Blue Armour

Can't wait to see some attacking football!!!!

At least he's in form off the pitch...

AVB has taught him well....

Hah..so that's why .... Anyway...if Slam Dunk's right, its navy blue not black... Will wait for the official release and picture of a player actually wearing it....

Felt the same as well...

Its the big black and yellow bars...if only it were smaller.. it looks like a flag of some German state printed on it... Anyways, not too concerned about this...away kit isn't bad and more importantly, our home kit is fantastic this time...

Odd that this one alone would have a collar...colors are ok, though..design could've been different...

Let's hope another season under his belt has made Mikel better...

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It would've been ok if he was in his early twenties...But he's 28 and hasn't made much of a name for himself so...

Isn't Josh supposedly a "dead-ball" specialist?

Would be a bad time to let go of Alex even if there is a reason... Last season, in the first half, it was plain terrible with just three CB's in team...and now even Bruma's gone.... the fact is, our priority should be in reinforcing mid-field and not bother about adding another CB to replace him

To tell the truth...no-one exactly knows what his CV looks like to make a judgement... Whatever his role is, it has nothing to do with how well the team is going to perform next season and shouldn't be cause for concern at this stage....

Hmm...a French newspaper passing info on a deal between German and English Clubs... Difficult to dismiss as another tabloid piece of trash....

Or....remember when Drogba tosses Evra around ? The physical game is fun to watch...in its own way...

Lol...I remember the match against Arsanal a year ago when Ballack literally strolled through the opponent's third with the ball and all the Arsanal players falling to the ground around him....

Depends on how bad it is...we won't know for sure until the next few days... But if its a recurrence of the same injury, then that's pretty much it....end-of... Damn...now I'm taking that curse his father supposedly placed on him seriously...

No player deserves to get injured... But to be honest if he could pick a time to be injured, this would be the best..unlike the end-of-season run-in or the middle of it.....

You have to wonder, what this could mean for the club... I mean how will it affect our transfer targets...will it affect our chase for an attacking CM? I thought we were well covered regarding defensive CM's, with Ramires, Mikel, Essien and Josh(if you can count him as one)...but Mikel doesn't exactly have the history of being fit throughout the season, and Ramires can't really be used in a "holding" role...neither can you say the same for Josh...

I'm a bit concerned..if this is the recurrence of the same injury, this could be the end of Essien's road not just with Chelsea but with top-flight football as well... Let's all hope for the best...

I say wait till pre-season starts...If AVB can get Bosingwa playing to his top level, then our problems are solved...

Just a reminder that our actual fitness coach is Jose Mario Rocha (who came with AVB)....Ortega maybe nothing more than an add-on

Lol...I feel the word "playmaker" is thrown around too often these days... If you call someone a "playmaker" a lot of people instantly think the guy can single-handedly win the match for them....

Fully agree with this post...There was a time when we could rely on Lampard for any deficiency we had in midfield, but we absolutely need an extra attacking/creative mid to play along side him. Also, its too early to decide who we've lost out on...so we can't rule out anything at this stage....As far as I'm concerned, all our potential targets remain as such..

Also food for thought: Just because Drogba and Lampard seem to be playing well into their 30's, doesn't mean everyone can...