Jose was inferior to Benitez yet again. If he played Balarouze and put Essien in the middle Chelsea would have had a better game. Essien had a great game again. Couldn't have said it any better! The best WON, simple as that! Jose should be ashamed!

^^Asalaam Aleykum BOB? Man Utd Vs Chelsea and Chelsea to win. Sorry my brothers Northerner & Nuune and my old mate Viking. You made my day Sxb! Thanks you! To nights game is very crutial, all that matters is to keep a clean sheet. We can get a goal at Anfield.......an hour to go.....lets see how it rolls........

^^^Very funny. The Queen supports Arsenal and their is one or two players English players who play for the club at the moment. May be she was a die-hard fan who started supporting them when the club was pure English with the likes of David Seaman, Martin Keown, Tony Adams & Dixon. I think she should support Chelsea since we are the only club with so many English players in the national team. John Terry, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Wayne Bridge and Ashley Cole to name a few. Not forgetting the fact that John Terry is the Captain of the national team.

^^^Quadruple Sxb!

^^Carvalho and Ballack are injured and Essien is suspended for the first round. I got a feeling Man Utd will lose

Salaam everyone This will be a hard game for us! No Ballack, No Essien, No Carvalho! Lets see how it goes.....

^^^Welcome aboard! Glad to see another Blue in SOL. Lozt, how you doing bro? Man utd slipped again! Now its in the hands of Chelsea! The Premier League is coming home, its coming home..... What happened to my brothers, Bob and 187, they are not parcipating in this thread, I wonder why. Their Vice Chairman is gone and it seems like Wenger is following him on the exit; I hope he stays. Northerner and Nuune, wednesday is not far, watch your back.

Absolutely S T U N N I N G!

ps how many shots did Russia get on target over the two legs? looooooooooool

What is going on with Arsenal? Losing has become a trend this days! But the good news is there will be a takeover of the club. Good luck to them. Next season will be interesting since all the top four clubs have money to splash.

Manchester Utd LOST.........3 Points......and they will lose it when they travel to the bridge! Well done Portsmouth! They really made my day!

Because we are all adults and we can take it.. Playmaker ponder on this Camel Milk Threads Golden Rules

^^^Masha-Allah, good to hear that! We all share one thing, the love of the game, however, respect is two way traffic. Everyone of us supports a team, some of us are more die-hards than the others but at SOL we are a family, brotherly love comes first before anything. Just hoping that we beat Tottenham tommorrow and Man Utd drop points. Peace.

^^^True. My predictions for the champions league final: Chelsea Vs Bayern Munich I had a dream about this!

Asalaam Aleykum Brothers AJ....Bro take it easy, I understand that many people hate on Chelsea because we are the best but believe me BOB and 187 are decent brothers, Insha-Allah I hope you get to see that in the future.

Why is there a lot of name-calling in this thread? Everyone is entitled to his/her own opinions and it is your responsibility to respect other people's views without resorting to disrespect him/her. Peace.

Jacaulbaro looks like some one is talking abt personal experience ...heedhe ceebtaada astur

^^^Zidane turned it down long before. Ronaldinho agreed to come but cancelled it last minute because of 'injury'. The same excuse when Brazil played Portugal at the Emirites. Materazzi, I don't know but I really can not stand him. Andy Cole got a standing ovation.

Soma, you say you were impressed by Gerrard, maybe you can start to spell his name right then 187, lol. That is a good one. Thanks for the correction.

Asalaam Aleykum everyone. Manchester United beat a Europe XI to celebrate the Red Devils' 50 years in European competition. Man Utd won the match 4-3 even though Ibrahimovitch could not take advantage to score a penalty. It was an entertaining game. As much as I hate Man Utd, I have to admit that Ronaldo is a real talent, watching him at Old Trafford last night was a great honour. The guy has future if only he could change his club. Giggs and Scholes were also class acts. Wayne Rooney even though he scored 2 goals was not entertaining. As for the European XI, the team had talent. Ibrahimovitch proved to me that he is overrated, he has skills but a great selfish player with poor finishing. The rest of the team players were: Canizares, Zambrotta, Ayala Materazzi, Abidal, Mancini, Pirlo, Gattuso, Malouda, Ibrahimovic, Larsson. Kallstrom who came on in the second half was class player. I had he is swedish, he such an entertaining player, watch this space. Watching Gattuso, Pirlo and Mancini was enjoyable. I really liked the vision of Pirlo, his passes were accurate. One thing that I never admitted before but have witnessed last night is how GREAT Steven Gerrald is. As a Chelsea fan it hurts to admit to this but I have to hit the nail on the head. The guy was getting booed a lot but I really enjoyed watching him. El Haj Diouf was also great. He scored 2 goals. I'll upload the images later on Insha-Allah. Peace

I predict Liverpool VS Man U final. Cambaro where does that leave the Blues? Cmon you can't just write us off! Dont want Chelski in Semis! Northerner Sxb, you understand that everyday is not friday, your team was lucky last time, I just hope we get the luck this time that is if we beat Valencia and you lot win against PSV. By the way, why is everyone predicting that Liverpool will beat PSV and Man Utd beating Roma. PSV is the same team that beat the young gunners who let's not forget trashed Liverpool twice this season and Roma did dismiss one of the favourites of the cup, Lyon at home. As far as I am concerned any team can win it. PSV, Liverpool, Chelsea, Bayern, Roma, Milan and Valencia all have good chance of winning it but as for Man Utd, a great NO...NO...

Barca were crap last night. Northerner and Nuune don't get over excited, you are going to meet 'the young' guns in the next round, that is if they qualify to night. Well done Chelsea, this is our year! Bring the Champions League Trophy to the Bridge! Good luck Arsenal and Man Utd. As much as I hate this teams, it will be good to see them in the next round, who knows they might be our ticket to semis.

^^^^lol. Good one.

^^^Dont give up Sxb until it is mathematically proven! Remember 98 season when Man Utd were 12 points ahead of Arsenal and later on lost the league. Alex Fergie knows it that's why he can't claim the race to be over. notably from Liverpool's point of view! Nuune Sxb, please tell me you didn't think Liverpool will win the league if they were successful against Man Utd. The race was over for you lot way before Xmas Northerner, if we manage to win all the rest of the games, we have a chance. You know Arsenal are not a threat to us this days, so that 3 points is guaranteed. I hope this is not gonna put me on trouble with Bob and 187. Peace