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I don't think so. How big were C. Ronaldo and Vidic when they first arrived?

How long until his current one expires? Give him a new contract and we can sell him for more money. If he doesn't play well for the rest of the season, that is.

Good idea.

^ TB, I think it'd be madness not to consider a bid of 2 or 3 times a player's market value. Let alone 5 or 6... If that is so, then he'd immediately sign the first deal he was offered. There wouldn't be any contract negotiation and his contract negotiations was quite long, mind. He's never said that because he was given a mega contract. What would he say if he wasn't given the contract he wanted? I'm sure he wouldn't be content because he knows he's a big player. Anyway, it's off-topic.

Forgive us for not letting sentiments cloud our judgements. Oh, and no, I don't really buy it when players say they love the club they play for. They wouldn't be here if not for the fat paychecks they get. Would JT play for us with, let's say, 10,000 pound or less a week? I really doubt that.

Yes, he was brilliant yesterday. It doesn't make the facts that he's been quite injury-prone and is getting old disappear tho. Yes, as a loyal fan I should want him to stay cause he's a legend. But he's still an asset and if a huge offer comes along, I'd be quite stupid not to accept it. Or at least consider it. He's the heart & soul of the team, for now. If he leaves, we'll move on. Just like we've moved on without Jose. Oh, and if we can keep expecting Roman to keep opening his pockets, why would he invest so much on the academy? He could've also upped the bid for Robinho, and he didn't. He could've paid the price Sevilla want for Dani Alves, and he didn't. If that were the case, I'm sure JT wouldn't hesitate to leave us. He'd want to play for clubs like Man Utd or Barcelona for his career, above playing for a mid-table club.

:huh: If the clubs fans do the transfer-decisions, Bridge & Cudicini would never be sold. We'd never buy Sheva for 30 million pound or give Ballack his mega contract.

Huh? This is the first time we've won at their turf for a decade...

I'd add a quite injury-prone and an almost 30 year old defender to that.

HT

Yeah, hope we'll get another goal before HT...

Unlucky for Villa, they hit the cross bar. Thanfully.

Hopefully Stoch and Mancienne play in the 2nd half.

If the right offer comes along for them, yes, I can.

If an offer of 40-45 million pound comes along, YES! Or at least 35 million pound as he's getting old (29 this year).

Surely you don't think Quaresma would be content as 5th placed winger, do you? He'd be lucky if he gets more than a couple of games.

He's 29 this year and he won't be around for very long so if we want to cash on him, it's now or never IMO.

He works for us, do you expect him to show support for another club? I can just imagine the slagging he'd get for doing that. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. So you know it's not Kenyon's advising Roman to stop shelling out? For certain? You mocked his saying we can break even by 2010 and yet you want him not to tour the club to far-flung places. Can't have one without the other IMO.

Good God, thankfully no. Just thought the pic's a bit funny...

No, saw it on another site...

I'd keep Alex, make Mancienne's Bosingwa's back-up and Ferreira as Ashley's.

Yeah, and Milan Baros is world class.

Great post, warnie_666. Completely agree. A poster on another site said Kenyon's a Man City supporter, btw.

I'm not suggesting whatever he'd done before he'd come to Chelsea was of no consequence, because despite Manchester United being his first job at a football club, he'd managed to secure the club some very lucrative sponsorship deals as well as being involved in the signing of players such as Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Rio Ferdinand. Rumour has it he even played a major part when it came to twisting Ferguson's arm to delay his retirement. But how much could you trust a born and bred man whose professed 'loyalty' to the club he was supposedly a lifelong supporter of was so easily bought? He got us the Samsung sponsorship, Michael Essien, Ricardo Carvalho, Arjen Robben, Nicolas Anelka, etc. Anyway, sadly for Chelsea, the decision was made, Kenyon arrived in February 2004 and the question of trust was soon answered with him twisting the knife firmly in Ranieri's back whilst courting Sven-Goran Eriksson. This, in turn, was warmly received by the home crowd, who treated him to a rendition of "Stand up if you hate Kenyon! Stand up if you hate Kenyon!" - which he obviously enjoyed because he then went on to pull stunts like inviting Arsenal players out for meals until they became ex-Arsenal players – all in the name of commercial income obviously. Has he made the same mistake again after the Ashley saga? Marketing the 'brand' of Chelsea with meaningless tours to 'broaden the fanbase' and take Chelsea 'global'. Well, then it's not meaningless with that goal in mind IMO... Whatever happened to preseason games you could realistically attend? What happened to season tickets with domestic cups as part of the package? Peter Kenyon happened. Never mind the loyal fanbase if you can pick up a few stragglers in Asia or bring in a few fly-by-nights for a cup game, eh Peter? Roman wanting his club to profit and become big also happen, I'd say. With the sort of condescension that'd push a nun to commit GBH, he says "Other teams in England should be knocking on our door, teams like Tottenham, Newcastle, Villa, Everton, it's more about them getting their houses in order rather than us coming down to their level." And yet, it's true. You'd expect that with the money we've spent but I agree he should be more humble. Is he honestly suggesting the fact that Chelsea are £578 million in debt, to one man, entitles him to brag? Or the fact that we can 'afford' to shell out ridiculous sums of money, not only for the big time Charlies who demand £150,000 a week until they get their pension (chip off the old block with that sort of loyalty eh?) but also for players who wouldn't even recognise the inside of Stamford Bridge? Then again, maybe it's because he knows we'll be self-sufficient by 2010?! Those debts were mostly spent for buying players, which won us 2 titles and a few cups. Besides, how can a club be indebted to its owner?