Duppy Conqueror

if we are to loan him out i think the french league would be the best. a step forward but not the leap that he may not be ready for yet. no point in taking a step backwards in joining a league any weaker than that tho.

i`m glad atleast our players aren`t scared of competition. we would never have become Champions of Europe. :blue scalf:

i`m cool as a cucumber because it`s the 2nd game of pre-season. no big deal. it`s just a tour to get match sharp and to give the fans in North America a chance to support the club as best they can when they live so far from the Bridge. atleast 3 more games till they kick off in the Prem. where results and performances matter.

i think the club or the people who have worked with him during the years whilst employed by the club should take part of the blame for how they have not helped his development but at the end of the day the result remains the same. he just hasn`t panned out how he could have. i expect him to have a good career ,he has some good skills,he is a good player. but great clubs like us don`t hang onto every player they have that is just good.we need to make room for great players or players that have the potential to be great. maybe kakuta could even become that.but he`s way down the pecking order now so needs to try his luck elsewhere. he`s made it clear he is not willing to take another loan. time to sell/part exchange him.

can`t quote posts at the mo . anyway Magic Lamps, if you look at my post where i said about Marin "in that aspect i see shades of Zola" that actually means just a lil bit of Zola about him for the reasons i stated in my post. i never mentioned each players speed or trickery on the ball. i was merely talking about the things i said in that post. the way they move around always looking for gaps and how they both take unpredictable angles and the fact that despite their small size they are happy to take on the big boys. also you may have seen more of Marin than i have. but i really don`t need a lesson on what Zola could do honestly. i was 20 when he arrived and a season ticket holder going home and away throughout his 7 year stay.

thanks for your hardwork in getting the site up and running again Jim. with me i have quite a few minor things that often happen. my computer isn`t the best but for some reason it plays up most on this site. when i go to send a post. it`s about 60-40 wether it will actually send. usually the autosave thing comes up and it just gets stuck there. the other thing that happens is it`s 50-50 when i try to quote and reply to posts. i`ll hit the quote button and half the time nothing happens. is there anything i could do about that. like is it perhaps possible to knock the autosave button off. it might save my post but god knows where it goes because i can`t find it. might aswell for me not have that option i think as it just blocks me sending the post it seems. i`m not even sure this will send. one liners have a much higher success rate of sending but one liners aint really my thing.

i was looking forward to being able to chat with you guys during the game as i don`t get the chance during the season (gotta boost my post count somehow.. ) but it froze the firstrow on my `puter. sloppy in the 1st half much better in the 2nd. Marin again amongst the most impressive . i like his drive. he never seems to stop looking for space to run into and takes unpredictable angles. he may be a pint sized wingman but he` s happy to move inside and take on the big boys. in that aspect of his game there`s shades of Zola. neither side looked like they`ve taken corners recently. nice move for the goal from Piazon.played well when he came on.

it`s hard to get fat on snails ,frogs legs and horse i guess..carlo must be missing his jellied eels and pie and mash..

they said something like 124 PSG fans. about 40,000 Chelsea. :blue scalf: good to see King Carlo cool and classy as ever. RDM cut from the same cloth thankfully..

nice to see ol` Frankie Sinclair talking to Gigi .

welcome aboard Pano. the site is having a few problems at the moment but things should be back to normal and running smoothly soon. we could do with a few new opinions being shared too so i`m glad you decided to join.

welcome aboard mate. i was at that game as a schoolboy too (13 at the time)..i was in the shed. it was indeed 1-0. Chelsea v Leeds was always a bit radio rental .quite surprised a school trip was taken to such a hostile game and during the heyday of hooliganism in the u.k.

and those are just in the last 5 years. he`s been in the tabloids for atleast 25 years maybe more.you`d think with all that experience he`d be good at his job.but i guess he is doing what his bosses want or he`d be on the joe cole.

he can play 3 positions. norman whiteside and clayton blackmore played every position apart from goalkeeper. dave webb played an entire game for chelsea in goal.his normal position was CB and sometimes FB he played in Midfield a few times too. John Charles one of the greatest players in the world in his day slipped into CB when the other team had the ball and stormed upfield to play his base position of CF when his team was attacking. the ultimate version of a box to box player. that`s just 4...there`s plenty more i could call upon. i know ever is a nice short word to use but it doesn`t have to be thrown about so lightly.

i`d like us to sign this player. i`d also like us to sign atleast one more but will save who for that players thread. seems like every thread on the site has some mention of Torres or Hulk at the moment,sometimes both.

sorry i don`t follow who says what that closely. but when you gave that i presume by what you saying now an half-hearted response because you are fed up of saying it. is it really surprising that others ask the question why. Joker obviously didn`t know and that`s why he asked the question and gave a reasonable post stating why we should go for Oscar now. i have no personal preference on who plays and where they do it aslong as they are the best for Chelsea.

you could have just said why you hope he changes his mind and stays another year in Brazil.

i think it was harry harris who linked us with Platini in `86 (yes,crazy stuff was written about us back then too) i do like Lewandowski tho. if we end up with him i would be happy.

the best two players so far have been Oscar and Oscar`s shadow.

Neymar man points- nil points. Hulk is down oh dear somebody put Blue Lyon on suicide watch...oh he`s up again.

i was just trying to post the same..that was an embrace and gestures that had "hey team mate,see you soon" written all over it.

show starts at 7:30 uk time so about 7:45 uk time kick off i presume or 8pm

looks like PSG are ahead of us in the pre-season fitness. should be a good game tho. plenty of talent on each side. a good test for our players.

lol .i`m not sure there`s many on here who have seen that Albert Finney movie. i could be wrong tho.

hopefully tonight everyone will understand after watching him that he`s not just somebody who is effective in the final third of the pitch but he`s a creative CM with atleast some defensive qualities too. i do believe we have actually signed him already so not concerned about him playing so well tonight and during the olympics where other teams could become aware of just how good he is.