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But the thing is, if we're going to play 2 up top (or even if we didn't) we would need 2 quality strikers to come in. Do you really think we'll sign two more strikers this window? Having Remy doesn't count, because whenever we need Remy for backup, he's out injured.

Will not, and cannot blame the club if this one also slips by like the Radja transfer. When the player decides to stay at his club, there's nothing more that can be done. But what I won't accept is keeping all our eggs in one basket. If this one fails, who do we target next? There has got to be a plan C, D or E even. All I know is that with our current depth in central midfield, we are jeopardizing our chances of a top 4 finish next season.

Didn't the reports say that Kante favoured the Premier league over other leagues in the continent? If that's really the case, then you wouldn't have to worry about the CSL.

Eck...you would think that Adidas in its final year would try to make the most and release kits that look good and sell well... Instead they choose to give a bizarre parting gift.

Honestly I think are some people are just panicking because United made signings...IMO too early to do so....Conte's not even arrived at Cobham FFS...

Yep. Joe Cole is the perfect example. He was holding his vomit till he left Merseyside

Agreed...as much quality Pogba is, he is more of a luxury player at this point from our perspective. Someone like Kante should be far higher in terms of priority. And besides, only United can realistically match the transfer fees and wages to lure Pogba to England.

Matuidi is currently in England right (on a break from the Euros)? And linked strongly with United? He even got a pic taken with Zlatan (former team-mates I know) yesterday...If they sign him and Pogba, their central midfield will have no compare...Mauidi, Pogba and Mkhitaryan. We have got to get someone like Kante to hope to compete against something like that

Haha, if he doesn't I don't think it'll be too long before he gets one. Lots of fun to watch his intensity on the touchline,

.Honestly.. time to focus more on supporting Conte, and less on Jose. I'll probably be more interested in his comments around the time we actually play them again. Can't wait to get back at him especially since he won his last two encounters against us with Inter

Fantastic.

Hell yeah we should...don't have much luxury in squad depth to give away players, especially in that CDM position. Already gave away Ramires, without getting a decent replacement.

I hope if nothing else, captaining his national team turns into a good learning experience. Taking leadership of the game, whether they were wearing the armband or not, is a quality a lot of our older WC players had. EDIT: A lot of our previous WC players were national team captains as well.

I couldn't catch this game live. How was his general level of play? I heard that he started playing better when moved to the no. 10 role instead of Fellaini?

Total non-sequitur... some journalist tried to prompt him for an answer to see if he would go to Man Utd... He said his clothing brand will be available in Manchester...but you would have to wait for the real info... Lame, I know...

Always had a feeling this would happen... Oscar had his 'Goalaso' moment when Conte was watching from the stands.

No effings deals with rivals...not when we can't even string two good signings for ourselves.

Say it aint so...

Zlatan says he's going to drop a bombshell on Tuesday. How funny would it be if the bombshell ends up being that he's coming to Chelsea instead of the obvious destination in United.

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Apologies if this has already been mentioned before, but is there anything that can be done about the latest posts appearing right under the topic titles, when you click on 'View New posts'? One example would be the GOT spoiler thread. The topic title says 'spoilers', but its all for naught when a post from the thread shows up right under it.

Jose or not, it would have been great if we had buyback clauses for those two.

Just endless drama with Chelsea in the league it seems...

It seems to be the standards have dropped a bit...whereas clubs like Man City are very creative with the type of content they put out.. Most recently, I saw video titled 'JT's top 5 moments' at the club...and it starts at no. 2.

If I remember right, before Mata came and started sharing his blogs on the Chelsea website, there used to be articles from Essien. Always had a smile on his face, and was involved in a lot of funny moments like this [media]