made that spelt 'preferred' wrong.

Gotta' say I was expecting Luiz at LB, but maybe we'll see him there later on.



what ban? oh right... that.. well didnt care much as i have a life outside this site? ;>

how u been, angry much with recent results, cuz im nervous with current tactics and stuff,high def line drivin me nuts.
 
what ban? oh right... that.. well didnt care much as i have a life outside this site? ;>

how u been, angry much with recent results, cuz im nervous with current tactics and stuff,high def line drivin me nuts.

Oh, so you weren't checking everyday to see if your ban was over? And so do I ;)

Well, recent results have obviously angered me, but my aim for us was top 4 for this season, so it's kinda' what I expected. I like the high line, but it is very frustrating when not everyone goes with the line, and ends up playing opposition forwards onside.
 
just what is AVB doing.
Played Torres against Liverpool for slightly more than 5 minutes.
Now he rather send in MIKEL for meireles.
and this weekend is not a big game either.

****** ****.
 
Tbf the ref has disrupted the flow of the game, and Chelsea should've had a pen when Droga was floored in the area. Plus Leverkeusen don't let in a lot of goals either so it was going to be a tough game. But Matta definately had a poor game

Looks like Drogba has a bad ankle injury too
 
Chelsea get beat again?!

Is winter like your March/April/May lol
 
Why the Alex and Mikel subs? They make no sense. And the Malouda sub made sense, but i wouldn't have brought him on. Should have brought on Torres for Drogba (who was poor despite a very good goal).
 
Real mess right now. AVB needs to clean it up before it's too late. But this also means one extremely exciting final matchday is in store.
 
Our season seems to be falling apart and fast. Very very close to tears right now.
 
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