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do you know what FFP even is? owner's money is quite immaterial. we need to break even without roman's backpocket Football clubs wishing to take part in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League must balance their football-related expenditure over a three-year period up to the 2014–15 season

Take Cole, Terry and Lampard out and we haven't got much in terms of Premier ship experience. also, remember our start to the season? 1 loss to Clattenburg's ManUre and we never recovered. this side needs leaders on the pitch. enough with the under-23 revolution and go out and sign players in the 24-28 year old bracket

not in January. not for 48million. as i've repeated myself several times in this thread, it is not economically plausible also, if we get falcao - no midfielder or replacement for sturridge because it would cost further more. i'd wait till the summer before thinking of Falcao or Cavani

nah. Falcao is borderline impossible in January. 48mil? no way signing 2-3 cheaper players like Walcott etc. are enough to complete our season objective - TOP 4 FINISH.

i think his price will go down. contract ends in 2014 and i think this summer he'll be available for a lot less walcott and another backup striker now moutinho and coentrao in the summer and jose in the dugout. perfect.

racism issues as well. maybe we can put in a cheeky bid for him

meh. can't be bothered to watch this. hopefully a routine win to get us back on track. marin and oscar better start!

well the price for Falcao is just absurdly inflated. can't afford him. would rather make 3 signings to freshen up mid and atttack rather than one Falcao in January

impossible. 47 mil is ridiculous money. i'd say let's wait till the summer to get a proper manager and then sign players he wants. also, money-wise its absurd to go ahead and sign falcao. read my previous post. plus, signings like ba, walcott and maybe a midfielder will be enough this january to secure our season objective - Top 4 finish the squad has serious problems but i'd wait till the summer for Pep/Jose/Klopp or whoever it is that takes charge here and sign players that the manager wants and not the board or the directors. as of now, we have a bunch of talented individuals whose attacking policy is give the ball to the 3 amigos and we'll see if something comes of it. in january, if we can add a bit of depth and freshness to our attack to give us an option of switching to a 4-4-2 in games where our plans are not working, that'd be more than enough. sign bargain backups----top 4----rafa out----pep in----rebuild

excellent point but Falcao is an almost impossible signing at 48mil.. we are not going to get 60m Champions League bounty and we have turned over a profit for the first time in a while. (1.2mil) and for those saying we'll get money from Europa league, note this. Atletico Madrid got 10.5 million euros for winning Europa League. that's not even the winnings of CL group stages. simply put, Falcao is a no-go. atleast not at 48million

Ideally i hope we get - Demba Ba or Klaas Jan Huntelaar for backup - Theo Walcott to replace Danny - Fellaini

oh even Cahill is suspended, There goes the Luiz to pivot experiment out of the window. it's Oscar and Lampard in the pivot #worried

cahill? what's wrong with cahill?

Nah he was saying he had already drawn up the starting eleven last Friday which i think means that those who missed out on the CWC final are being penned down to start this one. Oscar, Marin, Mikel, Azpilicueta etc.

I'd give them Torres and gift-wrap Malouda as well. Not looking forward to this. we are knackered at the moment and i think the likes of Marin, Oscar etc who'll start on Wednesday will have Zero idea of a tumultuous cup-tie. Hope the senior players step up and be counted after that poor performance in Japan

Worst moments 1. Moscow :Nuff said 2. Mourinho sacked : wtf? 3. ManUre this season : livid against clattenburg 4. Iniesta's goal: Hammer Blow 5. That game against QPR : we were f***ing dominating with 9 men!

Henrique has pointed it out. We need a manager actually in charge of transfers etc and I believe no one other than Pep Guardiola or Jose Mourinho could walk into Chelsea and control all first team affairs under Roman's watch Let us revaluate our objective this season and just finish top 4 regardless of what happens in Europa League, COC, FACup. Pep or Jose in the summer is A MUST to sort our team (bunch of talented individuals) Jurgen Klopp or any other manager mentioned don't stand a chance imo. they would never get total control of first team affairs. Pep or Jose. That's all

rafa. his reception said it all.

Moses and Cahill have been piss poor. Get Azpilicueta and Oscar on. also Oscar for Lampard

Mikel for Lampard Marin for Moses

guerrero just caught the ball while everyone was playing. surely yellow!

i would say, make CWC every 2 years instead of one and have the 2 UCL winners in the intervening years take part along with 2 teams from each confederation. A straight knockout tournament held in a different country every 2 years. 1. globalises the game 2. chance to play 2 top-tier european teams 3. the trophy will get some meaning if there are more teams and more meaningful matches. 4. rolling the host nation will give a wide range of supporters access to watch top teams it can go like Australia to Singapore to China to Dubai to South Africa to Switzerland(UEFA) to Brazil maybe to USA etc. schedules can be altered for that season. competition will be much more than what it is now and supporters in various countries get to watch the world's top players.

4pm here. can't watch it sadly. maybe i'll get back for the last half hour

Respect to Moyes. hard to imagine anyone else would state it with such blunt honesty

LOL @ Liverpool. 3-0 down :lol2: