Blue Armour

Anyone else think Joe Cole might have vouched for us to help Eden choose? Anyways..great signing, can't wait to see him in action. Should bed in easily with Lukaku already here.

Perhaps he will (if he's coming) see it as a challenge. To see if he can achieve what he did at another place, that does not have its roots in "total" football, or whatever they call it.

I don't know about Messi's hormone problems, but Zidane certainly takes the no.1 spot for me.

Meh.....he's been complaining about our playing style for months now, and was wondering why we couldn't beat barca in their own game. I don't think he was a fan of any club in particular..just liked the sexy football and the africans...

That was an incredible period. Our squad was full of Experienced star players in their prime. I wonder whether we'll ever have a squad like that again.

Odd. I thought Drogba held the record for most goals scored as sub.

There's always a translator with him when he speaks to the players. So I would guess he's not comfortable with English,.

No. Which is why we call his right foot his weaker foot. Look, I don't expect him to be a two-footed player like the Brazilian Socrates, but I know he's not totally useless with his right like most people here would imagine.

One of the first few goals he scored for Chelsea came off his right. He can hit them when he needs to.

"The Petr-minator" sounds more appropriate

Agreed, and not to mention the time it will take to implement his style. Its something very new to the club, and cost us a lot of results in the process.

You can tell from Iniesta's face what he thinks of his new kit.

Lol @ the top comment: 'Heineken has to stop funding these championships'

Looking forward to see how he'll perform next season. Its probably now or never for him. Unless Ashley Cole is gay for Danny Sturridge, he must really see something in the kid to put him in his all-time starting eleven. If he improves his decision making, he should be the man for us next season.

Essien can still be used a defensive mid when Mikel or someone else isn't available. When you look at the players coming in or coming back, such as DeBruyne, Benayoun, Marin and Kakuta, they're all attacking mids/wingers. McEachran is the only 'new' option in central midfield. As far as Kalou goes,..he hasn't been released officially. If I'm correct, the club will leave Kalou's contract extension in the hands of the new manager.

I'm pretty sure Malouda will move on this season...there's nothing left for him to win, and he knows he's not going to reclaim a starting spot. He'll probably seek a move back to France, or Brazil where he said he always wanted to play. Essien is a slightly different case. Ironically he's now dependent on the club, when it used to be the other way around. I still feel, if he has a decent pre-season, he can be used as a squad option, filling in like Belletti used to.

We have other leaders in the squad, but Drogba was simply talismanic for us of late. Before him, it used to be Lampard. It will be exciting to see who'll be the next one for us. We all have our opinions, but I feel Danny Sturridge could very well be the next one to step up for us. Interesting times ahead.

Its a talksport interview, the article is from The Sun: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4334918/Frank-Lampard-says-Didier-Drogba-is-the-best-player-he-has-ever-played-with.html And yeah, should have put it in Didier's thread..

'Drogba the best I've played with.'

Sensible post. The FA cup semifinal against them is proof of that.

Pep is a nice guy and a good manager, but if its one thing we've learnt from previous managers at Chelsea, communication is a very important thing when it comes to the players here. Ibrahimovic used to frequently complain about the lack of understanding between him and Pep at Barca. Although that's just one player talking, it does raise a doubt in my mind regarding how successful he would be here.

Going through the posts in that closed "live match" thread of this is just great to look at now...All those reactions..priceless.. ... I hope that thread is preserved...this match,and this tournament as whole, really took all of us on a great journey..

I wonder whether he can come back on loan for a few months, like Henry did... if we're playing Arsenal or Barca in knockout cup...

Zizzooouuuuu!!! :dude:

When Roman does leave, let's hope so!