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I totally agree plus I would go a step further. Id also upgrade both Cahill and I might get boo'd for this one - Bane. He gets lost forward and totally forgets hes a defender. Plus as hes not the fastest it takes him ages to track back. I wouldnt mind if he just went forward on occasions but I think he scores a goal and it goes to his head. Plus hes at the yearly renewable age and if we want a team who will gel together and become dominant for awhile we need to start looking at our back 4. Id have donated my damgleys for Varane to team him and Zouma up but realize its a hard one. Plus with what looks like some sellings/loans that Mou said wasnt going to happen if he could help it, we will have a smaller squad than we already have. I hope Im just being a big girls blouse but Im a tad nervous.

You say group A got regular playing time then you say they got limited playing time. I agree that Mou needs to have confidence in the players or they dont get picked and I would place Remy,Filipe and Cuadrado in that pigeon hole. For whatever reason he does it we wont change it. IMHO If a player wants to throw all his toys out of their pram and have a hissy fit and try to hurt the club because of whatever reason then they should be helped along their way. No matter who it is. The club is bigger than 1 or 2 players egos. We knowwhat Mou thinks to rotation for whatever reason I cant understand but the thing I really dont get is a few times early last season he was asked in interviews about team selection. Mostly asked about which keeper etc etc. But his answer to that was I like to have selection problems. I like finding it hard to decide who to select. Anyone looking at us might just call him out on that one.

I think Griezmann would be ideal for us and I pray to the footballing atoms that Jose is just pulling a Mou on us just to wind us up. Its worked!

And with the players we shall be selling (because they were bought in error or because their faces dont fit or just dont seem to be Joses cup of tea) eg Filipe,Cuadrado,Remy. So that means if we get the 3 players we shall be 1 less player than this season with our already small squad. We needed to add 5 more players IMHO It depends on which players decide to be on form and for how long.We have a few players that decided to go into hibernation mode post December which didnt help us at all. If they decide to be off for a bit longer then we got no chance. It was only because we played so well when the others were not we had such a big buffer built up. If we go into next season with the same lads as this season we have trouble. Last 'links' are to the gooners.

Sorry bruv but IMHO we will not be in that list unless we make some upgrades and add some good depth. We might just be left behind and Im nervous.

Theyre one of the richest clubs in the world and have more than enough money earned to never worry about the FFP guidelines. We too should also have a fair few quid saved up too so we should be able to splash out and buy a few top players we need. Whats made me laugh is the Fat Spanish Waiter. His ego must be going bonkers with his newly found fame and fortune. And with him stepping into the shoes of yet another of Joses old jobs hes just trying to flex his beer muscles. We all are aware of his petty jealousy of Jose and never being able to cut it with the big boys but its ridiculous to think Chelsea would let one let alone 2 of their prized posessions leave specially for a daft sum like that. Hazard has to be worth at least £80 mill and Costa £50mill. Its Chelsea that should be getting players off them. Let fat boy go buy himself a little tapas bar somewhere and leave the football alone.

If a player was to be judged for only one game then theres been games when I would sell our whole team. What we need to look at is not the player as an individual but how he would work as part of the team as a whole. We need central midfielders badly both defensive and offensively and theres no doubt that Pogba is one of the best there is and I'd happily have him with us for upto £50mill.

While I dont mind Bane roaming forward I think he needs a reminder at times hes a defender. Hes not the fastest and he gets lost to where he is sometimes and has to scramble back. We have a weakspot IMO between him and Cahill who also hasnt been himself for alot of this season and has looked very thin,weak and pale (just as Schurrle did). With JT more than likely being his last season and Cahill/Bane at the yearly contract age its time to look at upgrades. HOPEFULLY baring these ridiculous transfer rumours we got Zouma for Cahill (who Id swap now) And my dream is teaming him and Varane. (yes I know - very difficult, But its MY dream ) Which leaves either a LB or RB seeing as Filipe wont be here. But it is time for a change if we are going to build a team to be together for years and compete in Europe,

I just dont think Mou trusts him enough. Theres been alot of chances for us to give him time and do some swapping and changing. Id have liked to seen a Filipe/JT/Zouma/Dave lineup. But the old saying no smoke without fire and the gossip has gone on along time now. I do think he was a wrong buy even tho hes not a bad player. For his age he was too much money. It would be great for us (and Filipe) IF Athleti DID want him back. We could use him as part ex for Griezemann. Doesnt transfer season send ya bonkers?

Cant find the report I read where he said he was happy to stay but heres a similar kinda one. Griezmann : "We will give everything to have a good pre season and be prepared for big matches and the Champions League. "I want to score as many goals as I did this season, or more, next season." Earlier this week, Jose Mourinho tried to play down talk Chelsea are keen on the striker. He said: "Griezmann is a great striker but is not within our objectives to strengthen the squad for next season." However, according to sources in France, Griezmann himself might decide against a departure as he feels more than happy at the Vicente Calderon. But, more importantly, the red-hot striker is worried that any move away might affect his free-scoring form ahead of an important summer next year. Euro 2016 is being held in his native France and the Burgundy-born striker is desperate to play a key role for his country back on home soil. However, his place could come under threat if he fails to settle in at a new club quickly and he may not be prepared to take that risk, it has been suggested. I know transfers are difficult looking at it from all points of view. But I dont know why all the groundworks not been done pre silly season. at least reps talking to each other. Now whether Emenalo and the crew have set out feelers we will never know untill someone writes their memoirs. But as far as not meeting the buyout thats beyond me.It seems we have a £30mill cutoff fee and we wont get cheapo deals like costa and cescy every day. we need to spend some dosh for the players we need. Otherwise we will end up with wannabes and hasbeens. I like the lad and think he would go down a treat. I also think he would really help Costa.

Aye but Cuadrado never came out saying he wasnt coming to us like Griezmann has. I wonder what we have to do to make us more of a club for players to want to come to us?

Well he seems to be the biggest deal we have going right now. All the other ones are for young wannabes to fill the academy or send out on the loan merry go round. We need to be looking at some blinkin 1st team upgrades. I see Pogbas agent has stirred the pot saying he could leave for the right price. Cant we have a whip round?

He did actually have 4 assists this season and the Rags had this scoring goals line in his contract.

Ive been looking at us getting Falcao with a bit of a negative view. Ive just gone through a Rags forum reading their interesting comments on him. And while theres an awful lot of haters with their negative views there was also alot of pro Falcao also and they gave their reasons (not like the haters that just quoted the no goals comments). They commented on how he never got any real playing time. How he never got any support from LvG, how he was used in wrong ways and not given support fron the AMs, how he needed time to settle into the premiership like DiMaria and Tevez, how he came back too soon from his injury, how LvG used him as a marker with him being far too short to be one. There was alot of sensible support for the lad with comments like "if we decide not to sign him you watch it come back and bite us" and "just watch some other PL club sign him" While I still do think at his age and it would be a gamble for us I do think that if ANYONE can bring Falcao back to how he could be its Mou. I just dont know if he will get the regular playing time he needs to get his mojo back.

I hold my hands up and admit to not knowing much about him till his 'links' with us and all Ive really seen are his Youtubes. But the lad seems good and suits or counter attacking play. Hes fast, doesnt need a GPS to find the goal and looks good in the end 1/3rd. But I cant see Mou getting 4 strikers tho it would have come in handy last season through injuries eh.

I totally agree. I really like Remy and even tho hes not a game chamger I dont think he could have done much more than we asked of him. As a third striker we couldnt ask for much more. What I think we need is another top notch Costa like to fight and push each other for number 1. Who knows. Given alot of time and REGULAR games Falcao could get his mojo working I just dont think we can afford to gamble on it right now. If he was 2 or 3 years younger maybe. But hes not.

Well I hope that we do actually get him cause /I see him working well with us and I know Mou plays his cards close to his chest but saying we arentinterested in signing him makes me feel hes telling the truth. He was right last season when he said we had finished after our early deals and Im afraid I believe him now. Tho wouldnt it be great if we were punk'd.

You are joking arent you? You think hes going to start 15 games? Just maybe if he did start 15 games in a row it might make him Chelsea fit but how many if any goals will he score in those 15 games? We need strikers of Costas abilities that will push him. Drogs played 40 games scored 5 goals. Remy played 30 scored 9. Costa played 39 scored 21. Falcao played 32 scored 6. So he did play quite a few games he just didnt score many goals.

Im not saying that Falcao is a bad player. And I do think that given time and regular games with a good manager he might get back to a good level but we cant afford to be the ones to take that gamble on him can we? If he was a few years younger and we could afford to take a year or 2 to bring him on then yeah lets do it. But we need a guy ready to fight now. We already have 2 strikers with injury problems do we need another? Might as well keep a 37 year old with no legs or lung capacity but with an enormous heart.

Remy has done almost everything asked of him this season. Hes scored some good goals not only a goal sneak. Before he came to us I would have much prefered Bony but now Im really happy he came. I just dont think that he's got Mous trust. Theres been many times he could have played but Drogs was selected instead. As a 3rd striker I dont think we could ask for more but he would never push for top spot I dont think. What we need is someone that will and Falcao just isnt it.

3 maybe 2 years ago I'd have offered my left dangley for him but all Im seeing now is another Torres. Just like him hes not been right since his injury.. Plus with him getting older these injuries are going to get more often. If you look at him with a negative eye I wouldnt want to sign him. Theres got to be a younger fitter striker that also scores more goals we could sign who would want to push Costa for number 1. The only way to get Falcaos form back is regular playing time and a team built round him with a manager, team, fans that want him and believe in him. And with his time ant United being so crap its going to be difficult to sway Chelsea supporters IF we do sign him IMHO.

Is anyone as nervous as me concerning transfers? In the silly season we are continually 'linked' to every player who pops his head up or whose money grabbing agent wants some hype for his player Last summer was no different but it seemed we did our homework. Jose/Emenalo etc had a plan on the main lads we wanted and their idea of who didnt fit. And they went out and signed them quick. And while 2 worked out great and the 3rd depending who is asked we was in and out fast. This year as usual we are linked with every Tom, Dick and Harry. Me I think we could upgrade 3 or 4 of the 1st team and I'd happily get rid of the same amount but Im sure we all have our own ideas on who we want and who we dont want.And while I know its not as easy as us just wanting a player (for various reasons) we dont seem to be very busy compared to our PL opposition. I really liked the idea of getting Griezman but it seems Mou doesnt. But yet it looks like we are going to buy a replica Torres. 2/3 years alo Id have loved Falcao here. I dont think hes ever been a top scorer as his goal numbers are boosted with penaltys. Hes definitely not been right since his last injury (just like Torres) and I wouldnt take him if he cut his wages in half and he came for £20mill. I know we dont have that magnetic attraction like United/RM/Barca/BM and even Arsenal/Juve but we have made a few quid so should be able to put our hand in our pocket for some proper in form talent. Im worried that we will get left behind next season and we wont cut it in Europe or the PLwith the same lads we have now IMHO.

While I think thats a ridiculous statement as theres different reasons to 'sit back' I do believe we should grow some balls and run over some of these teams. We was dispatching the 'minnows' with ease and playing beatiful football earlier in the season. Ive not believed I was watching the same team at times this year. I dont put this intirely at Joses door hes just one of the factors. Just think if we win this. 8 Point lead and game in hand! Cheer up bruv its almost party time and paint the town Blue! Id rather have Jose than 99% of all other managers and Ive still got faith in him. Off to the pub, see you at the Bridge. Come On Youe Blues!

The twat never tries to sway a refs decision does he eh?

Well Ive got no idea on how Jose/Emenalo's minds work as far as transfers go and i gave up trying to think who will come and go ages ago cause im always wrong. BUT i do know that we both need a couple of upgrades and also optoions for players we already have We desperatly need alternatives for cescy and Matic. I wouldnt mind losing rami and Mikel but who would want them for the money we would need? But when either of them arent playing we seem lost. Theres many manes been mentioned and id be happy with most of them. We need shot of Cahill. Hes had a pretty bad season ever since his knock in the head. I would donate my left dangley for varane, its my dream to see him and Zouma as our central defence. Dont know what to say about oscar thats not been said. If he could stay like he was pre December then id say keep the lad but this pattern of apathy is getting monotonous. We need to think too what will happen to players we have on loan performing well and how we can fit in the newly promoted lads from the academy next season. And does Petr have a dog or something we can kidnap and ransom to him if he agrees to stay next year? im up for giving it ago if anyones willing.