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Smh at Messi bemoaning how it was "unfair" that we knocked him out of the CL.. No class. Remember, it was John Terry who in 2009, entered the Barcelona dressing room to congratulate them on progressing to the final. Considering the circumstances of how we lost that game (Tom Henning Ovrebo) you have to appreciate how classy that was of JT, in the heat of the moment.

Lmao, notice the first line of my post, where I 'clearly' state it was from well informed dutch/ajax fan(s) I converse with. I suppose the other abilities of a defensive player who can't defend, will naturally be exaggerated. If he can cross a ball I suppose that would be somewhat of a 'step up' from Bosingwa, not that it would be enough to justify his fee, or make up for his lack of defensive capabilities.

I have it on good word from the Ajax/dutch fans I converse with, that this guy is Bosingwa part II.. Poor defensively, good going forward, an opinion that has been bandied around the forum before.

This should of happened years ago, thus.. not overly enthused, more relief than anything. Pity for him the game isn't played on paper.

If we want to compete next season, we will need 'strength in depth'. So enough of this ill-thought out protesting against transfers, due to Ramires/Marin/Ivanovic positional conflicts.

Can we go back to 20 posts per page?, 12 posts per page is a bit ridiculous. It makes the thread seem too exhausted on face value, when deciding whether or not to trawl through it.

I have a feeling we will 'do an Inter' in regards to the CL, and get knocked out early, no hunger, no chip on our shoulder anymore. If we finish 3rd/2nd with this new Chelsea squad, and pick up a club world cup in the process, that would suffice.

^ Sturridge syndrome. Lmao at the 4 names he mentioned not being Chelsea players next season.. I don't share his optimism though, the best he can hope for now is to get a spot on the bench and capitalise on the odd appearance.

Essentially the situation Gourlay and co want to avoid is that of Hazard praising and publicly backing RDM in his first interview. If we haven't appointed a manager by then, it will be interesting to see how the they 'dodge' the managerial uncertainty. Shake My Head

Smh at this thread.. And you wonder why Peace left.

The club won't officially announce Hazard's signing until we appoint a manager. It would be wise to avoid Eden backing/praising RDM in his inaugural interview for example, PR disaster.

Chelsea FC wins website award http://www.majoreven...mpID=&mscID=627 ^ And they are still using that 2009 'award winning' design..

The number 11 shirt was part of the deal.. It's all about marketing, Gourlay & Eden's agent wouldn't want him picking up a non 1-11 shirt.

I'm waiting for them to release a seperate DVD for the CL win.. Fixed it for you.

I merely stated the fact that due to the exodus, Marin was a necessary 'squad player', and was signed as such. Anything else is a bonus..

Torres will be a massive disaster as our 'main man' next season, he will be an Atletico Madrid player in 2013. With this in mind, as a winger with an eye for goal, Hulk is obligatory.

We are shipping out players, kalou, malouda etc. We needed the squad bulk. He'd go straight into the Liverpool first team, not a Chelsea side that wants to compete.

Looking forward to the England V Belgium friendly, still can't believe Hazard is coming to Chelsea. A real statement of intent from Roman, herald the new era FFS, not this again.. Marin was signed as a 'squad player'.

Exiting times, I thought he was a City player, I had given up hope. Incredible... Not even the great Raul has his famous number 7 shirt retired at Madrid, ffs. If we retired numbers that easily we wouldn't have any left.

Indeed. No evidence, no source...

1 Premier League title is the equivalent of a 1,000 scottish league titles.

Lmao, in what capacity.. a coach, an executive?

WTF.... You should re-post that now, you've already exposed him, so the damage is done. R.I.P Tommy10.

Obviously, I was replying 'directly' to this...