Duppy Conqueror

i forgot about the African Cup of Nations. ACON puts me off wanting to sign any African players in the future. so we`ll lose Moses aswell. although if we lose both Essien and Mikel we stuck with only Oriol as our DM anyway if Raul stays or not. I see him as someone who can fill in for Lampard rather than someone who can fill in for Mikel..Oriol i`d say is better at the DM role than Raul regardless of experience.

if he leaves part exchange for Cavani then i`m fine with him going to Napoli to sweeten the deal. e.g £18m+ Meireles for Cavani. i wouldn`t want him to leave for £8m straight cash tho.

feel better now? we need someone to fill in at RW . we don`t have Carlo any longer. he doesn`t need to be 24plus before he`s given a chance..

i have some concerns about him liking Spain too much and trying to force a move there in the future but it`s more to do with if Barcelona or Real become strongly interested in him. the only concern i have over him wanting to stay and force a move to Athletico is if in the next year they get serious financial investment,to the extent where they could seriously challenge Barcelona and Real for the title and become contenders in the CL. he had a successful first year with them but i don`t see it getting any better for them without that serious injection of cash to improve the overall talent level of their squad. at some point he will realize this and want to challenge for the big trophies like we do every year. i hope this season is his last in Spain just incase any of those worse case scenarios come true...i don`t think it matters half as much as it does with outfield players what level of competition a keeper plays at when on loan. he has already played in infront of big crowds and shown he can handle it.

i have the same problem sometimes. minus the italics bit. if you refresh the page after the edited post has come up the rest of your post should re-appear then.

who are the "some" ?

there`s no quotes to suggest Chelsea are still interested in him from that article on SSN. just that the player is due to have "an important meeting" could be any club or could have nothing to do with a transfer atall. poor journalism just won`t die.

no expectations from me. optimistic we can win 3 or 4 trophies. but anything is possible. people have said we can`t come from 6th to Champions again in one year. we were under par by our standard by a long way last year.we spent large parts of the season not playing our best team,we have brought in players to improve the talent level in the team since then, with more seeming to come before the window is closed. we got as good a chance as anyone of winning the title in my opinion. we`ll just have to see how it pans out. i don`t see why anyone would think we don`t have a chance.

*double post* erm...wonder if he`s related to Danny,Rod and Ray..

i`ve got all the David Simon stuff from his books to his tv series, The Wire,The Corner,Homicide,Generation X... all great gritty stuff. as for Wallace i`ve not seen him play. he`s been described as someone whose good bombing forward but needs some work on the defensive side of his game. but that could be the template description used for just about any Brazilian fullback.for the youngsters like him to the veterans and retired former fullbacks. i could say that myself without having seen him play and have a good chance of being correct. he`s 18 tho so plenty of time to improve if that is the case with him. probably a Piazon type signing..a young brazilian brought in to develop in the youth and reserve ranks. i think we`ll still get Azpi or another 1st team squad ready fullback.

i wouldn`t mind if 26 is retired. but no numbers from 1-11 ever should. i`m glad Oscar has got the number 11 shirt.

Homegrown`s alright with me,homegrown is the way it should be,homegrown is a good thing,light that bell and let it ring... *with apologies to Neil Young* we got one in for the Homegrown rule,but is good enough for the squad anyway...unlike Turnbull..

he`s done a TV advert in French and when Hazard was asked on CTV if Lukaku was helping him learn English,Hazard said that it wouldn`t work as we would only communicate in French. although that`s not to give any substance to the idea we are only signing him because he speaks french. all foreign players who can`t speak English will be taught it. it`s been club policy for some time that everyone brought in has to learn English.

that`s what the guardian thinks. my post was what i think. my opinions don`t come with selling papers and making money in mind.

if we loan out Lukaku i still think we`ll sign a striker. i don`t think we`ll sign Hulk now tho so i hope folks give Moses a chance and don`t end up comparing everything he does to what Hulk might have done. we went for the younger, far cheaper option possibly with us getting another player in mind..e.g Moses + striker instead of just throwing all in to get Hulk.

if it `s 80,000 a week i bet that price is what it would be in euros. fookin media always trying to maintain that we still over spend when we have actually become one of the shrewdest clubs in Europe in recent years.

it`s a valid question to bring up. i believe his movement off the ball always making himself available for the pass is one of if not the greatest part of Oscars game.so we shouldn`t worry about him atleast. the thing with this pre-season is that we`ve had a mixed bunch of players who haven`t played in a few months,players returning from the Euro`s and players who have never played for Chelsea before and aren`t in sync yet with their team mates.add into that players who aren`t ready yet for the first team and are loan out candidates.and players like mata,oscar,sturridge,oriol and bertrand who haven`t played yet. with the Euro`s and olympics,whilst i understand overseas tours are good for the club i think having one this year was not good for the team. we should have stayed at home and tried out new stuff on lower level teams,perhaps even behind closed doors. it will come in time i`m sure .

he was a good kid. looking after his lil bro`s. felt sad when he got wasted.. Wallace..aslong as he`s not related to William. we have enough Australians ..

welcome aboard Aakash. don`t worry about your English mate there is probably more people on here whose first language is not English,than there are. there will be plenty of understanding and folks willing to help if you get stuck trying to explain your opinions. always good to have new opinions shared so get stuck in. :blue scalf: .

that Estonia anthem is so much better to hear than the Scottish one..

i don`t mind the wait if it comes to it( waited 21 years to see Chelsea win a major domestic trophy) tho i wouldn`t want to be a mod on here during that time. but i think RDM will atleast give them a chance to show they are good enough.

the current decision makers at CFC have earned my trust. i quite like Moses but if i didn`t i`d support the move.they are paid to do their jobs and they are doing it well. if we were to decide who Chelsea bought we wouldn`t have ended up with Ramires(because he was too costly) Luiz(because we didn`t need him) Cahill (because he wasn`t Chelsea standard) and PVA would have stayed and Bertrand sold. i wasn`t against any of those moves but the majority of posters were at the time. it won`t hurt to just let the club decide as in the last couple of years they have been proven to be better decision makers than us as a whole.

go for it mate. i usually am only in wales during the summer with just short visits during the season to see that side of my family, so no good for me personally but i know there`s small pockets of Chelsea fans all over south wales..so it could be worth setting one up if you can`t find one. good luck anyway.

i remember the Newport based branch.travelled away with a few of them a couple of times in the 90`s (the mothers side of my family are from Tredegar and Risca so spend some time in the valleys,although my mother lives in West Wales now) there is another member on here from Ponty.

silver better than bronze.. Congratulations Manpe. trying to think what the Estonian national anthem sounds like now..