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Will Cech please stop hoofing it ffs.

The DW is always a reality check tbh. Horrible place to play.

This is fucking horrible

If he's available for less than £10m...

Pity all the suspense has hyped him up so much... Would have been much better for him if he had signed quickly and quietly. Looking forward to seeing him play alongside Essien, Lampard and Mikel

Carlo will probably go for the same team that started against Man Utd. Should be strong enough to win, but I doubt it will be great to watch.

Didn't the OP say the same thing last season? What a joke.

I don't know how he would adapt to life and weather in the UK, and the premiership style... He is not a perfect match, anyway. Just look at his hair Probably why the club don't want to go over the top with money for him.

One extra chance for youth to make it at football, if they have faild to get into academies earlier... Always welcome. Some decent players have been passed up by academy after academy in the past only to go onto play at a high level.

I guess he was moved there because it was easier to contain Nani than Berbatov+Hernandez. It was against Man Utd after all. I would not expect him out at RB except in strange circumstances.. Like when we have to resort to playing Ferreira there

You're going to decide a CB is worth £27m after watching him for 65 minutes?!

Really?? I thought he was fine

No injury for Ramires

Did you do this on purpose? Genius

If a company with half a brain was covering this match they would approach Neymar afterwards, as a goal scorer, and cheekily ask him about Chelsea

Daniel Alves annoys me for some reason, ffs, the ultimate in petulant. Surprised no one has been trying to get Robinho off of City. He has shown great form since giong back to Santos and he would do really well in most leagues out of the PL.

ESPN not bothering to show any replays to show offsides, good moves, etc.. Bit amateur, tbh

Neymar got some skilz tbh

If Carlo wanted him in the squad for next year we would already have bid for and signed him imho.

If Hughes had waited another week, LOL

The idea of him and Essien linking up in the middle of the park is a little bit sexual, tbh... Am very curious to see what Carlo will do. A lot of rotation I guess. But ultimately either Mikel, Anelka or Malouda will have to lose a place in the XI if Ramires is to slide in... Essien, Lampard and Drogba are undroppable, as a general rule. Unlikely to be Malouda... Mikel offers us a different level of passing to the rest... and Carlo has a soft spot for Anelka. So who will it be?? It certainly puts a lot of pressure on for everyone to be in good form....

Possibly, I hope so. However, normally there is a lot more stuff in the press if a deal with a Brazilian club is going to go ahead at all, there seems to be so much corruption over there it is impossible to keep any news secret...

This deal seems dead for this window Hope we sign a decent alternative.

I don't see why people are insulting Benayoun, he is a very talented player and he needs to be given time to find his feet in our squad. I hope we sign Neymar or similar, and Ramires. It would really complete our squad.

What a defensive clearance by Hernandez for us