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No doubt he'll become a truly great manager some day. I believe he must test his skills in Italy though. Certainly needs to work more on tactics and not just picking line-ups etc.

hmph.

Chalobah apparently good for Watford yet again today. Currently beating Nottingham Forest 0-2 away from home. They'll be right up there with the promotion favourites if they hold out for the win. Edit: Make that 3-0. 10 goals in 5 starts for Vydra!

With Hazard's ban it would be a good time to sign Willian.

This really should be renamed the "Chelsea Cup Thread" as we've pretty much dominated the competition in recent years.

Well I didn't expect that. Real Madrid sign Diego Lopez from Sevilla.

The FA are destroying the EPL in my opinion. Obviously we'll always have the best TV broadcasts and it helps that English is a universal language, but if they keep doing shit like this I don't think it'll be long before the Bundesliga is actually the most attractive league in the world for casual fans and players. Their set up over there is perfect. They're slowly gathering pace and really becoming a fantastic league.

I understand everything you say. We have a special bond.

Remember that time I repeatedly said we don't have enough depth in attacking midfield? Yeah. Look at the panic with just *one* of our trio suspended. Imagine one now got injured. Mata for example. Now let's imagine we're facing Manchester City or Manchester United with Moses still at AFCON. Marin - Oscar - Ramires. Ooooooo lovely trio that is, especially with Oscar out of form. Oh, and with Ramires on the right wing now to fill in for the absentees, who partners Lampard in midfield with Mikel at AFCON? Luiz? Yeah. Depth is an issue ALL OVER THE PITCH. Hopefully people start accepting it.

1 more game and he'll have already equalled the amount of La Liga games De Gea played for them. I'm not sure what Atletico fans think, but after a brief look at their history, it looks like Courtois could be the best goalkeeper they've ever had. We. must. get. him back.

Cech is a Chelsea legend. He's accomplished pretty much everything he can do with us. Now it's time for a new legend to be made. Simple. Sentiment doesn't win titles.

I miss him

Zaha is one of the most overhyped players I can remember in recent history. Doubt he'll get more than 25 games at Manchester United as a starter throughout his career.

Newcastle United AKA France United

We should somehow sign Joey Barton to add some steel to midfield.....

I now officially despise Swansea City.

Sorry, but I actually kind of like this whole 'bad boy' image this club is being portrayed as. Just want Mourinho back to complete the set. The country always needs a scapegoat. We've been the scapegoat for a decade. May as well embrace it. Don't like this whole approach of "OMGZ HE TOUCHED A BOY, AHHH :'( CRY. HE COULDA BEEN KILLED XOXO". How about no. These people are grown men. That guy on the pitch is a MAN. Not a boy, not a baby, a MAN. I'm cringing at the comments which make it sound like Hazard just killed a whole village.

He's barely a 'kid' lol. He's holding beer in his Twitter profile.

I think certain people are only saying that Hazard WAS in the wrong because they want halo's above their heads, no offence. He wasn't unprofessional. It's a football game. The ball was on the pitch. He kicked the ball. He's a footballer. It's his job. Jesus christ.

The ball-boy before the game. Deserves a life-time ban:

If he kicked him in the ribs, how did the ball pop out? Assault my ass. (oh that sounds kind of wrong over the internet.)

I would've kicked the guy intentionally personally (but I'm a dickhead and admit it). Hazard did nothing wrong IMO. The ball was in play (sort of. it SHOULD have been in play anyway), someone not part of the actual match was causing a delay in the match - which affects both fans and players - so the player tried getting the ball from the boy by kicking it from his grasp after failed attempts of getting the ball in a normal manner. This was intentional time wasting, instigating and play-acting vs. a guy kicking the ball from someone's grasp, with no clear intention of causing any harm. Do not blame Hazard at all. Does not deserve a ban.

Why the fuck haven't we bought any fucking players for the fucking double pivot for fuck sake. Fucking hell.

I wish our players could master the art of diving and win us a cheap penalty to settle things down.