1. The brutal ups and downs
2. Add this to the blooper reel
3. Holy planned celebration

what? we are!

We've all had a bit of time to mull over the not so shocking defeat at the Emirates. It wasn't so shocking really was it? For a start; on the back of quotes attributed to Robbie Keane; our squad couldn't stand up to that of Arsenal's. At full strength perhaps we have players who are of a similar calibre, (Defoe/Van Persie, Modric/Arshavin and Woodgate/Gallas), but with a squad that seems to change uncontrollably due to the forced hand of Redknapp.

A couple nights ago I mentioned a shocking miss by Árabe Unido's Víctor Mendieta during the CCL preliminary round match against Olimpia. Here's a summary of the match that contains that blooper (1:55 mark of video). As I said, it was really something.

Carlo's ‘cross' with the defence. What do Abdoulaye Faye, Titus Bramble, James Collins, and Richad Dunne have in common? They've all scored against Chelsea from crosses into the box. Totaling half of Chelsea's goals conceded for the season, 8 in 8 matches, Carlo Ancelotti must address his teams crossing deficiency before their title challenge resumes against high-flying, Lancashire derby winners, Blackburn.

'sorry? (...) yeah shut the **** up.'

That wasn't really what I was expecting to be honest. Despite notable absences from the Sunderland side, and to a certain extent a lack of bite in our midfield today's game was one that we won't be forgetting for a while. It's safe to say that it was somewhat of an aggressive affair with both sides putting boots where perhaps they shouldn't have been and this incision found its way into the general scheme of play.