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But the issue here is that Remy isn't always fully fit and available, which makes me keen to sign someone in the Falcao category, in truth.

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Wow. Use this thread for discussion - a nominations thread has been opened.

We'll have to buy LvG a nice bottle of wine for letting him have his troublesome bedding-in season with United already.

'Sometimes' is being generous. For instance: 'sometimes Mikel scores a goal', or 'sometimes Oscar won't get ripped to shit after a match'. Happens very infrequently.

Precisely. I'm surprised so many people are looking at this the way they are. Why would he criticise him after a meaningless post-season friendly? Remember what he said about Hazard about early in 2013/14? Worked a treat. It's up to RLC to show the mental tenacity to accept the challenge. José is effectively saying he needs to up his game if he wants to be in the first team. Yes, he'll be in the squad, but if he wants to play football for Chelsea FC, he can't take anything for granted.

I'm that corrupt I'd win most diplomatic.

Loic Remy scored a sublime winner as Chelsea concluded their post-season Asia tour with a second successive 1-0 victory. Having disposed of a Thailand All-Stars side on Saturday thanks to a Dom Solanke volley, the Blues were again indebted to a goal of considerable quality as Remy cut inside and spanked an unstoppable effort into the top corner from fully twenty yards to seal victory here against Sydney FC in front of 83,598 supporters. José Mourinho named a strong side as the Blues sought to conclude a successful season on a high note, and with the menacing Diego Costa and the magical Eden Hazard offered both time and space on the ball by their A-League opponents, Chelsea were not short on invention and attacking quality in an entertaining, end-to-end affair. It was Costa who had the first effort of note as he looked to have squeezed a shot from the tightest of angles through the goalkeeper's legs, only for the keeper to recover and pick the ball up before it trickled in. By the time Remy had smashed in the opener in the 30th minute he should arguably have already been on the scoresheet. Hazard, a constant threat, dribbled inside and his low cross across the face of the six yard box found the Frenchman who could only sweep his left-footed finish into the side netting. There was to be no repeat when the opener did indeed come, however, as Remy benefited from an incisive pass out wide from Jeremie Boga. Taking a touch to compose himself, Remy shifted inside before guiding his shot with laser precision beyond the helpless goalkeeper to give the Blues a 1-0 lead. Sydney almost replied instantaneously, but for a superb save from Petr Cech. Young Nathan Aké was caught drifting too far inside, allowing space for the Sydney striker to have a shot on goal. Cech, however, spread himself expertly, and Branislav Ivanovic acrobatically volleyed away the goalbound follow-up to clear the danger. Costa had another effort - this time very well saved - as he dribbled inside and then outside in a moment , in what was to be his last involvement as he was substituted off after an impressive 40 minutes.Both he and Remy had showed composure and technique in protecting the ball and linking it with the midfield as the Blues probed away patiently, and it ought to have been 2-0 before half-time as Boga sidefooted over from a presentable opportunity with Hazard again the architect, but the Blues were well worth their interval lead. The second half started tentatively after a swathe of half-time substitutions, with one of those new arrivals, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, failing to make the most of an intelligent reverse pass from Hazard on the edge of the box. At the other end, Hoole toe-poked a shot wide after similarly positive build-up play outside of the Blues' penalty area, whilst Remy showed great confidence as he drove forward before forcing the goalkeeper to scramble across his goalline - but thankfully, from his perspective, Remy's low effort bobbled wide. That signified the beginning of a more open period with both sides exchanging blows: first Antonis forced Cech into a relatively comfortable parry with a powerful drive from the right side of the area, whilst a miraculous goalline clearance by a Sydney defender prevented Remy from doubling his tally after Hazard had rounded the goalkeeper and found the Frenchman. With the whole of the goal to aim for, Remy instead could only direct his effort straight at the defender on the line, who headed clear. Cech made another routine save before another moment of Hazard magic opened up an opportunity for young Chelsea full-back Andreas Christensen, who could only find the goalkeeper's gloves with his drilled effort. Hazard had dribbled froward from the half-way line, nutmegging one defender and outpacing another two before finding his team-mate, and was understandably frustrated that the young Dane failed to either slot the ball home or find one of the forwards in the penalty area. Cesar Azpilicueta and Nemanja Matic could then both be criticised for picking the wrong option as both chose to go for goal from an acute angle instead of passing inside, whilst at the other end Cech had to make a truly stunning save to prevent Hoole from heading home an equaliser. The loose ball was bundled into the back of the net but only after the intervention of a Sydney hand. Despite that nerve-wracking moment and a couple of necessary blocks from John Terry and Ivanovic at the back as the home side pushed forward for a leveller, the Blues were able to hold on and secure a winning end to a silver-lined season. Click here to view the article

The Mirror are the shittest "source" in existence, but if he does come here he will have to accept a squad role. If he is happy with that, then brilliant!

There's no point arguing, mate, this is one of those where the person who shouts loudest wins. No point for reasonable debate when you're arguing with someone unreasonable. What's that got to do with anything? Although, while we're on this subject, if you don't like it, you know where the "sign out" button is. If you don't like people having opinions that conflict with your own you ought to quit while you're still ahead.

Loan him for a season. If he's shit, then he can do one. If he's half-decent, then €25m is next to nothing for a proven international striker.

So we're to assume that, when Lampard signed these contracts, he did no by neglecting to read the terms and conditions of what he was signing, and that he was "duped" into signing for City? Give over. He knew damn well what he was signing - he's an intelligent bloke; as if he would put pen to paper on a contract he "thought" was a deal to sign for NYCFC on a pre-contract basis. He was a free agent and signed for Manchester City and lied about it in the process. Cold, hard evidence. We'll have to agree to disagree because I've misplaced my blue-tinted spectacles. I'm not angry at Frank, I'm disappointed, and for me it will take time for that disappointment to subside. If you're happy to cast Frank as the good guy then I'm glad for you.

I'll probably just do one, yeah, less work then

Marca, AKA Real Madrid's daily newspaper that will cease at nothing until it brings about the end of Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and José Mourinho, its most hated enemies.

Oooh Sharmouta... read the opening post....

I hope you're right. The sponsor is too small, they're the wrong colour PL patches, the badge looks completely wrong... but then again, we're due a shit kit

Absolutely, he had every right. He could have signed for Spurs if he wanted to. But you're totally missing the point here. Some fans are mad because he went to City. Some fans are mad because he was so back-handed about it, and lied through his teeth. That diminishes his reputation in my eyes, and tarnishes his image. If he'd have been up front and said he wanted to join City because they were offering him what he wanted, then he'd have gone with good grace, in my opinion. We wouldn't have liked it, but we'd have accepted it. Instead he came up with some bullshit story where he fabricated some tale about going on an adventure to New York City, but that he'd join City on loan for a few months to gain fitness. Okay, I can deal with that. But then that "loan deal" was extended to Christmas; then it was extended to the end of the season. The reality is that "loan" was never a loan - it was a short contract agreement between Lampard and City: Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2903456/Manchester-City-admit-New-York-City-mistakes-Frank-Lampard.html He lied to NYCFC fans, and he lied to Chelsea fans, so it wouldn't tarnish his image. But the truth came out, in the end, didn't it? There was never a loan. He signed for City and lied about it. There are too many corroborating news reports for it to be otherwise (just do a Google search - the BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent - all the reputable British sources - all say the same thing). Frank will continue to lie through his teeth and say he intended to go to NYC, but the Premier League and Manchester City both came out and acknowledged there was no loan deal and they fabricated a story about a loan from NYCFC. That hurts. No contract with NYCFC was signed until mid-January this year. He is still loved, but you're kidding yourself if you think every Chelsea fan loves him as much as they used to. Go back to the victory parade last weekend - I heard some people (not very many, admittedly) very clearly started chanting "Judas, Judas Frank" on the Fulham Rd. back to the train station... tongue in cheek you would hope.

Having gold badges will make it even more of a mess.

There are other heroes from previous generations, of course, but of the Abramovich era onwards, I firmly believe Terry, Drogba and Cech will firmly hold a monopoly on the 1, 2, 3 positions unless Hazard stays here for ten years.

Falcao is still class. The United "system" LvG utilised was obscene, absolutely no place for an out-and-out striker in there. Stick Falcao in the Arsenal or Chelsea teams of last season and he'd have banged them in without an issue. You don't become a bad player overnight. Torres didn't. It was a gradual process of one hopeless moment after another. He still had the odd glimpse of brilliance, especially under Benitez, but ultimately he was done for. People need to remember Falcao is the guy who kept Diego Costa out of the Atletico team and this time last year was one of the superstars to be missing the World Cup, which so many of us were gutted about.

I don't dislike him, and his records will never be beaten nor his legend status revoked. However I now see him as being below Terry, Cech and Drogba in the "Greatest Ever" rankings. He made his choice. People will always see his last EPL game as him wearing the wrong colour blue.

Colks is the outcome of some biological experiment where Jack Grealish and Logan Lerman's DNA was fused together. He's a tidy little player as well.

So like a Special Recognition Award, then? Make it a yearly thing to coincide with the forum awards. Obviously Jim deserves to be the first member to be inducted.

Agreed. Like it. Again, good shout. Amen.