ZanSnake

really random More money is great though And logo doesn't look too bad http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Yokohama_%28Unternehmen%29_logo.svg/1024px-Yokohama_%28Unternehmen%29_logo.svg.png

Any Transfer fee or are we letting him for free? TBH i don't blame Milan wanting no transfer fee with his form Good luck back in Spain Nando

Hopefully the friendship means Bamford gets as many or more games and gets a proper chance to succeed at Middlesborough.

Yes!

the instinctive that Costa has is to score goals, and threat will apparent with CL games. Wait and see!

Sorry to spoil the party but it was a either or debate here

or Fifa 15 at that

The attacking prowess, and the strength of which, is the greatest we have over the 2004/5 quad - though i wouldn't bemoan a younger Drogba or Cole

TBH, the over-all of his game play will never loose with age, just the minutes/games etc. that he can do. A legend that will never stop giving for the team

Agree with this point. Imo, if we do include the 'foreign' players into account against the potential or eventual English players (two of which i thought would have been Jones and Shaw), I have always envisioned that we would be the club to select a natural English leader as we did with Terry, excusing the 'other' factors that led astray, maybe Chalobah/Baker, etc. but whoever needs to have been at the first squad role AT LEAST two years. Maybe an 'other' can take the role before an English leader can. Hopefully you know what i meant rather then sounding as a giant dick.

They can bemoan whatever player they want at Chelsea, but still it's a fact we are undefeated this season (so far) and look the best of the bunch to end the season with silver-ware. JT comes into his own with corner attacks and his amazing ethic to 'never loose' attiude, pace may not be on his side but his tacical awareness and effort are STILL there to show. A true legend that i hope will continue to coach the young defenders when he does eventually retire. (Might be this summer, or next - depending of the success imo).

Would yet another top manager that has been developed by Chelsea, if only we could develop players in the same manner into our squad

Surely a kettle would do

I don't know anything about FFP, but surely the fact that we have broken even, plus possible future deals (such as Luiz, if i read right) and sponships deals that may occur on dependance of our current form (Premier League title, etc.) means we are set for a significant rise in profit in the coming-seasons based on the fact we have a smaller stadium in comparison of clubs in the same 'level' as us who haven't been able to reach that level and are struggling to gain a significant enough rise with the players they have on their wage bill.

We have so many options in central midfield atm in terms of prospect. Just hope him or another English talent in the same position can establish themselves - no matter what role that is.

What has been seen, can not be unseen

I agree with LDN Blue, different circumstances with different generations. But i would have to also agree with LDN that Clough would be my choice, though it is somewhat underhanded how Taylor's role has never matched the highlights of Clough's personality. To me he embodied the old English football cliche of the 'under-dog' spirit and instilled it to bring success to clubs that didn't look could reach those heights and hasn't come close too since he left them. Still find it saddening to the way the ending of the Clough/Taylor relationship came about, together they seemed the best management partnership.

why couldn't we have kept him instead of trading him off for Luiz

COSTA load of money but will COSTA lot of teams some vital points with his goals! Did you see what did there?

In the future, that friendship would be awesome if he comes as good as he potentially could be!!

I think if Jose get's it right we COULD be undeafted in the PL - we have done the away days at both City and United, won at home against Arsenal - we have the squad strength that we missed last year, clear strikers in Costa, Remy and Drogba that could make a difference (Didier did it against United eventually), a 'good' defence, a brilliant prospect as well as a brilliant-now goalkeeper, a star in Hazard with accomplices like Willian, The midfeild kind of speaks for itself. To me, it is down to how Jose approaches the games that matters, all-attacking, counter, etc. that makes the points count.

I dunno why but i envision Oscar being the dark horse who will score goals that REALLY matter come towards our aims. He just has that skill-set, and with the play he is playing atm, it all seems to connect towards that way. Not a man who impresses with assist and goals but rather works for the team when it truly matters.

another ref robs Chelsea against Man Ure

OMFG!!!!

Fuck.