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No, that'd be "D'oh!"

Martin Lipton says Oscar will be sold.

Don't care if he's Maradona. Never going to cheer him if he signs.

This. It's clearly not a case of 'OMG Luis so shit Shaw so good rant rant'. They're both very good options and arguably Luis is just that little bit better in the immediate sense. But if we're willing to spend upto 24 million on a 29 y.o then why can't we add another 6 on top of that and get someone maybe 10% lacking right now but who could be world class for 10 years? Then we also do away with the need to repeat the process 3 years down the line. Is Shaw a risk? Sure, who isn't. The risk is only proportional to the potential reward, though. But why bother understanding this when you can dismiss others as FM players on the internet.

Ready to take Chelsea's leftovers? Check.

They don't need Hazard if we give them you, amirite?

Anyone think Jamal Blackman can pass off as a Pogba lookalike?

What fucks me off is that despite people at this club bending over backwards in his support - changing mangers, playing approaches, playing personnel, training personnel and the INCREDIBLE patience shown by the paying fans at the end of the day what he says is the only reason for his - I repeat , spectacular failure - note his stress on the word 'only' - is the colour of his shirt.You need your head checked if you think that's not insulting to the club.

Yaya, is that you? Do you need a cuddle?

Of course. Just thought it's an interesting stat re stockpiling players.

We need to have a thread for past managers. Annoyed having to come into this thread to read about Carlo

Chelsea players scored 100 goals in 2013-14. Chelsea players out on loan scored 123.

Was it really beside the point? I compared their touches precisely because it's not that important an attribute in Chelsea's system - a system in which Ba has done reasonably well given the circumstances - and thus a system in which Lukaku should do well considering he's a better player than Ba in all attributes bar pure hold up play (including touch). Fuck's sake 19, do I have to spoon feed you?

It's a relevant point, I'll give you that. But at Chelsea he normally won't be operating in too much space in most games because teams know that's our biggest threat. In tight spaces his movement and intelligence matters much more and Lukaku sniffs goals, which is a much more important asset than touch. I've lost count of the number of times I've read someone exclaim how he had a poor game apart from scoring - well no shit, he kept his head in the most important minute of the 90; that's what we should be looking at. Decent touch is useful but not as useful as presence of mind. His link up play will need to improve, though.

Definitely had Mourinho's input. He also approved of the Schurrle signing. There are quotes if you want to find them.

People talk about his touch but it's better than Ba's, who can't run three steps without tripping himself. (Fully expecting someone to post .gif of the Liverpool goal in 3..2..1.. )

Sources saying we're going to be paying 19 mn for Luis. In what world is doing that better than 30 mn on Shaw while locking down your LB position for 12 or so years? I could understand if we'd been signing someone like Moreno for half of Shaw's price. Now we'll just be spending another 20 or so 3 years down the line on someone else (unless you believe the club will play Aina or Ake when Luis leaves ... in which case, more power to you).

I hear we're in for Jodon Mutch, Craig Bellamy and Stephen Ireland

Chelsea have some sort of option to buy Benfica's stake in him for something ridiculous like 7 million, iirc. The other half is third party ownership. You should take a look on Portugoal (or was it A bola) - one of the two, anyway - they did a piece on his situation recently. I'd link but I'm on Tapatalk.

Yeah man that La Ligue is shit compared to the Serie Premier League. They're both way off the BundesDivisie, though.

He has the audacity to talk about 'style' when he has tanked spectacularly under each and every of his 5 managers here in each and every of his 3 and a half seasons here. CUNT. Also, if he is so 'marketable', why the fuck can't we find someone willing to pay us a tenner and take him off our hands?

I hope that the 3rd CM spot doesn't go to Tiago. MvG will just be this season's Lukaku in that case.

Guess Mourinho was right in his assessment of Casillas after all, huh?

? He's played <10 games. JFC people can be stupid.

I would take a one-legged Costa over a 300% fit Torres.