Tomo

Culd he been the unkown player Gigi was talking about?

On Arsenal rule's that still a "kid"

Apparently he is safe regardless, he'll have to finish top 4 but other than that i think he will be ok, even tho given his Porto record im sure we will win atleast a trophy this season under him and challenge hard for the title if not win it.

Id rather walk alone.

This summer there has been a few problems with Andre coming in and assesing everything and also lets not forget we have players on high wages that just want to see out their contract rather than move. But after one full season incharge next summer will be the summer where we properly see the Andre mark in this team, its already showing signs already but hopefully sumeer 2012 is where we finally shake off the Mourinho ghost for good. Anelka, Hilario, Ferreira and i think Kalou are on the last year off their contracts, they probally (aslong as keep them away from Gourlay's office ) will be released next summer which will set up 4 free spaces for a over 21 foreign player, Maybe Malouda will leave next summer which will free up 5 spaces to make quality accusitions. Lets not forget hopefully Davilla, Van Aanholt and Kakuta will come back from their loan's better players aswell which will make us even stronger. The summer after Lukaku, Romeu (if Barca don't come in), McEachran and co will be even more expierenced and intergrated and then Chalaboah amounst others will start seriously knocking on the door hence more slow evolution that Andre was going on about when he first came in. Thing is when we had no manager and where getting linked with the likes of Van Basten i kind off accepted this would be a transition season and while it still might be in a way with Andre's record at Porto i still believe we can win things while slowly overhauling the side at the same time and signs so far are promising for the immediate and long term future of our club.

Mikel, Lampard, Anelka and too a lesser extend Alex are IMO the main culprits for our slow play. bring Luiz, Meirieles, Romeu and Danny in their places we might see a more faster Chelsea.

^agree Not sure if Santos is that much a improvement on Clichy and Metresacker is finallty the Gallas replacement, only position they have improved from 2 years ago imo is goallie because as much as i cannot stand the arrogant tosser, Szchezny is a class keeper.

If liverpool dont get CL football i can seriously see us going for Suarez, and i have never had a strong gut instint since 2007 when for some reason before there was even a rumour i just knew we were getting Sidwell

from facebook: We Love You Chelsea Yes We Do's Profile We Love You Chelsea Yes We Do On Chelsea TV : Gigi Salmon saying that Chelsea FC have signed another player but CFC Didn't say who is this player !! Let's wait and know !! A status on the group we love you chelsea we do. I hope it is true then Gigi can go up to Lipton and say i got my facts right want a few tips

Metresacker is no better than Gallas and even when they had Gallas at the back they were a joke, and i remember watching Germany in euro 2008, despite getting to the final the pairing of Metresacker and Meltzelder was like watching the chuckle brothers. Andre Santos is class going forward but suspect defensively, something that will get exposed in the big games IMO, Arteta is class but Yossi will give Arsenal the same, he will have a couple of amazing games but will be too inconsistent during the course of the season. I think Arsenal would have got 4th regardless of their signings and i stand by that but i personally do not think they will win the title or even get close and hopefully this puts the Wenger lives on a limited bugdet to bed, if any one wants limited bugdets get down to Exeter and Plymouth or even Everton for that matter.

Dis-agree about Raul Mereiles i dont think he is that bad, we were light in terms of midfield numbers and since Ballack has left we haven't had a player that could dominate a midifield in a big game, Raul could be that one. Spot on with the rest tho and if Gigi Salmon is telling the truth there might even be one more.

Agree it was over the belt to give him a 4 year deal, a 2 or 3 at push would have been better, but tbh he aint that bad a signing and will give us some steel for the big games, btw does anyone know whats going on with this suposed suprise signing ctv were going on about?

No such thing as a first choice team anymore, these days its a squad game as we found out horrifically to our cost last season.

They used the Torres money for Carroll and Henderson, 2 shite mid table players.

sod this i was up all night last night so this is the perfect excuse to sleep till its all over.

Wheres these Sturridge to Liverpool rumours coming from?

near enough all possible transfer targets get greeted with pessismism, you would think we were about to raid Aldershot and Burton Albion

please let this be true, i really don't fancy us facing him next week with the high line.

Arsene Wenger has got arrested on the M25 after being pulled over. Turns out he was speeding with a spliff in one hand and a bottle of cider in the other, poor guy will do anything to get 3 points these days.

Liverpool did promise Joe Cole champions league football now theve got him just that

The scouse europhria was funny, i tried to warn all of them that he was not better than Messi but they just would not listen

I am genuinenly lost for words. As far as unlikely deadline day deals go this one would eclipse the lot.

He didn't come because of the wages, otherwise he would have been a Chelsea player years ago.

If De Brunye wants this bad enough he will be here, hopefully he will stay because we could do with a player like him.

Sneijder has nothing left to prove in club level and demands too much wages, he might be a wonderfull player but like Robinho i think he is a bullet.