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Yeah I just saw. End of an era, indeed, but hopefully the mark of a brighter era too. I do like how Chelsea considered both 60k and 55k expansion though.

Lmao! Fair enough.. But I would like to see him stay in the PL whatever happens.

Fair enough CFC. They have basically said, we can't expand.. Hopefully CPO's convinced by Chelsea's attempt to be transparent.

If Barcelona fail with Thiago Silva, which is a hit or miss, they will come hard for Luiz. We cannot afford to lose him. It's funny, Barcelona will target him as a centre back and here some are still suggesting he should move to DM or RB etc.

The problem is Kakuta plays in a position where there's so much competition and in a team like Fulham, full of midfield players, it was hard for him to break through. Kakuta had it rough at Bolton too, but that doesn't mean we should not consider them when we're thinking of loan locations. Kakuta's always been an issue when it's come to loans, thankfully he's found his place in the Dijon set up. My point, though, is Fulham's a club that do need a striker. Since Zamora's left they have a void to fill, Johnson's got his injury problems, Ruiz is yet to find his form and their top scorer (I think) is their midfield player Dempsey. It's a club like this where Lukaku, especially with his talent, could potentially play week in-week out.

Don't forget, he doubles up as a decent winger too

I love how they're just playing into his words. Apparently he really went in on the media when the camera's turned off. Newspapers should be fun to read tomorrow

Aside from the price, I really like Hulk. Strong, fast and he can dribble past the full backs. Thunderous shot is always helpful and would be a wonder in set pieces, whether he's taking them or he's in the box to head them. Plus he's young and he'll be gunning for a place in the Brazil line-up. He'll respond to André very well too. It will be a good signing as a player, the price will of course be an issue but hopefully Villas-Boas' relationship will come in use.

Well with Zamora gone and Andrew Johnson's future in doubt, Lukaku to Fulham makes sense. Only if he'll be their primary striker though. He'd also relish with Dembele & Dempsey's service.

LMAO. A simple joke has become a headline like that.. Smh.

But he did add: "Not me but the football club" Who knows what's going on here

ESPN are reporting Roman & co are considering bringing in Benitez should they call time on André If this actually happens..

That's silly lol. I understand the resentment towards the guys that cheated in that game, but Iniesta wasn't one of them.

Indeed, he's hardly a c'nt. In fact his attitude is fantastic, just gets on with the game.

Can Brazil rely on David Luiz? http://soccernet.esp...d-luiz?&cc=5739

We've been really hated since Roman came and everyone kept saying we 'bought the league'. Just like we hate City now, because it seems they take most of our targets, the same happened with us when Roman first arrived and dished out the millions. People also blame us for inflating the transfer market when really that was Real Madrid in their first 'galacticos' era, and subsequently their second one. They also hate us because according to most clubs we 'have no history' and so we didn't deserve such a heavy investment. A really stupid notion, but there you have it, people often like to forget we were actually doing quite well before Roman. Consistently a 5th place team, and occasional 4th. We were always a challenge during the Bates era, unlike Manchester City. It's easy for us to hate City because they're doing what we were used to. I don't really blame most fans for hating us. But it's reassuring when most fans say "I'd rather Chelsea than United" or "I'd rather Chelsea get 4th than Arsenal or Liverpool". We're often the lesser of 2 evils these days Secondly, our board doesn't help. A lot of neutrals felt sorry for Ranieri & Ancelotti. In fact I'm sure they also detested us in the Mourinho departure because they did recognise the talent of that fantastic manager. While they were happy he'd gone (for their results) everyone knew it was because of Roman & his board. They say we ruin world-class talent like Shevchenko and Torres. Failing to recognise that we elevated the careers of Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba etc. They don't like the fact John Terry's been our only academy talent to come through, in a long while. As the title says, rightly, Chelsea really do make it 'easy to be hated.'

Fair do's to him saying he wants to play for a mid-level team. Unlike guys like Michael Owen who are content to be bench-warmers.

Because whenever we do, Torres ends up going wide to the things. These guys haven't played 4-4-2 in a while and have forgotten how to do it. Plus Torres & Drogba have always played as loan strikers. Even when Drogba had a 'partnership' with Anelka, the latter was forced wide.

Relief?

Paha fair enough. But I'm sure if the fans who go can make it a real fortress then this could be really positive. I mean hopefully the club will be nice and not hike up the prices too much that it's an embarrassing location because it's noticeably empty every match. Hopefully this will also increase our commercial revenue too, Arsenal did well when they sold Highbury to make it a financial success.

Well if rumours are to be believed, ever since Hiddink left Chelsea he's been advising Roman and the board, apparently he's been on the payroll to do it as well. Hiddink didn't take the hot seat at the time because of his obligations to being in charge of Russia. It was easy for him to come in with his calm attitude because on the backbone of Scolari the players would've welcomed anyone that, again, they could walk over. Furthermore back then, as you rightly said, Drogba was in his prime and we still had Lampard on form etc. The reason Hiddink wasn't chosen after Ancelotti is because Roman hand picked André because he wanted to take a gamble on a young manager that could be here for the long term. I'm pretty sure he doesn't enjoy this record of firing managers after the squad fails.

I'm excited by a new stadium, if I'm honest.

We scored 2 goals without Sturridge & Drogba?

LMAO cosign!

Sounds as naive as Modric's "gentleman's agreement" to be honest