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5* all the way. Hopefully this will make us even bigger - And officially recognised as the best

Yeah. For him to sit on the bench being constantly ignored by Carlo

But there you're simply talking positional wise. Our argument here is the overall contribution to the team. The drive and skill to play for 90minutes and make that difference, to come up with the genius to pick out the right ball, on the ground or over head. You said it yourself - Gerrard only plays well when Torres is around. Lampard can do it with or without Drogba. Remember our 7-1 over Sunderland, when he got 4? No Drogba there.

Yeah Tomo's right. Sinclair is a Championship player, not a Premier League one. We gave him enough chances to shine.

Jesus. No wonder we were one of the highest paying clubs for agents But it just shows.. Agents are just as greedy and money-driven as their clients. Ridiculous fees to pay an agent.

Yeah, £18million is ridiculous. He really is a stupid guy. Sunderland is a great club now that's revived his career, and now he's stabbed them right in the heart. Awful state of affairs.

No. No. No. 100% lies. Our name's just being thrown in randomly.

I don't really like to use stats in a Lampard vs Gerrard debate.. Mainly because it's not always about the goals and all that. It's more about the overall contribution. On the ball, off the ball, the movement, the intelligence and all that. While the stats help with goal and assists ratios they don't really tell the whole story.

I'd welcome Zenden. In the stands.

I'd love this signing, stealing him right from under Manchester United's noses

I'd urge Chelsea to ask Tottenham about a loan deal for him, till the end of the season. Would be perfect for us really.

Well.. This will please everyone. I can't see us signing Sanchez (£25million), Lukaku (£25million) & Neymar (£30million) all this summer. It'll be interesting to see who Chelsea favour..

If it's over wages - Good on Chelsea for staying strong.

Hahaha so true!

Exactly. And because everyone still blames us for Shevchenko's decline, they dub us "career killers". Most people don't realise, Walcott is not as great as people think, but that's a separate issue for another day

Shamed to say.. Agreed.

LOL probably. But then again, money talks

regardless - In Tommy's eyes they're all African!

No way will Bruce sell Gyan. Plus I prefer him at Sunderland to be honest.. He's a good fit. Myhill, I agree he'd be a decent #2, good call. We'd have to wait regarding Phil Jones. He looks to be out for the season, not sure if we'd take the gamble. Though it should dramatically lower his fee.

Well at least we know there's intent. It seems our only real deal that's being negotiated (in the eyes of the media) is Pienaar's, even though Carlo's gone on record saying we need a centre back. I wouldn't be surprised if we only really end up with Pienaar - or no-one.

Well there are rumours he's being loaned out for the rest of the season abroad now, so who knows..

Cani http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVYlRAGffZg Ibrahimovic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKx3YclC1As&hd=1 Roberto Carlo

Zashko you've always been a Chelsea fan - Just took you a while to admit it

Yeah exactly. There's been a long standing urban legend that Real Madrid's expenses are actually subsidised by the Spanish government. To what extend this is true I'm not sure, but the shirt sales alone from Madrid would be enough to keep that deal "behind closed doors" - Case & points being, Ronaldo (Brazilian)'s transfer fee was paid off from shirt sales, on the first day of his signing The secret to legitimately work around the financial fair play rule is to make the team a global brand. Media & marketing are the 2 main assets a club needs these days. Yes the lucrative deals are important (for example, ours with Samsung) - But teams like Real Madrid, hell they have their own basketball team!