Tomo

Im hoping a Championship side will take a punt on him, still think he has a future with us, maybe he will be the answer if the worst comes to the worst with Oriol?

Lets hope for this. Milan V Bayern Napoli V Real Madrid Basle V Chelsea Then in the q/f APEOL V Chelsea Zenit V Benfica Milan/Bayern V Inter Barcelona V Real Madrid SEMI Zenit/Benfica V APEOL/Chelsea Milan/Bayern/Inter V Barcelona/Real Madrid See what i mean by a bit of luck, if it happens this way we are laughing.

I hope you're right but the only problem is Catalan's are loyal to Barcelona. This is what a FCB fan said on another forum """""I am a Catalan and it is difficult for outsiders to understand how important Barcelona is to Catalans and Catalonia. It's not just about the club, it is political. FC Barcelona represented us throughout what for us was a brutal dictatorship, it was our national pride and symbol. So while most players dream of playing for us because we are a huge club with huge traditions, it is a double draw for Catalans - it is playing for your club and country and national identity all in one. At the moment nobody is saying anything about Oriol, but I have no doubts he'll return if we ant him. The first problem for Chelsea is that we all watched him play very well on TV against Valencia the other night. If Chelsea progress, he will get more exposure and then it will be difficult to keep him."""""

Exactly!!!!! Take the Messi factor out of this team i was much more scared of them when they had Ronaldinho and Eto'o back between 2004-2006. Infact i was shit scared of facing them back in those days for some reason im not at the moment. Mark my words this Barca team peaked in the second half of the CL final, Madrid and Jose have got them this year, infact Barca look like they have something missing which is bad news for us because they might want Oriol back

It's not an exclusive i saw it at the time but still funny

Im probally going to get pasted for this but we should seriously consider seling him in January if we get a substantial offer, in the region of £20-30m. He is still a world class forward and some side would probally take a punt on him. Sadly i think Torres and Chelsea is like Duff and Newcastle, they just don't fit, like Damien Duff for example was amazing for Chelsea and Blackburn, shocking for Newcastle then he signed for Fulham and we started to see the old Duff again. If we can't get a substantial offer then we really have to consider loaning him to a Spanish side for 6 months, prey for the love of god he can pick up form then we get a decent fee for him in the summer. We could look at this another way, Torres persuaded Mata to join Chelsea so if Torres does leave for next to nothing we could just pretend we spent £73m on Mata

This is going to sound mad but why don't we recall Conor Clifford and give him a go? Dalglish for Liverpool did the same with Flanagan against the same opponents last season and it payed off handsomenly. It's hardly like Conor is a fragile teenager, he is 20 and Chelsea through and through and he is a battler, he would relish the prospect of getting out there and getting stuck into those ego's, don't honestly reckon it would phase him at-all. Plus Mancini would not expect this so he wouldon't bother looking into his abilities either. ---------------Cech--------------- Ivan-----Romeu----Terry--Cole --------------Clifford-------------- -------Ramires-----Meireles---- Sturridge---------------------Mata --------------Drogba--------------

We are closer to them two teams than Liverpool back then were to Us, Juventus or AC Millan.

After 2005 when the weakest team in the whole competition (more so when it got to the knockout) won it i think anyone who is in it can win it, even Apeol.

What does Mikel have to do to get credit? Pick up the ball from David Luiz 25 yards out of Cech's goal at the Camp Nou, one swift flick off the ball putting Villa,Messi and Sanchez all on their arse. Then on to Xavi nutmegged 4 times before turning him taking him out of the game. Showboating around Iniesta and Bisquets with both chasing shadows then when he gets bored he moves on to Pique and Mascerano at centre half, dances around both and comes back for more 20 times before he had enough then chips over Valdes right into the top corner off the net. Anything less than that i doubt Mikel will ever get credit sadly

Apparently Sammy Hutchinson has been named in the PL squad, suprise start perhaps?

A goal is a goal as far as im concerned. Do you see United fans complaining when Hernandez plays like he has never played football before for 90 minutes apart from one moment in a game when the ball hits him when he's not looking or not expecting it and trickles in? Funny how Kalou scoring tap in's proves he is a dreadfull player yet when players like Hernandez does the same it's "good movement". Im starting to wonder what will happen if Kalou scores the winner in the CL final for us (assuming he is still here) would we be celebrating being Champions of Europe or would we all be going on about "another lucky tap in" by Kalou? Whatever way we spin it, goals are goals, a tap in from Kalou at home to Swansea will get us as many goals as a 40 yard belter by Mata at the Camp Nou will and Kalou, even if he isn't the best player on the planet, actually scores goals. If you really want a player to complain about then ring up Owen Coyle and make a bid for N Gog. In a peverse way i hope we replace Kalou with some one like N Gog or Chamakh then we will all suddenly realise Kalou is actually a decent squad player.

Birmingham, Fulham and Stoke fans must be absolutely devestated

^ fair point but he was fantastic up to that point and played his part in defending against the United onslaught that came after Macheda's slamdunk and nearly scored aswell.

There should be a seprate one for staff. It's a hard one to pic, carefreecronic gives us good tactical reports and blionheart who's doens't post as much as others but when they do are a joy to read. Then there is Zolayes, ultrablue, Lalayabelle, dojojo, Kieran vogel, Henrique, TX and more who are very consistent with their posting. Although the later 2 are not every one's cup of tea' s they do bring something different to the forum and can you honestly say it would be better without them? Tough one so im just going to say tommy10

Fully agree with henrique, we can't do a Arsenal "this team will dominate in 40 zillion decades time". Im all for signing KDB, but he can't be highest proirity, not yet anyway.

I hope this is a joke? What has Paulo done wrong? he trains hard, always makes himself avalible for selection and tries his best when called upon, he keeps to his side of the bargain it's not his fault he doesn't get picked. If we going to use this "benefit cheat" argument then surely the same could be said about the likes of Gary Neville how much did he get payed for not playing in his last few years for United? 2009/2010 do you remember his solid display at Old Trafford which helped us win the title? think he is entititled to celebrate considering the likes off Bruma, Matic and Van Aanholt were part of the celebrations when they played like 5 games (all sub apps) between them.

Was he a childhood Chelsea fan tho?

If we can't get a creative midfielder outright maybe for 6 months we should consider a Kaka loan as a stopgap? or someone from Madrid as their hardly short in that area.

Got a video of Zola doing the draw?

24 hours from now. Delighted Andre Villas Boas reveals Nicolas Anelka and Saloman Kalou have withdrawn their transfer request's and signed new 5 year deals worth 150k a week each.

Maybe we should use him as bait to get Hazard in? tell Lillie that Kalou and Joe Cole had a great understanding.

I take it Kalou is joining Alex and Anelka in "isolation". If any more join them were have no players left Why didn't we do this in the summer?

White Hart Lane last season, when Bosingwa got injured and Ivan had to move to the centre, the world and his dog expected Bale to humilate him but Bale didn't get a sniff all game. Funnily enough that match was his first for a long time aswell. Old Trafford in THAT match that won us the league he was awesome throughout.

Then we should play him defensive midfield I disagree, atleast Paulo has some good games against big teams, Bosingwa never has for us.