Sir Mikel OBE

He looks overweight too. When he made that save at the end he was looking kind of chubby.

He punished the latter two by making them play with Begovic. Oscar got a good run out. Not good, but tried.

Sickened by him right now. Third choice keeper performance there.

The goals are not even the issue. His play has been terrible. Even before we let a goal in he is coming out and trying to flap over Zouma who had completely beat some 5 ft teenage striker on the other side with a jump...just poor. Early times though.

The 16 year old scores.

Begovic looks terrible.

Begovic has to let Zouma handle that.

So good to see a healthy Costa.

That pass from Mikel to Moses

US national team was just playing in their continental tournament semi final. I expect people to stream in late.

Classic Soca Warriors right there.

Surely that means Traore is not going back there?

Ouch thats harsh on Bertrand. A youth player of ours who was in the premier league team of the season. Was he the finished article? Of course not, but he was definitely capable when called upon and could have grew into the role. Just casting him out as not good enough, while spending out the ass on other players who aren't good enough, is simply poor club policy. If the youth academy can't produce squad players, then it really is useless. Not a single youth player stands the slightest chance in hell in this current setup.

Out for a month after knee surgery. Will miss the first few weeks of the season.

Bar changing manager that is pretty much what will happen. We are talking about a guy who started a champions league final for us, and just recently got into premier league team of the season. No upcoming youth player in the midfield will remotely get the chances he got to impress.

And that is the main point. If Bertrand wasn't good enough then Loftus Cheeks,Boga, or whoever most certainly will not be either. There is always going to be a "Better" player out there, and if we are going to buy just to buy then that will be the case. He was pretty much the perfect example of what could reasonably be expected of a youth player at this current stage of time, and it was deemed not good enough. Massively disappointed as this signing appears heading towards its end.

And he's already in the premier league team of the season. Even if he wasn't good enough to start, he has to be right on the edge of being good enough. He is also still growing as a player.

Even more fucked up when you realize Bertrand was off for this. A youth player who started a champions league final for us just gone like that. And people really believe Loftus Cheeks will make it here playing in an even more high stress position...

He'll have to work to start there.....

Who replaced him at Atletico?

Last match of our season

Good signing for them.

He showed something the last match...before getting injured.

God damn it hurts seeing him in the ex blues section....

Moses didnt have the name to play for us long term to be honest. I remember him being serviceable.