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I actually hope we get Copenhagen! It will be a reason for me to go to Denmark this year

I would love to have the following group... CHELSEA SHAKHTAR DONETSK FC COPENHAGEN MSK ZILINA - Chelsea have never faced Shakhtar in any European Competition - Chelsea last faced FC Copenhagen in the 1998-1999 Cup Winners Cup, where Marcel Desailly scored his first goal for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in a 1-1 draw having gone a goal behind, and Michael Laudrup scored against them in the second leg before joining Copenhagen. - Chelsea played MSK Zilina in the 2003-2004 season during the Qualifying stage of the competition. They won 2-0 in Slovakia for the first leg, and won 3-0 at Stamford Bridge

I was at first when our defence couldn't shape up during pre-season, but that was before the season had even started. Chelsea have looked more solid in defence, against WBA and Wigan, and knowing we have quality back up, it's no surprise we don't need anyone. I guess Carlo knows what he's doing in signing up Srna, if he does

oh for gods sake!! WE DON'T NEED A DEFENDER!!! Why are we wasting £16 million for a player we don't even need this will be a stupid move :ballack:

just to be clear on this before I start getting worried about the possible raise in prices.... Champions League home tickets to watch Chelsea play in the group stage are at least £25 a ticket this year. Because I'm planning to go to a Champions League game again this year. I went to see the games against Bordeaux, Cluj and APOEL in the last two years and they all cost that much, are they still £25? I would check the website, but prices might not be accurate since it's only the beginning of the season, and there could be a change. EDIT: can someone move this to the tickets sub-forum, I completely forgot there was one there

Welcome Andy! Hope you can make Matic and Rajkovic quality players also hope you stick around

spot on! Good to hear that someone else is waiting for the return of Bosingwa, rather than thinking about who else we can buy who we don't need!

Happy Birthday Layla!! Hope you have a smashing day! :D

well, if Burdisso isn't wanted, I guess Ramos is off the menu as well, which I pretty much agree with anyway.

oh my god, that's almost a spitting image!! freaky!

Really Really REALLY can't wait to see this kid play!

I'd rather loan Matic to a better club than Vitesse Arnhem. What happened to our relationship with PSV Eindhoven?

So it's not going to happen at the Chelsea megastore then? Like it usually does?

Exactly! Paying Ramos' wages every week will only increase the wage bill again, something we've been trying to reduce with the departures of Ballack, Deco, Carvalho and Cole. Mind you, Ballack's earnings is pretty much on the borderline of what Ramos would be earning. How much did Ballack earn when he was with us?

I'm going for a 3-1 win or a 4-0. I reckon we'll start slow, and work our way into the game and record another good win. We may have beaten them 7-0 last time but Stoke are an unpredictable team when they want to be.

It was over before it started in all honesty, and I'm glad it is over now. At least until January. As I've been saying. Drogba up front, with the French connection either side of him is all we need right now, and it's showed so far in our first two Premier League games.

The only thing I would say that this would remotely be realistic, is that Real have promised Ramos a contract extension for a few years now. Ramos, believe it or not is considered one of the low earners at Madrid. Since the likes of Ronaldo, Benzema, Kaka et al who are superstars at the Bernabeu, and are earning the most. But this €10 million a season on a 5-year-deal is just ridiculous. If you're going to earn that amount every year you'll be expecting to start virtually every Premier League game. And we'll be saying goodbye to Bos for sure, and possibly Brano as well, because Alex and Terry are pretty much first choice when it comes to our centreback pairing.

That makes sense, for a minute, I thought you meant Ramos was overrated

is that Richards or Ramos you're referring to?

Carlo would want to make a short answer to the question, but I see the point you're making Funny you used the eyebrow too

SSN will realise they've put a foot wrong in the marketing trade when their millions of views rate plummets, and they'll have no choice but to consider returning it to freeview. It's been there for 8 years, and people who want to know what's going on will have to fish for more earnings out of their pockets, it's just ludicrous.

This picture sums up Chelsea's season so far! :eyebrows:

I'll be waiting for Carlo to attend another press conference this week to deny this rumor! ------ Press: "What can you tell us about any link your club has with Sergio Ramos?" Ancelotti: "It's not true!"

I've read about this as well. Manuel Almunia is also eligable for England. I get your point of the fact that the whole squad is meant to be English. It shouldn't be about that, it should be about their ability. I have to say, he'd be a good addition. He's played in England for 5 years so he has plenty of experience. Would prove to be an excellent playmaker for us, something I don't think we have in the England squad.

Tomorrow, SkySports News is removed from Freeview!! To be truthfully honest I'm fucking outraged by this!!