the thing about Chelsea they're motivated and they want it. do our players look like they want it when we're losing to fucking Villa or Spurs? No. we need to rediscover something, especially in defence. we need our top players fit or we need able and motivated stand ins.
Also, Anelka highlights to me the failure of Keane. They paid £15m for him and paid £19m for Keane, one got bombed out and the other is still starting and a good option for them. I'm not saying we should have signed ANelka but we should sign players with a long term view i.e that they will play in the first team or be ever present in the squad in 2-3 years, the signings of Keane, Dossena and to a lesser extent Babel were massive steps back in the last 2 years and contributed nothing to our team. it feels like we need to start over again and we're at least 2 players short. some would also argue we need another defender to solidify the back line so we can be awesome from the get go rather than pathetic and lethargic.