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that would be really sad when essien leaves although it looks like we dont have a choice. would u change your pic then?

We have him for next season mate. i think he really needs to start more often. maybe rotate with a new-signing

yeah. some fees defy logic actually. eg - ibrahimovic for 50+mil AND samuel eto'o when it should have just been a straight swap.lol

i always wear an old Ballack shirt for luck. How ironic considering Ballack

Yes. Javi Martinez is a good Deep-lying playmaker

yep. if we bid for johnson, kagawa and hazard/lavezzi early in the window, we may get them for less. all depends on whether the fuckin board have the sense to appoint a manager in MAY

sigurdsson plays as CAM. he's in the old lampard position. u cant expect him to play the same way in the wings however narrow it may be.

That is realistic, but are 3 players enough to fix this team? also Johnson for 10? -

a player being cheap doesn't mean he's bad although i get your point that we should be chasing top players but how many top players can we sign? not many and certainly not for all the positions needed - RB,CM,RW,LW,ST That is the reason for the infatuation of cheap players on this forum. junior hoilett is ten times the player malouda is and he is as good a winger that we can get for 40 mil. He's settled in England(came through Blackburn academy) and is free. So adding Hoilett to the squad than spending 20 mil or sth on a winger makes more sense.

u complain about the rain..pretty funny when we complain about an earthquake....

yeah. not so long ago, i would confidently say, chelsea would turn up in the semis. now .....

they'll raise the game in the semis

this is the final video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKIvfR0YHko

maybe. but he was the best player in pre-season by a mile. so the move was very odd

its not pinning all the problems on him. i am not tellin with him around, we would be top of the table, i am tellin that we would be better off from where we are now.

Those who want to win everytime ,Go Support Barcelona. But I am sure being a Chelsea fan is a hell of a lot better than being a Barca fan

uefa rule in effect from 2013. financial fair play. we can spend only what we generate. effectively it means only one or two big signings. hopefully the sales reduce the wage bill considerably

We can't go out and break the bank this season. That is why players like cabaye and hoilett are being mentioned and they have shown they can cut it in the premier league

some of the suggestions here are ridiculous. we can sign only 1 expensive player because of uefa rules and i think that one player should be chosen after a lot of deliberation my suggestion out------> Malouda - 7m Kalou - free Drogba - free Essien - 5m Meireles - 9m Fereira - 1m Bosingwa - 7m -----> In van der wiel - 10m cabaye - 15m hoilett - free cavani - 30m de bruyne - done benayoun - returning mceachran - returning kalas - returning courtois - returning ------------------------cech/courtois------------------------ vdwiel/ivan-----cahill/kalas-----terry/luiz-----cole/bertrand --romeu/mceachran/mikel-----------cabaye/lampard------ sturridge/ramires-----juan mata/benayoun--------hoilett/de bruyne ---------------------cavani/torres/lukaku--------------- reserve who get to play amid rotation - piazon, kakuta, hutchinson, bamford

Exactly. Keep believing because if you believe you will lose, you have lost already

yes. i am done with chelsea just bombing the ball in from the full backs or centre-backs. that doesn't get you goals. nor does shooting from long range

still possible if there is a good project on here....that doesnt seem likely.. the manager will be hired in july by which time hazard would have signed for arsenal and hoilett would have gone to manu... does anyone know who else is available on a bosman in the summer?