Good post, Paul. I'm sure your spot on here. Kean has bought more time for himself with this. What spell does he have on the owners?

What's Payton got to do with quality?

Are you speaking as someone "in the know" or is this just an opinion Kamy? I hope we keep him and play him. He will definitely get goals for us and if he goes he will definitely score goals for his new team...

Beckford would be awful, he isn't a good player but is a good lower-league poacher. Not a patch on Benni. Keep Benni and play him I say and concentrate on getting Roberts out of the door. If we do sell Benni then I would hope we will look at Mbokani at Standard Liege.

Hope so, one of the best finishers in Europe in my opinion and I think he would get fitter with game. 4-3-3 suits our players more but I don't think Benni can count on getting too many games even in that formation when Dunn gets back. Let's hope last night sees the end of Diouf, completely pointless to have him in the team in my opinion...

Roberts has an inflated opinion of himself for someone who can't trap a ball, head a ball or finish. He has been getting far too much game time and can go in January for all I care. He did what he should do on Saturday, he is a decent substitute at best and shouldn't be starting games. Benni should stay, still the best finisher at the club.

I recall it was him who scored most of the goals that kept us up. Roberts was missing chances left right and centre, Santa Cruz was crocked and Derbs has been sent out on loan because he wasn't good enough. Do you know that Allardyce doesn't rate Roberts? He is giving him a lot of game time...

RIP Sir Bobby.

Don't think parking the bus is some kind of tactical revolution. They only got two draws from it didn't they?

That can be negated by inserting clauses into the contract that would cover us in such a scenario... He ain't a nice guy but he is in the news this week because Shearer needs a scapegoat...

"It's a disgrace, it's a f***** disgrace" said Didier Drogba at the final whistle. He was right if referring to the constant diving, pouting, cheating and whinging that he displayed throughout tonights game and all the ones before it throughout his career. Chelsea were on the wrong side of some decisions tonight but were favoured in the first leg and I am so glad to see them out of the competition. Drogba doesn't deserve to be in any final. Ballack's behaviour was also disgusting. The pair of them should have been sent off. Looking forward to the final because I expect both Barcelona and Man Utd will at least try to play football. Unlike Drogba and his team mates...

I would rather us not be in a position where we have to look at the likes of Barton but the fact is that he is better than any of our midfielders. He will very likely cost nothing and will probably accept a significant wage cut.

I think we'll be signing him in the Summer and today's sending off will have increased the chances of that happening....

The two are different. Keith Treacy is an 18 year old and is not responsible for the team. Paul Ince is a manager who is well out of his depth and has begun to ruin the club already. He is an embarrassment, Ince out seems pretty reasonable to me, let's not delay the inevitable and embarrass ourselves further. Clear off Ince, Mathias, Fowler and Knox...

I don't know, Ray Mathias is well known for his coaching skills in all of Europe and South America's top leagues and Archie Knox is possibly the brightest young coach in the game...