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usual rhetoric from club captain. signings speak for themselves, the 'young players' will remain to be seen.. it indeed they will be seen.

Going, sitting in the usual MH Stand

I hope he does wear 3, I know it's superficial but it seems traditional. If anything, Matic should be granted no6

That was the rumour, however Madrid then bought Mandzukic and it effectively put an end to that rumour. it could still be in the works with the Luis deal, but I doubt it, Lukaku himself probably wouldn't want it.

Arbeloa.............................. [emoji102]

Ah interesting about Romeu. Yeah I do get what you mean regarding not having room to have 'one bad' season in this context (waiting for the inevitable Torres line from a troll). However in the bigger scheme of things, allowances have to made in the case of guys like Chalobah. We can't let him down like we did with McEachran. Nat can't go on any old loan next, it has to be carefully decided and I don't trust Chelsea to be able to do that tbh.

But that's unfair a but Chou, regarding Forest. Their manager was clueless and he'd already earned his striped at a club that far exceeded that of Nottingham's. It's good news he's signed a new contract, it means the club have spoken to him in high regard, so maybe one more loan isn't the worst thing. But something has to give in terms of giving him a fair opportunity.

His loan spell was useless, iirc it was only when he joined Boro in the second half of last season where he came back to life. We can't forget his contributions at Watford the season before, played around 38 games for them and became influential.

Smh, every week he does this nonsense.. getting pretty ridiculous and boring now. Considering people have been banned for a lot less.

I don't get it about Allegri, didn't exactly set the world on fire at AC milan. Albeit he dealt with a lot of boardroom politics. Napoli and Roma will be ready to pounce on this opportunity to displace Juventus now though!

To be fair, there's been nothing to speak of lately lol. I think we're just hoping that he won't go on loan and Mourinho will give him a chance.. Which doesn't seem likely this season.

It's always been a highlight to me that every manager that we've had have picked out their 'favourites' in the youth team. Ancelotti chose Borini/McEachran, Benitez chose Ake etc. So with that said, our revolving door policy has allowed so many of these players to leave outright when they could've had the opportunity to make it. It makes me think that if we had Shaw in our academy he would've never made it to the level he's at now. Mourinho has seemed to earmark Kalas for now, even in spite of his loan, so perhaps there's an opportunity for him. Hopefully after yesterday he'll also taking a liking for Bamford too. As for Josh, this loan to Spain just seems as pointless as all the others. In 2.5 years this will be his 5th loan or something, none of which have done anything for him. He needs a permanent move away I think, to a club with lower expectations and with a manager who truly has time and patience to nurture talent.

Ah Saturday? I'm off work then, I'll have a chance to watch this

Sorry I just reread your post. the policy is offering 1 year extensions isn't it? not going against offering one..

anyone know when/if CTV will show the game again?

I hope they are strict with it. It's incentive to make those players continue to play and train at their very best. yes, the drawback is other clubs offer longer contracts but that's a risk worth taking imo.

'The Sun' and "trusted publication" should never be synonymous.

How they've not made the website compatible for mobiles, I'll never understand. especially when our main sponsor is a mobile giant..

Just hope we get a solid 3-4 seasons out of him at his very best for this price. It's going to be strange seeing someone who's not Cole donning number 3

Well our club pays one of the highest in wages in the world, so we can't really criticise much.

Yeah true, but the scope of my comment was only limited to who started that trend. Neur excelled it, but by no means started it.

of course they do, that was shown by the effort to buy back SB from the CPO. it's a shame we fell through with Battersea, considering that's being converted into a shit hole

Just bought my tickets for Chelsea vs Sociedad

I'm hearing Besiktas have confirmed a deal in place? Anyone know if true?