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Reminded me of Inzaghi yesterday, and not in a good way Don't think I've seen one man offside this many times in one match since the Italian was still playing 90 mins

Let it go mate, Lamprad is one player you don't have to defend. He'll soon silence all his doubters with his performances on the pitch. I do find it funny, however, that the general thoughts about the double pivot changed from the ideal position for Lamps because he can't play box-to-box anymore, to the source of all evil in the world I personally am yet to be convinced that the double pivot is the best way to play every match, but the it seems that some people are only capable of expressing opinions that are in the extremes.

Dan Levene (@Blues Chronicle) wrote a piece today that we are close to loaning him to Lyon, I hope this is true.

I hope you're right mate, but I know from personal experience that playing with a twisted ankle makes much much worse. I hope he makes against QPR, his name on the teams sheet is almost a guaranteed goal from a corner.

@Naked Mole Rat, Take my advice and don't see cap's sig, it's extremely annoying!

KSA. Torres subbed off, nothing more to watch. I'm off to bed, good night.

Agree about Josh, unfortunately. However, I think if he can show the patience that Ryan showed (and get a little lucky) he does have a chance of making it, he certainly has the quality in him. As for Chalobah, I think this loan deal will tell us a lot about him. If a 17 year old can take a starting spot in a championship side then with some improvement and experience he can make it at a top club, imo.

FFS, he got injured 3 mins before the end of the match Well, it wouldn't be international break if no one in our team picked up an injury

Call me a pessimist, but I find that extremely unlikely. From those 24 players, I honestly think only Coutois, Lukaku, Josh, De Bruyne and Chalobah have a real chance of making it here.

I hope I didn't miss anyone. Anyway, with the sheer number of loaned players we have, I can't help but think that the only real solution is what AVB suggested last year of having a Chelsea B team competing the championship.

Wasn't sure whether to post this in the Matthew Harrding or Articles section, so if a mod feels this should be moved, please feel free to do so. 2012-13 Loaned Blues 1. Romelu Lukaku Age: 19 Position: Striker League: Premiere League Club: West Bromich Albion 2. Kevin De Bruyne Age: 21 Position: Attacking Midfielder League: Bundes Liga Club: Werder Bremen 3. Jeffrey Bruma Age: 21 Position: Center Back League: Bundes Liga Club: Hamburg SV 4. Ulises Davila Age: 21 Position: Attacking Midfielder League: Liga Adelante (Spanish second division) Club: CE Sabadel 5. Gael Kakuta Age: 21 Position: Left Winger League: Eredivisie League (Dutch League) Club: Vitesse 6. Tomas Kalas Age: 19 Position: Center Back League: Eredivisie Club: Vitesse 7. Patrick Van Aanholt Age: 22 Position: Left Back League: Eredivisie Club: Vitesse 8. Keneth Omeruo Age: 18 Position: Center Back League: Eredivisie Club: ADO Den Haag 9. Amin Affane Age: 18 Position: Attacking Midfielder League: Eredivisie Club: Roda JC 10. Thibaut Courtois Age: 20 Position: Goal Keeper League: Spanish Liga BBVA Club: Athletico Madrid 11. Matej Delac Age: 20 Position: Goal Keeper League: Premeira Liga (Portuguese League) Club: Vitoria 12. Milan Lalkovic Age: 19 Position: Forward League: Premeira Liga (Portuguese League) Club: Vitoria 13. Yossi Benayoun Age: 32 Position: Attacking Midfielder League: Premiere League Club: West Ham 14. Thorgan Hazard Age: 19 Position: Attacking Midfielder League: Belgian Pro League Club: Zulte Wargem 15. Josh McEachran Age: 19 Position: Central Midfielder League: Championship Club: Middlesbrough 16. Nathaniel Chalobah Age: 17 Position: CB/CDM League: Championship Club: Watford 17. Ben Gordon Age: 21 Position: Left Back League: Championship Club: Birmingham 18. Sam Hutchinson Age: 23 Position: CB/RB League: Championship Club: Nottingham Forest 19. Sam Walker Age: 20 Position: Goal Keeper League: Football League Two Club: Bristol Rovers 20. Rohane Ince Age: 19 Position: Defender/DM League: League One Club: Yeovil Town 21. Archange Nkumu Age: 18 Position: Center Back League: League One Club: Yeovil Town 22. Conor Clifford Age: 20 Position: Central Midfieler League: Championship Club: Portsmouth 23. James Ashton Age: 19 Position: Midfielder James played 15 mins with Championship side Charlton at the weekend though no official loan deal has been declared by the club. 24. Michael Essien Age: 29 Position: Defensive midfielder League: Spanish Liga BBVA Club: Real Madrid

Torres as Captain? Cassillas isn't playing?

Come on Frank, go for the Hat-trick Has he ever scored a hat-trick for England?

No, no. I was commenting on his abilities. It's sad to see him not playing well after managing to constantly perform at a very high level (at least with the national team) for so much time.

Very sad to see Klose is finally over..

Even worse he's the captain What a player Goetze is! And to think some people have the nerve to say Neymar is better

Fantastic. I hope this means we won't see Ramires at RW vs QPHaha

Same here mate. Actually here in the middle east, up until a couple of years back, absolutely everyone was a united fan and they're mostly arrogant cunts.

I HATE international breaks!

Despite being just an extension, surely it must happen with consent of both sides, which means that the board believes is 18m is enough. I think this is because our 'secondary' sponsors, like Gazprom, Delta Airlines..etc probably pay a lot too.

@capriccioso,I was rooting for the Aussies It's the first time in history Lebanon makes it to the second round of the qualifications, imagine how bad we would get smashed if we do make it to the world cup EDIT: Never mind, just found out it was a friendly.

Thought you were talking about me </3

All hail king Alex: Alessandro Del Piero rejected Liverpool due to the Heysel tragedy & respect for the Juventus fans who lost their lives[via @FootballFact101]

This is by no means an "easy three points game". QPR actually have the players to be a comfortable mid-team or even challenge for Europa with the right manager. Their problem is that they often under-perform and are very inconsistent. They are very dangerous because one match they look like a championship side loosing 5-0 to Swansea, the next they look like beating the champions! I think our best bet is to keep possession and frustrate them if it means we play more 'safe' passes than risky ones. If we can force them to abandon their game plan we will be cruising a victory.

Good luck Tomo, that sounds very interesting and extremely enlightening! Hope you do get the place mate.