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i have to say i will miss the days when lampard or drogba would turn up and drag us out of a hole but all things must come to an end i guess. i hope the new chelsea has as much character as the talent because that is what defines a football club imo

don't see the need for him. however good he maybe, there are better players at chelsea who look set to hold on to the striker spot for 5-6 years (sturridge and lukaku) and with Piazon coming through the ranks, the wings too have adequate backup. would love to add a CM ahead of a CF or LW atm also, please rename the thread to just "Lazar Markovic" for ease of use and uniformity.

Hazard's dribbling

actually, they would be better off getting martinez

aston villa are not much bigger than norwich right now although villa have room for improvement plus the budget to achieve it i guess

i thought swansea were speaking with graeme jones?

that is the only reason that could explain this. transfer funds to improve

Can't see what he can achieve at Villa that he can't do at Norwich. The Villa squad is the weakest in a long time. Darren Bent and maybe Albrighton are the only quality players

yeah. real effective in the final i get your point though. adds pace and flair to our attack and that will inadvertently help torres but we have to think about defensive duties here. mata can be bypassed too easily and hazard and hulk's defending will not be enough against good opponents. also, the bayern attack has had its fair share of problems. robben-ribs dispute etc plus, the bayern attack had a solid base to rely on in the form of schweinsteiger while we have lampard who is aging and can't physically out-run or outmuscle opponents.

good. he didn't have a great season at ajax and i think we should invest in a more solid Right-back.

don't think the vdv story is true. no official word except that he has been "offered" to chelsea for 8mil.

sorry buddy. it says 2nd of June here. you didn't take the world time difference into account, i guess anyway, Welcome to the Forum and stick around

add to that, i remember KieranVogel(i think) warning him for a homosexual comment (faggot) he was warned before.

Disagree. Paulo is okay being 7th choice RB. so i dont mind having a decent back-up who wont make a fuss out of not playing regularly

i am still not convinced that -------torres hazard mata hulk --mikel lampard will work. Hulk as a player could be great but will this team work well together or be aware of their defensive duties? i am not sure yet.

Ah. I see that Indians are invading TC now. maybe it's just the one billion population Welcome to the forum mate

1. United- fergie to leave on a high. ,moyes to take over 2. chelsea 3. City - 3 way title race 4. Arsenal - RVP keeps them in CL, then leaves for Real 5. Liverpool - Rodgers comes close 6. Newcastle - Stable 7. Everton 8. Spurs - modric bale and vdv leave 9. Fulham 10. Reading . . . . . 18. Norwich 19. southampton 20. QPR CL - Semis - Chelsea vs Real Madrid, Juventus vs ManCity Real beat ManC in final PL Golden Boot : van persie PL player of the year - Shinji Kagawa FWA player of the year - Landon Donovan - Everton

Modric will be expensive. i would rather have a cheaper alternative than Modric Moutinho (although, not much cheaper) cabaye, bender, martinez,

No, you aren't

everyday we delay finalising our managerial position, is a day wasted. hopefully, we will have di matteo and the new signings in place before the end of the euros and then we can start the pre-season with no uncertainty. ins - hazard, hulk, cabaye, debuchy/azpi (not vdw), marin, kdb outs - kalou, bosingwa, drogba, malouda, benayoun, essien ----------torres Hazard Mata Hulk/Sturr ---Ramires Lampard Cole Terry DL4/GC24 Ivanovic ----------Cech Bench: Turnbull DL4/GC24 Mikel Meireles Marin Hulk/Sturridge Lukaku Reserves: Bertrand Fereira Hutchinson McEachran Piazon KDB

we have 3 cb's and 1 rb who play consistently. that is Nowhere near enough. Hutch and Kane haven't been elevated for a reason and Bruma has been sent back on loan. essien cant cut it at CM, so forget about him playing RB anymore. ramires' pace will be severly under-utilized at RB. we obviously need a right back. the world is not insane just because it doesn't agree with you

no comments. haven't seen him much. is he the creative type though? haven't even seen hulk much but i want him

true but i dont think we have enough options tbh modric - over 40mil Sneijder - growing old Christian Eriksen, - CAM - we have mata already Kagawa - would have been the perfect fit actually but United Cabaye - dont see him leavin Newc just yet can't think of any other viable candidates at the moment. not yet convinced by marvin martin etc

I dont think we will sign a CM if we get hulk in. seeing as we got 60mil for winning the champions league, i think hazard and hulk are affordable but with ffp coming, we cant spend on another player. maybe a marin-esque deal for under 10 mil for a good midfielder but not a class playmaker for sure. assuming di matteo continues his current 4-2-3-1 formation i think ramires and lampard at the CM positions. Mikel and Meireles rotated with Romeu as the backup. Hulk and Sturridge on the right, Hazard and Marin on the left, Mata and KDB down the centre and Torres and sturridge/hulk/lukaku up top. we are good to go