After a devastating blow to our Title hopes last weekend Carlo Ancelotti will know that anything less than a loss will cost him dearly. He was left stunned after a below par Manchester City were able to destroy a even more below par Chelsea. Goalkeeping at Chelsea Football Club hit an all new low with Hilario’s performance. The FA Cup has opened up more for Chelsea with the elimination of Man City and other ‘Big 4’ members. Main contenders now remain in the form of Tottenham and Aston Villa who recently lost the Carling Cup Final.
This weekend sees Chelsea go up against 18th placed Burnley who are under new manager Brian Laws. In addition Carlo Ancelotti has been given more options with the return of Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou. With a range of players to choose from he is once again in a fix with players such as Joe Cole performing very well and challenging for a starting spot.
With 3 goals in his last two starts for Chelsea Daniel Sturridge is in amazing form for the club who have just signed him for the possible fee of around 6 million pounds. Regarded as a definite future talent he has made Manchester City feel bad about letting him go.
This weekend poses Carlo with a question of a line up and his opponent who is none other than Darren Ferguson. The team who is 36 places below Chelsea is now the opponent for this 4th Round FA Cup match up. We must never forget that this is the FA Cup where the underdogs become the pack of wolves.
Didier Drogba - 4
Florent Malouda - 4
Salomon Kalou - 3
Nicolas Anelka - 2
Frank Lampard - 1
Yossi Benayoun - 1