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Great news.

I bet Shaw was just always playing Football instead of watching it, although he did say he was a massive Chelsea fan.... who knows.

TOPTB banned? how? he was one of, if not, the best posters around. This place will definitely miss his quality posts.

I personally don't care. I can see why some people are disappointed in Frank but to say his legacy has been tarnished is going way over the top imo.

We shouldn't rush him back, i would put him on the bench against Swansea and start Remy, if the match goes tits up than we can unleash him but hopefully that wont happen.

I'm pretty sure Chelsea offered him a new contract, he wasn't prepared to lower his wages which is fair enough, he wants that final big payday and he's earned it.

alright mate, fair enough.

One bad game? mate i've watched Lukaku for the past three years, his overall play is awful. Lukaku needs space, even his old manager Steve Clark and Neville both said they understand why Chelsea sold him, you may say he struggles against teams who sit deep but i'll go even further, imo he only plays well when he has space to run into. Also his mouth is too big for his boots, you dont need to watch him play to determine that ffs. Jesus, these Lukaku fanboys.

Wasn't very good today for Spain, they were using him as a target man but as we all know his hold up play isn't the greatest... Spain play far too slow which means France can just sit back and look for the counter. It left Costa isolated especially since he didn't have any space to run into.

Zouma - "Diego Costa is very, very crazy. Sometimes he gives me a slap across the head and tells me: 'Go'."

Sounds like a down to earth lad, i really think he's going to be a top defender.

You do know we one 6-3?

Would put is past United IMO no, i still think he'll use the 3-5-2 formation seeing as they now have RVP, Rooney and Falcao.

De Gea Rafael - Jones - Rojo - Shaw Herrera - Blind - Strootman/Vidal Rooney ADM Falcao They could look like this in Jan or next season, wouldn't be surprised if they also tried to get Rues. It does feel weird seeing how quickly united have changed, so used to them having a British core.

88 passing aint too bad, just keep on doing long balls

Wonderful player, although he seems to be very injury prone the last year or so. Koke as well is another potential WC midfielder, has the passing range and vision of Xavi/Alonso but also has the stamina and athleticism. Barcelona are very keen so i could see him playing for them in the future. On Mata, sadly he's more of a forward than CAM really, he offers next to nothing defensively, when he gets pressed he doesn't have the acceleration Silva does to get away and i'm afraid in the modern game you need that athleticism. On Redcafe some of them have come to the realisation that Jose didn't sell him because he's a negative coach ( ). I have to say this though, attacking-wise Mata is WC, his vision and knack of getting plenty of assist and goals is second to none, it's shame but you really do need to build a team around him.

Jose said he wants to have more English players, i think once we start winning things it'll be easier to integrate our youth players into the team.

I like Klopp mainly because of his style of football.

All i'm going to say is thank god we don't have Pep and his hipsters-ish ways. He constantly changes formations for no apparent reasons, he loves possession even when they look predictable and he experiments with the team far too much... Klopp is the real deal, he's got a great personality, brilliant fast-attacking philosophy and is very, very Loyal

Arsenal and Liverpool have a core of English players now, i would love Chelsea to have to same, hopefully in a few more years that'll change.

If we had Harry as manager Defoe would be our number 9, Kranjcar our number 10, Crouch our back up striker and Dawson replacing Cahill.

I'm excited by this signing, think he'll surprise a few people. When we need to rest a few key players like Cesc, Costa, Terry and Hazard this team will be deadly on the counter. Azpi - Cahill - Zouma - Luis Ramires - Matic Salah - Willian - Schurrle Remy From the defence, Zouma, Azpi and Luis to the Striker Remy, that team is filled with pace, it's ridiculous. The workrate, pressing and counter attacks will be something to watch

Do you lot think he'll ever be good enough to play for us? i hope so.

I hope he gets more influential in the big games, obviously Hazard always has that one moment of brilliance in his locker but i want him to get more involved like he did against City (away) last season. It's his time now to finally be the best player in the PL, as Neville says, this is his third season and he's playing in a wonderful team, no excuses.