Reddish-Blue

Could of kept Meireles as squad player?

Ronaldo 1 - Zlatan 0

Will be good to see Lukaku back at Chelsea at the start of next season.

If Pogba is available at the right price, we should sign him. However...I doubt Juve would let go of a massive asset on the cheap

Poor first half from both Portugal and Sweden.

Let's see how Bosnia perform against real opposition before considering them as dark horses for the World cup.

Actually from what I heard, AvB was willing to go back to Portugal to keep his mind in the game. He is an eager learner, wants to do his best and loves the game of football. AvB was going to get a job sooner rather than later..considering the recent trend towards younger managers.

Completely agree..if Robbie was an aspiring, enthuasiastic manager, he would have taken a job at a mid-table club by now. Sure, he'd be dealing with stress and a tight wage/transfer budget...but if you truly love the game of football, you wouldn't sit around and wait for the perfect job offer.

I'm surprised Di Matteo is still not the manager of another club.

Feel bad for KDB, he seems to have all the tools required to become a classy midfielder. Unfortunately, his chances at Chelsea will be limited for the forseeable future (unless one of our AM's gets injured). I don't want KDB to be sold..but out of our current AM's, he's the most likely to go.

Luke Shaw is better and has more potential than van aanholt. He's 18 & holding down a regular place in the EPL. Van Aanholt would be a solid wingback for alot of PL clubs...he's eager to get forward, has pace, endurance...but he looks a bit susceptible in terms of defending his direct opponent.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/middlesbrough/10448167/Chelsea-manager-Jose-Mourinho-helped-me-decide-on-Middlesbrough-says-Aitor-Karanka.html Jose Mourinho's Madrid assistant Karanka becomes Middlesboro manager. Expecting to see 1-2 Chelsea youngsters going on loan to Boro sooner or later..

That was the same Benfica game Luiz talked about in an interview after signing for Chelsea. He said he wanted to play CB in that game but due to injuries/suspensions, the coach put him at LB..and the opposition's winger had a field day.

As the premier league states: Home-grown players are defined as those who "irrespective of nationality or age, have been affiliated to the FA or Welsh FA for a period of three seasons or 36 months prior to 21st birthday" If things go well in 2-3 years, we could have Feruz, Chalobah, Ake, maybe McEachran, even Todd Kane as homegrown players in the first team squad.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24929877 Meulensteen joins Fulham as Jol's assistant. Under-rated coach in my opinion

I'd rather see Chalobah given a chance after his Nott. Forest loan spell..cause United won't sell Jones to us. Maybe I'm just overrating Chalobah's potential but he seems to have a level of maturity and calmness that other youngsters don't possess.. In terms of English players, I'd take Luke Shaw right now.

To be honest, I don't think the spending figure matters.. Our major problem has yet to be solved. We still have no link between our CB's and the attacking midfielders. You can't win games if the opposition park the bus and your CM/DM is not creative enough to find a gap and exploit it...

Some of the posters on TC hate Mikel a bit too much...(not gonna mention names) Lampard has been a wonderful player for Chelsea..but unless your blind or don't understand football, he's clearly NOT suited for a deep midfield role. If Jose wants to stick with Lampard, regardless of his poor performances, maybe we should switch to a 3-man midfield?

I'd rather see a naturally left-sided player at the LB spot. I know Bertrand will never be a 9/10 player...but he's a dependable, solid LB who likes to get forward and help out the LW/LAM.

Yeh but to be fair, if the attacking midfielders keep changing, how do you expect them to perform consistently? Jose needs to pick his best three AM's and stick with them. Personally, I'd go with Schurrle - Oscar - Hazard/Willian

totally agree against the weaker sides, wouldn't mind seeing De Bruyne - Ramires.

If Mata was to leave, Reus would be a brilliant addition. LW: Schurrle, Hazard CAM: Oscar, Willian RW: Reus, one of Moses/Atsu to be backup.

He's a traditional defensive midfielder, future Portuguese international. He can shield the CB's, play a simple pass and join in the attack when needed.

In the past, there used to be players like Eto'o, Essien, Drogba, Kanoute.. What a poor list of African nominees. Voted for Toure, the only top-class player out of the 5

Well..Cole is coming to the end of his career...its only natural that older players are on the bench in certain games. The media are more interested in De Bruyne, Mata, Hazard's passport...