DYC.

Guess you're right.

Please please please let Anelka stay upfront.

Yeah, mehh. Won't let myself get excited anymore.

Anelka as a CF. Sturridge as a LW. McEachran as a DM. Why did I allow myself to get excited about seeing Lamps and Josh working together in CM..

Correction: he made a goal cutting inside from the right. He played as a CF.

Horrible news for the young players. What good is experience when you perform like a Championship player..

De Bruyne is a (right-footed) attacking midfielder who can also play on the wings. Considered one Belgium's biggest talents together with Lukaku and Carcela. Heard of him, never seen him play. From what i've heard, his main strenghts are his passing, technique, vision, can pass, dribble and shoot with both feet and he has a great, powerful right foot (solid corner-taking and being able to score direct free kicks). He's pretty powerful too. So a complete player. Not 'Chelsea material' yet but could be in the future. And the story is true, his agent confirmed it. Nothing serious yet but Chelsea is interested.

Yeah i don't get that too.

Exactly.

CA should sign Samba and threaten that players that keep underperforming will get their ass kicked by him. I bet that secure us a top four spot and the CL and FA Cup.

I was just asking how BL he saw CA as a long-term manager when you look at the things I pointed out. Don't know if CA can ''turn the club into a dominant force next season''. About Terry, I doubt it. This is the Premier League, it takes so much out of you physically. In the Serie A you can rely on skill and you don't need to be in incredible shape to perform. Terry is already incredibly slow, can't imagine how slow he'll be become in 3, 4 years. He'll also most likely get injured like crazy. Just look at Carvalho. Couldn't play two games in a row without getting injured last season (and remember he was always a lot less injury-prone than JT). Now he's in Spain, no injuries and he's playing better than he's done in a long time.

Question: how is Ancelotti a long-term manager? His Milan side was pretty much the same team the 9 years he spent there as a manager. The side became ancient and because of that the needed consistency to win the domestic league was not there. 1 league title in 9 years as a result. After he left, Milan had to buy a lot of players to replace the (most of the too old) starters and now they finally look like title contenders again. The amount game time he gives to young players also show no indication of him being a long-term manager. If it was up to Ancelotti, we would be playing with the same side for the next five years. Just look at his ''Drogba can perform for another 3, 4 years'' statement and saying JT could have a career like Maldini. I really don't see how he is like Fergie or Arsene.

Ouch.

Yeah, meh.. But i agree with you. Sacking him would not help. But he has to do something to change things, fast.

forgot about that. Maybe the amount of money isn't as high as it was with Scolari.

If the men we have been watching these past two, three months form our best team, we are in some deep shit.

We don't have to spend. Just promote the reserve coach if CA goes.

Huh? I didn't mentioned a name in my post eldo.

I never said that . I said at least that way we get something out of this season. The likes of McEachran, Kakuta, Sturridge, PVA, Bruma playing more games and that way improving and getting experience is only a good thing for us in the long-term. Going out and start buying without a solid 'transferplan' is just another example of the short-term way of thinking that surrounds this club. Nothing can save our domestic season imo.

If Carlo goes, put the reserves manager in charge till at least the end of the season (maybe he's a Guardiola II ). He knows the team and the youngsters. He'll also have faith in the youngsters, probably give them a lot more game time and that way we get something out of this season. Or steal Di Matteo from WBA! *I was also thinking about Zola but taking over this 'confused' bunch will probably only damage his legendary status.

Wow.

Hey we do have a player in our squad who can get past players, yet he hardly plays.

Exactly. It's ridiculous. Just bench them to scare them.