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Ah Saturday? I'm off work then, I'll have a chance to watch this

Sorry I just reread your post. the policy is offering 1 year extensions isn't it? not going against offering one..

anyone know when/if CTV will show the game again?

I hope they are strict with it. It's incentive to make those players continue to play and train at their very best. yes, the drawback is other clubs offer longer contracts but that's a risk worth taking imo.

'The Sun' and "trusted publication" should never be synonymous.

How they've not made the website compatible for mobiles, I'll never understand. especially when our main sponsor is a mobile giant..

Just hope we get a solid 3-4 seasons out of him at his very best for this price. It's going to be strange seeing someone who's not Cole donning number 3

Well our club pays one of the highest in wages in the world, so we can't really criticise much.

I'll let you know when I'm back. I'm sure our more esteemed members of Dutch nationality would divulge some information

Yeah true, but the scope of my comment was only limited to who started that trend. Neur excelled it, but by no means started it.

of course they do, that was shown by the effort to buy back SB from the CPO. it's a shame we fell through with Battersea, considering that's being converted into a shit hole

Just bought my tickets for Chelsea vs Sociedad

I'm hearing Besiktas have confirmed a deal in place? Anyone know if true?

I just hope we don't live to regret this one tbh..

what happened to the older staff members like Kez and the other one who I've completely forgotten the name of (Was it Aesthetic Relic or something?

Lloris started it tbh..

Well I'm sure Costa would've played...... If he didn't pick to play for Spain? He tried very hard iirc, but Costa was already swayed, what could he have done? Didn't Costa even agree before changing his mind?

I don't think you can ever definitively call someone 'best ever' because football always adapts and changes. So much changes, the offside rule, how teams approach football, the evolution of philosophies. So I always go with 'best of their generation', Messi is of his, Maradona maybe of his, Don Alfredo of his etc...

Yeah exactly! The otherside of the coin is pre-season forms gives a bit of a faux interpretation of players. We've had numerous talent that looked great in preseason but didn't reach those same heights in the season.. Marko Marin sticks out like a sore thumb in this context.

Is Paulo Ferreira still around? Gael Kakuta will be rejoining the squad from loan

Indeed, it's the start of the season for both will be key to how they'll progress. But it won't be a main factor, just ask Azpilicueta. That's true Barbra, but you can argue Willian is much freshers having not played as much as our German.

In that case, Ramires is there for the taking

Yeah it's true. Mourinho certainly doesn't rush players back unless there's an occassion where it's needed (Hazard v PSG types), he certainly won't think the beginning of the season is near important enough to foresake Schurrle's overall fitness. That gives Willian a slight edge over his colleague.

They missed a trick with Vela, I would argue that on his day he's one of the best finishers in the world. Great eye for goal, but he does lack other attributes that would have allowed him to be world class.. Like he was supposed to.

I think we will. Something like this should kickstart him again, to continue to try and do it on the international stage by improving club form. The problem is, Barcelona now have Neymar and Suarez where before Messi had the support of Xavi & Iniesta.. I don't really know how Luis Enrique plans to allow all 3 in a free-role when before it was only Messi who was allowed that liberty.