The buzz-word around the Chelsea camp after this weekend's loss at White Hart Lane is very much CALM!
And indeed we, the fans and the club, must remain so.
All is not lost, for starters - as pointed out by Carlo - we are still sitting on top of the table with a one point and three goal advantage.
Terry Calmly Walks Off After His Red on Saturday
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Yes, the performance on Saturday was dreadful, we haven't been so comprehensively beaten like this under Ancelotti, in fact not even since Scolari's reign when we got thrashed by Man United last year at Old Trafford.
But then again that performance came off the back of a very strong run, beating, the then leaders of the Premier League, Man United at Old Trafford and hammering Aston Villa 7-1.
People are saying John Terry lost his head. I'm not entirely sure two bookings can constitute a player losing his head - it isn't head losing of Joey Barton proportions for example.
So we need to stay calm and ensure that a slip up like this doesn't happen again. United are in a fortunate situation where a goal just 11 seconds from time took directed any flak away from a poor 93 minute performance in the Manchester derby.
The worst part of all this is that it is now 4 consecutive seasons we have failed to take all three points at White Hart Lane, our old three point stomping ground no longer!
Keep the blue flag flying high (but in an albeit calm fashion).
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Posted by paul on 04/20/2010
hi guyz am a chelsea die hard fan and am from kenya,we have 2 be strong and focus for the remainig games,wigan is hard to beat we have been stragling to score aginst wigan,this is our cup drogba we need more goals,lampard stay tight in da midlle cech good work at goal,six points at the bridge will be good for the cup,as for liverpool we will win that no tores no goals,good luck,chelsea ohhye.
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Posted by Mukail Oyeyemi Awoyemi on 04/21/2010
Pls what i will suggest is that the coach should select the right player for the remeaning Three (3) marches, and also he should use Kakuta and Surage instead of Anieka. secondly if i want to use Drogba, he can bring him in second half
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Posted by Adedayo on 04/21/2010
Wel is nt easy to be at d top of d league what happen to is an icecube it can happen to any team,captain so i wnt him to calm down and plan on hw to win double.
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Posted by STEVE on 04/21/2010
Missing the pun title - calmer carryallon ( Boy George) would have been good. Still missing your profile,be brave and show yourself ! Confused why we didn't keep a consistency going after such a strong run, are nerves coming through now on the run in to the possible double ? Would be momentous to do this and wish Jose would stop going on about his Chelsea boys, been a few bosses since him and big tactical changes. I remember Ruud played this card for a while whilst we were winning silverware after his time. Gus regained the changing room and rebuilt the bond and it seems players have equal respect for Carlo so next 4 games will show their character now.
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Posted by jermaine on 04/22/2010
Mr.David i lke ur optimism but i find it hard to keep calm as do alot of chelsea fans. I really hope we can all the remaining games and everyone keeps saying we have 6 points from the home games already, i wouldnt be so eager to suggest that. Who is going to replace Terry on saturday. Has anyone realized that the top 3 leagues being EPL, La Liga and the Italian league, the leaders are only leading by a point, has this ever happened before?
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Posted by birkhab on 04/22/2010
M from Bhutan and I love Drogba and the club Chelsea since i started watching BPL.Well! we should forget everything else what happened and stay calm and concentrate on the three match remaning and the title is ours.BEST OF LUCK boys hoping to see the three match played in our way and winning the double this time.
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Posted by John French on 04/23/2010
JT picked a fine time to show how much discipline 100k STR per week buys. Answer not much. Bring on the up and under bombardment from Stoke with a patched up back four. There is no question in my mind that we should have snatched City's hand off with the 40m offer. They would have imploded when the Bridge scandal erupted in their dressing room. Oh well now Obi is out too so Ballack comes in with even less pace. I just pray that we go with Cole(s), Yuri and Anelka for a bit of pace. Drogba should be an impact sub, ditto Kalou. Anything less than a win and we can forget it. Utd have easy fixtures. I think the major problem last week was the late Utd goal. At 0-0 the Chlesea players would have been thinking 6 points from 4 games and we have done it. When they kicked off it had become 8 from 4, now it's 8 from 3. If that sequence carries on we are doomed. I'm not sure how much more I can take of this after the last few seasons. Now I know what it was like to be a Leeds fan in the late 60s.
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Posted by Fred ojugbo on 04/23/2010
Am a true chelsea fan in Nigeria. D defeat @ white Hart lane is an eye-opener. Chelsea will win d league come what may.
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Posted by J. Herald on 04/23/2010
we need to find someone like Robben again..why he leave on the 1st place??ribery not too pacy as robben...need a winger to take lazy joe position.mcgeady looks good..
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Posted by hagi on 04/24/2010
Chelsea will rule barclays premier league till the enf of this season, yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by Nathan Mixon on 04/25/2010
Hey, I'm a big Chelsea fan from Kenya too! I sure hope the blues can come out with a win at Stoke...a loss would be such a huge advantage to United. Even with out JT it shouldn't be too hard. We just need Drogba out there scoring goals along with Lampard and Malouda on the wing. C'mon Blues!!!!
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Posted by Ojulari Abdulakabir Tola on 04/25/2010
It is a sad experience to have been beaten by Totteham Spurs. I think the mistake came from the coach when an experienced coach discovers his player's furry then he needs to moderate the game by subsituting a lively player like Solomon Kalou instead of Joe Cole at right wing. Mostly Malouda has been the engine room of scores for us. He was tired and couldn't cope with the tempo of game therefore the coach needs to wing-swap to correct his weekness to enhance his spirit. Even if the best Messi is highly-spirited, he could only play with the same flow of the game. Let's Carlo Anceloti believe Chelsea is my team and I am strongly praying we take the cup. Blues till I die...
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Posted by kiki on 04/25/2010
hi chelsea fans being calm and try to give evrything to our players . we r in a position that can we win the title. the only thing neded is the players to do their best on the peach and fans to be behind them. that is all a chelsea suporter from sudan.
Posted by prince Mathew on 05/04/2010
hi i m prince from india..die hard chelsea fan.....we r closer to the titlle...but stay focussed against wigan...win the possession...and should not come to defence even after scorin 1st goal...so that we can score 2 or 3....if there is only 1 goal to defend against wigan..it wil be very tough....so keep focussed...hope guys at the bridge who will watch the game will make the day a memmorable one...ie 90 minutes oye...oyee...chelsea.................
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Phil Lythell is a Chelsea season ticket holder and lifelong Blues supporter stretching back to the sepia-tinted days of Kerry Dixon and Pat Nevin. Author of Chelsea-centric blog 
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