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Player prices fluctuate throughout the season and they can change every gameweek... If in your example the player went up a million, they take a percentage or the extra, so you would probably get 7.7 million for him... If however he drops in price you get the price he is currently at and the dream team people don't take a cut of it, so it doesn't have to stay at 100 million. Prices won't change that much week to week though, you can make a fair bit of profit if you get someone quite cheap and they suddenly do well... For example last season Scott Sinclair's value rose a lot. Stats are a good place to start... Also sort players by minutes played, assists etc.... Familirise yourself with what scores points and what doesn't... Classic example is someone like YAYA TOURE, he is a great player however doesn't score as many points as some players who are worse than him because they play a bit further up the pitch. They release a scouting report every week about who is doing well etc... My advice on that is keep up to track on who starts and who doesn't and go from there... .

Yeah i think i'll wait for the season to start then the prices will drop for them, and then buy the away kit for like 30 quid...

Had my home kit for a month or two now... Love the home kit lke most people... Debating about whether to buy the away kit, with Oscar or hazard on it... Got my normal lampard 8 on the home shirt like i have had for many years...

Cech Ivan Cahill Terry Cole Lampard Mikel Hazard Mata Marin Torres Wouldn't mind resting Mata, but as its our last game before the season starts properly i would like to see hazard and mata get some minutes together as they will be playing next to each other for a lot of games this season.

Surely the fact he is only 20 is another reason to get more excited about him... As in he can play for loads more years and is still improving... If the alternative in that 3 is going to be Raul Merieles or Ramires, then we are entitled to get excited about the prospect of Oscar... He doesn't have to have an amazing first season, but the kid has a lot of talent, and i have no doubt our team is better with him in it that not... Adding to the fact he could have went to twattenham, makes this a great thing for Chelsea...

The teams in the olympics may not be extremely great however many of them have pressed high up the pitch, causing him to have less time to pass.... Also his ball control has been great that he has often worked his own way out of situations where there isn't much on.. I honestly am not a fan of football in the olympics, but i think you are underistimating some of the teams... As i said originally he can only play against the teams they put out, and also he is only 20... Which means he should get better, and at the moment is head and shoulders above some of the other under 23 year old players that are there.

Bring it on...

Don't see why not... We haven't really given him a chance there, yet he seemed to drift over there when he was playing LW against brighton... Also he doesn't have to hug the touchline, and if he has Oscar and Mata next to him he should have more freedom, to play further up and take people on etc... Another key thing is that he is not strictly right footed as he is very talented with his left meaning he can go outside for crosses and cut inside as well...

I agree that some teams do not have a lot of quality, however league one standard is a bit harsh, and he can only play against what they have, and what he has done has impressed.. Several other players haven't looked that good in the olympics, yet oscar has... So i do agree that it will not be as easy and i doubt in his first game, he will be running the show like he seems to do for brazil, however a lot of his skill that impresses me is his individual ball skills, such as range of pasisng and conrol on the ball, which doesn't really change dependant on the opposition he is up against...

I think its because Mata can play on the Left wing and central, and it would appear that hazard is much better at CAM than at Left wing...Also i don't think you should look at it as being a players position as its whatever works best for the team. So if Mata at LW and Hazard at CAM is better than Mata at Cam and Hazard at LW, then it doesn't matter which individual is better in one position, though tbh it doesn't really matter that much as there should be a lot of movement in that front 3... Also with the arrival of Oscar, they both could end up on the wing.

I think we will get a better judgment when all our players are back, and we are playing in Full season games... It is hard to mark predictions off of pre season. Though my expectations, would be comfortably top 4, close to united in second... Anything better than that and i will be extremely happy. Fa cup final, Carling cup semi (or whatever its called now), Champions league semi vs madrid, and probably lose the community shield in extra time... But we will know more after City and first few games of the season, and how we play when it matters...

No words? I don't see what you are arguing against, i didn't say that we would be amazing defensively and the 4-2-3-1 would suddenly be supreme however i said that the 4-2-3-1 would be improved through the addition of oscar and mata, which you haven't argued against... .. I also said that we woul be better in attack and and as a result better in defence... Also why have you highlighted "greater posession", are you saying that the addittion of mata and oscar won't result in greater control of the ball? And i like your line up though i doubt RDM will play it...

If hulk comes picking the team will be , but it would be a good problem to have... If Hulk comes then i suppose it would have to be: Mata Hazard Hulk Mikel Oscar But i don't know.... it would be a completely different team, and is one of the reasons why i am not too bothered about hulk coming...

Literally i can't wait to see these 3 in a line, i am not saying we are gonna go from losing to brighton to world beaters but it should eliminate some (NOT ALL) of the problems we are having, and that should have a knock on effect... I.E. Greater players on the ball = more possesion = less posession for them = less need for our double pivot to play too advanced = less vulnerable on the counter = more chances for us = more goals for us.. Obviously this is way too generalised and simplistic and all "in theory", but the addition of oscar and Mata can only improve this squad... And Oscar gets free reign in the CAM position which he doesn't have in any other position, as he doesn't have the pace of someone like hazard to play on the wing, which imo would be a waste of his talents... Also him being too deep, will just cause what lampard did as he may venture forward and leave us vulenerable on the counter... Also i don't think he needs to be used in a defensive manor, but him playing at cam will help our defence as he can drob deep at times and drift across the pitch as we have all seen him do for brazil.

Which he should get, when our 3 behind the striker gets together and gets used to each other, mata only just got back and Oscar hasn't even seen stamford bridge yet...

Oscar should be a great thing for hazard as well as it would give him a bit more license to have a go and run at defenders, with oscar there to back him up and try and control the play, as in pre season, we were giving it early to hazard who then had less options ahead of him...

If we were actually parking the bus he would probably play: Cech Ivan Cahill Terry Cole Mikel Lampard Ramires Hazard Mata Torres Not what i would do if i was parking the bus but that is what i would imagine RDM would do...

I don't see how it would produce the same outcome...? You will argue that lampard isn't defensive enough and will venture forward which will cause gaps, however i think that firstly that 3 will produce much more chances than a 3 with Raul meireles and Ramires, which should well mean more goals, than we have and definately more creativity... It will also mean greater possession of the ball, which means less of them with the ball.... Also lampard will have less need to venture forward as we will have players capable of creating things, especially with mata back, who is great at setting people up... For me the outcome will not be the same with those 3...

Totally agree.... My biggest concern, is that he will play Mata Hazard Ramires... Which would really worry me... But i am fully behind RDM, and hope he will play: Mata Oscar Hazard...

Another semi-assist for oscar...

Got to play at CAM for us i think, can play all over and probably would do well in the double pivot or wherever but i would love to see him at CAM, where he can dish the ball up through to torres, or out wide for mata or hazard and really dictate the play; also he has the freedom to move around a bit more, in the double pivot with mikel, he has big defendive duties and will not be given free reign to drop back then run forward etc as he would at CAM, i am not expecting him to be the greatest player ever in the first season, but i seriously expect him to be a starter and the man to try and run the show, like Super frank used to do so brilliantly.. May take him a season or two to really get into the swing of things, but doesn't mean he shouldn't be given a starter spot, and when combined with the abilites of mata, then our creativity (which some have criticised) should go up...

I am saying that if we have someone who is better in that position then it should help out the team more than Ramires being there... I personally cannot see us reverting back to a 4-3-3 which is why i said what i did, i also think that lampard will play in the double pivot with mikel... What i think and RDM does are two completely different things obviously, and i was simply saying it wasn't mad to think that ramires who was one of our best players last season could be left out, as i think its fair to say a 4-2-3-1 doesn't suit him... I agree he is very useful if we want to play defensively, though i am arguing that it is something we should not do... Drogba was amazing defensively, as he was dominant in the air, however the biggest help was that he was our out ball and had the stength to hold it up... We do not have that anymore, and torres, while sometimes tracks back, will not be able to perform that role anywhere nearly as efficiently....

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I don't think anyone wants an all out attack as that would just be stupid, however i see no benefit of going into the game with a must win strategy lke the barca or bayern game... This should be used as a way of seeing how the players perform and the last game before the season starts. As you say the performance is important and imo it is much more important than the result.

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