Kostas

I'm not sure what's being discussed here. Has anyone argued that we are not 2 midfielders short or that we wouldn't like someone better than Parker?

Let's not be silly. Stamford Bridge's ground is worth MILLIONS and Roman have to be absolutely retarded not to take advantage of such a hot property located in that area of London.

For what it's worth, and mind I don't think it's too much, Porto had a pretty shit pre-season too. When we first got AVB it was suggested that was due to his training methods and namely him using periodisation. Of course don't let this get in the way of squad devaluing and pre-season panic.

A bit offtopic but since many threads are being derailed there's not much harm done. Cynicism and thinking like a miserable old bastard aside, how shocked will you be if Torres becomes one of Premierleague's top 3 strikers in 11 months?

Implying Anelka can stick to the sidelines

With all due respect, in case that happens, I'll have to decline.

Well I'll be damned.. He is set to sign for the Greek team I support.

Really?!

That sounds unlike him. The principle of that post was absolutely spot-on.

Can those two even be used in the same sentence? I'm pretty sure I rep'ed a post of yours during the last few weeks where you wrote about market and freedom.

To think that last season I sounded like a miserable bastard.. It's our 2nd pre-season game ffs.

What a dire half of football.

There's no reason to stall his development on the bench for the circa 10 games he could play as a number 2. If the rumours about Atletico wanting him on loan are true then the club deserves plaudits for the way they handled this case

He will be at the U20s at that time.

That's not Lukaku's twitter.

Looks like 11 changes. Bosingwa, Clalobah, Terry, Van Aanholt Lampard McEachran Benayoun Anelka Drogba Kalou

Now to see where we will loan him.

Apparently we signed him. Just had to wait for OG to sign from ManU.

Torres created the goal

Jesus Christ..

Tomas Kalas with number 35.

Clifford. Interesting that Zhirkov starts in midfield but I'd rather not make much out of it since it's preseason.

According to the official website it's a 4-3-3 with Torres being accompanied by Sturridge and Malouda.

Sounds too good to be true.

He's on the official site Paco Biosca - Medical director