OneMoSalah

According to Scousers, Gerrard is the best English MF player of the last 15 years but the man doesn't even have a PL winners medal... we'd be stupid to sign him look at how Liverpool have struggled this year building their side around him considering most teams are now man marking him and also pressing Liverpool as well as a lack of runners upfront like Suarez. Hes shite.

I don't see why Lampard scoring a winner vs Sunderland is being mentioned in this thread when really that sort of abysmal performance should be the only talking point. Cahill or Brana or whoever isn't solely to blame considering the minutes they've played the last week or so, Jose has to take a huge bit of the criticism for a lack of rotation, how can players play at a very very high level if they are playing every 2 days for 90 minutes??? Harry Kane is quite a good player I must admit, really caused a lot of issues, wasn't sure if he could do it against the big boys but he did well today for them.

Regarding Romeu: Barca had first option if Chelsea ever wanted to sell. Its common in Spain and Italy along with Portugal but I remember reports AVB had inserted a first option if Hamburg ever wanted to sell us back Rajkovic or whatever his face was when we originally sold him after he couldn't get a work permit. I don't think we should sell Thorgan to be honest, give him another season on loan there if we can then re-evaluate but don't sell him too early.

He played more centrally against Stoke yes and against Fulham he kind of varied between the left and right sides depending on where Eden was.

I think his biggest issue here is Eden Hazard playing on the left as well, mainly because at Leverkusen and with Germany Schurrle played as a left winger more frequently and was much more effective there. Eden on the right is better than Schurrle on the right but Eden on the left is better than Schurrle on the left too. Against PSG last season when he came on for Eden on the left he just looked much more at home there than what he does on the right.

If Juventus buy Ramires and we could get him for a decent fee I'd take him. Big, strong, athletic player and can play deeper, as a 10 or on the wing.

He's a top top English talent, they aren't going to say he should be banned. Pappis Cisse just recieved a ban for elbowing Coleman where as a few years ago Wayne Rooney elbowed James McCarthy in the face when he was playing at Wigan intentionally and they didn't review it. I hope they do review the Sterling incident and he gets a similar ban to Cisse got if not worse. If the ban isn't the same or worse then it shows what the FA are all about. Also I don't care what people will say about this part of the post but its the same with the whole racism fiasco however many years ago with Suarez-Evra and JT-Ferdinand. If they have enough evidence to deem both players to have made racist remarks, ban them for the fucking same time and the same fine instead of giving one player a longer ban and bigger fine and one a shorter ban and less of a fine, just makes it seem like they are favoring the homegrown boys more over the foreign lads that come here (although I am still shocked they managed to convict JT of using racist remarks but yeah...).

This the same as the Lukaku on loan at Eveton and WBA thing, its one thing to be good at Southampton but a totally different thing to be good at Chelsea. At Southampton he isn't playing for anywhere near a demanding coach in comparison to Jose, where they aren't under so much pressure as we are due to being the favorites for the PL title, Capital One Cup and one of them for the Champions League. Don't get me wrong Berty is a decent enough LB for a club like Southampton and has softened the blow of losing Shaw but he's hardly exceptional. I'd rather chose a LB out of Azpilicueta and Filipe Luis than Azpilicueta and Bertrand. If we didn't lack English players and Filipe didn't struggle a bit recently, I bet Bertrand not being here wouldn't be a problem to the majority of people. Nobody cared why he wasn't in the team last year when Azpi and Cole were fit so why are people worried now we have 2 of the best LBs in Europe (although even Ashley was up there still last season and was exceptional in games vs Atletico and Liverpool in particular)? Baffles me in the same way people complain about Diego Costa 'not being good at combination play' when we had 3 and a half years of Torres... Also your point about Filipe, 'defensively he is levels below Azpi', how many fullbacks are better than Azpi defensively in the PL let alone Europe? Hardly any, he is the best defensive player I think we've had in a fullback position for years and years. Its like saying about Eden 'he is levels below Messi and Ronaldo' but everyone is... its a nonsense comparison because they are the best at what they do.

Did I just see someone call the best LB in Europe last season an excellent squad player??? Oh god. Anyway I'd have him here over every other LB in the Premier League or in most leagues in Europe still. I still remember people complaining when we spent 17m on whatever on him because he was 28 and that we didn't go and buy 32M Luke Shaw... who has maybe started a third of the games this season due to excessive injury problems.

Sorry but Salah isn't an explosive and pacey player then I have no idea what he is because he is one of the fastest players in our squad if not the PL.

Mo Salah? Left footed on the right. He could have been useful and coming inside would of gave Ivanovic much more room. Not the same level but to say we need a winger who comes in on his stronger foot to attack spaces is ridiculous considering we have one in Salah who in all honesty needs a chance.

Fuck, well we have to find a buyer or use him... great...

Doesn't matter considering Schurrle and Willian have done much more than a couple of good pre-season games and a game against Hull. You earn your place in the squad then the starting 11 here, sure getting into the 25 is an achievement in itself given how we had so many attacking players but getting into the starting 11? The shirt isn't given to you like at Wolfsburg or Werder Bremen or Belgium where you are a standout player in their squad playing poorly or not (no disrespect to those three teams but who did Bremen have better than him or Wolfsburg in that position? Belgium haven't very many better 10's either). Voted better than Muller in AMF position in the Bundesliga?! Really?!?! Muller is the best German footballer right now I'd say because he's so different to everyone else, not flashy but very good at the same time, he scores goals, sets them up and virtually can play any attacking position. If he goes to Man City he will be on the bench, Nasri, Navas, Silva, Milner to compete with for 2 wide MF roles as they usually play 4-4-2? No chance he goes into their 11 unless Silva/Nasri gets injured. also seen Wolfsburg would sell for around 20M euros, which is close to what they paid for him...... doubt that

Alan Shearer hit the nail on the head for me, something along the lines of 'would he go down like that if he were defending in his own box? no absolutely not' and I totally agree, Carroll's arm was out but he was already going down before he even got there. Its not a dive as in fooling the ref as there was contact but its just the way he decided to launch himself to the ground just before it because he knew it was coming. He's an absolute animal and I really think he could have kept on his feet and got to the ball even if he did receive a bit of contact.

I still remember how good and effective he was in the games against Tottenham and ourselves in the Europa League and CL when Basel did decide to push up and press. His mobility and stamina made him a very key component to their pressing game along with Valentin Stocker which against Spurs in particular was very very effective. I don't think players like Salah don't particularly suit high pressing, I really think he like Oscar, Hazard, Schurrle, Costa, Willian etc are the sort of guys useful for pressing, very fast over 5 or 10 yards, lots of stamina etc.

Not gonna lie, don't like them because they look too similar to old kits of different clubs (the white top and black top are effectively the same as last seasons). The home top looks like a blue version of this seasons Real Madrid top but with red on the collar and the different trim on the sleeves. The second one looks like a lazy changed up version of last seasons away kit and the third one is quite frankly very similar as well. If they are gonna produce this boring and very similar kits each year just make each kit last 2 or 3 seasons and save us all a bit of fucking money.

To be honest he does look like a sex offender. I'm sure that along with the very attractive cheerleading team might have something to do with why he was sacked more than footballing reasons.

Never mind the sponsor but if thats our home kit for next season, are the idiots at Adidas just taking designs of other teams kits from the season before and mashing them together or what? Looks like the Real Madrid kit only blue and with red trim instead of black on the collar bit. Might as well sack adidas and get pro star kits I'm sure they'd make a better design than that recycled bullshit (if its actually Adidas).

I'll be honest, if playing in the CL final for your club means you should be in the 2014-15 Chelsea squad then get Kalou and Malouda back. I hate to say it but hes only just a decent full back, not much else than that to be honest although I remember the cracking game he had at the Emirates before we played Barca in the CL at the Bridge under Robbie and also in the league cup under Jose last year against Arsenal he was good I thought. And all in all, would it be good for his career to keep him here when hes never gonna get a game ahead of much more superior players in Felipe Luis and Cesar Azpilicueta? No.

This is the best thing I've ever seen in this thread. Even better than gifs of that goal against Juventus. Holy mother of god.

I don't care if we play shit or not, win the game. One of the hardest games this season.

Look you posted about Oscar saying he is just not good enough yet but he is 23. Phil Jones is 22 or 23 and lets be honest, is nowhere near as good as Gary Cahill right now and thats a fact. Too many mistakes? Hes so injury prone he's not even worth considering either in my eyes, he had the chance to be an elite central defender eventually but Ferguson moved him around so many different positions- hes generally very average as a right back and central defender - and his injury record is embarrassing really, I would've had him a few years back yes but I think his opportunity of being the next big English CB has passed. Sure you can say Cahill went up to the top the long way but Jones started out billed as an absolutely huge English talent (like we've never heard of plenty of them before) then made a big move and really struggled for consistency.

According to sky sports Italian journalist whoever the fuck... but really can we trust these guys? They said Torres' loan deal would be ended but AC Milan signed him from us..... I'd rather trust Sky Sports Nigeria and the fact its metro reporting it too, I'd rather trust the Sky Sports Italia journalist over them so that says a lot!!

I seen a few when people when I was out tonight and I swear if I had a few more beers I'd probably have made the news for doing the same. What a load of crap honestly, selfie sticks, jesus christ they just seem stupid as fuck (excuse my French but I am Scottish). I mean people taking photos fine but a stick to take a photo, I do not understand how idiotic people seem to have become that they need a stick thing to take a photo, just ask someone else to do it for you holy shit. Gullible idiots being lured into spending money for something that is pretty needless.

Did we get a fee? In fact fuck it he is gone fuck the fee, no more 175k or whatever for someone who was useless for us. Simeone has worked miracles but he has a fucking challenge and a half on his hands.