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What should be the clubs' minimum expectation next season? Instant success? Another transition season? What would you prioritise? The League? Domestic Cup? Champions League? Discuss.

A quick glance through the history of Chelsea Football Club - 1905-1989. I claim no credit for this. It was uploaded by - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheShedEndForum For anyone who wants to understand the history of the club, this is a good start. The following is Part 1/7 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7

Came across as one of those smart villains in a 80's or 90's Hollywood movie. White attire and everything

It should be announced today. History repeats itself http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/features/on-this-day-2-june.html

Let the Party begin! A huge mix-up but if the Premier League website has gotten news then i think Chelsea will confirm it today itself. Happy days ahead

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yeah. i hope these are not just words to the board. "Developing youngsters" should also be part of the Mourinho agenda this time. Not just winning

I hope the board don't ditch the plan they made these last 2 seasons with the young players they've signed. Jose should be asked to develop these players along with delivering success

Stop feeding the Madrid troll. Even I made the mistake of taking him seriously. It's all an attempt to get Chelsea fans wound up

Yeah. With such a large pool of players Woy's confused. I think he should just pick his best group and cut out the rest - not even use the deadwood in meaningless friendles. Best National team set-ups have a pool of 10- 15 players who constantly play together and develop some sort of chemistry. Chopping and changing takes you nowhere.

Purely on HG terms - Luke Shaw replacing Ryan Bertrand doesn't affect the situation. But yes, I think Shaw, being a Chelsea fan and a player with such promise could join. Rooney is unlikely though. Just don't think it'll happen. 24-man squad is fine with the youngsters we have. Just hope we don't repeat the shocking 19-man squad of 2010 which had only 4 HG players. Next year we will come around to that problem. If Terry Cole and Lampard all leave - we'll almost definitely have to buy British.

Hello Devil's Advocate Mourinho always had a great connection with his players at Porto, Chelsea and Inter. I am not worried about his inability to control a Real Madrid squad full of differences. His old players still talk to him, see him as father figure. The 'human' connection is something he talks about extensively in a documentary made 1-2 years ago. Madrid is more like the exception than the rule itself

Ross Turnbull is leaving. That leaves only 6 HG- players - Terry, Cahill, Cole, Bertrand, Lampard, Moses, Already Chelsea were a HG player short with Sturridge leaving and now that hapless Ross is also on the way out, Chelsea should sign 2 HG players or leave 2 spaces in the 25-man squad. Ofcourse there are youngsters who can fill it up, but since U-21's don't count anyway, it seems a waste of squad space.

That's the Chelsea history program available on Youtube. If you want to fastrack to the 70's, 80's skip to Part 6-7 of the same program. This covers Chelsea's history up to 1989. The uploader's username is - The Shed End Forum. The recent history (1990-2013) must be easy enough to find Welcome to the Forum

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that Benitez has gone there is the only reason this deal will even be considered. i am hopeful but not on the verge of accepting it will definitely become reality Don't necessarily agree that they're worse than Torres but who cares? we are anyway looking at players a class above Damiao quality. Also, this is the 5th window in a row Damiao will be signing for Spurs. We'll see if it actually happens Would probably flip out like everyone else if this happened but part of me thinks it's all too good to be true. Something like a deal one would engineer in FM

Don't use the general word club. Use word like board, Roman, etc. you can't possibly say "club is a complete joke" if you are actually a Chelsea fan.

No denying that Torres could do well in the Serie A but the mistake you're making is thinking that Torres will be anywhere near the top of the list. In Italy, he is not thought of as the shitbag we think he is but I am certain Napoli fans and board alike don't rate him very highly either. Solonapoli will give a clearer view on this but these are his exact words "30 million and Torres is really a ridiculous offer, Abramovich may pay the entire clause"..." or could put some other players not Torres" "Remy is shit, Damiao is shit" is a naive statement to make when comparing with Torres. They will command much less wage and fees than our Torres (fees being the amount Torres deducts from the release clause) Don't get me wrong - not saying this won't happen at all but not as easy as raising offer. The cash fee will have to be really high for Napoli to accept and plus there is the problem of competition from Man City, Torres accepting Napoli. Not all straight-forward.

I don't share that optimism though. The plus point is Napoli will look to sell but de Laurentiis is not an idiot to buy into Torres. They will have striker shortlists by now and it's highly unlikely that Torres is near the top. There's Remy, Damiao, Dzeko, all far better and easier-to-get prospects. There is also the pool of strikers they can sign domestically in Italy - Mauro Icardi from Sampdoria has been linked. and if the rumour about Dzeko being offered is true, Napoli won't even think twice about rejecting Chelsea offer. The only way Chelsea offer of cash + Torres will get accepted in my view is if it is the only offer or if the cash goes nearer to the release clause. Moreover, Torres wages are humongous. Will he accept a wage cut? and more relevant - Will he agree to go to Napoli? Apart from FSW, he has no possible reason to go to Italy. He probably prefers to go back to Spain.

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Yes! Fuck off biting piece of shit. Madrid should be thanked. First Jose (for free), now Suarez

yeah. got it. initially thought you were relating to this season.

Typo?

Not surprised Spiegel but Didier Drogba was the big striker in the early Roman era and if he, by some consequence took #9 shirt, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Anyway, as for the #9 who will bring back the prestige to that shirt, these 3 are good bets - Cavani and Lewa if they do come in

There is a lot more defending and tracking back in Chelsea pivot tthan in Barca's midfield. It is the same reason I don't want the club signing Modric as well. Great players but if we sign Thiago, we need to sign a new DM.