Duppy Conqueror

it should work out alright for us for two main reasons... 1) none of our players went that far in the WC with their national teams 2)we have a relatively easy start to the season until we meet Man City at the end of September...we should get maximum points up until then without playing our best starting 11.. i think it will effect other teams across europe more..in particular Barcelona,Real & Bayern..

earlier in the thread Bale was referred to as British...being Welsh as Bale indeed is..does qualify as British,along with the English,Scottish and Northern Irish.

Daily Mail is just as bad as the Sun in my eyes....a newspaper that has always been geared towards female readers ,has for almost a century and still today has more than 50 % female readers..has a long history of hate towards Chelsea since the Bates days....the reason JT isn`t England captain anymore is due to them..the main reason Ash is probably off to Madrid is due to them...they hate Chelsea and see themselves as the voice of females, it`s not surprising atall to me that they have targetted JT and Ash in recent years with all that in mind.

Gareth Bale is great going forward but really needs a lot of work done on his defending... as a sidenote i work with his uncle...and he would say the same.

if you think this is down to Chelsea..you really need to read some English newspapers from time to time.

the error Everton made in not having that contract offer in writing could cost them millions in lost money down the line..not mentioning a talented youngster off their squad..is a shame ... good club,good fans(been in the home end at Goodison during Chelsea games lots of times and they have never kicked my head in..even tho i`ve given them plenty of reasons with my one man chelsea band.. )..don`t understand why anyone would engineer a move away from there so they can go to feckin` Newcastle of all places....Gosling must have some real low expectations where his career is concerned to do that..

ah no worries...was nothing major.. your english is a lot better than it is in many parts of England...and well.. in Liverpool & Newcastle they speak no english atall!

oh him playing for Chelsea...the press would get an instant hard-on over that....so no thanks.

i take it you hate Ajax then...

it`s been reported that Bayern have pulled out of going after Coentrao due to Benfica putting a £25 million price tag on him.. good player and young..but should Ash go to Madrid i would rather run with Zhirkov,Van Aanholt & Bertrand than spend £25 mill on him...(and yes it is in pounds..not euros)

I concur...i also think he could easily manage any team in the SPL.

the headline is a bit misleading..it makes it sound like he has returned to the club.. a Chelsea great due to his years of solid play for the club and his time as a coach......Carlo & Butch seem to work well together tho..so i don`t see a place for him on the current staff other than perhaps being a position coach with the academy..

That is an old article...6 days old..and prior to him picking up yet another injury..i wouldnt want Messi if he was as injury prone as Torres..let alone fragile ladyboy herself.

aslong as you stand by your team through the dark years hey..

if Chelsea make it public they want him...you will. they are never the first team to make their interest known in a player..they just let other clubs do the scouting etc.. for them, then jump in with an over the top offer.

my guess is that chelsea want him..but don`t want a bidding war with Man City..so have decided to keep quiet about their transfer targets until they have signed from now on...

Bremen being silly..Oezil being smart. Bremen will get nothing and Oezil will get to take his pick of where he goes depending on who offers him the best deal next summer.

make it happen Roman...i`m sure 90% of the Chelsea faithful would be delighted with "just" him and no further signings...you`d have no bidding rival.. a fee around 30 mill should be enough...a total summer spending of 40mill,Deco`s wages would probably be enough for him...when you subtract what has been let go off the yearly salary would still mean we are in a lot better financial shape than we were a couple of months ago.

whilst the first article posted today may be from 2009...the second one refers to the current World Cup, so must be new..

i`d love us to sign him but i got more chance of giving Megan Fox babies than that happening.

i think the Alves thing is just a recycled old story really....the media in general don`t seem to be aware of how good our youngsters are or the depth we already have at the position and see us letting Carvalho go as us letting go our 1st choice( alongside JT ) CB instead of in reality these days our 3rd or 4th choice with Bruma also on the rise. so have just pulled a name from the past that we were once linked with ,but times have changed..Bruma and Branislav`s stock has risen greatly since those days. wouldn`t entirely rule Alves out but i think it`s unlikely as it would depend on a lot of factors..Bran staying at RB and/or Bruma going out on loan etc...just don`t see it personally.

will be for the best..but a sad day nonetheless..kinda like taking your terminally ill dog to be put asleep for the last time..you know its gotta be done but it`s with a heavy heart.. .Riccy really is a CFC legend..apart from JT, the most decorated defender in our history and not just a passenger in our success but a good part of it..i`d actually say in my lifetime if you took away JT`s leadership he`s been arguably the best CB i`ve seen in my lifetime as a CFC fan (30 of my 34 years) but alas..the time is right to say farewell for now i feel..look forward to seeing him at the bridge someday after he hangs up his boots...think he will still have a few more good years in Italy if he can stay healthy...thought he was Chelsea`s best player at this World cup...hope Alex and Bran can keep Rooney in their pockets the way Riccy has over the years.

i`d prefer Van Aanholt at LB but am sure in a pinch Bruma could play anywhere at the back...

a few sources..(tho none yet with reputations of being trustworthy sources..e.g Goal.com, TribalFootball etc..) are reporting that Carvalho has been spotted in Milan..

Riccy showed during the World cup that he still has got it..but Alex and Bran showed they can play very well when Riccy has been out injured and are both at the age where they are more than ready to play on a regular basis....if we sell Carvalho it may end up being a season too early but we could get decent money for him in comparison to his age, off the back of the World cup,which i don`t think we would get next year. cash in now whilst we can and let the future continue to flourish... also it would be good for Riccy if he went to somewhere like Italy..in the Premiership he`s probably only got one year left in him..but in Serie A,he could very well have another 3 or 4 years at a high level. we got some great defensive prospects..in particular Jeffrey Bruma who we could then keep in the 1st team squad which i would prefer over loaning him out and Hutchinson who due to his circumstances,isn`t likely to be loaned out. and that`s not counting the extra money taken off the current wage bill...i will always be grateful for what Riccy has done with us,his Legend status is set, no matter what he does from here on in..but i think it`s best for both parties if we parted now..Carvalho in the more present..but us in the future.