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All respect I had for him is now gone. He was never the same after his injury anyway. Meh.

If we sign him I'm 100% going for a Gay4Isco print on the back of my next Chelsea top.

Why not start Ba, get a goal or two, and bring him off after half time or 55 or-so minutes then bring the blonde bitch on? Gives him enough rest to start the Arsenal game I think!

AWH YEAHHHH!!!!!!!!

Not trying to sound harsh - but take away his nationality and his similar appearance to Kaka for a moment. Let's pretend he's English and his name is Bob Stewart or something. What is he actually good at? What makes people think he's good enough to even be on our bench? This isn't a rhetorical question but a genuine one. From what I've seen, his passing is average, pace is slightly above average, shooting is quite bad, vision is great, dribbling is slightly above average, control and first touch are kinda crap apart from the odd wonder-movement, and that's all I can think of really. Is great vision really enough?

Luke Shaw says he's available for the game.

what

I want us to resign Scott Sinclair. I miss him. Under the correct guidance he'd probably be about as useful as Moses currently is. I mean, if we were to rest Hazard for a game, I for one would sure feel safe having Sinclair on the wing now that he's improved so much. Such a shame that Man City bought him. It'd also be good for HG.

Eliseu, Joaquin, Isco & Portillo will all be ahead of him I think.

He has reached an agreement with Valencia who have triggered his buy-out clause.

I want him here so much, this after last season almost breaking down because I didn't want him here so much. Arghhh. Hope we get him ahead of Tottenham.

But I want to call people hoes & bitches on here

What an odd move... this honestly surprises me more than when we signed Torres.. I understand Malaga are facing financial troubles so loans are a good idea, but Piazon!? He's made 1 league appearance in his career so far! When did Malaga get the chance to scout him!? I'm thinking he may be put into their "B" team or reserves or however they do stuff over there, unless of course that would've been specifically stated if it was the case. Malaga are probably the 3rd best team in La Liga (takeaway Falcao and there's no way Atletico are 3rd best), so this is just.. yeah. Hope it works out.

What could Zidane do that Lampard couldn't? Now what has Lampard done that Zidane couldn't? 1: Be the highest scoring central midfielder in history. 2: Have the 2nd highest assists in Premier League history; and the 2nd highest assists out of the top 5 leagues for a central midfielder. 3: Hasn't jumped around clubs. He's been very loyal. Lots of stuff. All Zidane had was playmaking skills and great technique IMO. Edit: I feel both Lampard and Iniesta are underrated. IMO, Iniesta >>> Zidane too.

So - Who else thinks he's going to tie or break Bobby Tambling's record this season? I for one do. And I cannot wait. Really can't. Lampard >>> Zidane (no I'm not joking.)

After RMC and the Eden Hazard stuff last season I definitely don't want to just dismiss this new rumour popping up. Going to take everything with a pinch of salt, but French media in general is usually far better than British, Italian etc. so we'll see.

I've been saying this to myself for the past week or so. Completely agree.

His reflexes make me think of Bonetti. He's like a giant cat!

People calling for Hazard to be 'benched' more - err, who do you want to play in his place exactly? Malouda?

I really don't want him at West Brom for another season. We want to develop this player - not mold him into another team's plans. We need him to try out a team with completely different tactics now. A team which puts all the emphasis on build up play and possession. There's no good working perfectly well at West Brom and then failing at Chelsea because the way the team plays is completely new. To be a truly great centre forward, you have to have versatility. We won't see that versatility unless he joins a new team. I've no idea which team would be good for him though for a year. I'd quite like to see him at Werder Bremen with De Bruyne staying there another season, but it's rare that we loan a player to another Premier League team and see him do so well, so it'd be a shame to take him out of this environment where we intend on eventually using him.

He's dropped a 'hint' regarding PSG - Falcao: "PSG have a very ambitious project and they've invested a huge amount of money to construct a competitive team. That will need time, but that could come very quickly. It's not impossible that I could be meeting you [French journalists] very soon."

Hazard's bum >> > Nicki Minaj's bum. That is all.

I'm 100% positive that most of these 'blips' from Mourinho are mind games. He's conceded the title to Barcelona already it would seem, so now he just needs to finish in the top 3 which is still quite easy for his team. His focus is all on the Champions League. He played mind-games with SaF for years, and this is no different. The whole goalkeeping scenario, dropping random players when they're in form etc. is all to confuse SaF so he can't 'expect' whatever Mourinho and Madrid throw at him in the UCL. In Madrid, winning the CL >>> Winning the league.

+1

We'll keep being low on possession (for a top team) until we sign an actual playmaker. Mata is not a playmaker, Oscar isn't a playmaker (both are attacking midfielders who are given playmaking roles - but definitely not natural playmakers), Hazard likes to be a playmaker but is better given an inside-forward or winger role - So: Benat, Benat, Benat, Benat, Benat please. Before Pirlo arrived at Juventus, they would rarely have above 50% possession. Now they have around 70% each game. We need that Pirlo type of player to take us to the next level (which is the level to stay in the top 4 with considerable ease; we then need to raise to one more level to compete for the title again IMO.)