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Frank's testimonial? bullshit

You forgot Ferreira

Let's hope he'll have digestive problems now and won't be able to play.

A centre-back, a winger and maybe a playmaker. CB is self-explanatory; Anelka used to be played most often as a winger, hence no more cover if we don't sign anyone (only Malouda and Kalou); And since last summer we've failed to sign a playmaker, but I'm not sure we'll be going for one in January, if not, then in summer most likely... I seriously doubt we'll be going after a right-back and striker.

lol, I dare them... Lampard will come back even stronger than last time. A double hattrick against city Do it, sun! I dare you

We sold Rajko. And I don't think he came from the academy, I'm pretty sure we bought him. And even with the buy-back option... his work permit, fuck that.

Rajko? wtf

having an injury prone star player is frustrating

Yeah, we often mention a certain misfiring striker's utopic price.. while neglecting good piece of business done over Sturridge. Seeing how things are going - 100% bargain.

Let's just call this a fifty mill investment in marketing... a la Beckham in LA, only with lesser impact

I can smell bullshit when I'm near it... and an awfully putrid stench is floating in the air. Hmmm...

Voted for KieranVogel, was tempted to vote for RZA because I can't help but agree with most of his well-thought points... but somewhere during last month I decided in advance that I'd vote for Kieran so I did it Am delighted to see that I got in the list for the first time... I know I won't win, but it doesn't matter, it's still an honour to see that I've been nominated

A natural centre-back's defending is bound to be better

28 million.. is that euros or pounds? Either way, in current market it's a fantastic price for an on-form winger... if we activated it, the only question would be if he'd want to join us.. which I doubt at the moment, definitely not in January

How can negotiators' "charm" influence the price? It's not like 35million is worth more when their executives look nicer and are paid more. Only money talks.. if we offer 50million and they reject it, and somebody else offers 35 and they accept it, then it's the stupidity of the selling board, not the wisdom of the buying party. Either that or we don't offer hookers as an unofficial part of a deal. E: sorry, I misunderstood your point at first. I now see that you meant we pull out of the negos instantly as soon as they want too much, whilst other clubs keep negotiating until the price is reasonable.

The club offered him a 1 year extensions, he didn't accept that. 2 years would be too big of a gamble. It was his choice.

It's only 1 month with fairly easy fixtures, we'll manage... if we sign a winger (let's face it, Anelka is essentially a winger and Kalou, I can't remember the last time he was played a striker... so we should be looking at wingers as first priority), then we can count on Sturridge to be an option for CF, because we'll have options to put someone else on the right wing. So imo we wouldn't need a striker, but a winger or two.

We shouldn't sign ANY player with a 50m tag anymore... it's time to learn from our mistakes.

Kalou is not a striker, and you missed Lukaku.

I still don't understand why people talk about Kalou as if he were a striker :huh: If you are going to compare him to anybody, compare him to wingers

The same line-up as against Valencia would be good, but unfortunately impossible because of Luiz's suspension. And I have a feeling Lamps will return. Romeu will have to be at his best to contain Silva.

I want Zenit, CSKA or Basel

Yet another thread drowned in off-topic with one of the infamous and tiring Mikel vs. Romeu vs. Essien vs. Makelele arguments... in an "AVB kills off critics" topic. It's impossible to see how it went from point A to point Z in such short time. E: ah yes, the OP mentions Mikel for one reason or another. that explains it. the mere mention of the name "Mikel" is a catalyst... it seems we have found our new Kalou, now that he has been benched for good.

I call bullshit on this... there may be 10-20% truth in it, but 80-90% has been sensationalized

Let's wait what happens in January... what players we bring in and how well they will integrate with the rest. If we get some real quality, we won't be needing as much luck as we would now. Although it would be the perfect time to win it with Drogba still in the team. Lampard and Terry will have a couple of more years to try, but this is very likely Drogba's last chance with us. At the moment I'm not too optimistic... But this is good because all the previous years (pretty much) we were optimistic and amongst the favourites, but not anymore.. As someone said, the title will come to Chelsea when they least expect it. I hope