come back ray wilkins, all is forgiven..

[piggynose]

shouldnt chelski now get on bended knee for his return?

[Hopkirk]

Is this the end of the Chelsea dream?

The start of the nightmare?

[ELVIS68]

No, blame the players, ageing squad relying too much on Lampard and Terry, see Liverpool for a classic example, Gerrard and Co, too old for prem glory

[lesblue]

Let too many players go at the end of last season, and not replaced them with enough quality. You've only got to look at the squads of the top sides, Chelsea are far weaker than any of their rivals.

[flobadob]

They were going downhill before any departure.

[BradleyGas]

Their problem was not having a good enough youth policy so the players coming through just aren't good enough. Arsenal do it, Man U have plenty who come through. Liverpool don't and look at them!