Hutcho

You telling me you don't want this...

Its cloudy. Though tbh, i hate hot weather and much prefer it like this...

Sounds good to me...

Any Manchester united defender. I.e. Johnny evans or phil Jones. Except ferdinand, we should buy him so he can clean JT's Boots.

Ofc he knows that. It was the way in which he was automatically disregarded and wasn't even a feature in the big games.RDM knows what Lampard can offer and i am sure Lamps will trust his judgement. Obvioulsy Lampard will want to play every game and i would find it weird if he didn't. He knows he wont be able to though, he will still have a huge role to play this season, be it from starting or making an impact of the bench.

We will have to play Rush Left back, the less well known version of Rush goalie.

I love the idea of our team having a big physical presence, though realistically, we need arial threats, which we have, ivanovic and terry are very useful from set pieces, and torres although he is no drogba in power wise still is 6ft and can be useful target upfront. Also with the fact that the refs seem to whistle if you breath on someone would make nimble players even more useful, when we play teams like stoke which will try and intimidate our great attack physically. I am very much for Hulk coming but just saying it isn't just because of his physical strength. He has a great record as well. Yes its in a weaker league though as i have said before he can only play against what is put in front of him, and a chance in the big leagues could rrally make him into an amazing player.

Same here i can't wait, and i would assume he would with mata not being there. Interesting to see when the proper season starts whether mata plays left or central and then hazard will play in the other spot... Though tbh i expect to them switching around through the games and be quite free flowing.

And FIFA is a must purchase every year since 2006, no matter who we have... In fact i just preordered Fifa yesterday...

not overly bothered about this potential signing tbh, rather invest the money in signing Oscar... Even rather have victor moses as a squad player rather than willian.

The daily mail is known for its highly informative, trustworthy news stories.... But i still like to know that someone thinks it may be happenning even if it does sell papers. Hopefully for once they are right... Though a few days ago they said it was a done deal, trying not to get my hopes up.... I think it could well be one of those that will swing back and fourth all summer unfortunately.

Yeah and his one at the euros was the same way if not as much in the corner... The placement ones either look great if the keeper goes the wrong way or look really bad if the keeper guesses it right.

Yeah i am looking forward to get an extra chance to see potential players we might sign and brazils U23 squad + a few others is pretty amazing.

IMO yes definately, and i would assume that danny and bertrand will start... though you can never be certain... Danny Sturridge direct competition is marvin soddell, s it really isn't close. And out of the defenders again it isn't close. Micah at right back and i assume tomkins and dawson will play cb's so bertrand and danny will definately start unless the UK have no interest in even trying to get close to possibly drawing a game.

Its ok i was just joking. On an olympics note i am quite glad that the majority are not going as although i love to see them play, it doesn't really matter that much and i would hate for them to get injured...

bonjour...

We have a weather thread... Edit: Its cloudy...

What did truly make me laugh and wonder was in 2010 a bid was rejected by santos of 12 million from none other than west ham... How funny would it have been to see west ham and then neymar upfront... classic... how things could have been different...

Neymar is an amazing player, though his price tag would represent that and they know we payed 50 mil for torres, so if you use that as a measuring stick i hate to think of what the asking price will be. Wheras Oscar is nowhere near as well known, and has the chance to become as huge a star, for a hell of a lot cheaper price tag... Also if he does become the star i think he has the potential to become then, we would have added to value to a player, which would have re-sale value if we were ever inclined to do so. Obvioulsy Neymar would be less of a risk, though as everyone says about every new player... "he is unproven in the premier league"... Both are quality but i think the value attributed to oscar is great and the fact he can play a number of positions for us would also help. Though if santos want to give us neymar for 30 mil, then ignore everything i just said

All that matters to me is that we have the trophy and all the videos and images of the team and RDM with it... Yes he played an early role in members of the team getting there, but whatever... We don't need to say anything we have a double winning season under RDM. Tottenham vs chelsea will be tasty...

Same me to. Just want to get some football back, then get closer to the start of the season... My prediction for the game is Hazard to score his first goal for chelsea and a 4-0 win.... start out optimistic...

I think 3 years is good, any more is getting a bit stupid, as we have no idea what he will be like. Or as other people have said give him 2 years, then have a clause where he can get another year if he can do x,y,z. then if he is good we keep him and if he isn't then someone else can have him... Also lots of these teams are buying the "older" players... Not particularly because they are still amazing (drogba the exception), but because it generates a lot of interest in there club as well as rising ticket sales, shirt sales etc, just because they are a famous name that has been known in the sport for ages. So if say we have him til 34, i reckon we could still sell him for a few million, and het some of the 8 mil investment back...

Got my membership for the year... cant wait... lets do it already...

Oh ok fair enough my bad...

where does this thread go from here......