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Frank Lampard is actually quite a genius. He's got great GCSEs and he's part of Mensa - A society for people with high IQs

Yeah like eldo said, it's worth checking TheChels now and then because they do a good Loan Reports every fortnight I believe. From what I've read before, Matic has been featured heavily for Vitesse. Him and Rajkovic have been praised by the coach too and I think they're doing quite well there. Matic is a great talent we have at the club and I'm sure he's learning a lot on his loan spell. I just hope Chelsea are keeping an eye on him because I'd hate to think he's doing everything he can to impress there, but no-one's paying attention. I actually thought he'd breakthrough this season after his appearances in pre-season and even in the final game of last season. Who knows with this club though..

In theory, I love the rule if I'm honest. It stops clubs spending billions and billions on players, and rather invest it in the academy (well that's the incentive) and starts teaching them to live within their means (quite literally). It stops clubs reaching the point of bankruptcy like the likes of Leeds & Portsmouth have succumbed to in recent years. The consequences of not being able to play in Europe economically damaging and humiliating for big clubs. That being said we just know it won't be applied properly. The likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City & Manchester United will all become exempt because of some legal jargon which will find a loophole in the rule. For example; we know ManCity have already found a solution (via Etihad). And like Lampards Bitch said, if any club is going to be punished for breaching those rules.. It's us. It's pretty obvious Roman's taken a lot of interest over it. Bruce Buck, a man who hardly ever talks, came out in support of the rule, on behalf of the club. He'd only do that to show we're committed to it, and will implement changes to comply. We've already seen the wheels in motion, from the releasing of Ballack to likes of the sacking of Ray Wilkins. The latest scout department revamp is further evidence of this.

True, perhaps that suggestion was a bit extreme. It does looks the case, though, that Ancelotti did not want Pienaar but the club proceeded with making a bid for him. This may be a 1-off though because this is the first case we've heard. He has said before "we" are looking for a centre back and the Luiz bid demonstrates this. Then again, this could be the media storm which constantly talks of Ancelotti under the pressure of the sack playing in my mind.

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We're not. The only players we've really gone for is Luiz & Pienaar. The rest is purely media hype, there's absolutely no proof we've gone for Lescott, Kjaer or Cahill. Carlo said "we're only after a centre back" and suddenly we've been linked with everyone because the media said so.

TalkSport know nothing of football transfers. They use the same "sources" that Goal & Caught Offside use. This is probably just as false as our approach for Sanchez.

Lol what do TalkSport know?

Liverpool have a very strong team in the Youth Cup this year, I've heard big things about them - No doubt they're favourites.

This will be the universal excuse if we drop points in this game. We must show we can win without Terry & Lampard. Though the thought of Drogba captaining us again.. /facepalm

I can't help this one..

Great news! Premier League loans are just the thing our squad needs. Though I'm sure Mancienne doesn't see that view as we would in regards to Kakuta.

This worries me. It's clear the club have gone behind Ancelotti's back to try and sign Pienaar. Worrying times, very worrying..

A blessing in disguise? Perhaps the new appointees in the scouting department will do a better, more efficient job.

Well this might surprise you but I actually liked Carrick! At West Ham and even Sp*rs, he really impressed me and I thought he'd turn out to be a great player. Unfortunately at United he's struggled to establish himself and really since then he's been on the decline behind Fletcher. Now that he's 29 I don't think he'll establish himself again, especially with Barry lurking around

God I hate Barry. Worst player England have ever put in their squad! I'd rather have James Milner in there than Gareth Barry!

I thought Capello had the solution to the Lampard-Gerrard problem prior to the 2010 World Cup.. Clearly that wasn't the case though.

Funny.. That's what we said about Bruma last year

Seems like it doesn't it. This really is worrying though, if this is the kind of sh*t our board is pulling, I don't see Carlo staying beyond the summer - Which would be a huge shame!

That just shows how unbelievable this story is (literally.)

Don't mind that at all.. Mark Hughes is a good coach & will do us a good favour

Yeah saw that, but to their credit they'd got 29 unbeaten + already led 5-0 on aggregate from the first leg But you're right about the whole perspective thing..

I'm sure Esk will post them soon

He was. In fact, he was sitting in someone else's seat and they told him to move. Probably an Arsenal fan too

Full Time: Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal