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who's bobby?

Drogba is gone, Lampard has adapted well to the deeper role and shouldn't have many concerns. The only problem I can see is if he randomly decided to cut out Terry or play high line, which I doubt he would. Kalou and Malouda will be gone, at least one of them so I can't see them voicing concerns either, especially now that they're gonna be replaced by superior specimens. Sturridge might blab about his preferred position but I doubt anybody cares about his complaints. I don't know, I think Guardiola would demand more respect than AVB did. AVB was an easy prey tbh. And all he essentially needs to do is yap with the players and explain his decisions. I think it was Lampard who hinted that he'd have been far more pleased if the team were winning while he was bench warming. So if he starts winning games right off the bat, then it should keep everyone happy. Robbie did the sensible thing, he relied on the old guard again, they reacted and started winning... everybody happy. With AVB there was a communication breakdown because they were losing games, playing bad and overlooking some players for unknown reasons. He also committed professional suicide by doing that in-depth interview where he compared Torres to Kezman and Sheva. He lost a lot of players' trust.

I saw half of the first half and it was evident that Brazil were attacking mainly from the left side.. their offense was oriented to Marcelo, Neymar and that nr. 10 guy. I thought Hulk was annoyingly ignored many times.

All in all the Kalouda pair deserve respect. They always found their uses and there was even time when Malouda used to be decent enough to help our cause. Kalou's assist to Riise was also legendary. Kalou had his own kind of ambition and objective, to become the greatest benchie ever - always great to have players content with that role and even boasting about it. It's just that they should have been replaced much earlier, that's the club's fault. I think they know they aren't anymore the needed calibre, but for a long time they were practically the only choices and had nobody to compete with them, so they did what they were told, albeit a bit lazy as a consequence.

Wonder what will be Malouda's role if he stays. With our new wingers he'd hardly get a sniff on Eva's freshly bum pressed Audi seat anyway. Is he content with rotting away, or will he open a translators' support group with Paulo? Lots of drama ahead...

His odds for breaking through seem very slim now, but he's still young and has time on his side. He definitely needs to go on loan next season, but to a club where he can actually play. I just wish he were bigger and stronger defensively, then he could be bedded into Lampard's role... it would be perfect for him. He should be assigned to private training sessions with Hulk.

We did the hard part by seducing Hazard. One big name signing is enough to convince other prominent players. By having both, Hazard and Hulk, all the Modrices and Falcaos of the world will be knocking on our door, not the other way round. I can't see how our negotiators could tempt Hazard into a freshly Drogba- and managerless team with no flair unless he was given reassurance that he'd get top quality teammates to work with. I think we're seeing the club cooking up a fresh team and carrying out one of its promises.

That's exactly what some people on here were saying after presuming he'd join City. I see they're gone now, or just migrated to a Manchester forum maybe.

Before Hulk we need a midfielder and a RB. Of course if Hulk did sign, I wouldn't be exactly miserable over it, on the contrary, I would be over the moon. But it would feel like a luxury signing now. If we had Hazard and Hulk on wings, then our attack would be very potent from each side, but with Ramires for example you know that would be our weaker side offensively. I would love the attacking diversity and unpredictability. I could not say no to the big green man... he could also effectively cover for CF position, eliminating the need for another striker as well as putting the winger issue to bed once and for all. I really don't know where that would leave the likes of Sturridge and Ramires but fuck me, I'll leave this problem to the manager, I want to see him play for us. I'm a greedy bitch I know

What about his free-kick ability? Now that both Ballack and Drogba are gone, we are without real free-kick shooters. Is he usually accurate with them?

Was it confirmed by credible sources that he said that? Or was it written by the same people with top secret inside sources who claimed that the players hated RDM more than AVB?

If Roman were so easy to figure out by random journos, then I doubt he would have become who he is by being so predictable. I would call it anything but 'fact', but I would certainly understand why he might want him. I, personally, am undecided. It's tempting to think how he might make us play, but on the other hand there are no guarantees. It would also be worrying if we played against Barca, he could have a clash of interests of some sort. I don't know, I don't think it would be the worst appointment possible, but Di Matteo is a true Chelsea legend who achieved so much in so little time, it would hurt and be disrespectful to just kick him out like that - "thanks and now fuck off". Guardiola is nowhere near as blue as Robbie is, and he beat Pep tactically... twice.

How do you know what Roman is? He never speaks, it's impossible to know what he wants or thinks.

Ambitious (outrageous) idea, but no. It would fuck his game, he's a midfielder (and lately a winger), and that's that. He will have plenty of chances to play in midfield or on the wing in a long season, but just not all the time. It's problematic because he doesn't fit the double pivot, he's not the one to tie defence to attack a la Lampard or Schweinsteiger - the laid back type of guys who simply take the ball from the goalkeeper/defenders and pass it forward accurately. He's a duracell bunny who feeds off the ball feeders. He could play that role or as a defensive mid against weaker or mid-table clubs, but not as a constant starter. If we don't sign Hulk, Willian or any other winger for that matter, and if we loan out KDB again, then he will/should play as a winger, rotating between Marin, Hazard and Mata (goddamn jizzmatic to be able to say those names)... I will just disregard Malouda in that list as he hopefully will be shipped off or thrown into the stands. He's also a great asset on the wing as he can effectively help out in defence, I don't think the likes of Marin and Hazard are any better there than, say, Mata was at that. Yes, Rambo can put in a shift or two at RB at extreme circumstances like Essien or Diarra some years back, but making him permanent there? Ivanovic break skinny boy fingers.

The number retiring idea was always moronic. I agree that maybe for a season it could stay vacant so that fans could get used to it or whatnot, but as with everything else in life, time will change everything.. in a few months the calls to retire his number will start cooling down and in a season (or two at stretch) noone will even think of that anymore. Hell, only unusual numbers should be retired at extreme circumstances, like Turnbull's 22 for example. Imagine number 1 being retired in Cech's honour, lol... no goalkeeper would want to join us anymore, except for maybe Fabianski or that lesbian looking Paddy Kenny from QPR.

What do United have to do with being the champions league winners? If being champions of Europe means losing to Basel, getting demoted to and humiliated in Europa League, then I understand.

Can't see anything obstructing it except him getting injured and failing his medical. Must get it done before the international friendlies.

It's alarming that he has a mind of a ping-pong. But I'm glad we snatched up the highlight of this window, a player wanted by ALL major clubs... when was the last time we did that?

So Hazard singlehandedly broke the forum for longer than us winning the Champions League? What a cunt he is, causing trouble already.

Why is searching disabled? And forum is unbearably slow today.

One more thing to suggest that those quotes are all from the same person is that every single one of them is written in the exact same style. It's well known that it's rare to find somebody with identical writing style, let alone a whole bunch of them from several sources. They are also all grammatically above the average standard, which you wouldn't expect from idiots they are claimed to be copied from. Although I do think some of the RAWK ones are genuine, but with growing popularity and higher demand he decided to milk it.

First line and I'm already laughing "When I go to sleep I think of the cock. When I wake up I think of the cock." FUCKING LOL "Louis Saha scored 1 goal in 31 games for Everton. He scored 2 in 2 for us. We are the best in the world at reviving people's career's." "Kalou would be a good Bale replacement, the thing is can he cross like Lennon."

can anybody link to spurs meltdown? I can't find it in google

Chelsea - http://twitter.com/#!/ChelseaMeltdown there are idiots among us in numbers, but far less than in liverpool

He's being portrayed as such a messiah, that if he came and proved to be average, I would lol (no, not really).