Chelsea again talking crazy!!!

[South-African-Gooner]

[/quote]Chelsea’s performances of late – four straight wins – and their refusal to let Arsenal and Man United open up a gap at the top, are all the more incredible when you consider the players they have been without. Could either Sir Alex Ferguson’s men or Arsene Wenger’s side have maintained such a run of form without arguably four of their top players?

Well, we know the answer to that. When the Gunners lost the nucleus of their midfield they struggled badly, going down at Middlesbrough and drawing at Newcastle. Those results handed top spot to their rivals.

Man United’s blip in form inevitably coincided with missing key players, be they Cristiano Ronaldo or Wayne Rooney. However, Avram Grant has had to cope without the likes of John Terry (out for the last six weeks), Frank Lampard (missed the last six matches), Didier Drogba (only played one league game since November) and Michael Essien (left for the African Nations Cup and hasn’t played in the last four league or cup matches).

Now these four are quite possibly the most important players at Grant’s disposal, and it says a lot for the Blues' resilience, as well as the quality of their squad, that the Stamford Bridge outfit are still on the fringes of the title race.

But what about all there other "super stars"??? I dont know who was injured or there availability of players during the time the above quote was mentioning but it seems to me they still "suppose to" have great players.

1 GK Petr Čech
2 DF Branislav Ivanović
3 DF Ashley Cole
4 MF Claude Makélélé
5 MF Michael Essien OUT
6 DF Ricardo Carvalho
7 FW Andriy Shevchenko
8 MF Frank Lampard (vice-captain) OUT
9 MF Steve Sidwell
10 MF Joe Cole
11 FW Didier Drogba OUT
12 MF John Obi Mikel
13 MF Michael Ballack
14 FW Claudio Pizarro
15 MF Florent Malouda
17 FW Scott Sinclair
18 DF Wayne Bridge
20 DF Paulo Ferreira
21 FW Salomon Kalou
22 DF Tal Ben-Haim
23 GK Carlo Cudicini
24 MF Shaun Wright-Phillips
26 DF John Terry (captain) OUT
33 DF Alex
35 DF Juliano Belletti
39 FW Nicolas Anelka
40 GK Henrique Hilário

Chelsea spent how many millions of pounds and they still complain - im so glad im an Arsenal supporter!!! Its not like we have had a "full" squad to work with all the time.

[South-African-Gooner]

Im still getting the hang of the quoting so sorry the above looks a mess - the point still stands.

[I Hate Hleb]

GOOD ANSWER, SOUTH AFRICAN GOONER.

HOWEVER, I THINK YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT. IT'S ONLY NATURAL TO FEEL SORRY FOR A CLUB THAT HAVE 6 OR 7 ABSENTEES WHO, RATHER THAN PLAYING YOUNGSTERS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, ARE 'FORCED' TO SPEND ANOTHER £24 MILLION ON TWO MORE PLAYERS.

AFTER ALL, IT'S NOT AS IF THEY ARE PROFILIGATE WITH THEIR MONEY. THEY'VE 'ONLY' SPENT £500 MILLION OR SO ON TRANSFERS IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS!!

[REB]

chelsea are a small club with a big wallet,,
they overspend on players they dont need and have a squad way bigger then ours so the fact that we are ahead of them says more for us then them just been behind missing players
so chelsea

[Wayno]

Poor old Chelsea, okay injuries were to be expected but the African Cup? How were they to know that their International African players would be called up to play for there country , I mean this is what you call out of the blue