Steve

Im a mix, Maltese, Italian and English.

Chelsea line up Sergio Aguero with £38m plus Deco bid for the Atletico Madrid star Chelsea are believed to be ready to offer £38million plus Deco for Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero. Latin flair: Atletico Madrid's Sergio Aguero The Blues will argue that the bid meets the Argentina star's buyout clause, which stands at about £51m plus taxes. Manchester United are also keen on the 21-year-old, but both clubs would insist on driving down his £200,000 a week pay demands. Chelsea have targeted Aguero as part of a three-pronged assault on the transfer market that includes interest in Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery and AC Milan midfielder Andrea Pirlo. Owner Roman Abramovich has promised a £100m budget after persuading captain John Terry to shun Manchester City because he still has big plans for the club. Aguero is considered one of the brightest prospects in world football and is a long-term target of both Real Madrid and Barcelona. Atletico have tied Diego Forlan to the club despite widespread interest in the former Manchester United, but will find holding on to his strike partner increasingly difficult. Former Barcelona playmaker Deco is likely to welcome a move back to Spain after struggling in his debut season and criticising the club. Inter Milan have shown interest but failed to meet the asking price. Chelsea would also be prepared to offer Claudio Pizarro to the Spaniards if they wanted top replace a striker with a striker, but the Peru international is more likely to be part of a deal to take Pirlo to Stamford Bridge. Landing Ribery will be difficult, with reports last week that Bayern had already rejected a £68m bid for a player they see as being on a par with Real Madrid's £80m Cristiano Ronaldo. But their chances of signing the France star have increased with Real Madrid general director Jorge Valdano insisting their summer spending had ended with the capture of Xabi Alonso from Liverpool for £30m. Daily Mail

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Im guessing its something the FA has decided to do. I dont really no why possibly to make it more intence towards the end but i got no idea.

Congratulations to all We finally made it to the 1000 mark hahaha. Also the last few weeks i have noticed alot of improvement which is great to see. Thanks to all the staff for the hard work and thanks jim for the great site KEEP THE BLUE FLAG FLYING HIGH!!!

Yes now when i said stupid i meant he didnt go on to change things when something was not working. Which i personally think is stupid!

I never once said you where not entitled to your opinion all i tried to say is show a little faith in the man and let him do his job. Sure it might not work out as we have seen with past managers but there is no point hating him before he is given that chance. It just sounds like you want him to fail more than you want him to be successful. Now i know that is not true because no supporter would ever want that, but be a little more open minded. He could be a major success and lets pray that comes true. When you say we did not play against full strength sides im guessing your talking about Inter and AC. Now lets look back on last years pre-season where we played some asian teams who where no where near our level or experience. We where beating these teams 4 or 5 nil and everyone was singing Scolaris praises. Saying we have a big season ahead of us and we are going to win the league. That quickly backfired and we turned to shit. What im trying to say is these Milan teams that we faced are still better than those asian teams we come up against and to get any sort of win is a Decent result. Sure we might of scored the lucky goal here and there but still, the team looked fresh and they looked alot fitter in comparison to what we did 12 months ago. The team we currently have is a great one. As it was proven towards the end of last season, all the lads really need is to be fit, some basic tactics and a manager that fills them with confidence and they seem to stick like glue and bond like the Chelsea that won back to back titles. The team have seemed to bonded with Carlo already and i think that is great to see, a few players have come out and sand praises for him which is always good to see. I say give the Diamond a go and see how it runs. While Mourinho was coaching Chelsea he did use this diamond formation on occassions and it was very successful. The only thing i dont like is that fact that it pretty much cancels out our wingers and plays alot more narrow. If it does not work something like the formation you have provided can always be a plan B. Ancelotti is not as stupid as Scolari and when he see's something is not working i garentee you he will change it.

WOOOOOO thats great news hahaha i get in england that day so hopfully ill be able to make it! How long do they normally go for?

Thankyou for the report Alex! I can see zhirkov starting against united. Maybe throwing out a little suprise.

I'm Sure i will! Thanks heaps! I will have to say that haha lets hope it works

Oh great i cant wait!!!!!!! Only a few weeks and my dream will come true :D :D

Oh wow i cant wait! do you no if you can get close enough to the players so i can get my top signed? or if there is anywhere i can get it signed?

Im seat 30 to 35.

Ok please tell us all you master plan if you where the coach of Chelsea! Also please stop being so negative and give the man a go!

Oh god that was the worst. Yeah i remember my bad. Dont think we will be seeing a repeat of that this season.

I dont think so. he went straight down the middle but how often does the keeper not dive. It was bad but not the worst ever.

oh really? has it always been like that?

BTW ill be sitting in the East lower south family area. Row F. Im sitting there because ill be with my family. Does anyone know if these are good seats. I got told there behind the coaches box?

Correct, the fa cup is still a big trophy but when they compare it to the league what would you prefer. But dont worry we will always beat them in the fist fight

Im not sure if it is just me. But on the old skin when topics where pinned there was like a margin between the other threads. I find it a bit more confusing locating new posts? Can that be spaced out might look a bit neater. Just a suggestion.

Happy Birthday hope you have a great day

I think it is great news Will hopefully give him a chance to get first team football. Also another plus is that it is only till January. So if he is playing good we can always get him back and give him a chance here.

lol hahahahaha, that is funny but i dont really want them to start the argument about "what have you won in the last 3 years", because ill start to get angry and want to knock the united fan out.

Just glad its over. I guess we will just have to wait to get paid. Is there a time period he has to pay in?

No the burnley game is currently not sold out bb.