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My condolences too Jim!

Definitely agree with you! Stoke is a very hard venue to play at. I remember David Luiz stuttered his good form there after he had played some quality games for us beforehand. I think Tony Pulis has done a really good job there... he buys the right players for every position, and he tells his team to be in the opposition's faces all the time, which leads me to believe that there won't be as many chances for us as people might think. I'd like to see us win 2-0 comfortably, but I won't be suprised if the game is a tight one! I'd still think we will win though! Coventry in 1998 were the last side to beat us on opening day!

If we don't get Modric from Tottenham, I say we play him for a majority of the Premier League games! I think squad number 20 shows that Chelsea desperately want to keep him, and that they want him to mould into the squad. If we do get Modric, McEachran won't get as many games (sadly) but he will be among players like Modric to give him a helping hand in terms of experience!

Really pleased McEachran has the number 20 shirt!! It's a playmaker's number

I think Kalas will benefit from a loan move to the Dutch league! He'll go down the same route as Rajkovic did! Players who have been under contract at us do really well in Holland on loan... Rajkovic of course, and Miroslav Stoch (should have kept him)

Another Chelsea fan from the north! Keep 'em coming! Welcome to the forums dude!

welcome to the forums dude!

I can only contest that by saying that by after playing in the World Cup, he could be match fit, meaning he could adapt into the squad quicker?

I go by what a majority have said about the fact, that Pato is not really the sort of player we should be signing at the moment. If we do sign him, then Sturridge might as well pack his bags and go back to Bolton for a year. Drogba, Torres, Sturridge, Lukaku... it's a good balance of strikers, with Lukaku as Drogba's immediate successor. I'd love to see us add Pato, but we really don't need him!

Malouda has had some questionable hair styles, and we've never really bothered with them! The funnier the style, the more respect they get, just look at David Luiz

I guess they're probably signing Nasri because they don't want anyone else to sign him!

Stoke have a very tough set of centrebacks! Our old boy Huth, Shawcross, Woodgate, and now Upson! They'll be no pushovers this weekend, especially when they're at home! By the way Jusek... I must ask off topic, are those pictures of Lukaku in your avatar real pictures of him?!

I'm exactly the same but with Swedish Linda teaches me all I need to know

If Hulk joins Tottenham, I will leave my house and become homeless!

Absolutely! He is my all time favourite player outside of Chelsea! And the thought of having to hate him puts me down in all fairness!

No-one has beaten us on the opening day of a season since Coventry City back in 1998! Hoping we can maintain that record! It only happens once every year!

If it's an ankle injury Torres has done, he could be out for weeks!!

Spot on! Or... he could stay at Inter, and i could carry on enjoying his style of play!

BRILLIANT! Would give you 100 rep for this if I could!

but Pato is almost a decade younger than Flo

"Chelsea's long-running hopes of signing AC Milan striker Pato are not yet dead even though the Brazilian is settled in Italy and dating the daughter of club owner Silvio Berlusconi." talkSPORT http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/9722/5/chelsea-given-hope-pato-could-leave-ac-milan it's talkSHITE but it sounds interesting!

We prefer to go for players like Romeu, who no-one has heard of, and has a buy back clause instead! It's quite embarrassing really!

agreed!