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Adding a CM is obviously atmost important ... lets not go there ... And to be honest from now till January is going to be a long time for us. Lack of extra CMs mite throw us out of tournaments ... I agree on the Oscar being the Lampardseque player, I feel he has that ... Also Cesc likes to play from the deep, heard that a lot but the thing is that the way we're set up means anyone besides Matic HAS to do everything and Cesc becomes a luxury ... I dont agree that being short Oscar doesnt offer much as a deep lying playmaker or B2B in terms of defense, I feel he can makes up for the lack of aerial ability with his tackles and interceptions in the middle ... something he is really good at ... But still confused as to why Oscar is not able to fulfill his potential ... maybe it is Consistency as u pointed but still confused ... Thanks for the perspective ...

Great poster ... I have a query/theory and hope I get an answer for it. Firstly I believe in Oscar and for someone of his size the defensive work he puts in is remarkable along side his offensive ability. My theory that he is not on top of is game is because he doesnt play the actual role of 10 but is more involved in filling the void that Cesc creates ... If he is given a free role, he might end up with much goals from the midfield. Do u believe removing Cesc from the CM position and putting in someone like a B2B will really help Oscar reach the potential we all want him to ... Second thing, by removing Cesc lot of us would say that there is no creativity in the side ... So when Oscar is already tracking back and puts up such good defensive work shouldnt he be paired outright with Matic and Cesc pushed as no10. Really want to understand which of the 2 works or there is something else which I dont see ... Thoughts please (anyone) ...

Dont care what strategy we play, who we include in the squad, doesnt matter if we play with freaking 15 men against them .... JUST WANT TO GO THERE AND GET THE DAMN 3 POINTS and have the feeling of "IN YOUR FACE, FU****"

With the current management .... NONE !!!

Well same was said/assumed for this window as well ... Not only for Chelsea but all the top clubs .... Look what we got ..

It takes time to digest and realize what hit him ... I m sure in the morning he was pulled out directly from his bed and told to go to the Bridge ...

What you expect! Until yesterday no one knew about this dude now everyone is like "who the f*** is he" ... One signing and his Instagram followers up, Facebook followers up, Twitter Up, and he himself Up ... Has to look thrilled, right

There was so much expectation from this window not only for Chelsea but most of the bigger clubs ... Baring City no one has really made decent effort to get world class players ... So much was expected in this window... Been a very bad transfer window specially when everyone has the money with the new TV deals coming in ....

Yaaa .. Right!!!!

I thought to work from home rather going to office for the deadline day .. so yes ... I know i m

Even Southampton are buying better defenders ... A bit more on Southampton confirming the signing of defender Virgil van Dijk from Celtic: the 24-year-old had been linked with a move to the south coast club throughout the summer as manager Ronald Koeman stepped up his search for defensive reinforcements.

Sad Deadline day ... Should have gone to work

So m I

Why are we signing him and then loaning him back ... what good is that for ... Next season we will have Kalas, Omerou, Christisen back from loan ... When they cant get a chance, whats so special about this 23 yr old ...

This is fast!!!! Michael Anthony James Hector is a footballer who plays as a centre back for Chelsea F.C. Hector began his career in the youth teams at Millwall and Thurrock before moving to Reading in 2009 where he joined the Academy. Wikipedia

Why didnt we go after Wanyama ... big, strong, very decent DM, PL exp as well ... plus we gave them Romeru already ...

Who is this now? Chelsea are close to signing Reading centre back Michael Hector for £4m, according to Sky sources.

This is seriously a strange transfer ... not sure to be happy, sad, disappointed, confused ... all emotions into one just like his name ....

Mate, you are one hopeful dude ... TBH My hope has just disappeared in the thin air ... I hope that your Hope comes true

I didnt mean in the literal sense and also small correction "He is more like a Robben type player (without the shot taking ability) who likes to dribble from the sides and come in " Hazard also moves in from outside and comes in ... But your correct that he drifts in too wide as compared to Robben.

Rennes say "Jeremie Boga is on loan with an option to buy". No word on how much that might cost them. #CFC #loanwatch Why option to buy???? (if it is true)

What a joke! ... The club that was ready to spend like 100m plus few days back have only spent approx 3m on an unknown .... Exciting times ahead ....

70+ m for him .... I pass

Why cant we get Kalas or even Omeruo (remember him ) instead of some average player whose only attribute is/could be 6'4 .... Grrrrrrrrrrrrr ... We don't need to sign players to please fans but to freaking built a solid team.

@supporter: (Sorry not able to quote) I don't feel Hazard will do justice in the center. He is more like a Robben type player (with the shot taking ability) who likes to dribble from the sides and come in ... Shifting in the center means he doesn't get much spaces to cut players as there are normally overload of players in the center and Hazard is certainly no Messi. Defenders have started reading him specially when he comes from the center, they create a sort of wall which Hazard is not able to breach ... He is good on the left but he needs to take his game to the next level in terms of the surprise element .. he needs to work on his shooting skills to create the doubt in defenders.