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Also true...In that sense Drogba is also a good dribbler... Joe Cole's was also pretty good and had a good flow, but nowhere near as fast as Robben's

Surprised no-one mentioned Malouda or McEachran...Flo was pretty good when he was in form and he was sure of what he was doing unlike Robinho who did pointless step-overs... So Robben and Malouda... From the current crop I would go for Sturridge and Josh...

If there had been a bid then he would have said "he's an interesting player" or something along those lines... He's very frank in his interviews. If he says the club hasn't made an approach then its very likely they haven't considered signing Hazard yet.

I think we've done you enough favors this season by beating the Toons at SportsDirect arena

Dragon... prone to megalomania... Maybe that's why I feel my club is going to win a treble every season...

Might be a change from buying a 50m pound out-of-form player...

If your suggestion was to pair him with another striker, that would be fine, since he has shown a capacity for link-up play...but as pure attacking midfielder? No.. Torres needs to be in his best position, which is upfront...free from any defense related duties and the responsibility of orchestrating the team's build-up play

Please tell me that this thread was intended to be a joke...

Yeah that quote Ollie put up is incomplete...he said that "Chelsea wouldn't want to let go of their best players" The part about second rate players was in response to another question, indicating that he wouldn't go into the market just for the sake of buying someone..

Lol...but I think he was just moving away to block a potential cross actually...

^Well said... People are forgetting how easy it is for people like Frank (who still has time left on his contract) to sit on his arse and earn a fat paycheck...He's just being ambitious by saying he would like more minutes... Its not as if he's getting into a brawl with the manager and other players to get his starting role back..

What's that supposed to mean? AVB chose Drogba at the time, because during that period Didier's level of play was far superior to what Torres had....

Speaking of wages, remember the news that was going around the start of last season? There were rumours of Roman doing away with all the performance related bonuses...it was around the time we were scoring in 6's and 4's per match, and then Wilkins was fired and our slide began.

The two things I wish he still had in his game are his long diagonal passes, and the shots from outside the box...at least the goals are still there, and that's still a good bonus for our team

Not bad..just sad

If AVB wants to continue with 4-3-3 he should get a extra creative midfielder.. Else, he should get an extra winger and play 4 attackers (with 2 strikers) up front...

Agreed. The problem is in midfield. If you look at our front three, there's a good mix of pace,power and trickery...its more or less complete. But our midfield begs for creativity.

Ramires.... Torres a close second for me.

Never. We don't want him to come back hating the club.

Funny bloke...I also wish sometimes that Ian Holloway's team never got relegated...His press conferences were hilarious

Oh stop moaning...almost everyone acknowledges how well Torres played today, Please don't bring Drogba into every Torres-related issue...

Not very involved in the first half, but vastly improved in the second today. Worked well for the team, but because of his inconsistency I can't think of him as anything more than an excellent squad player.

Was involved in a lot of chances and build-up play + had a number of shots on target

True..just be thankful, for it could have led to a lot worse today!

Terrible clearance for the equalizer but you can't blame him today for his work-rate..He kept the momentum going down that right flank, and this was important considering how tired some of the other players were after consecutive fixtures...