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I fear for him regardless how well he does on loan. I can't see how he can play in the same side as Oscar, this is so sad as he'll become a great player at another club.

I can truly say that for the first time since 05-06 we have a team that can hurt the opposition on the counter attack or through a possession based game. The problem we had for a while was barring 09-10 teams could keep a good shape and we would struggle to break through but now we have the players to unlock the door. We won't win the league because we don't have enough upfront but we'll easily get a CL place. If we want to win the league then we'll have to sign a centre forward to compete with Torres and a right back to compete with Ivo !

47 Premier League games 7 goals and the fact that he's our only striker. What if he does the same as last season and ducks the shooting opportunities, we'll be out the title race before November and we'll panic in January and sign a striker. The club has not signed a striker so they can appease him in my opinion. We all know that it's hard to be a striker at Chelsea when Drogba is around but I just think we can't neglect our needs just because Torres might not like fierce competition. I looked on the bench today and all I seen as our striker option was Danny and he's half a winger lol.

I was at the game today and I thought it was a fantastic result. I always worry about away games because they're all potential banana skins, Hazard was superb and we all witnessed it in the away stand lol he's a brilliant little player. The whole Torres situation is worrying because he has no competition so if he does not find the net in 20 games he's probably not going to be benched because other then Danny he's our only real full blooded striker. We seriously need to sign a striker and we all know it, lets not try and cut corners here. We have so many creative players but we need a striker to bury the chances created.

We can't have a team full of technical players, we need runners in the side too !

did anyone see what Lukaku did to good old Jamie ?

I don't hate John Terry or Lampard but I really want them to get benched this season. The last generation ended last season when the completed their domestic and continental goals, they have rubber stamped their legendary status now its for new fresh idea's !

I'm not being horrible here but why do English people love over rating their players ? John Terry is a washed up has been and he's been on the decline for years now, we should of taken the money from city when we had the chance. Gary Cahill will hopefully bench him this season !

I still can't believe that we're going into the season with only Danny and Fernando as our striker options. What is pissing me off is I know for a fact that we're going to buy a striker in January so its a little worrying. Oscar should muscle Lampard out and I really hope Terry is muscled out of the team too !

He's too one dimensional to play for Chelsea, we don't like strikers like that.

I really hope that he has edged Lampard out the team by December ! I think Ramires will be playing as one of the 3 ahead of the double pivot this season. So He'll get plenty of chances this season and Mata will finally get a rest because we can shift Hazard into the playmaker role and bring Marin on the left flank !

That's because Long is probably going to leave in the next few days according to their fans.

I don't even think Torres will be the main man because we'll probably sign another striker because Lukaku has just gone. We can't just have 2 strikers in the squad this season it just can't happen !

Hopefully he'll become a one dimensional striker.

HEY HEY HEY lets not do the whole '' you don't win anything with kids'' again.

5 goals in 107 games is absolutely shocking ! I remember when he first broke through there was a lot of hype from West Ham supporters.

Because we have Oscar who is the exact same player as him. This pre-season is worrying because usually a poor pre-season is followed by a poor start to the season.

To be honest Essien is finished and he knows that he probably will not play much until he retires so staying at Chelsea would be his best option. The club is the one to blame because they gave him a new contract in 2010 when he was already finished with injuries so the club are getting what they deserved ! If business's or institutions make stupid decisions they should never expect the employees to bail them out ! Footballers have very short career spans and they need to take full advantage to maintain their lifestyles and if it means sitting out the last few years of your career after severe knee injury then so be it.

He's a much better player then headless chickens like ''Momo Sissoko'' and ''Scott Parker'' in my opinion. If Mikel constantly ran at opponents at 100 miles per hour people would call him the best thing since slice bread. He's sooo much better technically then Scott Parker its scary and a better holding player overall ! Oh Scott Parker might be better at crashing into opponents giving silly freekicks away ! This response is aimed at Kojo who claimed Scott Parker is better then Mikel in the Kakuta thread !

@Semia Roberto Carlos was actually very poor defensively but world class going forward. He's nowhere near the greatest left-back you have witnessed..... THERE IS A BETTER ONE PLAYING FOR THE TEAM YOU SUPPORT !

You don't think Mikel has improved much are you crazy lol he's come leaps and bounds as a footballer. He's always had the ball keeping skills but he's improved 10 fold defensively. He gives us stability in midfield and I'm over the moon when I see him in the side because I know he ALWAYS provides an option for a pass !

If the idiot had stayed in France instead of moving to Chelsea at 16 then he would of been a much better player today in my opinion with over 50 games under his belt. I seriously believe that a potential world star like a 21 year old Drogba can be completely ruined by making a move to a side like Chelsea at such a tender age. When was the last foreign player or even national (English) at 16 that moved to a big club at such a young age ever make it ? The clever players stay at their clubs like Juan Mata until they have fully developed knowing the fact that they have a real chance to break into the first team ! The big moves come at 22-25 like Ramires/ Mata and Essien. If we had signed a 16 year old Essien I know for a fact he would not have made it into the first team.

Yes but then could you have said that if we had a 21 year old Drogba ? Players blossom at different ages and he might explode in a few seasons !

I have always said that Malouda has fantastic technique. I would keep him but as our last resort because I believe we have better younger hungrier players in the squad. At the end of the day we need squad players who are willing to do a shift when needed so players like Raul and Flo Mo are useful in that regard !

This would of been a good signing if it was 2001-2002. Seb we tried signing these types of good players for small clubs and its consistently back fired on us, I remember how happy people were when we signed Sidwell and Wright Phillps ! These players are usually big fish in small ponds and we really don't need them.