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Cazorla plays on the left and Mata would play in the AM position with Walcott on the right I guess. Let's just pray this move does not happen but on deadline day the weirdest and unexpected transfers happen.

He does not have to make up for anything. Sorry but what sort of bullshit is that? "Lukaku is gonna have to start making up for that miss soon or his future is finished" complete rubbish. It is a fucking penalty ffs. You take the penalty and the keeper tries to guess where the player goes. It is not the worse thing in football history. He is 20 and has a big future ahead of him. Mata missed our penalty against Bayern last time we played. Would it be fair to state that he owes it to his teammates because he missed while the rest of them scored? Of course not. The main thing that fans should be doing is getting behind him. Lord have mercy! He missed a penalty so it means we should punish him? Of course it does not. How can you state his future is finished if he does not make up for that miss? Are you actually serious? Like my point about Mata, when we last played Bayern and Schweinsteiger missed that last penalty do you really think any ludicrous supporter would want him punished or to be kicked away from the team? NO. It happens and he will learn and come back stronger. You post is absurd, really!

Arsenal are at 3/1 to get him. Those prices are quite short. Hope he stays but I can only gain security after the window is closed. Although Arsenal have not signed anyone I can really see them making 1 or 2 big signings before the window closes. Do not sell at any cost please!

This. Some comments based on pre-season were stating that he is not going to fit in. Do not have anything against KDB but people judged out pre-season games to prove that KDB is going to be a much better fit than Schurlle because of this. He is a very good player, young and he has the physical and technical attributes to succeed here I am sure. The way judgments on players can switch on these forums sometimes are amazing.

He will not be sulking for 2 weeks ffs. He will be more eager than ever to put that in the past and he will be fired up to play and score goals.

Clarke asked Mourinho about taking Moses on loan and Lukaku. He said Moses was possible but Lukaku definitely not. He sees him as a big player for us this season. Just wait ahead, many games to be played. This was a source/quote provided by Bluesmaster somewhere.

I got banned from that forum for giving them a piece of my mind long time ago

Yeah you were just waiting to say something bad about him wasn't you

Really proud of the performance! Only gutting that we came so close. Otherwise we competed well with arguably the best team in the world right now. Hazard was excellent, so was Cole and Oscar was brilliant. Another praise for Cahill as well. Got some really harsh criticism from some members from him IMO but he has been solid in every game so far. Especially tonight he was a rock. Glad ITV picked up on his performance. He deserves his place in the team right now and anyone having a go at Lukaku, grow the fuck up will you please, fucking idiots. I am not going to state he should not have taken the penalty because he was all 20 years old etc as he has taken pens at WBA before and scored. It was not a good penalty but time will move on, he will become stronger and improve. Ridiculous if people are trying to give him stick and calling him names. Just went over to the Bayernzone forum and their members are a bunch of undignified cunts. Even with 10 men, we held on and performed excellently. Yeah all their fans can go on about how they got their revenge but I will always have the satisfaction of knowing we won the CL final on their own ground

Well played Torres. Good move now to unleash Lukaku!

http://www.chelseafc.com/prematch-briefing4/match/71654

It was City and United's turn to fall out of the group stages 2 seasons ago. Last season was us and City. This season it is Arsenal's

Arsenal got Dortmund and Napoli to deal with Ha hope they are served same fate like us last season.

Arsenal and Dortmund in same group! Should be good games.

The annoying thing is if Lukaku starts against Bayern and has a bad game some people will be all moaning, linking the game as to why we need a new striker. He needs a run. Not just one start and then people judge him because the way our tactics are likely to be against Bayern it will be hard for any striker we have or buy to get into the game, whether that be Rooney, Etoo or whoever. I would like to see him get a vote of confidence by Mourinho in which we can see him against the better teams and inferior teams to see what he is capable of because people stating he is not ready because of his age is a total different thing and something I don't agree with. Age is just a number and if you're old enough you are good enough. Standard!

I think Choulo means mid-table and lower by bench him in the big games. Not start him against teams like Spurs and Arsena;.

SkySports confirmed he will be wearing the no.22

Wearing the no.22 actually turns out to be

That is like saying Spurs have a bunch of midfielders (which they do) and are adding and that they should not miss Bale if he goes. Like Bale is for Tottenham, Mata is a key player for our team and the amount of time he was the difference for us last season was countless. He makes things happen and hopefully if he stays, we will see why he is such a key player once again. Yes, we got many attacking players but Mata has been one of the standout players for the last 2 seasons and in no way should we let him go.

Is this guy actually trying to ruin his career before it has even started? It makes no sense. There are several other teams he can surely join or if not stay at Porto until another suitable offer is made.

Don't forget Toulalan as well. Good DM and all round box to box midfielder.

Looks like Monaco have matched his release clause and looks like he will be on his way according to several reports.

Scored the first goal for MK Dons against Sunderland. Currently 2-0 up and it is at the Stadium of Light. Giant killing on the cards. Anyway good for Bamford to be on the scoresheet and possibly a great result for him and MK Dons Edit: Sunderland won the game

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11667/8891643/patrice-evra-accuses-chelsea-of-playing-for-a-draw-at-manchester-united Evra starting now. He always has something to say even though there is some truth to it

I appreciate he is a very good midfielder who hopefully turns out to be a great however I would of been really surprised if he found himself playing regularly for us in the first few weeks. He was one of Vitesse's best player along with Bony last season but the level of a team like Vitesse who are in the Eridivisie compared to Chelsea is a massive step up. So with him unlike Lukaku, I reckon he needs to be slowly brought in the first team which Jose is doing.