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Chelsea is spying on us and taking our ideas.

BTW, this goalie was mention in this thread before we where even for him. Is Emanolo taking ideas from our talkchelsea community?

Yeah so happy with Emanolo. And one thing that Mourinho clearly mention in his first interview is how this department has improve from the past time he was here. So he also recognizes quality when he sees it. Not that crazy guy that alienate everyone around him as journos make him sound. Now I'm starting to have a very good feeling for this season. Just need one more signing like De Rossi and we are good!

Fucking Epic! lol that is what I shouted in my office when I saw this!

I actually think anything above 40 million should be a good sell. I like David Luiz and is my favorite player, but sometimes when you get an offer that is too good to be true you have to take it. Cause they never come back. Remember when offers came for Bosingwa, Kakuta, Essien, Kalou and such? But we never took it! Well sometimes you have to. I don't mean selling players on just the market, but above market inflated price as other clubs do to us.

Yeah thank you Suarez for putting all these rumors to bed.

True, but I will say that we will have a better shot of winning the PL this season if we had gotten someone like Cavani, Falcao or such. But as it stands we will be going with Lukaku, Torres, Ba and Schurrle. Which is all good and stuff. But Lukaku might need one more season before he is top dog. Schurrle just got here so need to adapt. Torres..... Only hope is that Ba suddenly recaptures his Newcastle form and we will be good.

But he follows Mourinho like a sheep, so certainly he should follow Mourinho decision if he wants Suarez????

Pretty much what I said before. They will get better, as in the coming seasons. Which is why I said we will be in better position in the coming seasons as Mourinho said as well. This season is still too soon for me.

It's kinda sad about Sturridge, cause I always thought that Lukaku and Sturridge would have formed a great partnership. We have not had a great two striker partnership since the Gudjohnsen and Hasselbaink time.

All the press/fans targets you mean. Cause as far as Chelsea goes, I have not seen nothing official. Not unlike it was with Schurrle or Van Ginkel.

So he went from a trying to leave England to wanting to play in the champions League? The guy just want out plain and simple. And to be fair he might even consider Chelsea as we got history of dealing with people with problems, in terry and Cole. Not to mention we got Mourinho.

It's called reality! Extreme pessimism will be if we do worse then Benitez last season like finishing outside of top 4.

The coach, and some upgrade. I think Fernandinho is better then Gareth Berry. Navas better then any option that Sinclair can give them. Oh yeah, we have not beat them at all last season. And before you say, "oh we got Mourinho back" that ain't enough when you got a squad that still needs to mature! So combine that with the young squad Chelsea has, we really have no shout for serious contender. Last season was a one horse race, where United blew everyone out by so many points. I will expect it will be the reverse where City blow everyone away, and us and United fighting for second and third. And as Mourinho said, by his second season his team will be better. Just like at Madrid where he won la Liga his second season. I will be expecting the same here, nothing big his first season but much better second season.

That does not makes sense, how do they know that Chelsea refuse to sell at that price unless it was rejected? And nowhere it says it was rejected, if indeed the bid was true.....

But in 2004 we spend a shit load of money on players ready to compete. We now got a team of a lot of younger players, who some still need time to gel. This time is different.

Is he good enough? I mean if he is even close to the quality of Moses, then he could stay here. But then again, we might have a lot of players right now in his position.

I'm still interested in seeing if he continues with the style of play. We have been playing some attractive football last season, so if he can continue that then great. Also if he can approach the situation of strikers better. Like no favoritism to Torres! I still don't expect us to do that great this season. At best I would think we finish second in the PL, and maybe a Capital One Cup or FA Cup to the mix. I would also like to get to the Quarter Finals of the CL this new season. So no big expectations for me even though we have Mourinho back. The squad the club is building still needs time to be at it's peak. Just like Mourinho said it will take a season or two.

Clearly City will be number one contenders for the PL this season. The team they have and the players they are buying shows they want instant success. While Chelsea buys is showing a willingness to wait till the players mature of full potential.

People post the same stuff over again. At least look 2 or 3 pages back before posting.

Norwich reject improved bid from Chelsea for keeper John Ruddy http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8813619/Norwich-reject-improved-bid-from-Chelsea-for-keeper-John-Ruddy

KDB reminds me of those white boys that try to act so tough. Like this:

So I got a question. When you guys go out somewhere your town/city do you guys use any type of app that helps you navigate your way? Obviously first question, is that your not familiar with the place so you use an app, like hotspot or such. And second do these programs work great in your country? Like I love using google map, as I don't like the simplicity that hotspot gives you. Put the address and gives you precise details. I prefer to look at the google map and plan my way to get there. Weather it is by walking, or using a subway/bus to get to the station close by. What I'm most curious is if apps like google map are easy to use in different parts of the world? Thank you!

I'm not sure if mention, but I was told this appointment was highly influence by Emanolo. Well that is the rumor I heard, and since Benitez always said he spoke to Emanolo it might make senses. Anyways, with RDM we play great, but there was a great imbalance from offence to defense. Something which Cech stated at one time. I also think the hostile environment that the club was in was not good for the coach nor the players. Again something the players mention. If you take into account this, with the thin squad we had it was always going to be hard. But despite all that, Benitez took it on the chin and continue with his work. A mark of a great professional. After all is said and done he did a decent job. And has left the squad in a better environment then when he first came in, thus as you mention making it easier for the new incoming manager.

Just like the Hulk Saga. Many people said it from the beginning, but some did not wanted to listen. Now I will expect to hear some mercenary cunt, wasting his career and such name calling pretty soon from bitter fans.