From my point of view there were only 2 things that seperated Chelski and Pool,
1) Oscar winning performances (We know who)
2) A natural finisher in the box. If Cisse got a decent run of games, maybe he could develop a good understanding with the rest of the players and start scoring lots of goals, but as Bennitez doesn't seem to like him, and keeps playing him on the right, which he seems to hate, can't see that happening. Crouch never was and never will be a finisher, and that is not why he is there, he needs a finisher to benefit from the work he does. Morrientes, unused sub, even if he was brought on wouldn't have made a difference, total waste of time and money. Sell him!!
Need Fowler to be in form, (looks good so far, based on his last few Man City games, and the Birmingham one) Will he be able to deserve the GOd title again? Hope so, because he looks to be the best striker we have at the moment.