The Skipper

We're well on the way. You can't use one pre season friendly against a hungry Real Madrid looking to prove something to say that we haven't progressed in our transitioning.

Exactly but the result or game doesn't change my opinion on whether we needed a striker like Rooney or not at all. I've always maintained from the get go that if we get Rooney we'll stand a very strong chance in winning the PL but if not we'll still do pretty well but just not as good.No need to panic whatsoever.

Didn't watch the game but I'm glad the people that are overreacting don't manage the team. Anyone taking anything too serious out of this game needs to check themselves. Real played as if this was a proper competitive game as they had something to show/prove to Mourinho. We didn't take the game that seriously. Simple. Nothing too serious to deduce from this game at all IMO.

If both leave, fair enough. Until then though it's a bit mad to add another central midfielder to the squad.

So, around 40+ games at CB is completely overlooked because he played a few games in midfield, that's funny. Have you ever heard of squad rotation? Have a look at which games he actually played in midfield for us and you'll soon see that opposition were generally sub standard. Don't know why it's so hard for anyone to see that Luiz played in the pivot a few times because of lack options/injuries against poorer opposition and because we've actually got good depth in defence. Jose said himself he sees Luiz as a CB anyway. You seriously can't use the fact that he played around 10-15 games in midfield as an argument that he's erratic and poor at the back. That's silly in my opinion.

Himself in the last few weeks: "I do not like the rumours about me and the possible departure. I have a contract with Chelsea until June 2017 and do not want to talk to other clubs." - David Luiz to Brazilian newspaper (O Globo) Now, like I said. We won't sell if he doesn't want to go and we don't need the money. I don't know why that's so hard for you to comprehend.

Why are you screaming? I couldn't care less if a good offer came in, to me there's no need to sell him because he doesn't want to go and we don't need the money. Simple.

Yeah because pretending to listen to what the opposition manager says makes him erratic and unpredictable... And the previous manager didn't use him in the back for about 10-15 games, the rest he played at CB. This was only because of the lack of options in the pivot as compared to the wealth of decent options we had in the back. That's common sense.

It's amazing how people don't understand this concept that Chelsea really don't need money. We'll only sell if he wants to go. If not, he's priceless IMO.

Lol. It really makes me laugh when people say we should sell Luiz and buy Hummels "because Luiz is error prone".

You're living in the past (2011/12) if you think Luiz is still as erratic or unpredictable as you make him out to be. If last season was to go by he was actually our most reliable and consistent defender.

Why the hell are Spurs signing another central midfielder?

Racism aside, Suarez has been a far bigger cunt than JT when it comes to the football pitch. Since his days in the Eredivisie this guy has been an absolute scum.

See you. Don't let the door hit you on your way out.

Probably Hazard.

Congrats Strike, long deserved.

I love KDB, but rate Wilshere higher as a player. Wilshere is also probably England's best player whenever he does play for the NT, so this "KDB is the best player for Belgium therefore he's better than Wilshere" argument doesn't really add up in my opinion. In his breakthrough season at Arsenal he was excellent. Injuries have stopped his progress a bit but he's the only player I'd take from Arsenal. When people say "what has Wilshere done". What has KDB exactly done as well in that case? That's not the case at all with both players. You just need to watch both players play and make your own opinion up about them, not justify how good they are because of what they have/haven't achieved yet. They're both very young still. Of course that's just my personal opinion. I'm not saying KDB is bad at all, I really rate him and it's fantastic that we have him, but I rate Wilshere just a bit higher.

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The internetz.

LOL.

Fair enough. Doesn't really matter though, the forums run very smooth throughout 95% of the games, it only seems to occasionally but briefly run out of memory when a significant moment (goal, red card etc.) occurs in the game, and that is without sticking it into 'performance mode', which is still pretty manageable. I guess the real test will be the Hull game though.

Have you contacted the server providers to see if there is anything they could do about it, particularly during games?

He was signed for the U21, he's not going out on loan. They need a big striker.

Don't know why people are surprised tbh. Lol.

Shoulder injury? Yeah right...