Chelsea Legend 11

lol... I would advise you not yo hold your breath, not even for 20

I wouldn't say classless, I'd say immature.

Whats the big deal? He's not Portuguese. We are all now witnessing the lambasting Costa is getting for playing for Spain by the same token Pepe has made himself a target for Portuguese people. Pepe is a cunt anyway I don't know how or why anyone would want to defend him.

Oh know not Solado! anyone but him! Wait a minute, who?

Jake is awesome. Graham is pretty good too. I routinely go there just to own Schmidt... He knows so little but talks so much! Its really quite amusing to me.

D-Bag -1 : Steve Schmidt D-Bag - 2: David Pastzor

And the better ones cost double what Costa will be sold for. We're getting a very good striker right before he becomes a top 5 striker... I don't know why people care so much about how shit Spain looked with him in the team, bottom line for me is when he is recharged we're getting a striker who scores with every part of his anatomy! If we wait a year or two before we buy him the price doubles.

Jose knows best, one could argue that the game is changing because of him. High pressing has been his hallmark recently. He's made speed and power the most essential aspects to a winning formula and we have that in droves. Willian, Schurrle, Salah, Hazard, Oscar all have one thing in common. Ramires won't be sold for the same reason.

truer words have not been uttered

Yes but he also does this...

FINALLY Someone who is level headed and gets it! Its like people think they are machines! The mental and physical demand to play at such a high level is taxing. No one can sustain such a high standard for that many games...

Do us a favour and don't watch any Chelsea games when he's signed.

hahahaha! So Far??? Has he even put the Chelsea jersey on yet? You fellas are like virgins on Prom night, don't mug yourself before the big show dude!

This isn't a debate I'm going to engage in, I know this... But to make the SUGGESTION that Chelsea have underachieved a bit isn't unfounded.

Not arguing that, just the use of the phrase "this isn't... FM,Fifa... whatever" is so condescending.

Never like this sort of "holier than thou" talk. Anything that starts with "This isn't..." is so belittling. Its not hard to imagine that a team that has spent as much as Chelsea have under achieved a bit.

No it isn't because other than the Mertens goals his dribbling lead to nothing. He has the technique to get into good shooting areas, he needs to be a little more selfish when he gets there.

I like Shaw too but don't think he's ready to play at the high level we require him to be at. He would need a veteran like Ash for sure

And its not like we haven't got oodles of cash to spend, we had to meet his buyout in order to grab him. If he flops out we can easily replace him... buying someone like Shaw, knowing that is will take time, makes it harder to replace him should he flop. Meanwhile we have a budding world beater who needs to be properly insulated in order to reach his potential in Eden Hazard.

I'm not. dribbling endlessly with no end product doesn't make you a world great, he needs to use his dribbling ability to get into areas to release a shot.

Having said that it was his first ever World Cup game and you know the pressure is on him to be the talisman. He wasn't great but did do some things that made you remember how talented he is. Judge him on his whole tourney not his first ever game

He definitely wasn't great. Yes he got the assist but he needs to elevate his game. Almost every lesser team Chelsea or Belgium will play will sit deep, he has to find a way to impact those games... Messi can.

I disagree, he will attract too much attention in the middle of the pitch. Zidane was 6'1 and very strong, Hazard is maybe 5'8 and has good balance but will get marked out of games by bigger, physical midfielders. He is best on the wing where he can use his dribbling to greater effect

Not only that but we need veterans to help the younger players to mature

Pretty far distance to travel bro! those won't be easy