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In order of preference: 1. Hazard 2. Mata 3. Marin 4. Malouda 5. Sturridge 6. Ramires 7. Kakuta 8. Oscar 9. Torres 10. Bertrand I couldn't care less that they are playing "out of position"- they have all played as wingers before and they've all excelled/at least looked competent. And that is the order that it will stay. 4-2-3-1= 2 wingers only; therefore Marin is a backup. A like-for-like replacement for Kalou. I couldn't care less that everyone thinks Mata and Hazard and Ramires are not wingers, in my book that is exactly what they are and exactly where they shall play; and my book is based on the one Roberto Di Matteo chooses his team out of. He would sooner play someone out of position than sign 5 "wingers" that can only play in that 1 position. The winger died years ago anyway, now all they do is wank about, cut inside and shoot. Any idiot can do that, he doesn't have to be labelled a winger to do so.

This: And a nice leather jacket from Henley's .

Indeed, was Wenger not the one who said "I would take 15 years of consistent CL qualification with no trophies"?

He's a backup. In his stead, Malouda (lol) or Sturridge or Ramires can come off the bench to see out a game. We're proper fucked if we lose another 2 wingers at the same time, though. No need for concern whatsoever.

@TorontoChelsea, Such improvements are possible without capitalism. The USSR is a great example. Stalin, for all his insanity and inability for independent thought, oversaw and controlled an incredible transition from being a backward country, virtually on the same level as many colonies that belonged to European countries; into a force capable of crushing the most powerful army of its time, and being able to conceivably compete with the greatest power in the history of the world for decades. Living standards certainly improved as well, unless you were a dissident/saboteur/accused of any of the two untruthfully. China too, has flourished with an economy still mostly under the control of the government. Of course there are outerliers like Korea DPR or Angola, but for the most part I remain convinced that you can achieve progress with a left leaning government in charge. The big tell though will be what happens to France 30 years down the track due to Hollande's actions. I think Lenin had it spot on with his brand of Marxism. Small level capitalism for the individual is permitted, but the commanding heights of the economy remain under government control. The best of both worlds, you're insulated from the forces of the free market but an individual still has a fair chance of carving out a reasonable fortune for themselves. Trotsky, much as I love him, was a bit too extremist; and the less said about wankers like Mao and Deng, the better.

175 k a week for someone who plays sporadically is awful business, even by our standards. We'll soon see if he loves his club more than his wallet- few in today's football world do. Ashley Cole surely won't.

van Persie has only really had 3 good seasons, then. Only 2 in terms of pure goalscoring. United have been mugged off. 24 million for an injury prone player who's only really done well in the league for 3 seasons, with only one year left to run on his contract, in a position where they already are strong.

His contract expires this season, no? Time to let him go, I think. Finish off his career with a lol about America/Qatar/UAE/China.

Cheikhou? More like 'Cheik who?' I've never heard of him. Can the army of Belgian posters we have on here tell us more about him?

To be fair to him, he was the epitome of a big game player at his time here. Outstanding performances against Barcelona several times, he did a fair job in the final as well, keeping Ribery quiet (though I'm not sure if that was a case of Bosingwa being good or Ribery being utter bilge. I am inclined more to the latter).

Coming from you, that is an enormous lol, Mr. Homeless.

Outstanding contribution to the thread. Keep it up.

Doubt it, it's QPR. They won't keep many clean sheets. I would bet my house on him delivering absolute world class performances whenever we meet QPR.

To be fair, if AVB wasn't trying to play Crouching Wanker Hidden Striker-turned-winger, he would have been given a lot more credit. I can't stand Swansea's new kit. What exactly are they belittling? They won't beat Mourinho unless the break the points record and the goals conceded record, which they won't.

If we're going to spunk 50 million on anyone we may as well put in a cheeky bid for Iniesta. Centre midfield and defence are by far our biggest weaknesses. I have no idea why we're trying to buy every winger in Europe when we already have 8 on our books.

He is light years better than Gomez. Gomez is an utter waste of space. He provides nothing at all. At least Hernandez occasionally takes his chances. Gomez is just a fat prick.

Watch him don the fuck out of us every time we play. We're the new Barcelona for him.

I used to take 30 minute toilet breaks back at the bookshop . Great minds, etc.

It may have us better off than our ancestors, but at what cost? We're still as much slaves as serfs in medieaval Europe. Only the controllers of capital have true freedom. All thats changed is that we've gone from having a 0% chance to.a 0.001% chance of ever rising to that position where we control capital.

You?

More like tautology.

Indeed it is, especially with death rates from the colonial era. Modern historiography is just as bad. No one can agree on just how many Stalin killed in the Gulags.

Oh for fucks sake Bosi

Disease got them even quicker than that. 90-93% of the population between 1521 and 1571, I think you'll find, according to these: (Livi-Bacci, M., June 2006. The Depopulation of Hispanic America after the Conquest, Population and Development Review, Vol.32, Issue 2. Dobyns, H.F, 1983. Their Numbers Became Thinned: Native American Population Dynamics in Eastern North America. University of Tennessee Press.) Have some of that, uni. I will not use Chicago Style Referencing, no matter how much you penalise me! Harvard Style, like it or not! The Sopranos

Lol yeah we'll stick him in centre midfield alongside perennial ball loser Raul Meireles, or alongside the safest passer in the league, John Michael Nchekwube Obinna. Loads of fun that will be. Mikel and Ramires can't pass long and Meireles loses the ball for fun, as does Ramires, albeit to a lesser extent. And it'll also be a whole heap of fun when he has all the mobility of an oil tanker (and unfortunately none of the market value of an oil tanker) by the time he's in his 30s. Criticising Kalou is irrelevant. Greatest Blue ever? I disagree. He'd have to score about 400 to match Osgood. Some of the older posters might back me up here. Osgood and his mates made the modern club. I see it like this: 1. Osgood 2. Drogba 3. Lampard