BlueLyon

It would be irony if we win CL and then uefa throws us out because we will spend too much...

As I never seen this anywhere else, it is confirmed, we will play against: 18th July Seattle Sounders CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA 22nd July Paris St Germain Yankee Stadium, NYC 25th July MLS All-Stars PPL Park in Chester, PA 28th July AC Milan Sun Life Stadium in Miami --- Great to see us against Paris and Milan, very good preseason for players like Marin (and all new transfer members) to meet with squad. I just hope we will be fully ready before these matches and not buy after them. Its good for them to play some time together.

Finaly...fantastic...longer...performance...thank you Hutch Cant wait too see him play more.

He could be our Valencia. Underrated, team player, skilled and if he gets chance, you must never write germans off! And dont say he sucks until you actualy see him play for us.

After game, we saw glimpse of how our defence will look like for next few years. Hutchinson and Bertrand are doing well, but I havent watched all game, from what I saw, both are good and could be easily replacements for Iva and Cole. 20 games next season would be nice. In summer, Hutch will fix his knee and then be ready for more games. But what you think? Can they get in games like CL or PL derbys if Cole or Brana get injured? Can they properly replace them in more important matches? If Hutch is good enough, then we might not need Azpi. But I still think Roman will go after full back...

I hope Marin will perform well, good enough to start. He has chance and with his potential, he would easily destroy opponent defence with Mata and possibly Hulk (or whoever).

I think KDB is currently better than Kakuta and if KDB will go on loan, so will Kakuta...

We realy have problems with strikers: Mutu, Kezman, Crespo, Sheva, Pizzaro, Lukaku, Torres have all performed less that was expected. Nino and Lukaku can still do it, but so far, they didnt showed enough for money spent. Everyone praises Lukaku (yes he played decently tonight), BUT he is striker and no matter how young he is, in 10 games you simply have to score at least once if you are anywhere near Drogba quality. He didnt...And that is problem. Yp, we have huge problems with striker buys...

Essien :D

I just want we get some good players. Nobody knows how will Hulk, Hazard play here... I like them all, But I hope if we wont get Hazard, we will get Hulk. If we wont get Hulk, we will get Muniain,...Few good players must come. I have made best 4 to come here, but probably if only one will come, I will be damn happy. We will have to wait on CL final, then on Romans decision about manager and then buy few players.

Lucas is inter fan, mostly because he watched Ronaldo there who is his biggest role model. Lucas is called biggest under 20 talent in the world, ahead of Gotze. He at 19 already has more than 10 apps for Brasil, better than Neymar. As much I know him, I think he has more chances to suceed in Europe than Neymar, because of his physical atributes. Neymar will probably got tackled every time. His style is certainly worth a look, has fantastic dribbling, but he lacks of consistancy. I know he is young, but still in brasil he should perform standardly. But his real two weaknesses he has are: 1. Selfishness. And I mean more selfish than Danny. With years, that will gone for sure. 2. He plays in brasil. In today football, only defenders become good in eu (luiz, thiago silva, marcelo), while midfielders are more questionable. The worst possible player in eu was Adriano who started great but faded soon. If we get him, I hope it will be worth spended 30mio. I like him, but its risky.

This year buy Azpi to get used to PL, playing the matches where Iva will rest/be injured/play on CB. That should be around 20 games next season. Then we will see how good Azpi is and eventualy he would replace Iva. Azpi is much more attacking player, but not as good as Iva in defence.

"Why putting another layer of gold colour on bentley, when you lost your engine?" Sell Mikel and Essien and see what will happen then...

Maybe we should just try the squad that will be used against Bayern. They played tonight and used all their best players. I feel, we might be uncooperative in final, if we play players who rested past 3 weeks together. Also how will Luiz-Cahill play when they both returned from injury and didnt play almost a month? They should be ready and somehow we need to play them together to see how they do. But still both CBs are still injured...

Barca:Real 1:2 Barca:Chelsea 2:2 --- Rivals cause huge dissapointment in players after defeats. And 5:2 is not something Lahm and co. wouldnt care But every match is new and there are 50:50 chances This game realy shows nothing for CL, but I am still more pleased Bayern lost 5:2 than in case they would win 5:2...

I pointed him out since he is cheap right now After 3 years, we would buy him for 20mio minimum. Buy-back loan would be good. But if we would actualy play him (I think he would develop quickly), we couldnt ruin him? But then, he should certainly play regulary, not some BS like with Lukaku. He is good, but if we might not snap him now, it could happen like with Hazard. Kid will then want to RM or Barca... We should do like we did with KDB.

There were rumours few moths ago linking us with him: http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/chelsea-arsenal-must-wait-for-dutch-ace

Buy this guy with sales of Malouda (20mio) and Essien (30mio) to Anzhi. Seriously, we should sell few players to Anzhi, they would pay. Pay more than actualy worth. Extend Drogbas contract, then sell him to play with Eto'o for 10mio. Good deal for both sides.

Rated at 150mio by Mourinho. By that, he clearly meant to fuck off with his leaving rumours. Lock this topic, we wont buy him for sure, he is NOT available.

Defeat is one, but by 5:2 with strongest team? Bayern was outclased tonight, CL will be completely different, but still. Difference is we won FA against L'pool, while Bayern lost their cup agains Dortmund by big difference.

This guy is what we need. Small, strong, deep lying b2b playmaker. Plays one touch football, has great vision and intelligence. Good at marking and tackling. For his age, fantastic passing and from video above, he has realy GREAT long balls, he would suit our counter-attack stlye of play. He has some Makelele abilities, better dribbler, maybe eventualy better passer, but not as strong as Claude. Still very balanced and agressive footballer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5miZxF4trvE Young, played 30 games for Feyenord this season, has great stamina. Fast enough. And what is best? He hasnt been capped by Netherlands yet, but he will be definately called up after Euros on friendlies. But right now, his price is around 8-12 mio and that is just cheap. Imagine KDB, Mata and Clasie in one team. What do you say?

Bayern is loosing 4:1 at the moment, with their best squad. BUT: They are certainly more concetrated on CL and they will be more motivated there. Plus home stadium. And usualy they will grow after tonight defeat. Still, 4:1 is not just normal defeat, its quite heavy one. And we surely will have chances with righ tactics.

Well, I heard Mou wants Branislav Ivanovic, while Barca is after David Luiz. And we cant depend on Terry for ever. Since Brana has contract till 2016, I doubt he would leave. But RM and Mou are very interesting indeed. Luiz seems to stay, but what do you think?

Falcao wont be only 35mio. Hazard wont be only 26mio. Cabaye wont be only 15mio. Van der Wiel is shit, I heard Roma wants him for 4 mio, if we offer 13mio board is stupid. Azpi is much, much better for 15mio. And Willian? No comment. Essien could be easily sold for 12mio, nowdays this is almost nothing for such experienced player.

Bale might also not want to play for Barca, because they would use him as LB, he wants to be LW or at least LWB Btw, if we should look after cheaper, but class younger players this is good option: 1. Younes Belhanda, CAM, CM, L/RW Why: Plays on wing, could replace Mata, cheap for his quality, consistant Good abilities: passing, dribbling, speed, vision Style: playmaker at MP. Makes tight dribbles, combined with quick passing. Very good medium range shot (better than Hazard), he might not have much assists, but he does the job in midfield and pulls lot defenders on himself, providing space for other players. Excelent in taking penalties too. Price: 15-20 mio 2. Andre Ayew, L/RW Why: Classic winger, could become very good, reminds on BEST Malouda/Anelka, has all abilities of explosive wing runner Best abilities: Speed, acceleration, stamina, shooting, crossing Style: His quick runs, can play on both sides. Has lot of energy and likes to dribble and then pass/shot Price: around 20 mio 3. Cesar Azpilicueta, RB Why: Obviously, we need RB, he is young, already best young RB in France Abilities: speed, passing, vision, crossing, decent defending, stamina Style: runs a lot up and down, attacks and provides good balls in penalty area Price: 12-15 mio 4. Jordy Clasie, CDM, CM, CAM Why: We need some good, creative CM who passes good and gives ball quickly to team-mates. He is cheap for now and promising. Can defend aswell. Best abilities: passing, vision, decent dribbling, great first touch, standing tackle, agression and stamina Style: He might look more like Xavi type, but he defends better and is positioned deeper. Reminds on Makelele a bit and would be good adition to Mikel. He gives the ball quickly to team mates, dribbles less but has excelent vision for long and short passing. Deep lying playmaker. Price: 8-10 mio 5. Adrian Lopez, FW, supporting ST, winger Why; Supporting striker to add rotation for Torres, spanish player. Cheap for his abilities, young. Best abilities: speed, dribbling and assisting Style: Work rate high in attack, scores and assists a lot. Cant be lone striker I guess, but looks like attacking playmaker. Always tries to give ball to striker. Price: 10-18mio ----- Ideal team: Iva(Azpi)-Terry-Luiz-Cole -------Mikel-Clasie-------- --Ayew-Mata-Belhanda-- ----------Torres------------ Marin, Adrian, Cahill, KDB, Lamps, Bertrand, Romeu Imagine this team after 2 years. Absolutely great. Departures: Kalouda, Meireles, Drogba, Essien, Ferreira, Bosingwa