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would play Mata instead of Hazard. the team is a headless chicken without Mata. He missed 2 games and we couldn't break down the opposition both times - QPR and Swansea (Moses set-piece header not withstanding). he drives the midfield forward

twitter. some fans saying he played on injured because all the subs were used

Gareth McAuley for Northern Ireland picked up a knock. defence unsettled

Options we need to explore 1. Edinson Cavani - Beast 2. Radamel Falcao - Beast 2.0 3. Robert Lewandowski 4. Edin Dzeko 5. David Villa (?) - short term loan

The goal ratio is rather worrying. Our midfield and defence scores a lot of goals but the responsibility of goal-scoring should be handled by the striker. In games where we don't create lot of chances, that's where Torres should score. Torres' goals this season have come from set-pieces, offside tap-ins etc. maybe the goal against Newcastle was the only goal where he genuinely converted a half-chance whereas van Persie, Tevez, Ba etc are converting half-chances for their teams with ease. that usually makes all the difference in the league. I am still waiting to see Torres take charge and bully the opposition defence in a Big game

a 1-off affair like the Super Cup. possible to host in Monaco but the stadium is only 18k in capacity and i have weird memories of a long-haired Colombian raping our defence there but surely there are few other possible venues. it will globalise the game if the venue keeps moving and gives people of different countries a chance to watch the world's best. South Africa - good facilities, Brazil, Australia, USA are possible venues.

true but no sense in playing CWC in just 1 location every year. i think the game can be globalised if the venue keeps shifting. maybe Tokyo-Sydney-Sao Paolo-Paris

those Japanese lot care more about Pokemon than football. why bother going all the way there? they could play the CWC in a more attractive location edit: no offense to any Japanese member on the forum(if there are any) i am pissed about chelsea going half way across the world than anything else

ffs, half way across the world.

true. but we'll be in a fix of our own. the Club World Cup, where is it held this time? Dubai? or Tokyo? The Premier League did not agree to reschedule our game against Sunderland right before the CWC. we'll have to rotate a lot then. use the likes of Marin, Moses, Sturridge

i was looking at the next few fixtures fr ManUre. looks like City away is the only fixture they MIGHT drop points. Norwich, QPR, West Ham, Reading, CITY, Sunderland, Swansea, Newcastle, West Brom

we will be playing catch up in the title race now. united will win their games against norwich, qpr, westham, reading. their only real test this year will be City away and i bet by December we will be about 10 points off the pace.

@Liam_Baggies, Disappointing that. About Lukaku. maybe we'll be needing him in January. we are short of options in attack. and btw, we have been open at the back since around Terry's suspension and now he's out injured. not expecting a cleansheet tbh

Romelu Lukaku - how do you rate him? (better than Long and Odemwingie?) Where do you believe you will finish this season?

Props to the Home page! very cool!

I don't think there's any reason to panic right now. The season has gone well so far and maybe 1 squad player is all we sign in January. it's the summer where the squad should/will be perfected. Falcao or Cavani needs to come in

quite a lot of us here. Happy Diwali

Falcao in January will change the complexion of the title race

yes. we needed to sign a few players in the 25-30 bracket. i hope when the club buys a centre-back/striker, they sign someone in their prime rather than youngsters

Torres dribbling is knocking the ball 10 metres ahead and chasing it. more often than not, an opposition player gets a foot in. but i dont think we can get Falcao in January. Falcao in the summer makes more sense. wish we could loan Villa or someone just for 6 months

i would add a centreback as well. can't trust terry's body to hold much longer.

The factors which will stop us from challenging for the title this season 1. Torres 2. Lack of replacement for Torres

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true. the season is going just about according to plan. no real concerns yet.

tbh, we are riding on individual brilliance. you saw how shakhtar played. well drilled and clever off the ball running to create space and shoot. we are exactly the opposite of that. static on the attack. playing the ball to feet. lack of off-the-ball movement. we are nowhere near full capacity but 1/3rds into the season, I worry if we'll ever reach the full capacity this season