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This year will be my year, remember the name you fuckers. Two matches for Chelsea in the opening round, nice. Tempted to go with Lukaku, Hazard and De Bruyne.

Just visited Bluemoon to see what they think of the title race this season. Apparently Mourinho back at Chelsea can only end in tears and here's what they had to say about our attacking midfielder department: Can't wait for Kevin De Bruyne to take these fuckers by surprise.

You misunderstood me. The reason I didn't even mention Lukaku in my post is because for me it's obvious he should be the number two striker if Rooney comes and number one if we don't get anyone new. I was merely comparing our misfiring strkers Ba and Torres because some people still believe Torres will come good while the same people think Ba is nowhere near good enough and should be gotten rid of immediately. From these two guys it shouldn't even be a contest and for the life of me I can't understand why anyone could still prefer Torres to Ba. If we get Rooney, we'd have him and Lukaku as our two main forwards and probably one of Torres/Ba as a third one because I honestly can't see us getting rid of both our strikers from last season. Not by any means was I suggesting we should stick with Ba through thick and thin like we have with a certain £50m Spaniard but as a second / third choice striker I would much rather have Ba than Torres if at all possible.

So basically Benitez used all the Cavani money and more on three Real Madrid rejects Higuain, Albiol and Callejon? I'm so glad we didn't have to go through a summer transfer window with that guy in charge of the transfers.

Fantastic news if true. I feared for the worst when I saw him down on the ground holding his knee.

He scored six. Mind you that's six times more than Torres scored in his first six months as a Chelsea player. Then there's also Anelka who only scored two goals in 24 games after arriving in the January window but went on to be the whole PL's top goalscorer in the following season. It's not always so black and white as you seem to think, players are human beings too and adapting to a new city and a new club in the middle of a season can be hard and we shouldn't judge them so harshly before their first full season at the club. Like I said a few days ago Ba deserves at least a year to prove his worth but if we get Wayne Rooney, I would understand if the club made the tough decision of selling Ba and keeping Torres. Not because Torres deserves fuck all but because he's pretty much unmovable and it really wouldn't be wise for the club to send him training with the reserves while keeping Ba in the squad if the alternative was to sell Demba for a decent amount of money and keeping the ladyboy as a third choice striker. Keeping them both but only using Ba would cost the club £250k a week but keeping just Torres would get the club somewhere around £10m in transfer fee and also £80k of that amount off the wage bill. Hving said that, I think selling Ba should only be a last resort if the club fail in selling or loaning out Torres.

Isn't Chalobah's contract expiring next year or has he already renewed? If not, his contract has to be extended as soon as possible.

A reliable Italia journo Gianluca Di Marzio is saying Napoli are thinking about bidding for Demba Ba as a replacement for Cavani. Personally I think it's bullshit because Napoli seem to be after Higuain or Damiao but I suppose they could be after Demba if they fail to get either of them. If we get Rooney, someone has to go. Personally I would be gutted to see Ba leave after so little time but Lukaku has rightfully claimed a place in the squad and Torres is nearly impossible to sell so I'm afraid that wouldn't leave the club with many options. Ba deserves a chance too but if it was up to having either him or Rooney, it really is no contest.

No they didn't, that would be the Indonesia XI which we're facing next Thursday.

Been there, done that, didn't work. Streams were very laggy and unwatchable despite the fact I have a 24Mb mobile connection on my tablet. Thanks for the advice anyway! Usually I use the Splashtop remote control app to watch any kind of streams on the iPad because they're running on my PC and only mirrored remotely to the screen of the tablet but I forgot to leave my computer on when leaving home so no luck there. Just found something called iSwifter browser which seems to be a lot faster than Puffin but I only have a free trial or something and I don't know how long that will last. Hopefully long enough for me to watch the game!

Probably won't be able to watch this one unless I can somehow get a stream working on my iPad.

£40m is way too much as Rooney is on ridiculous wages already at Manchester United and won't settle for less if he moves. Getting him for that price would mean an overall investment of more than £100m over the length of the contract. £30m is the highest I would go to. If United won't sell for that, we should just tell them to go fuck themselves and then go back in with another £30m bid on deadline day when their options would be to either accept £30m and get the unhappy player off their wage bill or keep him and lose another £12m paying wages for a player who doesn't want to play for the club anymore and not to mention them having to sell for a cut-price next summer anyway with Rooney's contract expiring in 2015. I'm quite sure they will sell him for a reasonable price, we just need to call their bluff and not go in guns blazing and offering them everything they could possibly ask for.

Apparently his cancer has relapsed again after only a few months since he was given the all-clear. Sad news, really puts things into perspective.

Yep, he has his sources but he's also known to be a frustrating tease at times. If he says something regarding Rooney or anyone else for that matter I will believe him but I wouldn't be surprised if he was just posting some completely non-transfer related stuff no one really cares about. @Hamilton, I wouldn't be so sure about Cesc. United certainly seem confident and Moyes was just talking about Fabregas on their official website and he said he expects news in the next day or two. That or they're desperate to sell some more season tickets and all this talk about big money signings will get people to renew their ST's.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

That's one hell of a team Manchester City are building there. Fernandinho, Navas and Jovetic are all quality additions to their side, although they could have done even better in the market. Replacing Tevez with Negredo wasn't the brightest of moves and letting go of Balotelli wasn't great either.

Comparing Rooney to Van Persie is harsh. Back in 2011/12 when Van Persie was still at Arsenal they were both equally good and they really wouldn't even have needed RvP last season because getting him had a negative effect on Rooney's game when he couldn't play as a striker anymore. Had they decided against buying Van Persie and stuck with Rooney as their main striker, I'd say they would still have won the title comfortably and it would have been Rooney scoring almost 25 league goals instead of Van Persie. Maybe Ferguson wanted something new in Van Persie just because he knew it was going to be his last season or maybe he knew about Rooney's plans to leave the club so he opted to buy another world class striker beforehand to make sure the club will still be in a good position once Rooney's gone. A lot of maybes there but one thing's for sure. Rooney is still one of the best strikers in the world and back in 2011/12 when he still got to play in his favoured position he was arguably Manchester United's most important player when they only lost the title to Manchester City by goal difference. Overall 34 goals in 44 matches that season with 12 of them scored against the Top6 teams in the Premier League is not something one does if he's shit.

Some hack journo writing for the Guardian just suggested Moyes should ask for both Mata AND Luiz in a straight swap deal for Rooney. Went on to say that it could be a good deal for everyone. And these people actually get paid to write this shit? If we really wanted to get rid of Mata and Luiz, we could easily sell them to Real Madrid, Barcelona or PSG in a blink of an eye for £60m combined and then use half of that money to buy Rooney without giving one of our main title rivals some of the best players in the league in exchange. But why the fuck would we do that either when we can keep both of them and still buy Rooney, it's not like the club are in a desperate need for money and the idea is not to buy a player just for the sake of buying but instead because Mourinho wants to improve the team.

Because Mourinho hates Spanish players, right? Not all Spaniards are primadonna cunts like Iker Casillas, you do know that?

Doubt it, Roma have just signed Maicon and I don't think we'd loan him to a club where he isn't a starter at.

Mourinho talking openly about a bid for Rooney on the club's official website is exactly like last year when Ferguson admitted they had made a bid for Van Persie but Arsenal wouldn't sell. Look how that turned out. To me, Mourinho's approach to this has been spot on. First he made a subtle hint of his interest by saying it's for the good of the national team that Rooney leaves and by doing that he also gained support from many neutrals who want what's best for England. Then he has gone on to unsettle the player even more by admitting a bid has been made and that it's now up to Rooney and Manchester United to react to this bid. The way I see it, the ball is now in Rooney's court and if he's serious about leaving he must hand in an official transfer request, thereby waiving any loyalty bonuses and such. That's the only way they're going to sell because clearly it's the player's decision and not the club's. This is happening, people. Things have been said and there's no turning back this time. Rooney is as good as gone and I can't see anyone else getting him than us.

Jamal Blackman, Branislav Ivanovic, Gary Cahill, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ryan Bertrand, Marco van Ginkel, Ramires, Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Demba Ba, Victor Moses Team for the second half, confirmed by Mourinho. Islam Feruz is also on the bench so he could be coming in for De Bruyne at some point. Or he could replace Ramires if De Bruyne is tried in a deeper midfield role.

Wallace is looking good.

Yep, definitely this. De Bruyne can play very well on the right flank too so I'd play him ahead of Moses there if needed but if everyone were limited to just one position, I'd go with your selections.