Some one please tell me Mr Neville won't be there either!

Mr Neville won't be there either

[uSquad that I would take[/u

James, Hart & Green,

G.Johnson, Ferdinand, Terry, A.Cole, Baines, Brown, Upson,

Milner, Lampard, Gerrard, Lennon, A.Johnson, Barry, Rodwell, J.Cole, Walcott

Rooney, Defoe, Crouch, Zamora

Reserves : Phil Neville, C.Cole, SWP, Carrick, Shawcross, Onouha (If not pledged to Nigeria), Downing.

[iSquad that I anticipate ...[/i

Green, James, Hart

G.Johnson, Terry, Ferdinand, A.Cole, King, Lescott, Brown,

Milner, Barry, Gerrard, Lampard, Walcott, Lennon, Carrick,

Heskey, Rooney, Crouch, Defoe, C.Cole

King? You drinking something. Why the hell would you anticipate King going?

He's called him up before and he's had to pull out due to his knee not being upto it but Capello clearly rates him.

Given the real dirth of decent centre halfs, I think he'll take him and pretty much gamble that they can manage him through training and with the centre half partnership established as it is, you hope that he's not needed, but if he is -It'll be a couple of games and his knee will cope with it, cope with it better than the rigours of a Premiership season.

I think Capello knows that even crocked king is head & shoulders above fully fit Upson & Lescott who've both looked shaky in England shirts (and domestic shirts this term), whereas King has been to a major tournament before etc.

On this season's form I don't think Upson deserves to go TBH. A centre half who is in good form but doesn't seem to have had much of mention though is Dawson. Could be worth a shout.

I know Lord God Jose Mourinho will disagree with me but here goes anyway........



Thought Bolton were hard done tonight at The Bridge.

The Terry one was 50-50 for mine but the referee shoudn't have missed the Drogba one in the first half.

Great game, one of the best I've been Bolton play in this season. Chelsea are a quality outfit and they are going to take some stopping from here now.

Two definite penalties.

Very disappointed with the officials who I felt were guilty of being 'homers' (I think that might be polite for ******* spineless).

I think he's garbage to be honest. I've never rated him, I think he's error prone, not the quickest over short distances and he's generally a shaky player. If any Spurs centre half is to go, it would be King for me, I think he's immense but his fitness is a real issue.

What happened to Curtis Davies this year? I remember him doing a decent job against us early on at Anfield this season, but I've not heard much since and now I see Villa lining up with those two donkeys at centre half



Whatever happened to the One Man Army Michael Turner? I thought England's answer to Nesta would be captain by now.

No matter who we pick, without a proper defensive midfielder, i.e Hargreaves, the defence will continually get exposed. The midfield has no energy to it, we're not good enough to play keep ball so we need to rush sides when we've not got possession. Part of me wishes Reo-Coker kicked on with his early hype, he could easily have been a player like Lassana Diarra for England, but he seems to have gone off the radar and never performed anywhere near to the level some had hoped.

The Drogba one, I saw it at the time and held my breath, but the lack of any response from any Bolton player or the commentators made me think I'd just seen it wrong. Then on the replay, again nothing from the commentators. Their insistence that that Davis had won the header kind of convinced me that I'd just seen it wrong.

Then, after half time the commentators mentioned that Coyle was angry at the lack of a penalty. The replays then showed that Drogba clearly played it back with his hand.

For me, the major problem for Bolton was the lack of an appeal from them. There was only one player who threw his arms in the air, but he was alone and stood 20m away. Davies didn't appeal, and he was involved in the challenge with Drogba. The lack of appeal from Davies and the Bolton players was the damning factor for me. I'm not convinced that Coyle and the coaches saw it at the time either, or else they'd have raised hell to the 4th official and the commentators would have noticed it. I think they watched a video of it at half time.

The second one, I thought that was a pen on first showing. I thought we'd got away with it. But on the replays I think the lino was dead right and Terry played the ball with his shoulder.

I thought the game was dreadful TBH. At one point, well into the first half, we had 70% possession and TBH I thought we'd done FA with it. Drogba's only decent moment in the game produced the goal.

I think Elmander's the biggest pile of dog droppings in the PL. Normally I don't want him on the pitch because he's not worthy of being on my TV. But tonight, against us, I wanted him to play because he is so dire. But when he came on late in the game I just knew that he was going to score the equaliser.

It was that type of game and I've that type of hatred of him.

I'm not that bothered about England, but usually I do get excited about the team for the World Cup games. But if Theo Walcott is in the England squad then I'm supporting someone else.

Cracking result for Wigan. 3 points tomorrow SHOULD see us safe

Gee thanks, I can relax now

Another favouable refereeing decision sees Chelsea through. Oh well, suppose its just not meant to be.

I don't want him on the pitch either.

Problem now is what do Bolton do with a mis-firing striker who is becoming shot-shy and prefers to spend the majority of his time out wide?

I'd say sell but the only problem there is they'll struggle to get even a quarter of what was paid for him.

nice to see that drogba and terry have a hand in chelsea wins still

Both dead set pens mate.

Brave shout, 4 points clear, better goal difference and 4 games left

What a sweet strike.

Pompey have made 8 changes and named just 4 subs for tonight. West Ham have complained.

Wonder if the b@stards complained when Man Utd played a weak side in 2007 and it helped them stay up when an ineligible player scored? Thought not.

Wigan 0 Porstmouth 0

We deserve to go down

"If only van Persie hadn't been injured, the table could've looked a lot different." say the gooners and the gooners in the media.

Of course, Man United and Chelsea never suffered at all with injuries, did they? Man United didn't have to play without most of their first choice back 4. Chelsea didn't have to make do without Essien, Ashley Cole, Bosingwa, Ivanovic etc.

The simple fact is that Arsenal are a mile away from Chelsea and Man United. Only the relatively poor performances from Chelsea and MU have allowed them to con themselves into thinking they are close. Next season, when their Scouse-esque ability to get opponents sent off leaves them like it left LFC this year, they'll be miles behind again.

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With the way everything's gone for us since we drew with Blackburn, I expect Citeh to give United a beating on Saturday lunchtime.

Season is over in terms of the title. The only outcome to be decided is 4th.

But I don't see how you can write Arsenal out of contention when they are so close to the other two? Arsenal have had a crippling injury list, not just Van Persie. United did too but that was more than well publicised. If anything it's United that are behind Arsenal as they are a complete and utter one man team. Without Rooney they would struggle to win most games and would draw more than they won.

The real shame this season though is Everton. Moyes has them playing so well that 4th would have been a formality this season had we not spent the majority of the season without our best players. Jagielka, Arteta and Felaini have probably missed 100 games this season between them.

I don't accept the season is over in terms of the title. Man Utd beat Citeh on Saturday, Chelsea lose to Spurs and the gap is back to 1 point. With Chelsea still having to go to Anfield the title is still there for United to play for.



Man Utd have lost Ronaldo and Tevez, with no one brought in to replace them. Chelsea have been going through a bedding-in period with a new manager, a manager adjusting to a new language and a new country.

Arsenal, on the other hand, are in the 5th season of their mythical rebuilding programme.

Chelsea and MU have clearly gone down a level from where they've been in the last few years. And yet Arsenal were still way behind for a lot of the season. It is an achievement for them to have been so close at this stage, but IMO most of that has been as a result of them being playing against 10 men week after week, and benefiting from ridiculous gifts from the opposition. It is an obvious ability of top teams to take points when the performance doesn't merit it, but I don't think that the genuine top teams make a habit of it in the way the Arsenal have this season, and Liverpool last season.

Still sticking with my prediction that Liverpool will finish 7th this season.