Ancelotti

[TightEnd]

Strongly rumoured earlier tonight to have walked, strongly denied by the club since

Thought to have had no satisfactory explanation over Wilkins, and to be unhappy about both that and over Abramovich interference

Two losses on the trot, a minor hiccup, but a squad that is thin on depth compared to others

Papers tomorrow have more apparently....

[maldini32]

Come to Anfield Carlo 

[The Baron]

Strongly rumoured earlier tonight to have walked, strongly denied by the club since

Thought to have had no satisfactory explanation over Wilkins, and to be unhappy about both that and over Abramovich interference

Two losses on the trot, a minor hiccup, but a squad that is thin on depth compared to others
Papers tomorrow have more apparently....

You think? Apart from at centre half they're by far the strongest squad imo.

[The Baron]

Heard a few rumours. He's offered his resignation and it's not been accepted. He's not getting a new assistant. etc etc

I think with every reporter in the world being on Twitter this sort of rumour will be common place now whether true or not.

[The Camel]

Strongly rumoured earlier tonight to have walked, strongly denied by the club since

Thought to have had no satisfactory explanation over Wilkins, and to be unhappy about both that and over Abramovich interference

Two losses on the trot, a minor hiccup, but a squad that is thin on depth compared to others
Papers tomorrow have more apparently....

You think? Apart from at centre half they're by far the strongest squad imo.

I think Man Utd, Arsenal, Man City and even Spurs have a stronger squad than them.

Look at the strikers in reserve, when the main men go down..

Man U.. Hernandez and Owen
Arsenal.. Van Persie and Bendtner
Man City... Santa Cruz and Adeyabor
Spurs... Keane and Pav

Chelsea? Ummmm Sturridge and Kalou.

[buzzharvey22]

we put 3 past them ffs

[Graham C]

Arsenal.. Van Persie and Bendtner

They're supposed to be our top two but have been injured since forever!  Well, maybe not Bendtner

[TightEnd]

Baron

I know Chelsea have injuries, so the bench is bound to be weaker

Substitutes

    * 22 Turnbull,
    * 17 Bosingwa,
    * 38 Van Aanholt,
    * 43 Bruma,
    * 46 McEachran,
    * 23 Sturridge,
    * 44 Kakuta

on Saturday


is no comparison to

    * 01 Given,
    * 38 Boyata,
    * 07 Milner,
    * 08 Wright-Phillips,
    * 11 A Johnson,
    * 24 Vieira,
    * 09 Adebayor

or

    * 29 Kuszczak,
    * 22 O'Shea,
    * 23 Evans,
    * 11 Giggs,
    * 18 Scholes,
    * 10 Rooney,
    * 14 Hernandez

or


    * 23 Cudicini,
    * 19 Bassong,
    * 22 Corluka,
    * 05 Bentley,
    * 12 Palacios,
    * 15 Crouch,
    * 18 Defoe

or

    * 53 Szczesny,
    * 20 Djourou,
    * 27 Eboue,
    * 07 Rosicky,
    * 14 Walcott,
    * 19 Wilshere,
    * 10 Van Persie


at the weekend

[TheChipPrince]

Your not having that Utd bench Tighty, put up there normal one! 

[TightEnd]

Your not having that Utd bench Tighty, put up there normal one! 

lol, that was the bench on Saturday, amazingly


you get my point anyway. the chelsea first 11+7 is clearly the best around, 4-5 injuries later and I think the depth looks thin and, by the by, the kids don't get anything like the chances at Chelsea to get experience as they do from occasional games at Arsenal and Man U

Scott Sinclair would be my recent example of this.

[mondatoo]

Your not having that Utd bench Tighty, put up there normal one! 

lol, that was the bench on Saturday, amazingly


you get my point anyway. the chelsea first 11+7 is clearly the best around, 4-5 injuries later and I think the depth looks thin and, by the by, the kids don't get anything like the chances at Chelsea to get experience as they do from occasional games at Arsenal and Man U

Scott Sinclair would be my recent example of this.

Is this not true of all of them ? Take Rooney,Evra,Vidic,Fletcher and Nani out the Man U team and they'd struggle.

[TightEnd]

true of course, I still maintain Chelsea's depth is weaker, but the first team when fit stronger.

Anyway, Ancelotti says all is rosy in the garden and Bruma, Turnbull and McEachran start against Zilnia

[The Baron]

11+7 is 87% of a standard outfield squad. That's your title right there. The rest is your Carling Cup side.

With Lampard, Terry, Alex, Bosingwa, Essien, Benayoun to return it looks ok to me!

[The Baron]

If we did this at other positions Chelsea would be way stronger though I admit forwards are more important.

Strongly rumoured earlier tonight to have walked, strongly denied by the club since

Thought to have had no satisfactory explanation over Wilkins, and to be unhappy about both that and over Abramovich interference

Two losses on the trot, a minor hiccup, but a squad that is thin on depth compared to others
Papers tomorrow have more apparently....

You think? Apart from at centre half they're by far the strongest squad imo.

I think Man Utd, Arsenal, Man City and even Spurs have a stronger squad than them.

Look at the strikers in reserve, when the main men go down..

Man U.. Hernandez and Owen
Arsenal.. Van Persie and Bendtner
Man City... Santa Cruz and Adeyabor
Spurs... Keane and Pav

Chelsea? Ummmm Sturridge and Kalou.

[redarmi]

If we did this at other positions Chelsea would be way stronger though I admit forwards are more important.

Just not sure I agree with this.  Terry is half the player he was 3+ years ago and he was never particularly fast.  Lampard and Essien don't seem to be what they were.  Theyn don't have much depth and the stars with the possible exception of Drogba and Cole all seem in decline to me.