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We get your point, we accept it and so on but don't take it so personally when anyone has something to say about Neymar. Most of us here are Europeans and we are judging it based on "our" culture, like you said. You tell us not to judge you, don't judge us. No need to "convert" our beliefs. He is a very talented footballer but his diving and cheating habits are a fact, nothing isn't going to change it. And as far as I know football is played under one set of rules, there are no "european" rules and "south-american rules". Traditions I get, but cheating is cheating. He isn't the only one doing it, of course. I remember Drogba getting alot of stick for diving to the ground rather than playing on and seeing what he could have made from that oppurtunity. Plus it hurts Neymar's reputation. Just remember the time Johnny Evans flew into Drogbas rib-cage with high foot and in the end it was Drogba getting yellow carded for diving but replay showed it was clear red card foul.

Was brilliant for us, was brilliant for PSG and will be brilliant for RM, perfect match. All the best to him, sincerely would like to see him succeed

Welcome Schürrle, great addition

How about the offside goal(s) the referee gave to Brazil? Dante's was 100% offside, missed the replay for Fred's second but that had hint of offside to it aswell from the angle I saw it. Hard to say from this angle

Rules are rules, it's his problem that he is light weight. Just watch him toe-jump and almost do saltos when he gets tackled. For example the incident where he scored the free kick, very easy foul. If that's the football you like, fine. And it's not about how many other players do, we're talking about Neymar here. The excuse "everyone's doing it" is just silly, doesn't make it any bit better. Abate reportedly has dislocated shoulder because Neymar went to revenge on Abate for Abate's earlier foul on Neymar. It was with intention and aggression. Rules say any aggressive behaviour = red. It was a red in my eyes. I don't hate him, why should I? I'm not a fan either, enough said. Just to clarify, you dont "know" him either. Beyond me how every brazilian thinks he is a football expert and has bigger say in things just because of their nationality. You've no idea what and who I watch regularly. And jealousy? I admire his achievements and talent but not him as a person nor player. Hope he proves me wrong when he enters the big stage next season.

Been playacting and asking referee to book opposition players all night. The foul on Abate should have been red in my eyes, it was vengeance, nothing to do with football. Glad we didn't sign him.

Imagine if this was Lukaku or De Bruyne.

There's a difference between a 19 year old and a 19 year old, if you know what I mean

Democracy and all that but Romeu is Chelsea player. It's one thing to have an opinion but to express "an opinon" like that without even explaining? Shame really. The quality of this forum is going down faster than I could have imagined. Was it like this last summer? Honestly can't remember. The flood of 13-19 year olds off from school really shows, just scroll back for example 10 pages of this thread and tell me how much discussion there really is? Almost none. On top of that the number of quality posters has decreased a lot, instead we have gif posting, quantity over quality, 100 posts a day forumers. At the moment I honestly skim though the forum, only reading posts of those few quality posters left (and not because I couldn't be bothered but there's nothing to read in 90% of the posts around here) Can't wait for the season to start

That wasn't the topic of this debate but it was a direct answer to your previous post. Look, we both made our opinions known and we both want the best for Chelsea so let's drop it. Saying the same thing three times over with different words won't bring anything to this debate. I respect your opinion, respect mine, can't make you agree but deal with it.

The window isn't open yet and you already know that Ba and Torres aren't moving - let me quote you: "Bullshit". We don't know anything till it's 1st of September. And generally speaking our season was dire - dropping out on competitions and had to battle till last games to secure Champions League football.

His chances of starting an important UCL or EPL match would be close to zero, I agree but it's a long season and if a 20 year old striker can get for example 20-30 games (including subsitution appearances) under his belt in a club like Chelsea that's "getting a chance" in my book.

So we accept we possibly hinder our chances of silverware with sitcking with young upcoming striker like Lukaku. What about the other players who want to win things, are at their physical peak? Do they need to suffer because of that "romantic charm" - no. He deserves his chance as much as any other youngster in our squad, he has to earn it on the pitch not rely on his last season's heroics. Noone said shouldn't give him a chance. What I personally want to say is that it'd be shortsighted to go into the season without changing something in our striker department. Bringing or not bringing Cavani wouldn't make that much of a difference. In the end of the day we need to rotate one way to another and secondly it all comes down to who performs better in training, shows better attitude and basically wants it more. Lukaku has great mentality and if he keeps working hard he will be a success but he is too young and inexperienced to start the season with that much pressure on his shoulders. Going in with Cavani-Lukaku-Ba/Torres would be ideal scenario. And FFP is nothing to worry about, Chelsea wouldn't be making a move if it would be an issue (keep in mind we really don't know if any of those proposed moves by Chelsea are even true) and losing and dropping out on competitions would affect Chelsea's economic stability even more than splashing out on a marquee signing.

You're way too radical. Lukaku isn't ready for a full season as our number one striker (granted he can pass Ba and Torres) but he is ready to be in the squad to prove his worth to potentially become one in the coming years. He himself said in an interview that it'd be alot harder to replicate this seasons feats when he would be at Chelsea for example. There's more pressure and less space to work in. Signing Cavani (or any other top striker) would only do good for the team. He wouldn't be playing all the games in all competitions - players will be rotated and that's the job of the manager. Mourinho successfully rotated between Benzema, Higuain and Morata for the season and keep in mind there's even more competition for places at Real Madrid. Having three players compete for 1 striker position isn't unorthotox, it's a common sight. You brought up Sturridge earlier - I agree that he perhaps could have been given more oppurtinities but he had attitude problems and was too inconsistent - so he was sold to Liverpool. It's not that I wouldn't like to see Lukaku up front next season, all I'm saying is that if he is worth the spot either now or in the future he has to work for it. He has to feel the pressure and competetivness that comes with the job. He can't and shouldn't be given special treatment and lighter competition for a place just because he is a Chelsea fan, above all he is a professional football player earning more in a week than majority earn in a year. The ball is in his courtyard, either show up or go home.

Let's assume Cavani sings, let's assume he does produce, you make it sound like Lukaku would be getting no playing time at all. From that point onwards it's his job to prove his worth not wait for favours. Football is a very competetive place, it's not a charity

Lukaku wants to be but he won't one way to another. He is 20 years old what do you expect? Cavani-Lukaku-Ba/Torres is a good strike force to go into the new season. You can't even compare Lukaku and Cavani, one is world class striker already the other is nothing near that but has the potential to become one. Same with all the talks of KDB's progress being hindered by the signing of Schürrle - this isn't Belgian national team nor is this KDB/Lukaku FC - if he isn't the best at that point then someone else will play. Same goes to every other player. I don't care who plays aslong as CHELSEA wins.

Beyond me how ungrateful and daft some people are towards couple of our players, making them scapegoats of our poor form at times while there are those other players who get praised for no obvious reason, brainwashed by the media, show some respect. It was only partly directed to you, no offence though. Sad to see this forum's quality go down along with the average age I'm assuming from the last couple of pages.

Wonder what the transfer fee will be like?

I feel the same way. Partly I'm pleased that we've got Lukaku back, but reality is that we can't expect him to be our main striker week in week out while he is 20 years old (and I can assure you that there'll be people slating him and writing him off during the season when he has bad spells, as there'll be people questioning the re-appointment of Mourinho, some people are hard to please). Going into the season with Lukaku-Torres-Ba isn't ideal either compared to other teams and if we do get striker, I'd rather it would be a player nearing or at his peak, and preferrably well built, tall striker. We've got flare in our side but we've lost the physical edge we had with Drogba, Anelka, Malouda, Ballack, Alex, Essien and so on... I wouldn't rule us out of Cavani race because football is a business and in the end of the day "the one who pays chooses the music", right? We'll keep getting these self proclaimed ITK's having a field day till this deal is sorted and I'm sure it won't be before the end of Confederations Cup.

Marin plays in positions where we've got more than enough cover. We do lack depth but not in that department

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlSzvcMXjdY

Don't waste your time asking for sources mate, so many "ITK"s here, someone posts a meaningless quote/link, thread gets 50-100 viewers, people get excited only to find more bullshit being posted. Noone knows whats going on, we just have to wait for Skysports or Chelsea to confirm anything.. I could add a funny gif to this post, seems to be in fashion, but can't be bothered