LDN Blue

"Chelsea press officer says quotes attributed to Robbie Di Matteo regarding Torres having a psychological problem are incorrect." https://twitter.com/#!/mattlewis27/status/179652286228873217

"If he needs me, I am always here but it is obvious the change must come from him." Indeed. Torres must have self-actualisation.

Aren't Dolce & Gabbana one of our main sponsors? We should get their sponsorship on the seats, top quality material would be guaranteed and would look very good.

F'ck. Thought this was today

Thank f'ck for that. Our dugout chairs annoy me, for some odd reason

Can't blame him for wanting to go United.

Financial means. We rely a lot on CL football to make up our revenue, because we're pretty useless at gathering that from anything else, truly. We would lose the attraction of stars like Hazard, unless we get a hell of a convincing manager to come (for example; Mourinho would attract big names no matter what position the club would be in). I don't think it's the worse thing in the world, we'll be back there next year. I don't believe Tottenham will replicate their form of this season either, especially if Redknapp goes.

Looks like Frankie Boyle lmao!

At least we'll have the Euro's to distract us

And burn his shirt.

Because even if that happens our club will look for the next 'big name' to take over. Just the way things go, might as well accept it now and be surprised if a change in policy does occur. Which I doubt.

Chelsea will be fired up for this, they simply have to be. Di Matteo's gonna give a hell of talk to motivate them, Terry & Drogba will be relentless in keeping the spirit high. We simply have to hope they show determination and a real desire to win. I know I speak too idealistically for this squad, but they have to give it a real go for 90minutes. Even if we concede first.

LMAO!! If they lost him, they'd sh't themselves so much!!

Great paragraph. You're right about not need to buy everyone for those departing. Why not give Todd Kane a chance? Chalobah should be on the bench ready to come on in case we're hit with injuries anywhere in CB or DM because he's played both positions. Why look for a new central striker when £20million Lukaku doesn't even get the bench all the time. We've got players in reserves who deserve a break and a shot in the first team, which would save us a ton of money if they make a good impact. Good article BL.

From a quick skimread it looks like a great article! I will read it in more detail later, promise

I'd agree with this. If Lampard doesn't look like he can last I'd probably suggest Malouda comes on for him, stays in midfield and alternates with Mata in their position sense.

We can do it. Maximum effort must be attained. Come on you Blues!

Having this problem ^ But this is good news. Napoli fans, on here, were very good, kind and friendly 3 weeks ago. Nice on TC!

Comparing Henderson to Mikel? LOL. For me Lucas is the best DM in the league, or was.

Whoever gets signed Lukaku must be given the chance first. He's what we need in a striker to spearhead our attack. His age is irrelevent next season, since we'll be (or supposed to be) rebuilding. Let him step up, what's the worst that could happen? He won't find the net, but he'll give 110% effort, which we won't discredit him for. Of course we should sign a backup. But the push must be for Lukaku.

Of course they would. When have they ever cared about what the fans want?

Joker10 is right though, he's by far not the worst manager in the world. He wouldn't cross my mind at all in potential candidates but we could do a lot worse than Rafa. We only don't like him because of our many clashes with Liverpool when he was in charge. You can't really count inter. Post-Mourinho clubs seem to flop regardless of who takes charge, look at them now. How many managers they're going through, even Ranieri's not going to last.

LOL their excuse is 'he's not a striker'

Yep, I agree. It was a Perez signing and Mourinho doesn't need him so he's not exactly gonna play him when he doesn't need to. He'd rather play Kaka & co instead. He'll play Coentrao in the middle before Sahin steps on the pitch. Same deal with Raul Albiol, he's getting very unlucky and for his own sake he needs to move next window. What Real are doing with Sahin is the same thing they did with Pedro Leon.

Not that simple. Athletic is a club built on loyalty, they still hold their Basque-only transfer policy I believe. It's the reason why players stay so loyal to them. Javi Martinéz has already expressed a desire to leave for the Premier League. They won't let 2 stars go in one window. They'll get £20million+ for Martinéz.