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Let's hope so. As I said 3 wins and 3 draws should be enough to win this group, can't really see us win at Luzhniki and in Zilina without Drogba.

I'm with you, away matches in Slovakia and Russia are harder then at the Velodrome. Think about the weather, the pitch, the crazy fans. Pretty hard journeys tbh, but 9 points at home and we win the group.

Gotta be an easy win, as long as we're playing these lower-table sides, we have to get all points and score a lot of goals. Cech Ivanovic Terry Alex Cole Mikel Essien Lampard Anelka Drogba Malouda Can't see any reason why this won't be the line-up. Ramires, Benayoun and Kalou to come on.

4-0 was also the scoreline I went to a CL match last time, Atletico

Are you kidding? We will never get decent referees We gotta fight our way through a storm full of enemies, including not only our opponnents, but also UEFA and their referees.

Hm yeah But Nico scored 4 against Milan haha and Essien scored an absolutely wonderful goal against Lokomotiv Moscow.

What a shit draw for me personally. I'm very happy for everyone of you who can get to Velodrome or Zilina - don't think anyone here can make it to the Luzhniki. Fucked up draw for me though, no German team, no big team, just some cold ass away matches and the French champions, damn it. Well, it's just the group stages... unfortunately Schalke didn't get ANY useful team, wtf was going on... no Chelsea, Arsenal, Real, ManUtd, Milan, nobody

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Hm yeah that's a point... he would've been a good squad player BUT that's not what the boy wants, he wants to start and if our board told him he definitely won't have a chance to be a regular starter he wouldn't have wanted to stay here.

He won't make it at Chelsea... that's lame, why not sell him right now before his value goes abysmal? They loan him out for like a hundred times instead... ffs decide if he's gonna stay or go eventually, is it so hard? Same shit as with Sinclair...

"Nobody cares about what you've won when dinosaurs run the earth." So true

Anything in London, I don't wanna see ANY first teamer in the line up, fuck this cup we don't need it. At least give the boys a run-out under competition-like circumstances, West Ham home or something would do nicely.

£37m lmao

I bet... Chelsea Real Schalke Tel Aviv/Zilina I would absolutely LOVE it, let's just hope we draw Real cause they are the easiest to play in the group stages. Remember it's José, he doesn't give a fuck about the group stage, better now than in the first knock out round. Plus Schalke, where I get in less than 30 minutes And the other one some kind of exotic experience. That will do nicely, great group. Edit: Werder, Braga and Twente would be the easiest group.

Please delete this topic and never bring it back, his buyout clause is probably beyond 200 billion pounds. He won't leave.

Right, that 4-4 was unbelievable, aswell as the away leg. I was expecting a thrashing after Torres scored 5 minutes in... And of course the Ovrebo disgrace.

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Second kit printing looks best. But nothing for me, I want those golden badges by all means.

Essien, Ramires, Mikel - that's enough. We won't ever have the situation with all three injured, that's simply too unlikely. Plus if it occurs, we have Ferreira or Ivanovic who can both do the job fine. What we need, is a young striker (but more like next year) - our squad is just fine, would've been better with Matic but oh well he wouldn't have played that much anyway. Edit: Sorry, I read central defensive midfield... my bad We have four players in central defence - JT, Alex, Brane and Bruma. Again, it won't ever occur to have three of them injured. We will only need Bruma if JT/Alex/Ivanovic are all injured, or if JT/Alex/Bosingwa/Ferreira are all injured - both is fucking improbable.

Wow, really great transfer for them.

Bruma, Kakuta and Mancienne will be filling those three HG slots, as Mancienne is HG and the other two are under 21. Guess Borini und van Aanholt will also be somewhere in the squad. So we still have a strong squad, no need to buy players in panic just to fill the slots. Since Lukaku and pretty much every useful player has already played in an European tournament this year, we probably won't buy anyone. Looking forward to next summer... again

Have fun guys.

I used to love this player, now I hate him. He can't even make his mind about his life, just like Neymar... look when this thread started, 2008! This is absolutely pathetic what the boy is doing, his career won't be anywhere as big as he's dreaming about cause after all this fuss no club will want him, especially with these ridiculous wage demands.

How come you're a Leeds Fan?

Generally yes, but due to the fact ManCity are the richest club around, they won't need money, means they will demand a huge price and he's not worth that.