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Lol, your not wrong...... I would really like to see us do something positive this summer and look to the future of our squad. Signing players like we have (Deco, Sheva, Ballack ect..) are short term solutions. We need to be looking at the future.

Must be some sort of record surely.... 3 red cards recinded now this season isn't it? As Warnie rightly says, the damage is done and we lost the game.

Excellant signing. Can't believe some people are not happy with this. We have signed a very decent winger without costing us a penny in tansfer fees. What have we got to lose? Quaresma could turn out to be a cracking player for us and we could sign him at the end of the season, or he could not have an impact and we have lost nothing. Quaresma for me HAS to be an improvement on Malouda! With J.Cole out and Kalou and Malouda our only first team wingers we were desperate for something to help us. And this is a very good deal for us and one that has come as avery pleasant suprise. I am certainly looking forward to seeing him play for us.

Would be a good loan for him. With limited reserves games it is very hard for these boys. He is a very talented player but has lost a little form this season, not helped of course by the limited game time he has had. I think a loan move would do him the world of good.

Yup, i would go along with that! By the way does anyone know what has happened to Di Santo, since his excellant performance against Stoke he hasn't even made the bench!

To be absolutely brutal and to start a rebuild for the future now rather than wait any longer i would get rid of: Ferreira, Ballack, Deco, Malouda and Drogba and possibly one of Alex and Ivanovic. For me this squad has gradually slipped gears over the last few seasons. Part of that for me is signing players who are not going to improve and only go downhill, we need to really think forward to the next 5 or so seasons and what we are looking to build because our squad is starting to look poorer the longer we go on.

Time now to really do something. We should beat Hull but they will make it difficult for us. We HAVE to not play Malouda, he has become far too much of a liability for me and offers nothing to the team! We need to be much more positive with our approach and actually create some chances.

Reserve team regular Carl Magnay has today joined League One side MK Dons on a one-month loan deal. Magnay, who joined us after winning the Football Icon programme in 2006, links up with team-mate Shaun Cummings at stadium:mk, working under former Blue Roberto Di Matteo and assistant Eddie Newton. The 20-year-old defender has made seven reserve league appearances for the second string this season, added to the 16 he accumulated in 2007/08, and has also captained the side twice in Liam Bridcutt's absence. Also this month, Magnay received his first call up into the Northern Ireland Under 21 squad. His first opportunity for match action will be at Cheltenham on Saturday, when the Dons will be favourites to win and maintain their second place status in the division. Fellow defender Cummings, who joined Magnay on last summer's humanitarian trip to Israel and Jordan in aid of global charity partner Right to Play, has already amassed 25 appearances for the Buckinghamshire club. Carl has been a dedicated professional since winning the Sky One footballing talent show, and all at the club wish him well over the next month. His has been a fantastic journey so far and it would be a huge testament to his hard work if he appears in a Football League game. Source: Chelsea FC

Forget starting both Drogba and Anelka, it just isn't going to happen. Personally i would go with Drogba upfront but i think we will see the same starting line up as against Boro'

These Germans seem only interested in making money off the club. At least Roman has put a lot of money in the club already. Lets face it, people are going to find it harder and harder to afford to go to football games, and also to justify spending that sort of money on it. More games will not sell out, for all teams. Football will soon catch up with the rest of the country and clubs will have to tighten up, which we already seem to be doing.

There is no way that this will happen. Roman will still own our club for a very long while. OK the structure of the club has changed a lot lately with money not being pumped in all the time, but lets face it, we all knew this was going to happen from day 1. The initial input was to get Chelsea on a level with all the other major clubs - we have done that and now we are working in a different way. The problem we have is that we have a lot of big name players on big money comming into their 30's or already in their 30's which makes our situation look a little unstable. But i think we will see this summer a lot of that addressed one way or another. Bottom line is Roman is staying, and i think we would all prefer that.

I am pretty sure we won't sign anyone now! The most we will do is sign a keeper on loan until the summer. The club are clearly looking at making big cut backs in the wage bill at the club, which will involve getting rid of players earning tons for little and more than likely replacing them with younger players who will accept a lower wage, possibly from our own academy. I am sure in the summer (or even still in this window) we will let a centre back go and allow Mancienne to take their place. Mancienne is a quality player and his wages would be significantly lower than any of the others. Likewise i am sure they are hoping Stoch can carry on impressing and become more of a figure next season rather than splash out on someone. But i am not expecting anyone to come in.

From reports it would seem we are lining up a loan till the end of the season! We should have waited till the summer really.....

I guess Carlo was getting desperate for first team football and spurs came in for him so he jumped at it! It really is a damn shame he had to go to that mob though!!

I agree that using our own youngsters is the ideal situation for your squad players. Because they are hopefully talented enough to do a job when called upon and are young enough to be patient enough to actually be squad players and not expect regular first team football. You do get a sense that is what we are building towards. When you look to next season we would think that Mancienne will certainly bea full part of the first team squad, similar could be said of Stoch if he continues to impress in the time he is given this season. Then we have the players out on loan, Ryan Bertrand could certainly come in as Ashley Cole's back up and understudy. Jack Cork is another impressing everywhere he goes on loan and could be around the squad next season. Sinclair has in my opinion got to make a big impact at Birmingham. But this is what we want to see rather than us forking out up to £10m for players who are average or comming to the end of their usefullness for a top club. However it is not easy to do but with Di Santo, Mancienne and Stoch in and around at the moment we are moving in the right direction.

Gutted that he is gone but i can certainly understand the reasons behind it from a personal point of view from Carlo and from the clubs point.

Sinclair has been hindered by sporadic first team appearances, moved around on loan and then we clung onto him for the Home grown quota when a season long loan at a good club would have been more beneficial to him. Unfortunately i don't think we have handled him too well. Going through 3 managers hasn't helped either but it certainly affected Sinclair, and unfortunately Stoch has developed above Sinclair now.

February aparently, not sure when in Feb though.

A bit of a non-story really. So a bunch of Germans are interested in buying Chelsea? Doesn't mean anything, i am sure there are a lot of people who are interested. It will be interesting to find out what Kenyon is talking about when our financial figures come out.

I would have to say Stoch. Only because he more all rounded than Sinclair. Sinclair is faster and arguably a better finisher than Stoch. But Stoch has incredible ball skills and his final ball, not to mention free kicks is excellant. He is also very quick and a great finisher himself which is why i would put him ahead of Sinclair. Also Stoch has pushed on massively in the last couple of seasons whereas Sinclair seems to have stagnated somewhat. Just as an afternote i would mention that Kakuta has the ability and potential to be better than Stoch!

The club will go wherever they feel they can get the best deal. With all the adverts involving Chelsea players for Samsung i am sure they feel that extending a deal would be worthwhile for them also.

Well after impressing against Stoke there is no reason not to give him a start against Ipswich and hopefully that will happen and he will show what he can do for a full 90mins.

Typical United fans who know nothing about their club. Next time they laugh at that, or mention their young talent just remind them that their young talent has been stuffed by our young talent TWICE this season, once in the reserves and once in the FA Youth Cup.

Any aspiring footballer would want to hear Frank Lampard and Luiz Felipe Scolari's opinions about their game, especially if they're positive. For Miroslav Stoch that happened this weekend. After a dramatic two-goal comeback on Saturday afternoon, Chelsea TV captured exclusive interviews with the two Chelsea men, both of whom were extremely impressed by the young star. 'I said to Stochey before he came on that he needs to bring his character into the first team,' said Lampard, speaking to Chelsea TV. 'I know what it is like when you're young, you don't want to come on and shout at someone, when you get the ball you make sure you pass rather than dribble and Stochey, when he does what he does for the youth team and in training, can be a big asset for us. 'He has done very well, and Saturday's game might be a bit of a turning point for him. He'll believe he can come on and change the game, because he has done that now.' Lampard was obviously impressed by the Slovakian, but there was another man who was as complimentary over his performance, and that's the manager. With 82 minutes gone Chelsea were 1-0 down and it was time for a change. So with all-out attack his objective, Scolari replaced John Mikel Obi for the young Stoch, and the effect was instant. Playing on the right, the youngster immediately proved a difficult man to keep track of, and, after 10 minutes of football, it was Stoch's cross that led to the winning goal. 'That was fantastic. Miroslav did very well twice and crossed, we scored and it was good for us,' explained the World Cup-winning coach. 'It was good for the young players because the young players need an opportunity. 'But whoever gets this opportunity needs to prove themselves, not only for me, but for the people and for the older players. 'Next week maybe the players will believe more in the young players. 'But I say to all the young players, there are good rewards and I will always give the young players an opportunity,' added Scolari. Source: Chelsea FC

Agree, it would be the best policy for us. Especially if they are our own youngsters and not going to cost us millions. Stoch and Di Santo done more than enough to warrant chances in the rest of the season. A few more are knocking on the door as well i am sure. Jeffrey Bruma is aparently training on a regular basis with the first team now. But if Mancienne can't get games then Bruma certainly won't. Attacking players have the oppertunity to get themselves noticed this season - Which is why Stoch has a great oppertunity now after his impressive performance against Stoke. Kakuta could find himself with some chances too.