The Skipper

Roman surely must know that the majority of Chelsea fans hate Rafa?

This so fucked up. I'm actually sad. This is worse than the Mourinho sacking. If Benitez is appointed I will scream. One RDM.

When's he back?

Every goal we concede is Luiz's fault right? Not our whole defence right? FFS.

£15m isn't "grossly overpaying", and Sturridge isn't a "mediocre talent".

I'm not saying we will either - but in games or situations where we don't need a genuine DM, it would work IMO.

Not at all, £15m is about right in my opinion. Especially considering you paid around £20m for Henderson who Danny is obviously more talented than.

The Shed End forum is one of the worst ones out there.

Which is why I said in the case we don't need protection, a Ramires - KDB pivot would be okay.

Rather give Chalobah that Phil Jones role in the squad!

Our fans don't have the time or patience for that.

None of them would like to be third choice striker...

Firstly, of course we're not Arsenal. Secondly - I should've said Sturridge and Torres are good enough for a top three finish. Thirdly, to me this is a transition season - we shouldn't spoil that by signing short term fixes - we need to think long term. There's no point in signing a Huntelaar or whatever decent striker is out there in January especially if the likes of Falcao or Cavani will be more than likely available than they will be in January. You're right, we're not Arsenal we are Chelsea, so we shouldn't be making Arsenal signings either - we can do a lot better than Huntelaar, there are better options on the market - but they won't be available till the summer in my opinion so I'd rather wait till the summer and get us a striker we deserve, not just a stupid stop gap.

He's better than the Dutch league IMO. Kid is very talented but he's just not working hard enough I think. To be a top player you need to have a great mentality, and that's what Gael's missing. I still have a drop of faith in him, I'd love it if he could become a decent squad player.

I think it's a good problem. We can play KDB and Ramires in the pivot if we don't need real protection in the team - play KDB and Mikel in a more possession based cohesive team or play Ramires - Mikel when we need a more physical and direct approach.

Giroud got stick because it's obvious that the Arsenal fans naturally expect him to replace RVP's influence on the team, which is very hard to replicate. I wish Sturridge got the minutes Torres got this season so far. If RDM drops Torres for the City or Juventus game he'll make a big statement to Torres. I've had so much patience with this guy but enough is enough now.

Come on Gael, please keep it up. Prove that you can at least be a squad player here!

Exactly the type of striker we need. A Benzema/RVP type striker would be so sublime in our current set up.

DP.

How many times have you watched Atletico this season to make such an odd remark? Besides - no one said Atletico's midfield are amazing - the general consensus is that Atletico have built their team around Falcao's strengths. You've answered your own question.

People are finally waking up and smelling the strong coffee! Falcao is a great great player yes, excellent finisher and probably the best natural number 9 going - but for our team we need a different type of striker. Someone that can do a bit of everything - it's why I prefer Cavani over Falcao.

Add Bergkamp & RVP to that and notice they were all technically brilliant. Bony isn't IMO, he's all power - as mentioned above, he'd take a while to adjust to the league IMO.

Exactly this.

From that list, the only ones that genuinely might leave in January are Llorente, Bony and perhaps Villa. The rest will be more available in the summer IMO - and that's why I don't mind waiting till then to get a striker that we deserve.

Don't read the Mirror or believe anything it says, it's bad for your health. It's common knowledge that Falcao's release clause is at around £50m.