This gives credence to what i was talking about...

http://www.physioroom.co...ue/epl_injury_table.php

The average days missed for a Utd player injured was 45 days last season while for a City player injured was 24 days!

ION, I didn't watch the opening match for Reading against Stoke but I doubt there'll be a repeat of the City Southampton match up at Stamford Bridge tonight. Win for Chelsea - taking them 6 points ahead of United

Well done pensioners!

Well it was an offside goal but every team gets their good or bad luck more than once in a season. Of course if it was Man Utd we'd never have heard the end of it but hio tumezoea.

Chelsea started the game looking so menacing I thought they'd run away with it by half time but alas!And therein lies the beauty of the premier league. Spanish football is superior technically but you know it either Barca or Real winning the league and the El Classico probably decides the winner. With the EPL any game can go either way. Reading played well despite the Cech blunder that gifted them the second and they could have scored a third after Cahill equalized through a Fedrici howler but football is cruel.

I watch Eden Hazard and just fell bad knowing he'd have signed for Man Utd if Chelsea hadn't won the CL.Oh well, you win some you lose some. That boy is going to win Chelsea some titles for sure.

ION, Sturridge looks set to join Anfield for more playing time

@Ric, I have a feeling Di Matteo would have wanted to remove Lampard but does not want to end up like AvB! In the 2nd half, I had a hard time spotting Lampard

@smano .."Some people hog the ball for too long" these were words from Torres last season in an apparent reference to Lampard.You are right he struggled with the pace and the quick passing and slowly and slowly he will be relegated to the bench and have an inspirational/later game role where ball retention is key esp those SF away matches in the Champions league. However i don't rate Cahill at all- the media seems not to like Luiz but to me he is a far better defender than Cahill (ofcourse cahill is english) i blame him squareley for the first goal. Once we get Azi....... then maybe Ivanovic will come to CB and have always thought Luiz can play anchor midfield!!

http://www.goal.com/en-k...imate-balancing-act-for

The above editorial by goal.com has hit the nail squarely on the head!!! We have waited too long for Nani to be anywhere near what Cr7 was to us - it's time to cash in and get the steely midfielder I've always wanted to see since Roy Keane left and Fletcher almost made the position his. Carrick's creativity has waned since he signed for Utd and he'll never be a defensive midfielder.Fergie needs to smell the coffee - we're overweight up front!And Young blows hot and cold...mostly the latter

I think he would have signed for Man City but they just couldn't agree on his wage demands. Hii mambo ya ati he signed for Chelsea because they won the CL ni kelele tu, it was always about the money.....i don't think SAF was also prepared to give £200,000 a week to a 21 year-old who had not played in the EPL before.

Oscar is also a very good player, hope Chelsea play him more, i think he has more potential than Mata and Hazard.

http://www.telegraph.co....den-Hazard-signing.html

Well i'm not certain on that but the figure is definitely between 170K and 200K. Lampard earns just about the same figure (170K) while JT signed a 5 year contract in 2009 worth in the region of £150,000-a-week.....@Ric-dees can confirm if he signed an improved one afterwards.

Hazard is the new Zola.

ION, Johnny Evans looks likely to feature in the Fulham game. What a relief!!!! ( I never thought I'd say relief and Evans in the same sentence). Man Utd is too front heavy, I was glad to hear Fiorentina are interested in Berba, the guy is too talented to rot on the bench