Reddish-Blue

I could never accept Darren Bent playing for Chelsea. He's a former Spurs striker. Let's invest in a youngster with plenty of ability...someone like Aubameyang in the summer. @SeB, your the french league expert on this forum, what's your opinion on Aubameyang, could he play for a club like Chelsea?

http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2012/11/inter-agree-deal-for-villarreal-forward/ Not sure if this rumour is true..but Inter are doing well in the transfer market under Stramaccioni.

I think Lukaku had a reality check in those games against u-21 players. He was basically a talented young striker, starting to establish himself in Belgium at club and international level..and then he joins Chelsea..and within a few weeks, he gets dumped into the reserves. I'm glad he's learning and making mistakes as a West Brom player. For Bamford, a Championship or even League one loan spell if he's guaranteed first team football.

I don't get all the hype surrounding Bamford. He seems like an average striker, will probably end up playing Championship level football in 2-3 years. The striker we should of kept was Borini, that kid just looked a class above the reserves and he seemed to be a pretty handy finisher.

Jovetic, hell yea. Suarez...he won't leave Liverpool yet.. Bony would be a good option in January..my only question: Is Bony clinical enough for a top club like Chelsea?

You can't compare Torres to Mikel. Torres has been pathetic since joining Chelsea, we need a replacement asap..hence no one would ask where the fuck is Torres. As for Mikel, realistically speaking, I don't see him leaving Chelsea anytime soon.

Hope Sturridge gets a chance in the second half.

Where's Mikel?

I don't think Atletico would let him leave in January. I wouldn't mind Chelsea signing this guy in January (for the right price): http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1225531/vitesse-striker-wilfried-bony-keen-on-chelsea-move?cc=3436

It's not ALWAYS in Japan. The CWC was held in the United Arab Emirates for 2009 and 2010 editions....and according to FIFA's website, Morocco will be hosting the 2013 & 2014 editions.

You never know about Swansea, if they play to their strengths, they could get a point against United. As for the rest of the teams (excluding City), if United DON't win those games, it'll be an added bonus, going into January!

Well..eventually either Oscar or De Bruyne will have to play in the pivot (assuming we keep the 4-2-3-1 formation and we don't sign a new CM/DM).

You mean city home and away by the end of the season.

We should make a bid on Strootman. He seems like the perfect midfielder for Chelsea. He can play CM/DLP or even DM when required.

I've never seen him play LB for Schalke in recent times. He's a good defender but I don't see Schalke letting him go for a reasonable price.

Exactly. Torres has good link up play, passing ability..etc but when it comes to making runs in the box and his positioning, he stuffs up so many times. I don't get why Torres doesn't make early runs, he'll either receive the ball, cause a save from the GK/score a goal or he'll be called offside. At least he'll get the opposition's defence thinking about his presence on the pitch..

Where's Mikel? Fellaini is only doing well for Everton because he's playing as a second striker/attacking midfielder.

Clarke's always been known as a defensive specialist in terms of coaching and from what i've heard, he's got a very high footballing IQ. He was part of the reason why we were able to grind out 1-0 results under Mourinho, then he went to Liverpool, helped them defensively and now he finally gets the chance to manage his own club. Hopefully we beat WBA. It'll be a tricky game.

I dont get how Sterling is overrated, he's only 17.

Nothing wrong with him moving to West Ham. Will be good to see him back in the premier league.

That's the issue though. He had a falling out with Mancini as a youngster at Inter, then he had several problems with Mourinho at Inter..and now he's having problems with Mancini again at City. I'm not sure if RDM will be able to control someone as confrontational as Balotelli.

I'm glad Balotelli won't be leaving City. He's a ticking time bomb. If only City were willing to sell Dzeko, he'd be a good option for us.

Well obviously we all want a striker to score 20 goals a season...I was only talking about conversion rate based on the examples given! Also, if your missing 1000 sitters, you shouldn't be called a striker

I'd take option 2, cause the player's conversion rate is 5% compared to option 1 which is only 2%..

I thought we did well against Liverpool, particularly when you consider we had a fairly inexperienced RB and LB. We could of beaten them, had we taken those 50-50 chances. I'm just really worried about John Terry's absence. His leadership is vital to our defensive structure.