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I'm not having that. Everyone who played tonight deserved to win that fucking trophy. Hes not a DM, hes a box-to-box player but against a team that passes the ball very well for 70 or 80% of the game in your half hes a DM. Also in big games Ramires has fucking got us out of a hole, the Barcelona games for example, he was brilliant, even at RB. The 2-2 game against Spurs, he scored the second goal. Against City under Carlo, he sealed the game with that superb goal when City looked slightly threatening. To say Ramires shouldn't play in MF in big matches is a fucking shocking opinion. No offence. Also if anyone has to get a little bit of stick for the Ribery goal, I'm gonna have to say Cech looked like he could have done better, he won't be pleased but he's made so many MASSIVE saves in big European games so it doesn't matter. Even tonight he made some cracking saves.

I'm not going to lie, when I heard about signing him under AVB I wasn't sure, but then I watched some games he played in Germany and he looked impressive. Still slightly raw but impressive enough.

Man is a hero, how many 20 year old strikers do you see take a penalty in a HUGE European final ahead of the likes of Torres, JT, whoever else. I feel for him, hes a proper Chelsea fan through and through, I was more or less in tears after his penalty, he will be hurting the most, I really feel for him, its a big kick in the nuts to his confidence, guys like Romelu, Andre and David are so positive and so enthusiastic, I hope this doesn't get him down but it makes him work harder and he comes back stronger. Like Drogba did in 2012, he will redeem himself. I guarentee it.

Whos saying this guy is a waste of money now? He worked his fucking arse of today for the team, he was immense defensively and the little times he could contribute offensively, his run and the cut back for Torres' goal (although it took a wee nick) was brilliant, Hazard's run and pass was also excellent. Guy is a workhorse, and like Luiz, also has so much passion and positivity around him.

The way we lost that last goal, last minute, Benitez style. Still immensely proud, young team vs the best team in Europe. 2-2, 5-4 on pens to them with 10 men. Pretty much restricted them from a lot of clear cut chances and when they got chances Cech was in their way, what a fucking hero, their equalizer was a fucking fluke. Its a morale victory for Chelsea in my eyes. Nobody fancied us, we led twice, we looked very good on the counter. We hit the bar, we lost a man, we regrouped and made it difficult for them. Same as Barca at the Nou Camp. If anything this shows that Guardiola's teams aren't perfect, without a Messi like player its fair to say Bayern will need to get lucky more often in these sort of games. Gutted for Lukaku, I fucking love his passion and enthusiasm about playing for Chelsea, he will be feeling dreadful right now but its all about learning, hes a young man, he will get a chance at fixing this. I was nearly in tears after the game tbh, not because we lost, because the feelings these players will have, they gave everything, everyone who started, everyone who came on, absolute heros. Martinez scoring that goal, in the last minute, is such a kick in the nuts to 14 players and a coach who gave everything. Its a kick in the nuts to me as well. The fact it is Pep Guardiola lifting that trophy too, makes me even more fucking frustrated and upset.

If he doesn't go out on loan let him play with the under 21s, hes not better than any of our MF players right now.

Should walk this group, no offence to the other teams.

Probably more wingers/attacking midfielders...

You have to remember though what Jose did with Varane at Madrid, he didn't give him many games, then eventually started him in a good run of games and eventually he became a nailed on starter

I fucking hate Spurs. 9M for Eriksen, what a deal that could be. Although in my eyes hes not as good as was made out a few years ago.

Believe we will need to go for an energetic team against Bayern, if we can press them high up they will cause themselves problems. That is the team I'd go for too, except for maybe Ivanovic in at CB instead of Luiz depending on fitness but I suppose Luiz can start attacks from defence.

I think he should play, no matter who we play. When we first signed him, Villas-Boas wasn't afraid to throw him on against United at Old Trafford although we lost and he didn't have much of an impact but he needs to get a chance against the bigger teams. As we seen at West Brom last year, he gave a lot of top CBs a problem; against United he got a hattrick, he terrorised Vertonghen last year (who was arguably the best CB in the league), he made a fool of Agger and Carragher at Anfield. I don't think he's ready to start 50-60 games for us but I feel hes more than ready to be given a chance to prove himself and show why he should start upfront. As Peace said perhaps Jose is protecting him, I can remember that 4-1 game we played under Robbie against Liverpool where he came on and missed a sitter. He received a lot of stick but he had very little PL experience at the time, hes went away and played regular football at West Brom and scored 17 goals. He outscored all Chelsea strikers last season. I think that warrants him a chance to prove himself, even if he just plays 25-30 games in all competitions this season.

Isn't it not a bit unfair to say that about Pogba who really put his career ahead of money or whatever as he was guaranteed games at Juventus. He wanted to get more games at United that season before his contract ran down but Fergie didn't give him much of a chance, Pogba went to Juve and flourished. I can remember he was linked with us in January when AVB was still in charge.. along with Montoya, Sergi Roberto and Defouelu or whatever who we were gonna give Barca Torres in return for (or some stupid reports would have you believe haha)

Luiz-Terry or Ivanovic-Luiz

Yeah I know but if he were to have a chance he'd have to be playing every week at a high level. Bets he won't start every week here.

Lucas and Bernard are both good players. Lucas will be at the 2014 world cup for sure I reckon. Not too sure about Bernard though but I can see him going, can't see Willian tbh. Lucas is so direct and stretches teams, unlike Hulk who cuts in on the right so he'll be there as hes something they don't really have.

He'd play minutes every week at Spurs, can't say the same with him here.

Hoping he can get minutes, don't see him going to the WC 2014 with Brazil tbh, dont think hes gonna play every game here. If he wanted a WC place he should have gone to Spurs. Still he is a quality player and I'm looking forward to seeing him play for us. Even if its not every game but you know. Also at least we didn't sign Will.I.Am now that would have been a Chelsea-esque cock up.

LMFAO UNITED WANT LUIZ never laughed so much

Thats true, I mean if we are getting Eto'o for 6m like what has been said then I'd prefer to spend 6m on someone as opposed to someone who will cost 35m. Its just will in say 2 years or so if Eto'o leaves we are still really going to be looking for another striker even if we keep Lukaku, Torres and Ba (the last two aren't great).

Lol... I seen the score on my phone and although they won, 120 minutes against Notts County? Jesus. Adam Coombes also scored for Notts (ex-Chelsea youth).

Ligue 1 is a good league for him to continue developing and gain more experience. Albeit playing with Sevilla he still really has the same chance.

I'd probably prefer Martinez in terms of age and the fact he'll get better as hes 26 or 27, going into his peak now.

Cant see him not getting a work permit. I mean Fernandinho got one and hes played like 3 games for Brazil in the last few years

He could be a great signing. Is he worth 34.8m? No, is he fuck but we can't get many other strikers cheaper than that. Hes either option B or option C.