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Sturridge will primary be used as a striker, and sometime out wide. He wants to play as CF and the club only used him out wide because of the lack of options. We are buying Hulk because he is one of the best winger in the world, if you want a comparison of his playing style he is like Cristiano Ronaldo. We are not buying Hulk to play as a striker, paying 38 million pound for a right winger then play him out of position makes no sense. He will only play as a striker as a last resort and in emergency use. We are not buying Cavani or Falcao because the club still believes in Torres, if he can do the job or not that remains to be seen.

They should have sold him last summer, but they got greedy. Anyway i think Alex Sandro has more potential then Pereira at Porto.

This is a not a valid argument. We saw Sturridge at Bolton with an amazing loan stint, while our forwards were shit and Carlo didn't give him his opportunity. We paid heavily by not playing him, he proved everyone wrong. If Alvaro Pereira was signed last summer, and you would have made the same argument about Bertrand and how is not good enough. Something in this line "The fact we spent 25m on a backup should tell you something about Bertrand quality." Anyway i hope we give Kane playing time next season. For me confidence in a youngster is more important then consistent playing time on loan. I remember sturridge saying biggest factor in his performance was a manager who trusted him. I feel if we give Kane occasional playing time, it will really boast his confidence. Show that the manager and club believes in him.

Real Madrid haven't been linked to Modric, but they are heavily linked to Alex Witsel. A player we should be after if we do sign a CM this summer. As someone who follow Primeira Liga i can undoubtedly say Witsel is the best CM in the league. I think if Sahin does leave Real Madrid it is most likely back to Germany for him. Don't think it will be Dortmund because İlkay Gündoğan has replaced Sahin very nicely. Bayern would be my guess. I do expect Sahin to stay at Real Madrid for the start of next season.

Honestly prefer the other Belgium midfielder with the afro.

Meh Chelsea fans have no patience with youths, McEachran has barely been given any chances and already being called overrated.

Ramires and McEachran can rotate with Lampard.

I hope he stays, have a part in our rotation. I would like to see Lampard mentoring him the same Cole has taken Bertrand under his wing. That would be the best case scenario. Josh is an amazing talent, his vision is probably the best i have seen at his age.

http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/26407/ or http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/hulk/profil/spieler_80562.html

They really don't have an issue and don't really need a plan B. Take our game for example in the CL, this is a good video of the many chances they created. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=O-gq7zqpFLY I think we should acknowledge how lucky we were to win that game, and in any other nights they would have finished those chances. Which makes our CL even more improbable and amazing.

Not this shit again. I personally haven't rated Modric, since Redknapp brought VDV and accommodate him in their formation. He also goes missing big games, can't remember anything notable he has done against top sides, not worth the fuss spuds make.

The games i remember watching Bremen is him off the bench or being subbed off . I Can't recall seeing him play 90minutes in any of those games. But my sample size is 7-8 games, so i maybe mistaken. Either way i am not expecting much from Marin. All i gathered from him is that he can dribble and has good movement. But other then that he is a poor finisher and end product leaves a lot to be desired. I will reevaluate him once i see him in a Chelsea shirt of course.

I think people need to lower their expectation on Marin, he was a bench warmer at Bremen so don't expect him to be very much used at Chelsea. If he plays a pivotal role for us, that would be a pleasant surprise. If he give us some quality minutes as a sub and as rotation player then i would be very happy. Meh that is not happening, it sound good and all but it is not happening. I remember i made the argument against buying Modric and we should give Josh his chance. But what happened is that we didn't sign Modric, and ended up seeing Meireles instead of Josh. Same thing will happen so if we don't sign Hulk expect a lot Slow Flo Malouda. It is easy for me, if the question is who i would rather have Hulk or Ramires at RW then it is clearly Hulk. Ramires gave some 1-2 good moments in each of those matches at RW, but not a consistent threat offensively. Hulk is the better player, with the uncertainty of Torres goal scoring ability that makes Hulk even more important on the right. RW is the biggest glare atm, there is not another position that needs more improving.

Its great to know we have so many Nostradamus on this forum. Apparently they have spoken, Sturridge will never be good enough to make it at Chelsea, even though he has never been given the opportunity to lead the line. Even though he was arguably our best player for the first half of the season playing out of position, and lets not forget he is only 22 and only been a consistent regular for the senior squad for only a mere season. Quite honestly it is disturbing that more people here believe Torres will come good rather then giving Sturridge any hope. What kinda of logic is that when we have seen Torres given numerous opportunity only fail time after time. It would be nice to see what Sturridge can do as CF before we deem to be never good enough for Chelsea standard. I'll admit Torres deserves his opportunity post drogba to show what he is capable of, but Sturridge rightfully deserves the opportunity to compete against him.

I would say Witsel is going to be expensive, espically when it is a Benfica player and Real Madrid is sniffing around. Probably in the range of 18-25m. He is an excellent player and would prefer him over his compatriot Fellaini. I can see why Jose is interested; He is disciplined, creative, versatile, and good work rate. Very fitting for Real Madrid, i can see him going there if they decide to ship out Sahin. Shame we are not being linked.

How is Henry and RVP an example of busting the Position inflexibility myth? Henry was a bench warmer at Juventus, and only succeeded when Wenger turned him into a ST. Same with RVP but to lesser degree.

examples?

I kinda completely disagree. I rather have one style of football, it makes hiring managers, integrating youths, and signing the right players for your team a lot easier. So we don't have to go throw another AVB or a signing like Torres, and have a player come through the ranks one that is not named John Terry. Having an identity and playing style is a way we can achieve stability, and stability is a key to constant success. Constantly changing your style is a recipe for failure. Bold part: What you are basically describing is a small team mentality, kinda like most of the mid table team that plays us.

I think we can go into next season with Hutchinson and Ivanovic as our two RB's. I also think Ramires can play in that position if needed.

I can already see Daily Fail sensational headline " Hazard tells Chelsea he wants 200K and Terry's number 26."

But i do think he prefers to play behind the striker.

Hulk was impressive as always, but the player Chelsea should also look at is Oscar. He is a very good talent and always has caught my eye when when watching Internacional. He is going to catch the eye of Europe sooner then later.

The only reason Malouda is staying is because he has one year left in his contract, its not really a vote of confidence by the board or anyone for that matter. Moving Essien will be problematic, especially with his injuries and high wages. I think he might force a move because of the limited playing time. Turnbull is mainly here because of the homegrown criteria, and somewhat decent as a backup.

How reliable is Times? Seems like they are behind those rumors.