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They can go, but we will need to sign replacements. That would be our 3 wide players gone leaving us with Mata and Danny. We've seen last season what happened when our squad was short. I would personally really like it to happen as that would makes us go for the likes of Gotze, Vargas, Neymar and Hazard :eyebrows:

Whoa it's flying! Really fast loading times now :toke: Good work. I hope the donations continue, this was a very important step for this community.

Haha I can't believe you said it Are you actually crazy? Some people here wouldn't surprise me if they went and killed someone when we don't win. Some people are satisfied with mediocre results knowing our current position and situation instead of expecting pure results no matter what.

Or We don't need him, we have Henderson and Adam but we're going off topic

If that was needed to make Manuf post I'm a happy man :giggle:

You don't like potatoes?

Here we go again lads! First one to say potato will get rep! Make sure you spell it right otherwise I may neg rep you :toke:

If I remember right, they wanted AVB to come before Dalglish was appointed. No doubt they are happy now with Queen Kenny and look at AVB as something inferior.

He'll be a great signing for United...this is something I would like to see from Chelsea. Quietly and efficiently like Napoli did with Vargas and like United usually does. I really hope our transfer policy has changed with Andre here and with the mistakes we made in the past.

Gotta admit it though, they Wigan looked like they were prepared to die on that pitch yesterday. It looked as if they were everywhere...deserved a point.

Good points mentioned. The club has made some really idiotic decisions over the years. I hope they have learned their lesson.

Thunder may strike me, but Bosingwa for me also.

Forget Pato, we will go for Neymar! :541: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2075738/Chelsea-target-Neymar.html?ITO=1490&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Until you lose it, you don't learn to appreciate it. I was really surprised with how much we missed him yesterday. I hope he is 100% for Spuds.

Nah mate, now we need to blame someone for not winning our match. Poor Bosingwa and AVB are the scrapegoats this time...even though Bos imo did alright last night and AVB did what was expected out of him - attack.

:541: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2075738/Chelsea-target-Neymar.html?ITO=1490&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

And in for the end: Father and son :toke:

Welcome mate and enjoy your stay!

Perhaps he saw Fernando's miss against United just now? :toke:

You missed my point. I said that when players like Nani and Rooney are on top of their game, it makes United's midfield look good which doesn't mean that they are. One of the points I tried to highlight in my article was just how important is that. Mata has done very well this season and so have Sturridge and Ramires, but the best is yet to come from them. We pay shitload of money for Drogba, Lampard and Torres expecting them to show the level of RVP and similar but they struggle. Where would our end be if Lamps was playing like before his injury, Torres was showing Liverpool performances and Drogba had a 09/10 season again? Instead, mostly they show mediocre performances and put manager under pressure for dropping them. And I am not being dramatic, I just thought that after yesterday's draw it was the right time to offer my opinion on our situation. (if you included me in your group of dramatic people )

After the draw I was disappointed, but nothing special...it was classic Chelsea...whatever, all I care is the good work in the transfer window and top4 finish. Anything above that is luxury. Well now, they have Mascherano, Busquets - 2 world class DMs. Fabregas, Xavi and Iniesta - probably 3 best midfielders and Messi, Sanchez, Villa, Pedro and Affellay in their attack. Tough to stuff in someone like Thiago in there ey? And for the sake of it, Barca don't play their youth in the 1st team that much unless in Cups. Instead, they have shitloads of reserve teams and you can't compare them to us. But they can afford the luxury of doing it when the have someone like Messi, Iniesta and Xavi around them. Try playing the youth with the likes of Kalou, Torres, Malouda, Mikel and Lamps, looking at their recent form, and see what happens :toke:

Looking back at our 09/10 Double winning season, every Chelsea fan was happy and we got used to winning easily and trashing our opponents. Sky was the limit and ever since we got onto that bad moment under Carlo I was following our play, players, manager talk and results very closely. I found it very surprising how a team that won a Double, scoring 103 goals and running over everyone simply transformed into an underperforming bunch of highly payed superstars. Just like that *pff* we were struggling. Our play was gone and the media couldn't wait to fill their lovely newspapers with headlines of our failures. What was the cause of it? Couple of things, but for me, the biggest one was the lack of leadership. Yes, leadership. Drogba with his malarya and Lampard with his "2 weeks" of the field. These 2 players scored 64 goals and assisted 32 times in the season that will be remembered in our history as the season where Chelsea football club has won the first Double in its history. Do you really think we we wouldn't have won the title last season if those 2 had a season like 09/10 one? Thing is that when you have a couple of players playing as amazing as that, it lifts the whole team. Kalou suddenly starts scoring regularly, Mikel becomes an unpassable boulder, Malouda becomes the most useful player statistically and our defense is the best in the league. Even when we bounced back last season, I wasn't convinced. It wasn't simply that anymore. Someone pulled away a couple of very important cards out of our tower. It has shown us that our squad is simply not good enough anymore. What do I mean by not good enough? They can't produce the magic, sparks and performances week and week out. Look at our recent run, and most accurately Drogba. He started showing his old self. Had a decent run against Wolves. Did well at Newcastle...then exploded against Valencia...then a slight drop of form against City...and then his bad performance against Wigan where he should've helped the team to an easy victory. This clearly shows you, he can't keep up the level required. He is 33 after all. Same goes with Lampard. Same age, and these 2 players are not the players you place on the bench as the media have rubbed in our faces quite a bit. Who are our main players besides Mata and Sturridge now? Terry, Lampard, Torres, Drogba. Is anyone of them playing like Sturridge and Mata week and week out? No. Sometimes there's a flash or a run of games, but no true rhythm and form. That's what impacts us that much. They are simply not at the level they could reach before. Just look at Sturridge. Man City game. 1 small dribble, sends Clichy for a beer and assists Meireles to equalize at an vital moment that changed the game. Recent Wigan game. Team was terrible, but he managed to receive a difficult ball and score with his weaker foot. Not only this, he didn't have 2 or 3 good performances, he was good from the beginning of the season. He made the likes of Drogba, Torres and Anelka look like clowns and look cool while doing it. Let's take a closer look at our squad. Mata. Sturridge. Ramires. Luiz. Meireles. Romeu. Our best performers this season. They haven't even been at the club for a full year except for Ramires, but for a midfielder from a foreign league, it's understandable to take some time to adjust. Look at the rest of our squad. Drogba. Lampard. Malouda. Kalou. Anelka. Bosingwa. Mikel. Either old, out of form or not good enough. Now let's compare our side against Man United. I chose them as a team on a similar level as us atm. Rooney and Hernandez vs Torres and Drogba. United wins. Hernandez scores without problems and he's very young. Rooney is not on top of his game, but he is still 7 years younger then Drogba. Torres...eh I'll leave him out of this article. Nani, Valencia and Young vs Malouda, Kalou and Sturridge. United wins with not explanation needed. I left out Mata as he is a different kind of player. Just take a look at United when they are playing bad. It's usually Nani, Young and Rooney not having their day. When they are having their day then Jones, Smalling and Evans can replace Vidic and Ferdinand, Anderson, Carrick and Fletcher (who I doubt a single Chelsea fan would wish in our team) boss the midfield and Hernandez turns into a world class striker. The difference between United and Chelsea is that that happens much more often. I won't even bother comparing us to the likes of City, Real and Barca. Messi, Ronaldo, Silva, Ozil, Aguero, Balotelli, Dzeko, Sanchez, Iniesta, Xavi, Fabregas, Villa, Tevez, Benzema, Higuain, Di Maria, Kompany, Pepe, Ramos, Pique, Alves...almost all of them beat our players on their positions. Suarez at Liverpool. Van Persie at Arsenal. They save their butts. Add to this then a number of smaller issues New manager Bad ref decisions Short on luck Motivation of our opponents Pressure Atmosphere at SB and you end up with as situation we are in. That's what I want the fans to realize and accept a draw at DW stadium instead of going out and unleashing their fury on AVB, Kalou, Torres and Mikel as usual scrapegoats. Click here to view the article

1. Can't defend him there, but it's his style of football. This match will show him how better we are with a deep line. It is Roman's wish though to see attacking football. 2. Because he didn't deserve to start. Drogba is was playing well so no point of killing his momentum before the big match against Spuds... 3. Sturridge sub. Rest the lad a bit. He has played a lot and this match showed once again how important he is. Malouda was brought in to help the team defensively. Mikel sub. Wigan started attacking, we were shite, Mata was bad and I dare you to try playing against an attacking team with 3 attackers on their own stadium without a DM. Send me a PM on how much they scored. Kalou sub. I honestly think he should've waited at the half time, but it was AVB's decision to attack. Kalou was the only option and he tried playing Mata in the middle. Torres and Drogba together on the pitch have been woeful in the past and Kalou was motivated. Don't blame AVB, blame the whole team. They got out there bored and unmotivated.

Why are you all surprised with Mikel for Mata? Mata wasn't good, we were shite, Wigan started attacking and brought in 2 forwards. Wanna try your luck with that without a DM?

No.