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Well Rodgers has made it quite clear he intends to keep Sturridge central. After his goalscoring exploits this season you see no reason to move him. Suarez can do a good job out wide as an inverted winger, or indeed even as a second striker. You'd imagine it would be Henderson he replaces?

I think you might be going a little to far there Ron! I personally wouldn't have loaned Liverpool a sloppy shit, but this could be a make-or-break season for Vic. If he can prove he has the ability to perform at a very good club like Liverpool, then surely that puts him in good stead for his Stamford Bridge future.

So, again, as I said in the other thread, instead of being so pedantic, why don't you come forward with some issues you'd like resolved?

Of course Eto'o is half-decent, as is Torres. Just a figure of speech - we could have "gone big", as you say, on someone of an even greater ilk. Haha, the two of us are the solitary members of the Moses fan-club! I thought he was the best player on the pitch last night - though, that being said, Shelvey did very well to play that well for two teams!

That thread was slightly counter-productive. See the most recent thread I've made in this forum. Transparency is key to improving the place, and I need people onside.

Yesterday I made a bit of a stupid topic called "Petty squabbles galore", which only really served to light the blue touch paper. A mistake, and one I accept. What I want to do is try and take on board any criticisms - constructive ones at that - from the regular members. Obviously there is a fair bit of discontent around at the minute, and I want to "tidy up" the forums; but at the same time I want to take suggestions for improvement from everyone else. If you have any frustrations then please vent them here, and I will do my best to take action on them. ALSO - we have had a couple of changes to let you know of on the staff team! After a good run, Kieran. has decided to step down due to time constraints. Of course we thank him for his service, as he has been as good a moderator as a member over the last two years or so! But he indeed needs replacing - so I have taken the opportunity to appoint as his replacement. Please also take this thread as the opportunity to welcome Spike! Thanks, Alex.

If you think it's gone downhill recently, why don't you stop bitching about it, and try and help us improve the place? Do so here: http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/16797-the-constructive-criticism-thread

Don't get me wrong, I love Moses (if you read through this topic you'll find I'm probably the most pro-Moses person on this forum) - but Willian is the better player. However I totally agree with you that Willian was a luxury signing, and £25 million we could have spent on enticing a half-decent forward.

Willian > Moses. Brilliant goal from Big Vic though.

Yep. Matthew Harding Lower. Right behind the corner of the goal where Luiz's goal went in. Unbelievable view of an amazing goal.

Positive note: the last two times I've sat in the East Upper we've won 7-0 and 6-1. Expect goals

Wait until they click before judging them. I'm sure you're all saying the same thing about us, right? New manager, new players, new style of play.

Before the Everton game, this would have been a standard 2-0. Now it will be 4/5/6.

Looking through some of the posts in this thread, I don't want to live on this planet any more. We were supposedly "embarrassing" - people should look at themselves before criticising the team. Some utterly cringe-worthy posts in here So many people over-reacting. Everton are what I would call a "bogey team". Remember when we lost two years in a row away at Middlesbrough under Mourinho the first time around? Nothing to see here, folks. We played relatively well - if we'd have been shit and created no chances at all and been dominated by them then I'd be concerned. They completed a smash and grab and scored with their only real chance. Not to worry - we'll demolish Basel, Fulham and Swindon and then go away and hump Spurs, and no-one will really care about this one. We have two issues at the moment - our finishing, and the fact Mourinho doesn't know what his best team is. Both will be rectified with time, so be patient. The amount of people going crazy is absolutely hilarious; we've lost to Everton, not fucking Scunthorpe

2 all the way. Club before country.

We won't sell Cech for much more than £8-10 million. He's 31, and a goalkeeper - Buffon and de Gea aside, they just don't fetch big price-tags, because they are frankly quite easily replaced.

Too much, but not enough at the same time.

You've taken a single sentence from an entire paragraph, and taken it completely out of context. As my point went on to say: "The difference is that Thibaut will be an incredible player. You could argue he already is; however people need to step back and think a little more rationally."

I hope so! No better opportunity than Basel at home, IMO. We played with a Ramires-Luiz pivot in that game in last season's Europa League, so if that can work, then Mikel-MvG can

Valuing your own opinion is kind of standard behaviour, otherwise how are you going to back it up? You should value those of other people as well, instead of laughing them off like you're so superior. No wonder so many people don't like you

Lampard's goalscoring record against Everton is unbelievable. Remember he won us this fixture single-handedly last season. I think he's likely to start this one and also Fulham on the 21st, and then get a rest in the ensuing midweek fixtures (against Basel on the 18th, and Swindon on the 24th).

Opposition fans are going to be surprised by how good he is. This signing has slipped in under the radar completely. People have no idea what to expect with Eto'o - I certainly don't!

I think you're right, tbh. Anyone who thinks Courtois will be immediately thrown in as the number 1 is under-rating Cech and then over-rating the young Belgian. He's good, but not world-class; not yet. He definitely will be an incredible player for us in the future. He already is one of the world's top ten goalkeepers. But I think people are getting over-excited when they say he is better than Cech. For my money, only Neuer is on-par with Petr - and with Courtois we're doing the same thing we did with Kakuta and McEachran in thinking he's the best thing since sliced bread. The difference is that Thibaut will be an incredible player. You could argue he already is; however people need to step back and think a little more rationally. There is a chance he will be promoted to number one next season; because Mourinho will have an issue of having the world's best goalkeeper (Cech) for potentially another 3-4 years, or having someone who can become the world's best goalkeeper and could be our number one for the next ten years. That would be the only reason why Courtois would be favoured, in my opinion; not because he is a better goalkeeper technically. Because, IMO, he isn't. But he can - and probably will - overtake Cech over the next 24 months or so.

Roberto Martinez is crying in his cups, somewhere up in Merseyside.