DavidEU

Wore blue there last time we went there. Seems to vary quite a bit against teams wearing claret and blue, wore white at West Ham last year but blue at Villa Park.

Love them second stickers, Jimla. Send me some.

Wouldn't be surprised if he's coaching with the U21s or youth team for now. Not a bad start for now. I'm not sure if Mitchell's Dad, Mark Beeney is still at the club as a youth team GK coach?

Don't know if its been said on the previous pages but Chelsea TV said at HT that Schurrle, Ramires, Willian and Oscar are back in training tomorrow afternoon.

What a save Courtois.

How many managers played Essien consistently in defensive midfield? Benitez opted to play Luiz in midfield because he was a liability in defence and pretty much the whole of England told him he needed too. If Jose wanted to sell him, he could. Easily. But yeah, I'll leave this thread cos I forgot momentarily that Chelsea are meant to have 25 perfect world class players.

He's played 303 times for Chelsea... Those managers didn't do a great job replacing him then did they? Besides, how many defensive midfielders have we signed since Mikel has been here? Miniero and Matic twice?

Its no coincidence that over the 8 years hes been here - Mourinho, Grant, Scolari, Hiddink, Ancelotti, AVB, Robbie, Benitez and once again Mourinho - have all wanted JOM to be here. Some of the best managers in the world have wanted him in their sides. And he's played in pretty much every final since he arrived here. And furthermore, granted, hes not everyones cup of tea, but for 8 years hes given his all for the badge. And that is all Chelsea fans should ask for.

Hence why hes going out on loan. To show that potential week in week out and try and force his way past Matic and Mikel in the future. Coming back from an ACL injury, he still needs to prove he is capable of playing for a good side week in week out, cos he didn't do that at Valencia.

Waste of space? He's had many great games for us, not least Munich. And show some respect, European champion is John Obi.

Really weird to see only 6 youngsters involved now, including a 16 year old in Solanke. Means the Premier League is getting closer!

The greatest player to ever play for Chelsea. 6 or 7 sub appearances for Man City won't affect that.

Completely forgot about that. :') The start of an incredible year of transfer activity. To think we start this season with Courtois, Luis, Zouma, Matic, Cesc, Salah, Drogba and Costa in the squad compared to this time last year.

These are too cute. Whens his first trip to the Bridge going to be?

Love you Cesc.

Twenty-EIGHT million pounds? Really? Our board are on fire this summer. Those who are gutted by this - just pretend we never had him and made £10m profit from thin air.

I genuinely believe it should be Romelu who is disappointed with this, not us. He's leaving the club which made him cry the first time he entered the stadium. Had a chance at a big club and bottled it. He had the chance last summer and this summer to fight for a place here and didn't want to take it. I wish the guy luck, but is he going to go on to become a multi-Champions League winning Ballon d'Or elsewhere? I really don't see it.

That Fellaini instagram account is clearly not him guys. Read some of the image description things.

http://www.clubatleticodemadrid.com/noticias/acuerdo-con-la-real-sociedad-para-el-traspaso-de-griezmann Atletico officially agreed a deal with Sociedad for Griezmann. Really good signing for them.

I think whilst if we can get a good price for Mikel and he wants to go he'll be allowed too, the club aren't going to ship him out if the highest offer is between 4-6m£. Still think he's of some use to Mourinho and ideally Mourinho would keep him. He was bought out of the dark to play the CL semi final and at Anfield last season so he's going to now be deemed useless and shipped out for £4m to make room in the squad.

Not sure they'll play but I think they're back in training today. This match will probably come to early for them, so perhaps Sunday in Bremen. Probably have to wait until the two 45 minute games in Turkey to see anything of Courtois, Hazard and Lukaku.

Term, that pic is fantastic. This boy looks so good in blue.

Yet, hes still your sig Alex.

Hopefully he'll get game time there and do well. Good luck, Pat.

7 minutes agoSo CFC offered me the opportunity to create more history with these guys - how could I say no? Thanks to the club and can't wait to see the fans again!!!! #theimpossible #imback #return #backtoblues #historymakers #cfc #homesweethome