Tomo

Would quite like Kalas to go Benfica on loan, i can't see him getting many games right now, that injury at the start off the season was the worst timing ever.

Im not talking solely this season im talking his whole career here, his attitude at times last season especially was horrendouz, the West Brom away game under RDM he might as well have been playing hide and seek, if he wasn't anyway.

What like the 5-3 Arsenal match when he hid after the first 10 minutes when things didn't go his way ? Where does this Torres always work hard come from ? He does sometimes but even that is nothing Eto'o or Ba doesn't do, but when Torres has lazy days and he has more than his fair share off them he makes Berbatov look hard working.

Why?

i would like to add that i never said Luiz was the worst bit off January buisness, Torres yes, Luiz no.

Although i think he will turn into a top player the only way we will regret it is if he turns on Messi or Ronaldo level. As good as he is he's not better than Hazard or Oscar. especially in Mourinho's system. I like the lad and will watch his progress with interest, his situation here is a case off right place, wrong time. I do wonder what would have happened if we lost in Munich,Hazard would almost certainly not joined and Oscar maybe too (although i think we would have got him) KDB might have got brought in there and then, guess were never know . Unfortunate for him, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

Jose is doing it cause off current lack off options not because he wants to, he wants Luiz in midfield about as much as he wanted Essien atCB in 2007. When MVG returns to go along with the hopeful arrival off Matic, only a injury crisis will mean Luiz ever returns to midfield. Luiz in midfield is a plaster on the wound solution, at best.

In the summer maybe but not now, one in (Matic) and one out (KDB) is enough for the midseason window, anymore could disrupt the squad and we are starting to go up the geers.

I was thinking more further afield, some MLS team might see a great chance to improve their brand like Toronto with Defoe. If not, role on 2016.

There be some mugs somewhere, City managed to flog Adebayor in the end.

Im waiting for the excuse to keep him this summer, by 2016 it will be he has scored more than Ferreira did for us so (deserves yet another) final chance.

My point was extreme, what im trying to say is i want the decision to be made in what is best for the club going forward. If Mourinho chooses Courtois, it's not out of disrespect for Cech (just like choosing Cech in 04 wasnt disrespect for Carlo) it will be because he believes it's best for Chelsea going forward. There are many ways we can respect and appreciate Petr without him playing for Chelsea indefinitely until he decides otherwise. Continual evolution is the key to a successful and stable club (after 10/11 we know that as much as anyone ) and if Jose believe this change is the next step in the process then he has my backing.

even in the unbeaten season they conceded a fair few silly goals, (for example Gudjohnsen in the Champions League qf) if they had Cech there figures would have been on the level off ours the yeas later. Whenever i have watched Leti games withAsenjo the defense played much more within themselves knowing that theres an error in the keeper, the same happened to us when we lost Carlo and Cech vsReading. Plus Courtois played with a weak defense at Genk, i saw the last 5 minutes off their title decider and he made 3 top saves in that period alone.

Lionsden behind every defence is a great keeper , do you thinkLeti would have such a great record if Asenjo was number1 ?

So in this theory we should never have signed Cech and Cudicini should still be our keeper, infact while were at it lets resign Duff and give him 90 minutes every game, Hazard will never love Chelsea like Duff and he was great in 2004.

I don't get the embarrassment thing yeah its easily looks that way in hindsight but for one Matic their is Sinclair, Mancienne etc etc Also this is where constantly changing managers works against us, Carlo didn't want him but Jose does, if Jose was here in 2011 maybe he would never have left, who knows?

Luiz in midfield is a stickly plaster option just like Essien in defence was, Rafa and Jose are only doing it due to lack off options. If we sign Matic and MVG makes a return sooner rather than later the only way David is going back in the only pivot is if we have a stupid injury crisis.

well taken goal but my god how many attacks can one person mess up.

Actually this style is what makes me feel most secure and what makes me believe we are in with a real chance in this race. As good as Citys you shoot we shoot game can look on the eye sometimes the oppo will take more chances and City are not gret tactically under pellegrini which could come back to bite them with their big away games coming up.

Im surprised Liverpool fans are saying he plays like he doesn't give a fuck , if there was one thing you could say about him for us is he put a shift in.

Thought i was the only one thinking this, this thread has similarities to the Newcastle pre match one.

Sam Allardyce is the 13th highest paid manager in world football.

Luiz and Cahill is similar to having a top keeper and decent squad one anyway. Luiz is the one who has all the tools to be well, whatever he wants to be, while Cahill is the player keeping David on his toes. Even saying that, rotation in defense happens a lot more than in goal anyway. Goalkeeper is a completely different ball game.

I was watching 'banged up abroad' the other night and their was this gay bloke that went to Saudi Arabi on a job, and he got nicked on suspicion that he was gay. If in the future a footballer does 'come out', would that lead to problem's if a world cup was hosted in a country were it's illegal? in other words, will it even be safe for him to travel? Scott Mills (radio 1 presenter) went to Uganda and admitted to the president he was gay, and he called the police to seize the video tape, and that was for being gay, not even doing anything.