Deadline Day!

[Special Juan 27,529]

Fellaini arriving to complete the medical.

It's Tina Turner at Carrington

[Cosmin 2,484]

LESS THAN TWO HOURS LEFT.

I would be more than happy if things stay as they are for Chelsea.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Now I read Lukaku is only 20 year old, so what ?

This kid has monumental potential & should be given a chance to play for Chelsea as Jose promised.

There were many players at his age, performed miracles too. So why not him ?

What fucking Everton is going to offer him ?

MORE FUCKING PLAYTIME.

Why can you not understand that?

Eto is here now, we have Torres, and if we are unable to get rid of Ba in a good way, we will be stuck with 4 strikers. That would be fucking dumb and it would mean Lukaku would sit on the bench too much.

1+1 = 2. Do you understand now?

[Rmpr 8,977]

NO SE VENDE OZIL! NO SE VENDE OZIL!

[Sheva. 5,373]

Why do we need 3m for Ba? really what difference does 1.5m make? my god

[Jusek 2,031]

That pic is a fake. That was De Gea when he arrived for his medical a couple of years ago, originally, but someone photoshopped it.

[Leif 6,006]

Someone give Zidane a cookie

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Why do we need 3m for Ba? really what difference does 1.5m make? my god

he is not going to Arsenal anymore, that deal is off

[didierforever 7,349]

I'm guessing he's disappointed with the club for not finding him a loan

under 21s then.

[Barbara 15,149]

Fellaini arriving to complete the medical.

is that how Chelsea hijacked the deal for Willian?

[Rmpr 8,977]

No, it really isn't. Third strikers basically never play in a 1 striker systems and teams that play with 1 striker, don't carry three people who are really only suited for the #9 (or rather, they often do, but the third is either a 19 YO or somebody they don't care about). Arsenal had one striker last season (and used midfielder/wingers like Walcott, Gervinho, and Podolski there Spurs had 2. We had 2. That's the normal number for 1 striker systems. The reason we needed a 3rd striker last season was because our top option sucked, we played a record number of games, Sturridge wasn't trusted as a striker and then was sold, and Ba was European cup tied. We didn't need a third striker, we needed a #1 striker. Mourinho clearly trusts Schurrle to play as a striker, so if he has to start 5-10 games, we'd be fine. The third option at any position is almost never going to play

Dude, I am not in the mood for tactical discussions, but we do need 3 strikers!

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Yes but what I don't get is why Torres is staying while Lukaku, who had a brilliant season last year and was one of our best players in pre-season, is being shipped out? Poor man management from whoever is in charge if that happens.

Lukaku missed a penalty against Bayern, big fucking deal. Torres has been shit for three years, why does he get to stay ahead of RL?

I don't think anyone cares about the penalty. We can't get rid of Torres though so he stays. Also, we don't need to develop him so the only purpose of going on loan would be to get his wages off the books. I'd actually rather loan out Lukaku and see him develop his game more than see him get 6 starts with us. It looks like it will be Eto'o, Torres, and Ba and Lukaku will get more playing time elsewhere.

[sdrcfc 461]

Begovic posted a picture of him watching that link you boys posted earlier for sky sports.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Dude, I am not in the mood for tactical discussions, but we do need 3 strikers!

We don't if we have Schurrle but it doesn't matter because we will almost certainly keep Ba and have 3 strikers and Schurrle.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

We have Eto'o here for 1 year for a reason. Most important thing for Lukaku is his development and progression as a player.

People look at MoTD see his goals and think he's Drogba/George Weah MK2 when in reality he's still incredibly raw. His first touch is frustratingly inconsistent, he needs to learn how to play with his back to goal and his link up play still needs work

A loan where they play the ball on the ground and the strikers are required to get involved in the build up play will do wonders for his game and he'll return as a much better player next season. Last season WBA were a counter attacking team that just hoofed the ball to him and prayed, primitive tactics that hardly helped his all round game.

Just hope we have an option of recalling him in January in case he does even better than expected and Torres/Ba and Sammy flop.

Mourinho wouldn't send him out on loan if he didn't think Eto'o could still do the business. I hope so anyway can't be too sure with him anymore after the Willian/Schurrle signings and the Mata ostracism.

[Barbara 15,149]

It seems Zidane is trying to convince the board not to sell Ozil. Can you imagine if the deal is vetoed and Arsenal don't get him?

I'll laugh for days!!!!!!!!

[Rmpr 8,977]

Someone give Zidane a cookie

I would give him more than a cookie if he can keep Real from selling Ozil!

[Stingray 9,441]

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