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LOL. If this were to happen, I'd give up on our transfer policy.

David Luiz for me. Made an immediate impact at Fulham, United & City. Yes he's made mistakes, but 95% of his game is positive! It's a shame he's ineligible for the UCL

Personally, imo, I think this is b/s. I think, like Beckham, Lampard will never "retire". He'll realise there's a point where he'll be used less, but he'll still make himself available whenever he can!

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Meh. Still a quality striker, just jealous now I guess

Maybe he just didn't take his chances when he was on trial. Nothing we can do about that..

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I know what you mean & I was hesitant too. But let's be fair, he could easily have asked for a transfer & made a claim for him to "wish to finish" his career elsewhere. The fact he wants to do it with us, shows his underlying love for the club?

No Chelsea can could ever hate Paulo. Definition of "loyal", he's just happy to be at the club, contributing in any way he can. We love you Paulo!

Good lad! I'll see you at Cobham in an hour then!

It'd be between us or ManUnited. They've been tracking him for a few years now apparently.

Aha, it all makes sense! Where's the TalkChelsea advertising though

Personally, I say his vision. He knows how to pick a great pass & he creates good space for himself. He's kind of like Mikel for us. I'm not going to go as far as saying he's underrated, but he is an important player in that Liverpool squad, he's stepped up in that role Xabi Alonso left behind (though obviously Xabi was much better)

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Yeah! He was key in the scum beating us at Anfield!

Agreed. I think for most of us it's, rather Mourinho with us than against us, our track record vs him isn't great so far

You're still not grasping the concept. Of course, all of us here, will back the club through thick and thin! We support our players & management regardless of if we think they should be there or not. Support and opinion is completely different. It's like saying you support your country (out of a deluded sense of 'patriotism') but not favouring your President. You support everyone, but you have your own opinion about things like management. For example myself, I don't think Kalou is a Chelsea-required player. But when he comes on, I hope he does well & I support him. Doesn't mean I think he should be here though. Do you get what I mean?

Well I'm not following Serie A to that extent currently. There are 2 things I can perhaps comment on, about that. The pace of Serie A. Admittedly the pace of the football has improved over the last few years but generally it is still a very tactical battle in Italy, attacking is done systematically and is organised. It why the "old guard" don't have problems when it comes to lasting the entire game, because there's not as much running as there is in the Premier League & La Liga. Milan have some good youth amongst their ranks; Pato, Boateng, Amelia, Merkel (who will be amazing one day!), Sokratis ect.. I was very shocked to see them sign 35-year old Yepes & 33-year old Van Bommel in January. The singing of Cassano was positive, though he's 28, he still plays very well. I'd agree with those fans that players like Gattuso, Ambrosini & Zambrotta need to make way now.The decline in form of Inter Milan & Juventus. Everyone knows what happened when Mourinho left Inter Milan and Rafa took the hotseat.. In a word, chaos. The players weren't happy, the fans weren't happy & Moratti was unhappy. This reflected in the performance of the Nerazzurri, where they failed at basic defending (probably Benitez using zonal marking again!), basic attacking & basic logic. Standard policy when Mourinho leaves a team, hell breaks loose . Juventus have been on the decline for a while now, they haven't been as competitive as they used to be, and they've basically become the Liverpool of Serie A. Del Piero will not last long now & Buffon's having his share of problems. Even Roma (AC's other rivals last season) were in disarray, their sacking of Ranieri epitomised that! Like I said, I don't follow Serie A as much any more, so those are the only explanations I can offer currently.

What do you mean?

I don't know about Mourinho at Man United. He'd last a maximum 5years there? Before taking on Portugal? I don't know if that would attract United - No doubt Fergie will have his input on who takes over. Kind of reminds me of Brian Clough - Don Revie (Leeds United) situation to be honest

Just the labelling part, honest :unsure:

Haha yeah, but it's funnier because it's Wenger & look at his goal keeping situation now