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Considering current form Ramires has more chance of being a successful marathon runner than a successful Football player.

Oh my dear Aina.

Lads I'm seriously fearing for relegation.

Ramires is such a limited player, it isn't even funny anymore.

Fuck off this is just annoying as hell what the actual fuck Oscar

Omg Costa... Could have had a hatrick this game.

Well guess what, I fucking jinxed it. Terry with a shocker of a pack pass and they equalize and celebrate as they've won the league.

Bad communication between Zouma and Begovic. Probably Begovic's fault for not calling. Terry with magnificent goal line clearance.

Begovic, Terry, Aina, Ramires, Matic, Hazard, Loftus-Cheek and Diego Costa have all been brought on. #CFCTour

Cesc is looking sharp. Definitely the best player so far. Traore looks promising and has a deadly shot but needs to improve his vision. Moses has flair and all, but that's just about it really. Oscar is meh.

Courtois trying to dribble like Eden again?

Loic channeling his inner Torres.

YES REMY!

Ivanovic is vice-captain this season by the looks of it.

Lol I wish. But I'm on vacation right now on the other side of the world.

I was talking about how shite the pre-season is a couple of pages ago and now here I am at 4:30 AM waiting for the game to start. I hope we see some really entertaining stuff, not Moses channeling his inner Maradona and trying to dribble past the entire team.

He said can't afford to not to.

Pre-season games are shite. Highlights will do it.

I for one think he is better than Salah and Moses. He will definitely be the one to watch this season.

People who want Zouma out on loan are probably crazy or drunk. Imagine yourself as Kurt Happy Zouma. You've just played your first season in 'the most competitive league in the world', and had absolute world class performances against the likes of Sergio Aguero, Marouane Fellaini, Raheem Sterling and pretty much been magnificent against the top teams. For me personally, if I got loaned out to a team like Palace after a season like that, I would lose motivation. I think Zouma knows he proved he is better than Cahill in the games he got last season. For him to go from a team where he will learn from the best, John Terry, and a team where he will probably be competing with John Stones (someone like him) for a starting place in the team, most likely get games in the champions league against very good sides to a side where he doesn't belong and are competing for a top 10 finish only, he would be very very sad. I'm sorry but even Valencia doesn't cut it for me. One could easily argue Zouma is ahead of Stones in his career progression. I don't think Stones put stand-out performances like Zouma did against City or Liverpool. Of course I'm not disrespecting Stones by any means as we all know he is a very good player, but I just think loaning out Zouma would be a ridiculous idea. If anything, Zouma should have benched Cahill last season. I don't see any area of the defending game where Cahill was superior to Zouma or a particular period of the season when he was too good to drop. Why not keep JT in the starting XI, demote Cahill to 4th centre-back and let Stones and Zouma fight for the starting place? We could use some rotation between the two as well, something Jose has unfortunately never really been fond of in terms of his back four.

It's a shame we've lost him. The bigger shame is that he never got a proper run in the team. How can you expect a defender to adapt so quickly to a new league when you don't give him consistent chances? That being aside, he was great whenever he played. His link-up play with Hazard and the fluidity he gave to our game would have been priceless against UCL oppositions. Filipe Luis would look like an absolute world class player if he played in a pressing system at the back. I think he would also be world class if we keep playing like this at the back only if he got a proper chance. Managers would get slaughtered if they benched the best left-back in the world in the previous season. I cannot understand how a player like Ivanovic kept him out of the team. Despite being probably the best manager in the world, Mourinho has his favorites I guess...

I love you supporter. Literally the perfect person to idolize, passionate about what you are talking about and always optimistic, respectful, and insightful. Keep it up mate.

Wtf - Dutch flag on the sleeves? Wesley Sneijder to Chelsea confirmed.

Pretty much guaranteed he is staying according to Mourinho. He said he has five wingers and also mentioned it's better for Salah to leave. So it becomes: Hazard, Willian, Cuadrado, Moses, and Traore. Personally I'm happy with this. If Moses leaves and Pedro comes in it would be even better.

Best signing so far in this transfer window.