BlueLion.

Crespo scored 25 goals in 73 goals. 13 in the first season and 12 in the second. I see your point, but Torres has been given game after game to impress and has generally failed. Although I was pro-Rooney (but only in context of signing him instead of Falcao or Cavani), I would now rather keep Torres. Rooney's ego and super-ego are both sensationally huge.

I don't want him back. Seeing him now would only diminish the view of Drogba. Him leaving with his last kick being the European-Cup-winning penalty has created a perfect image that would only be tarnished.

Yeah, SD have done a couple of shirts for me; I've had CAHILL 24 and CECH 1 done by them; done a decent job at curving them.

It's not Chelsea related, but I once told Steven Gerrard to kiss my ass. He signed it instead. Not posting a picture of that, though.

Having a girlfriend doesn't mean you're married.

^ brilliant post. Don't understand why people say he is better than/not as good as Hazard/Mata, the three are totally different players. Let's be fair, to have Bale as our centre-forward with Mata, Oscar and Hazard behind him, we'd have one of the most dynamic attacks in world football.

You can shorten your name to "Thor"

It may or may not have come to your attention, but we are now one moderator short. Doni has done so much work in promoting this forum; particularly on the TalkChelsea social networking platforms. This has generated plentiful activity ahead of the new season, and brings about much promise for the years to come. Doni is very busy with his own personal commitments and there is no guarantee as to how active he will be. Therefore, the site administrators have finally come to the decision that Doni is to be released from his role as a moderator. We are currently undergoing a staff overhaul in order to streamline the amount of administrators and moderators we have here, and one of the first decisions to be made was this one. Yet on behalf of the entire staff team I would like to thank Doni for his hard work to promote the site, which has been greeted with much enthusiasm by the vast majority of forum users. We wish Doni the best of luck for the future and we hope to see his continued presence here on TalkChelsea. Alex.

He's quite a good-looking guy, just not particularly photogenic!

Bale is world-class. People are just so bitter he plays for Spurs. You'd all be wanking yourselves into a coma if Mourinho signed him.

^ I don't think it's a case of PSG wanting him more, I'm sure there was concrete interest from us. But what we're doing is showing maturity; instead of splurging obscene amounts of money on people, we're being more sensible and actually bartering for players. Now I expect us to go elsewhere and make a contingency signing that sits alongside our new policy of signing for the future (ie. KDB, Lukaku, Hazard, Oscar, Mata, Schurrle, Courtois, Azpilicueta, MvG, etc.).

This is gathering some momentum. Good. I like it!

^ absolutely, we wouldn't loan out one of our two out-and-out CDMs if we didn't have a replacement lined up.

Mido. LOOOOOL

Yeah, so they give us Benteke + £10 million for Ba, right?

^ it's basically the equivalent of Hitler handing out double-chocolate-chip cookies.

All in the name of good publicity. We're the most hated club in the country and we're trying to act all nice.

Dear Edinson, Hope the money makes up for you ruining your own career prospects; enjoy playing Evian away on a rainy Friday night. Twat.

Villa fans are absolutely hilarious. slagging him off after he single-handedly kept them in the league last season. Still, it is blatantly disrespectful from Benteke to publicly demand a transfer like that.

I think he's pointing out the fact the club are trying to flog them for £70, tbh.

Of course he'll fight for his place, he's a professional. Anything less and I'd be disappointed in him.

"Why you bouncing your head like that? Oh, you're bouncing again, huh?" LMAO!

He's really improving as a drummer!

Guys, I know you're all trying to be helpful, but it is unlawful in the UK to post fixture lists.