I forgot we are in the FA cup final sunday was a downer.

[Pat Vegas]

I don't get why everyone is having a go at Chelsea.

In the opposite situation we'd have been over the moon with that result.

Also comparing our team with Chelsea based on that game is somewhat deceptive. They set out a certain way and are lacking Costa. They shut us down quite well. and as much as I hate him John Terry is a bloody good footballer.

[2 Strikers?]

they did what they had to do which was keep the gap and ease over the line.

The galling thing is they have a couple of tricky fixtures coming up against form teams fighting for prem survival and we could have made it a good deal more uncomfortable for them had we closed the gap by 3 points.

I'm not naive enough to think they won't seal it but am competitive enough to know we let them off easy.

[Pokster]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

There was a lot of petulance on here yesterday from intelligent posters, some of which I am willing to put aside as simply frustration borne from a) the result and b) the absolute realisation that we are not going to catch them.