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That as well.

It mightn't be on paper, but the majority of us want to win the match. It's a chance to win our first trophy and put down a marker.

It's not major, but we have a week and a half till we play our first competitive match. That ain't long.

I expect a few youngsters to start, but I hope we field a side not too far from our main XI.

I'm with you, but at the right price. He his someone for the present and the future who is HG.

If he does stay put; I hope the summer off rejuvenates him. He needs to return to the level he was at early on in his Chelsea career.

I hope I'm wrong, but I have a feeling Falcao will sign permanently next year.

I wouldn't be surprised if he's sold next summer regardless of how well he does. It's a shame that will likely be the case despite signing a new 3 yr contract.

Has that supposed to be funny. Best to have spell check on next time.

You must be among a very small minority.

This will be a massive opportunity. I think he has to have a good season to have any chance of succeeding here.

Azpi for me. He offers his all in every match and is ever present in our XI.

Good to see him go. There's no way he should be rotting on the bench when he's better than the competition ahead of him. I guess our pursuit for Abdul Baba Rahman will hopefully come to a conclusion.

We offered £20 for Stones, so I doubt it has anything to do with that. Mou just doesn't want Pedro.

I agree, but normally better players adapt quicker. Juan isn't a bad player, but he can't perform in the Prem. Did nothing in 4+ months. I ain't a fan of Willian, but at least he has the physical attributes to do a job.

I'm fine with buying someone to replace them, but I want an improvement. It's pointless getting players to add to the numbers when we can do that from within and hopefully reap the rewards.

Salah has supposedly joined Roma, and I hope Juan will be off. If that happens, we should promote someone.

Happy to hear the rumours were just that. Great player to have in the squad.

He's wanted to go to Bayern since his Leverkusen days.

I see him being offloaded before the window is shut, personally. Also, I would prefer a promising youngster to be in his place instead. They need to be given a chance eventually.

He'll only stay because he's HG. He's a decent player, but isn't going to offer much at all.

Looks like him to Roma on loan is a done deal.

He was a decent player for three British clubs beforehand as well. I don't see Begovic being a certain number 2 at all. If Thibo has some bad games, Begovic could take full advantage and possible become our number 1.Finally, I totally agree with your last point as we need to see our youth players be given a chance, but I also think the money is there if Mou wants it. Juan being the main example of that.

Milner cost £26m five years ago. I get your point, but most of them won't want to sit on the bench. Milner would have been ideal for us, but wanted to be a starter. It's easy to pinpoint players, but trying to convince them to sit on the bench more often than not is much harder. Most English players like to have their say about such predicaments.

The majority of players you mentioned aren't HG. HG/English are almost the same thing. I get the fact that prices are more inflated for the latter, but that's more likely seeing as most HG players are British. The number of foreign HG players is minimal.