LDN Blue

He speaks well on this topic.

Villas-Boas explains backroom staff http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2383522,00.html

Today looks a good line up! Tsonga vs Federer Murray vs Lopez & Tomic vs Djokovic Nadal vs Fish

SkySports extract

You never know..

He's not worth the hype that surrounds him frankly.

City would only confirm they're pulling when they know they have no hope. It's either a ) Sanchéz wants to join Barcelona whole-heartedly or b ) Sanchéz doesn't want to join City because he doesn't think they're ready.

Great decision by the board and Villas-Boas! I have a feeling Zola turned us down because he wanted a manager's role somewhere else. I liked what AVB said about Di Matteo, Steve Holland's promotion was expected with Clement leaving. We like to promote various team coaches to the next level with managerial changes. I wonder who will take over the Youth team role. Interesting they made a point to mention the goalkeeper coach is staying but nothing about Clement & English.

I guess. That's the problem of having a long term youth goal, then buying, already established, big stars

Take care, and have fun moving

I'd like to think we made Lampard who he is. He was a good player coming from West Ham, however it was us who converted him into one of the best midfield players in this country! We've also had a good scouting departments, recognising the talents of players like Cech, Essien, Sturridge.. We're in the process of developing another world class midfield player too though

Real Madrid will probably win this race..

Hope Nadal's ankle is okay to carry on the rest of the tournament. Would be a big loss for the competition if he goes to through injury!

Happy Birthday!

Are they missed? Yes. Ballack especially. Should they have left? Yes. They were too old, their contracts were up and it's better to go after winning the Double anyway, like TX said.

Pastore talking to Barcelona Another we lose?

"Club record fee of £18million" :541:

Too stupid of a deal to believe. DailyFail strikes again..

Tell me we didn't..

But that's my point too. Even if we find Anelka dropping in deep at least he's not losing the ball where he is. Hell when we played that return game vs Sunderland, when Carlo put Anelka behind 2 strikers we all praised his contribution and even found him as man of the match. (for the record: I'd still sell Anelka)

Anelka's finishing has nothing on Kalou. Give him the ball one-on-one with the keeper.. Out of 100 shots he'll bury 95. The only reason we're not fans of Anelka is because he drifts off to deep. I'd rather have him "warm the bench" than Kalou, because at least Anelka got the experience and skill to hold the ball, run with the ball & even look more likely to score. Not hating on Kalou, just calling it like it is.

Indeed.

Indeed. Either way, it would be a positive signing, if true!

Agree with this completely! Everyone's saying Torres will deliver next season, and I'm one of the ones who's also hopefully of this. HOWEVER we must be prepared if he doesn't recapture his past form. It's well documented his troubles go beyond the time he transferred to us (pre-World Cup).. So we really do have to prepare if he's unable to score, cue Falcao. We all saw what happened last season when Didier Drogba got his malaria. Our whole attacking department broke down.