Tomo

If there's one thing ive learned from this pre season. Benayoun > Meireles What was AVB thinking off last August? although then again considering what happened in May, its hard to regret anything that happened last season.

Sahin is available on loan, why aren't we even getting linked with him? Who cares if we get an option to buy or no, he will sort so many short term problem's out its unreal.

We need to sort out the midfield 2/3. Sahin's available on loan, lets get him. Even if we don't have an option to buy, have him for this season and sort that position out permanently next summer.

I wonder what will happen if him and Suarez clash during a match.

John Terry's punishment for an affair that both parties denied was getting stripped of his England captaincy. John Terry's punishment for going to court for a racist slur he was later found not guilty off was getting stripped of his England Captaincy. Ryan Giggs's punishment for a near decade affair with his brother's wife was captaincy for Great Britain in the football sides first ever Olympic games.

Its great having all these young players but if there's not enough experience around you will struggle, if there is anything we should have learned from laughing at Arsenal the last 7 years it should be that. Plus 25-29 are the peak ages, we don't have enough of those in numbers or quality.

He's 26, we need more players around that age.

That would be perfect, but even if we can't get the option to buy in the loan agreement, ill sleep easier knowing he was around for the double pivot role for this season, then next summer we can sort out that area of the pitch permanently.

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@, We were linked in 2004 when Jose took over, in hindsight it would not have been a bad idea considering Wayne Bridge hardly featured for 2 years after that and Del Horno was utter crap. Great fullback, him and Cafu were complete in every sense of the word.

@capriccioso, I think they finished 3rd, which will mean they have to play a qualifying round.

@Blue-in-me-Veins, I don't think he can boost the team until the end of the current season however (if he decides too), so your be stuck with those players for the last 2 games. One of your midfielders (Lance Erickson ) is an all round player who can play anywhere, so if you need a 4th defender to play there for the last 2 games, just stick him there.

http://www.weaintgotnohistory.com/2012/8/2/3214079/chelsea-fc-nuri-sahin-loan Very good article here on why we should get Sahin on loan. Even if we can only have him for a season, it would certainly solve the short term problem we have in the double pivot.

Someone has to do it, although im one of the assistant manager's off the league and i haven't got the request through, i think the guys (like yourself) who are being given a complete new team are being put on the waiting list until the end of the season (which is only 2 weeks away), while blue-in-me_veins is taking over an existing team, which is why he is straight in the action.

Its a button that Alex will have to activate and your team will be boosted. I would send a PM to him quick asking him to do it as there are a few striken teams in the lower league's and he will only be able to do it once, so i would get in their first if i were you. Im not sure about what happens with the age of the players i think they will stay the same, so the fact your need a big transition will still be the case, but the boost will atleast help you compete for the time being instead of getting hammered all the time while you build your team.

@Blue-in-me-Veins, Scrap that i might just have found you a get out of jail card.

@Blue-in-me-Veins, You have got badly unlucky with that team, your going to have to go through a proper transition.

Not sure then, you should at the very least be able to view the team at your disposal, best to ask Alex or Terminator_X, they know a lot more about this side than i do.

If Jim wasn't on this poll i would voted Henrique or Manpe but considering the work Jim does to keep this great forum going, i have to vote for him.

Are you DA Godfather's? if so i have accepted you into the league.

Yeah the end of the season, which is 2 weeks away, as soon as thats over and the new season is set up your in. Having said that im sure you can set up freindly's with fellow new manager and even existing team's on saturday's as we don't play on that day at the moment due to the cup finishing.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink use to be as greedy but no Chelsea fan gave him abuse.

We will be in a lot more trouble stuck with Torres than Danny, a lot more.

Let me guess, a member of the Torres extreme fanclub?

Just seen that Melo og for the first time, i was in an orphanage in Bulgaria when that match happened finishing the work i was doing there.