Chelsea 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

Although Chelsea were convincing winners over Blackburn Rovers this evening at Stamford Bridge, there is one major concern which has overshadowed the team's continued chase of leaders ManUre.

Ashley Cole was stretchered off in the 2nd half after appearing to have trodden on the ball whilst making a flying empasse down the left wing. Early reports suggest that Cole's injury is serious as Jose said in his post match interview that Cole could not walk on his injured leg. Jose also added that it was too early to make a concrete diagnosis and the full extent of the damage will not be known for a couple of days.

Another area of concern is that the crowd this evening fell way short of a sellout - 38,000 against 42,250.

Granted Blackburn would not have been expected to have sold their full allocation of tickets, especially for a midweek visit to London.

Chelsea fans excuses could be Blackburn are not that big enough attraction for a Wednesday night, Porto tickets for the Champions League start to go on sale for the home leg on Monday. Carling Cup final tickets are currently on sale until a few days before the final, and there is the travel to Cardiff and the additional expenditure of accommodation (if required), food and drink and the rest of it all that goes with the toll of a Cup Final day. Oh yeah toll. Well to get into Wales from England, you have to pay a toll fee, which I gather is not cheap, even for a normal car.

At least you don't have to pay to get out of Wales LOL LOL LOL!!! Although I think I would rather pay to GET OUT then pay to get in!!!

Talking of availability of Carling Cup Final tickets, Chelsea has announced that season-ticket holders have a five day window (which ends on Friday 2/2/07) to secure their seat.

Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. Season ticket holders should be given at least TWO WEEKS to buy their tickets and the remaining tickets and period should be equally divided for the members.

Sometimes it really grates me how long season ticket holders get to obtain their additional match tickets, Chelsea really do not give enough consideration to the financial implications of season tickets holders trying to juggle finances to obtain these tickets for the 'extra' games. And Chelsea DO sell tickets way way too early!!!

I mean. Porto in the Champions League is not until the 6th March and we have only just reached the 1st day of February!!!!

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Micah Richards Set to Sign???

The rumour mill is gathering pace and it looks set that Man City and England International, Micah Richards is joining Chelsea when the January transfer window opens. The fee is expected to be £18m.

This morning, Man City's manager Stuart Pearce has denied that Chelsea has made an approach although he did say that City has contacted Chelsea about taking a player or two from them. Does that mean that SWP is on his way back to Eastlands?

If Richards signs, his arrival will end Chelsea's right-back problems but their centre-half difficulty will continue with JT out for a few more weeks.

But Richards is tough, young and uncompromising and there is no reason why he cannot fill the void. Two positions for the price of one!!!

Jose Mourinho has admitted that he has considered using Didier Drogba as an emergency centre-half, but with Joe Cole and Arjen Robben both out with injuries and the unfortunate Andriy Shevchenko struggling for goals, this move seems unlikely.

Jose could always switch Ballack to defence - give the lazy git something to do LOL LOL!!!

Fortunately Chelsea has only ONE more league to play before the transfer window opens and if Richards does sign, I would imagine that JM will pitch him straight in against Aston Villa on Jan 2.

One club that will be hoping that the Richards move goes through is League One challengers Oldham Athletic. They will receive a massive 25% of the fee - a clause in the contract - when Richards went to City.

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