Kunter

If Tuchel really goes to Arsenal than bullet dodged for us and Congrats to Arsenal. I think he fits them well with his attacking style and emphasis on flair players and he will win fuck all with them, maybe the occasional cup because they will be leaking goals right left and centre as Tuchel teams always do. Tuchel is a progressive manager and a difficult character so the AVB comparison is spot on. Tuchel on the Chelsea seat would be like a peacock on a vulcano. Probably looking spectacular with the right lighting but everyone knows it will end ugly.

You were saying?

You'd trust him with a towel?
 

I really did have alot of hope for Bats when he came and was disapointed with some fans for not giving him 'time' But how long do we give OK players tho IF we want to win silverware? It would be fine if we was allowed to have no pressure on us and just take a complete season to experiment on players. But I can't see Roman being happy with that. We wouldn't see Contes arse for dust.

Let's be honest here Most off them are not good enough tho 

Honestly, it's not like Man City, Bayern, Real Madrid, PSG, essentially the teams who should be our peers, do any better with their youth player integration. 
And, regardless of other teams or our youth integration, what needs to be commended is the fact that we assemble the strongest youth teams in Europe. Year in year out. Barcelona are loaded with talent, they're known for it, but who wins the competitions every year? Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea. We bring the heat. We bring the fya. We understand something about youth which other teams don't. We're not as bad at this as we seem. 
And, looking at our most successful youth team of all time (the one with RLC, Musonda, Abraham, Christensen, Chalobah, Ake etc.), a few of them have a chance of making it here (Christensen, RLC, Abraham if the board are happy to settle for a less-than-elite back-up), and the others are genuinely good additions to the teams they've now joined - mainly Premier League clubs so far. 
The only players we've fucked up with in my opinion are Jay Dasilva, Charlie Colkett so far, and somewhat Izzy Brown. Barely any truly great talents have slipped through the cracks so far. McEachran wasn't up to it, Boga has been too streaky even in the youth teams (but how can't you want such a flairy player to succeed? hence he's given the benefit of the doubt), Solanke had nothing to his game which made him qualified to play for a top team, and that's that. Everyone else isn't good enough for our senior squad, and yet they'll still end up at decent teams, no doubt being one of the best players on those teams. 
(Can't comment on Musonda so far. He was going to get chances this season, but missed out due to injury.)
Where are everyone else's youth players? Nowhere. Arsenal's bring no success to any team they play for, and hold Arsenal themselves back from investing in their positions when required; Tottenham have brought through the cream of the crop, Harry Kane, but nobody else writing headlines (I imagine a lot of people think Alli and others are youth products. Nope.) To reiterate, Arsenal have nobody from the youth team helping them progress; Man City too; and United aren't managing their youth prospects very well. 
What if, the narrative is actually completely skewed, and instead of being the worst with youth, we're actually the very best in the Premier League with the young ones?

Had a great day Saturday thanks to Ola Aina...VIP player pass for one of the hospitality suites at the KCOM Stadium and as well as seeing Aina and Hector it was good to see Boga and Tomori too. Boga stood out for Birmingham and that's saying something, they were shite. Aina was solid, didn't have much to do but steady. Hector is a real presence, big physical lad and commanded the back line brilliantly.
Top day..This is my lad with Aina and Hector before the game.

So people/our board have no problem with playing the likes of Diego, Hazard, Costa on 200k+, but God forbid a goalkeeper who's easily top 5 in the world ask for that...

Looks like Real and Barca will battle it out for this kid. We really don't stand a chance.
 
I hate those two teams with a passion.

Matic just behind in black cleaning up after hazard 

He's one of those players that I believe will, many years from now, look back on time and feel he enjoyed his time here more than any other club. Obviously that's no reason to keep a player, but it makes any potential departure hard on the heart. My god I miss Mata.

For fucks sake is this geezer for real. If he doesn't join us he's staying at Napoli is that it ?. Just goes to show you can put the most tenuous bollocks on Twitter and some people think it's proof of something. 

While it's all well and good pointing to Mahrez, let's see how he follows up. Leicester will struggle this season, even if they keep Mahrez, so using him as an example isn't really the best. His dazzling form came from nowhere and the same can be said about Willian. 
But again, no-one's arguing Willian isn't world-class. Of course he's not and yes he's limited in what he can do on the ball in the final third, but to anyone who saw Willian pre-2014 will know that's what you get with him anyway . Average is also harsh, he's very good as @DYC. is making the point of and as such he's useful considering the lack of world-class right wingers in the game let alone available right now!

That last bit has a lot to do with football culture in Europe (or, N. Europe, or England specifically) from what I've seen.  Utterly ridiculous. I didn't avoid organized religion just to become a football fan and endure the same B.S.
I also have difficulty watching football these days, so I have plenty of other stuff to do in my spare time.  
 
And yes, we're all desperate to see a good Chelsea side again that can control matches with speed, physicality and skill despite the "parity" in the Premier League and the crazy spending across the football world. That 04/05 season seems a lifetime ago for me personally.

What ProXima wrote earlier. He says the relationship with chelsea is good and he thinks it can happen

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This is beyond stupid. He's at the very least at the same level as our other CBs, only considerably younger. Pay the penalty in the loan contract, bring him back, put him straight in the team. 
This is like when we refused to give Bertrand a chance when we had no one else at LB and and have been stuck since then with Azpi on the left and Iva on the right while Bertrand makes it into the EPL team of the year. Except this time Christensen has A LOT more potential and we'll probably end up with Mikel being moved permanently to CB! 

FCB barra néyek (translation in Tunisian language)

Chris Sutton -i know, showing my age

@Kerry Rainier merged with the actual John Terry thread. 

Don't tell me you are going to send them emails not starting with 'Dear' nor ending with 'Regards'?!  
You cruel, cruel man!

Good on him for committing. Actions speak louder, so let's hope he stay true to his word.

He played his heart out today. That's what matters the most, to me at least. Will always like him.

From throwing pizza at SAF to slapping Tottenham's balls. You really couldn't hate this man if you tried , he's a bit like Ashley Cole in that way. Came from Arsenal, but makes it difficult to dislike him for it  

Wow - why so angry and bitter at every player?
we knew the season was fucked very early on - this cannot be a surprise? 
And if anybody is due some slack it's this guy - who hasn't stopped all season 
the remaining games mean fuck all - major tournament coming up, why risk anything? I know footballers are portrayed as stupid - but this lad has brains. I would do exactly the same thing.
chill and prepare for next season