gary gordon

But what did they do in that year? Ivanovic didn't play a single game the year he was bought and 10/11 when we signed Luiz we finished equal 2nd with Man city and 9 points behind united without a single piece of silverware.

You think so? Reading had us pinned and exposed our weak defense as a result of our attack. We need to have that balance between both. Wigan were absolutely shithouse! There best player was deciding what number he will be wearing for us in a weeks time. Newcastle forgot that they needed to score and to be honest had there worst game in two seasons.

But have we really improved? Or was the game vs Athletico a massive wake up call? I mean sure we beat 2 championship sides and Newcastle, but are we really ready to play sides that can actually attack?

I'll give you that. But we wouldn't have used him if it wasn't for JTs mind explosion.. Very decent player though.

Prices are too inflated in the January transfer window. Besides, when has buying a player in January ever helped anybody?

You think so? I've pretty much summed it up how i see it. And trust me, I'm one of the least negative on this board.

1 Petr Cech Was let down by his defenders. He is a goalkeeper, not a magician.. 2 Branislav Ivanovic Safe as a centre back only.. He should never play on the right again. 3 Ashley Cole Our best defender no doubt 4 David Luiz Needs to be put in the holding role. He cannot be the last line of defense. Way too risky. 6 Oriol Romeu Stuck behind Mikel and Meireles 7 Ramires Practically useless in the position he is playing 8 Frank Lampard Let's face it, As much as we love him, his style doesn't suit what the club are trying to build 9 Fernando Torres Maybe getting to his best, but is definitely no Didier Drogba.. 10 Juan Mata Won't be long till he gets burn-out 11 Oscar Got tons of talent but is still very young 12 Mikel Don't get me started.. 13 Victor Moses Pretty exciting prospect. Has talent but lets see how he goes in a top 4 club 15 Florent Malouda Should have been sold 16 Raul Meireles Useful squad player 17 Eden Hazard Best signing since Frank Lampard. 19 Paulo Ferreira Useless 21 Marko Marin When he is fit could be usefull. 22 Ross TurnbullUseless 23 Daniel SturridgeWhen he learns to play for the team and not himself he can be useful. Until then, useless... 24 Gary Cahill Will probably captain the side one day. 26 John Terry Needs to take his defense to an all new level. Our different playing style means he will be on the run most of the time. 28 Cesar Azpilicueta Hopefully the player we have been missing. 34 Ryan Bertrand Good but needs a few years. 40 Henrique Hilario Useless We are facing a very risky season that could see us slide down the table if we get hit with injuries. We need to blood a few youngsters and hope to god there is a gem among them. We are in really deep shit with Torres and Sturridge being the only strikers we have.. We should have at least kept kalou or Lukaku if we weren't going to sign somebody else..

I love Robbie and wouldn't be happier for him to be the most successful coach in the clubs history, but lets face it, his contract is probably riddled with performance based clauses.

Next game formation Cesar--------Cahill---Terry-----Cole ---------------Meireles------------------ -----------------Oscar----------------- Sturridge-------Mata---------Hazard -----------------Torres--------------------

I thought Sinclair learned his lesson at Chelsea.. Very silly move for the young lad..

Looking at that pic...... we could use a few more players...

IF City get knocked out of the group stages again i will laugh my ass off!

Ahahahahahahahahah!!! Cesar to his manager: "I want to join that really good blue team from London" Manager: "I can get you a blue and white team"? Cesar: "Good enough"...

Too true, Still can't believe they bagged him.. WTF was he thinking.??

Hoping he puts Cesar on the back of his shirt..

Don't care who we get tbh, just looking forward to hearing "and here come the champions of europe" every time we walk out :blue scalf:

Lucky! He was starting to miss his BF Kalou..

It's actually Az -Pe-La Cwe-Ta

Hope we get to play Man City some time in the competition. Would love to knock those cunts out..

About time we can close this thread! I reckon he will be a worse signing then Kaka.

LOL.. Yeah mate. Just thought i'd put in in caps as we have never played Saturday morning.

For Aussie's this is on ESPN at 4:30 am SATURDAY MORNING, Thats right SATURDAY MORNING...

Top of the league.. 9 points ahead of scum and 8 points ahead of the yids.. Good times!

Anybody else just see makalele sitting behind Chris foy??