Peace.

Agreed. I don't want us to move Luiz in midfield. I don't see why we would want to move him there... Because he is "too gifted" to be a center back ? Also agreed on the part concerning Ivanovic. On Alex. I think it is a bad idea to sell Alex, now we have loaned Bruma. If it was to give more playing to Jeffrey, I would be okay to be honest... But he is no longer here, so to sell Alex will imply to buy another random overpaid defender who isn't needed.

Where's Lukaku ?:mellow:

Interesting interview. The guys seems to know his shit. He has an interesting view and method on the matter. He would be a good sign I guess.

Happy B-day !

Disappointed. Not really about this player, but about the message it sends. It somehow mean we aren't really ready to turn a page. And now, I'm more concerned with Anelka and Malouda... Furthermore, there are still no rumours about them leaving.

Sh0n3x.

It's yours ?

You've read in my mind here ! If Madrid were to propose us to trad Ozil for Essien, I would accept it in a blank of an eye ! No. He doesn't have any abilities which allow us to call him a 'playmaker'. He needs too much time to make a pass, and he doesn't really build game.

I wouldn't have bought him neither. First of all, we didn't need him at all (we didn't need strikers). As you say, his last 18 months were terrible. And I wouldn't have wanted to give any money to Scumpool.

I feel sad and sorry for you LDN

This..

Yup. With Spain he plays along side the best passers in the game, ie Xavi Hernandez and Andrés Iniesta, and of course very good passers in the name of Alonso, Busquet, etc.. Though he did nothing special. Had he not been called 'Torres' and did not worth £50m, he would play with our reserve and wouldn't be selected for Spain.

Just a question. Why the very ignorant guy wouldn't be you, who are saying he will become the Chelsea's highest scorer ever ?

Thanks, I'm not the only one to think so...

No-one would want to sign Sturridge for £20m ??!!!! Liverpoold bought Henderson for £20m and Carroll for £35m. United is about to sign Jones for £16m. So, Sturridge for £20m is almost a bargain. And if the article is right, then I would think it would be stupid if no-one try to get him.

Happy birthday

If you are talking only about the games in South Africa : Essien wasn't at the world cup. Anelka only played 1,5 games, and to be honest, he could have played 60 like he did, he wouldn't have been tired, not at all.

Ryan Bertrand about Ashley Cole : "It's a massive positive having him at Chelsea - and a massive hindrance too I suppose!" said Bertrand, who joined the Blues aged 15. "He's definitely right up there - his attitude, the way he goes about training. He's won the most FA Cups, and a lot of other silverware, and to still have that attitude at his age is fantastic." "He's a fantastic role model, despite all the stuff that gets written about him. He's a brilliant man and a brilliant player to have around to help you with your game." "If I ever have anything to ask him about a certain situation on the pitch, he's more than happy to come back and talk."

This quote is very interesting : "He's an enormously talented guy, he's extremely quick and I've seen him rip the Chelsea senior players to pieces in training but that has obviously got to be translated on to the Saturday afternoon," Wilkins told Talksport's All Sports show. So, why on earth didn't he had a chance ? Did Ray Wilkins was the only one to watch Stu at trainings ?

A ) I'm agreed with that theory. But, we could say there are two types of players, the impact players and the, let's say starter players. The first category needs only few minutes to make an impact on the game while the second needs the whole 90 minutes to have influence on the game. I don't feel Sturridge is an impact player. B ) They ain't playing at the same position. What you expect from a striker, it's to score goal (or to shoot). You will argue that's a cliché, but actually this is more or less the only thing we keep in mind about strikers. So, as he only got no more than 10 minutes here and there, he was forced to overdo things. C ) That's meet my "A)". He seems to have reach another level, because he was given the whole game(s) to express his talent and to show his abilities. D ) Yes, he scored as a sub. But, that wasn't the same context than here. Unlike at Chelsea where he was only a sub because the coach didn't trust him and prefered to play the so called "experienced players", at Bolton he started this first game as a sub, not because Coyle didn't trust him, but because he was just arrived at the club. And if I recall it correctly, that was a lucky goal.

Maybe. But he can't cross, he can't dribble, he is slow. All the contrary of a modern right back. My bigger concern is when he faces pacy winger. Against United and Tottenham, he has shown that he was too slow too handle Bale and Nani. And at the end of the day, we gotta have a real right back. To play players out of position is a real disease at our club... ps : don't get me wrong, i ain't saying he's done a poor job for us.

It's a no brainer he couldn't use those 'chances' (I don't call this a chance, by the way). First of all, the rare times he has been played, it was out of position... And then, he only got ten odds minutes here and there. When you enter the pitch to show you can be a starter, and you have only ten poor minutes to do so, you try too hard and at the end you make wrong decisions... He was poorly handled, no doubt.

Because Bosingwa is shit and Ivanovic ain't a right back.

Don't be obsessed with the claims from Santos saying that he will only leave for £41m. It is just a way to negociate. The seller asks for a price, the buyer offers another price, then at the end they meet an agreement between those two prices, and everyone is happy. For instance, let's admitting that Santos wants £30m for him. If they say openly "we want £30m", teams will try to negociate something around £25m. So if Santos says "we want £41m", nobody will offer that sum, but something lesser high, something about £30m / £35m, which suits Santos. Anyway, that's how I think it works. Another exemple. Some days before selling Benzema to Real Madrid, Jean-Michel Aulas was still claiming that he will only sell him for €100m. Few days later, Madrid bought the frenchman for €35m. There're many other exemple like this one.

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life - Sigmund Freud. I just started to read it, so I didn't read many pages. It is actually quite harsh to read (in french, I don't know in english), but it is very very interesting. You learn what happens when - and why - you can't recall names, words, etc... Worth it to read, good book.