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So - Who takes our free kicks from now on? Hulk, Mata, Hazard and Lampard are all capable. Hulk will be the best at long range shots and free kicks clearly. His accuracy from distance is unmatched. I haven't seen many close-rangers scored by him though. Mata has amazing vision and finesse, but often lacks power behind his shot. Hazard is the same as Mata really, but he has not quite as good vision, but more power behind the shot. Lampard is Lampard. Hit or miss when it comes to FK's.

As long as he flexes those huge arms of his when he scores, groans, and does a loud scream which echoes across the stadium, I'm happy. Judging from his tweets saying "thank you to Chelsea fans" etc, it does seem like he actually WANTS a move here. Hope he's not a bit slow though and realises AVB is no longer here.

I'm probably alone on this, but while everyone is getting excited over Hazard and Hulk (and rightly so), I'm just sitting in anticipation, counting the days down until we get those Audi seats installed in the dugout etc. (I wish we'd also get one of those outdoor roof things above an actual bench like Real Madrid have, instead of our players just sitting in the crowd basically/sorta/not really/you get what I mean.)

Hulk is going to be extremely marketable. Hope the club have a good media team to take advantage of his look, size, build and name.

It's only just hit me right now - We're about to sign possibly THE most sought after young player in the world right now (aside from Neymar, who I personally don't like), and Hulk, who COULD be hit or miss, but if he is a hit, will be a HUGE hit... and yet the transfer window isn't even officially open yet. Love you Roman. x

Malouda just scored one of the better goals of his career for France.

Anyone get any idea when the new away kit will be revealed? I hate the look of the black/yellow one circulating the web at the moment. Wish we'd go back to a simple white away kit like this -

Great. The other England fans don't appreciate him, and therefore, don't deserve to have him in their team.

Alvaro can F off. I want Bertrand to become our starting left back within the next 3 or so seasons and then stay that way until he one day is replaced by another young fine Englishman.

Romeu starts for Spain U21's in an hour or 2.

From what I've seen and heard of Lukaku, he's a bully outside of football, and is extremely disrespectful. He removed the status (i think) after an intense back lash, but after our game vs. Bayern, he joked about some people who had died in Munich a few decades ago or something (I know such a serious topic shouldn't be spoken about so vaguely, but I can't remember exactly what he said). I haven't been on it for a while, but here's his personal Facebook - http://www.facebook....melu.lukaku.186 The big smile of his just hides what he truly is I fear. He likes playing the victim. Liverpool should have bought him.

I agree.

I'm not trying to be extremely rude, but are you... well, you know...

How much did Downing, Carroll and Henderson cost again?

Don't be silly. Why loan them to Premier League sides? Vitesse in the Eredivisie is the TRUE way to measure a player's skill and help him grow to his unlimited potential!!! Just look at Ulises Davila and van Aanholt!

He has the worst work rate of any player I've ever seen play for this club. When out on loan at Swansea, he didn't run once.

TORRES!?!

Yes. There is more insight when they speak, more facts throughout the game etc. Not just "Sandro is on the ball..." ... "Sandro passes to Hulk...".

2 things I've noticed - 1: Hulk's chest is HUGE. 2: American commentators >>> Our own British commentators. Also, their media team, and whoever does all the fancy stuff on screen are much better too also. Their presentation of the line-ups etc. are great.

I'm sorry for sounding blunt, like a moody prick, and not giving an explanation, but he simply hasn't impressed me at all.

Lambert has walked out on Norwich City for not being allowed to talk to Aston Villa over their managerial vacancy. What an absolute dickhead. Gets his team promoted, plays good football all season and upsets some odds along the way, then goes and disrupts the team by upsetting Grant Holt and now wants to leave his team who finished mannnyyy places above Aston Villa, for Villa.

Don't mind whether we get Hulk or not, but it looks like we are, so I guess I'll be staying up for this game! Already so tired though Hope he gets a hat-trick to make this worthwhile.

Just found out he rejected Tottenham and then joined us! Already a bit of a legend now!

In my opinion (which is often not wanted ), we'd be much better off not spending £30mil+ on Hulk, and instead, invest in an Xabi Alonso type player. He holds his position in a defensive midfield role, can intercept well, and dictate play and hoof up precise, long-balls, splitting defences with ease. De Bruyne, Kakuta, Ramires, Sturridge, Hazard, any of them can play on the right or left wing - no need for another un-natural winger playing on the wing IMO.