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meanwhile we didn't try to buy a CM nor another FB. Manager needs to stop it with the Azpi LB business.

Play with two strikers. Clearly our CM isn't going to offer any advantage even while we're playing every one of them in the squad except Ruben. Or, as someone said above, put Hazard on for Mikel.

Just call him "Too Late Jobi." I mean, WTF is his mental problem? Never a top CM/DM. GTFO.

1. How is it that a newly-promoted side look better at marking and pressing the ball than Chelsea? 2. What the hell are you good for, Jon Obi? FFS. For a brief time, the match was looking kind of good and that all disappeared.

Oscar gets into the lineup based on the idea that he and Costa can develop more synergy, I think. I'd rather see Kenedy too. Anyway, the match is worth seeing because Ruben and Baba are playing.

I've forgotten where dear Kalas has gone.

I've no idea what this signing means, but Chelsea need more along their spine to stay out of serious trouble.

Marquinhos, Berahino, Gundogan, Kouyate. Remy to Newcastle. Done. A++

considering we have Matic, Mikel, Oscar, Fab and RLC as our CMs, seems likely someone else is coming in. right???

I am curious to see which club has been the your best club of this season thus far. For me, I'm saying Spurs because they've been strong week after week regardless of their lineup and Pochettino has integrated about --NINE-- different young players into the rotation/regular lineup (including Kane). The other two clubs worth mentioning are Southampton and Leicester. Leicester is an obvious choice, but Soton have persisted this year despite much of their side being bought up by other PL clubs in the past few years; they're still firmly in the PL top 10. One must wonder what brains are behind the club called "Southampton FC." Who's getting poopsticks for the season so far? Chelsea, ManUtd and Everton (and probably Crystal Palace too). Whose season is still 50:50 at this point? Arsenal, ManCity, Stoke, maybe West Ham.

suspense.... will chelsea acquire a new CM or fullback along with Pato?

I'm guessing Neves appears to be a great future star for those of you who've watched him, but why not just grab one proven PL star like Kouyate from the Hammers and one proven midfield maestro, Gundogan from Dortmund? Barkley's a good call, but I think his price will be very inflated compared to the two I just mentioned and IMO we need box-to-box CMs, a CB and fullback quality and depth more than anything in this squad. I suppose Barkley would fit in regardless. Very hard to take that guy off the ball and that's something everyone wants.

amazing if we actually buy a CM now, or something else we need. You can't cram every signing this club needs in one summer window. Get started.

That's correct. 90s.

If Gundo comes to my 2nd club, I'll be happy when a 2ND top CM is also purchased by Chelsea because he alone isn't going to solve Chelsea's lack in CM. Certainly a step in the right direction for Chelsea though. If chelsea do not buy him, I still think he's going to a top club, so I'd rather the Blues take him ASAP. In a somewhat disappointing world of football at this moment (I can't watch Eredivisie and I don't watch La Liga), Gundogan is one of my favorite players to see regularly. If this were fantasy football stuff, I would be buying Kouyate and Gundogan now and shipping some of Chelsea's CMs out, pronto!

who is the "younger and forward-thinking" manager being considered by Chelsea --in addition to M. Allegri? I just heard that these two are the top candidates for Abramovich.

Just plug Gundogan and either Daley Blind or Chiekhou Kouyate in that CM and add some quality in the fullbacks. http://www.whufc.com/Teams/First-Team/Squad/Cheikhou-Kouyate

I feel I've nearly run out interest in this sport recently. Chelsea's nearly incessant crap play for x-number of years and poor TV coverage in the U.S. of Italy and Spain --along with a recent lack of Eredivisie and Bundesliga, have nearly extirpated my passion for the game. No, I'm not turning on another La Liga match to see Messi, nor Madrid because I DON'T FUCKING CARE. Not another boring InterMilan match either. The Premier League keeps getting applause from the pundits, but I'm seeing a lot of crap play aside from Chelsea.

Xhaka will never be as good as Gundogan, but he does hunt people down in MF. To me, Xhaka is nowhere near the top level when faced with a top opponent, but I'll admit that my view is limited based on the number of times I've watched him AND the circustances of his side (lineup changes, injuries, etc). Krychowiak might be a better choice in that role however. I supported Schniederlin coming to Chelsea after his first season in the Premier League with Soton, but if you gave me the choice between MFs from United right now, I would take Blind.

Disagree. Chelsea need: 2 fullbacks, 2 CBs, 2-3 CMs, one new striker, a better backup GK perhaps, and we might need at least one new AM/winger with might unfold with Hazard. so, it's essentially as Guardiola reportedly stated about CFC.

well, I'm on-board with the overhaul crowd as of today. complete mess.

a new striker first, on top of a continuing crap midfield. I guess the logic is that Diego and Pato can get drunk together and score a lot as a tandem. they better score a lot with the lot playing behind them.

Bournemouth are signing potential goalscorers and Chelsea are doing nothing. Let's have another peek into the drop zone.

I'd jump on a chance for Wynaldum. never quits, has skills and can finish. Looking for new centre midfielders, I would take someone like Daley Blind in a heartbeat too (and not use him as a CB unless every CB were injured). amazing that Daley Blind and Morgan Schneiderlin aren't starting in CM on United, but that side is a mess too; just not as bad as Chelsea obviously. If someone can get some spying cockroaches into chelsea meetings right about now, the audio footage would be priceless. FFS, what is going on in football? personally, the question bigger than Chelsea right now is just how crap this generation of footballers really is (or is it the lack of superstars, mediocrity, and better defending all combined?)??? Azpi--Stones--Terry/Zouma/Christiansen/other--Rodriguez/Gaya Blind -----------Gundogan RLC Willian------------------someone------------------??? manager: Gary Neville.

Even though I haven't watched every minute of every match in 2015, I would say that Matic didn't just become poor. Mourinho and Chelsea ran him into the ground while our centre midfield has run on one leg instead of two or three. He's also not the wizard Makelele, nor Vidal, nor any of the other super CMs, but even those players played alongside competent CMs. So, I'm not sure what people expect with Chelsea's centre midfield. It's been so long that Chelsea have played without depth and quality players in centre midfield and fullback (going back to when Ballack and Essien played regularly) while previously lacking in good attacking midfielders/wingers that I can't trust what a Chelsea fan has to say about a player within our squad. The situation has been so unbalanced and the attack build-up so inept for so long (esp. without Drogba btw). Well, maybe I'm wrong to post this now in response to Matic criticism on the forum lately. I'm also not a fanboy. I won't feel any worse if he is sold with the rest of the centre midfielders but I do think he's capable of doing much better in the future. Throwing Leicester City's little monster into our MF might help, but at this point the season looks so FUBAR, I don't know what to say about transfers. Best thing would be to build from the back.