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Probably. Keep an eye out on the official twitter account. They are likely to announce it first.

Heard rumors that he is training at Cobham today, expect an announcement anytime soon.

@The only place to be, for me. He has been active, starting debates and contributing a lot to the forum.

Daily start need to shut the fuck up. Making up these stories just to play on fans' emotions. Disgusting journalism.

Point is, he can still put in a very decent shift in at RB in case we need him to. If we're going to have him as a coach and pay him, why not take full advantage of his abilities and one of them is to cover at RB. I really don't see how his presence is in any way annoying or hurts the club.

I believe the quotes from Frank's agent came from the Metro..

This has to be the best tweet in history: :lol:

I would understand if it were a youngster we were talking about. But it's a top professional who should understand that the manager gets to pick the team not him. Are you saying that all Frank needed was someone to lie to him and tell him he is still important to the team while he is being benched? Frank is too smart for that. Anyway, I don't want to criticize Frank now, let's just say that was his lowest point in a Chelsea shirt.

What I understood is that his knee could "potentially" be problematic, but till now he hasn't suffered from it. He is certainly not injury prone, only missed 17 games the last 7 years.

Oh come on Jason, that's more sentimental than logical. Lamps is a smart guy and a professional, he shouldn't need someone to message his ego in order for him to do what's best for the team. I don't want to get into what happened back then, but that's hardly something to blame AVB over, he was hired to make such calls and he did.

You don't judge his performance by those shots, he's our CB! He did his job perfectly yesterday and got forward involved in attacks when people in front of him failed to do theirs. He played with all his heart Yesterday. My MOTM.

Yeah but I remember he had problems with Rafa. I remember him saying some stuff about Rafa when he first moved here. For me, he isn't a Chelsea player and never was, as harsh as it may sound.

Sorry, forgot to answer you, been a bit busy lately. No idea why you get the double quotes, I use chrome too but never get that. Regarding lineup builder, I've never used it before, but it's not working for me either. Probably not supported by the skin. I guess you'll have to save the image and post it like the rest of us do

I love the fact that Ferreira is still around. To me, it proves that the club is not all about business and making profit yet. I think Paulo is integral to helping the new and young players, who could learn a lot from him. He can also still put in an excellent shift when asked to. I know I'm about to go into a debate that I am likely to lose because the reasons for Paulo to stay are more sentimental than logical, but I am glad the club realizes his importance and keep giving him contracts.

In Lebanon, we have saying that translates roughly to: "The news that costs money today, is free tomorrow" Don't get all the anxious waiting. We're still 3 days into the window, the deal will be announced soon enough. Patience..

With Cech injured, stick him in goal Seriously though, I fear that Benitez thinks that his move to midfield is a permanent one, especially with the rumors today that we're in the market for a CB. Don't think our season can survive having him in midfield for the next 5 month.

Always rated him highly and though that he was unfairly not given a proper chance by Mancini, but I doubt there's much to the rumors.

Hats off to Boateng and all the Milan players for leaving the field.

Wait what? Why would he do that?

It was quite a hit, but Krul could have save it had he not taken a step in the wrong direction. It was hit straight at where he was standing originally and didn't take any deflects or deviations. He should have done better with it, imo.

Time to put the QPR match behind us and look forward. We haven't played Southampton yet, but they are a side that plays some excellent football at times. They must not be underestimated.

Alright, that's my cue to leave the forum and go to bed. Good night everyone, and do try to settle down by tomorrow.

I take what I said earlier back, this is the best post of the day: Your friend is one weird dude, Artur

Well, this will definitely teach us a lesson or two about complacency. It's a bad result, but not the end of the world. We're still in top 4 with a game in hand. I think we can afford this result after the good results against Norwich and Everton. We are not tittle contenders, never been from the start of the season. The problems in midfield were there against Everton but were over-shadowed by the good result. Hopefully this defeat, as bitter as it tastes, can help the manager and the team rectify these mistakes and make the necessary changes (yes, I'm looking at you pivot). The line-up is one of those things that would have been called brilliant had we gotten an early goal and won the game comfortably. I'm sure had we started Mata and Hazard and lost, the manager would have been criticized for not rotating. Not defending Benitez, just the way I see it. What I would fault Benitez for was his subs. Any one could see that the problem was not in Moses or Marin. On the bright side, I though our defense, especially the CB pairing was very good tonight. Won't go into individual performances, but Iva was my MOTM. Had a few anonymous shots, but played with his heart tonight. KTBFFH

Best post made in this thread all day!