Squad make up 2012/13

[SeB 1,281]

Seb his hold up play is probably his best skill at the moment. He has terrific pace as well but he is better with his back to goal, I think he would be a very good player for a team like Fulham if they could use his pace and hold up play !

Yes, to hold the ball but on ground. Converting aerial long balls into proper pass backs like Zamora (or others....) does requires a better use of his weight, body balance in order to protect the ball. I don't see thay in Lukaku's play at the moment even if on ground he's interesting, his controls are good, he makes the pass back the cleanest way possible.

I think it's a difficult one to imagine him on loan in a PL club because he's not reliable on long balls and direct play, he's good on ground and can finish. But for me it requires a specific animation and his playing time really would rely on the goals he scores

[OneMoSalah 8,778]

In fact i would rather have Blackman as our second choice keeper... I don't have faith in ross turnbull, and whilst hilario has always been good to us i would much rather see Blackman just given as shot as Cechs understudy...

I'd rather we bought someone who is decent enough and like 25, 26 for our second choice keeper. Maybe like ermmmmmmmmm in fact I don't know but anyone except Ross Turnbull could be second choice

[Strike 7,217]

Is Blackman really good enough be 3rd choice for us right now thought? Plus hes better playing reserve football or being loaned out than playing once every blue moon for the first team.

better than Hilario and turnbull although its hard to be worse than those 2

[Hutcho 8,443]

I'd rather we bought someone who is decent enough and like 25, 26 for our second choice keeper. Maybe like ermmmmmmmmm in fact I don't know but anyone except Ross Turnbull could be second choice

They are second choice, we never change keeper except for injury and suspension.. I would rather have a quality really young keeper as our number 2. Yes he is not the finished article, but we are not asking him to play 15 games a season... And if something did happen to cech, then he could step up. We would still have our 3rd choice keeper if things don't go well. Turnbull is 27 and isn't very good... Our best number 2 in recent times was cudicini...

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Don't see any way Kakuta gets playing time. If he refuses to go on loan, some mid-table team will buy him which is fine. Our midfield will be ridiculously over-crowded once Oscar comes. We need to be getting rid of two of Malouda, Essien, and Benayoun and sending all of our younger players out on loan.

[Styles 9,790]

Things are going to get messy soon. We're going to have too many players on good contracts that we can't move on.

[DavidEU 2,023]

As harsh as it would be, Paulo would probably not be registered to play if we sign a new right back. Similarly to Wayne Bridge at City last year, he'd have to make do with League Cup and FA Cup matches. Malouda, Hilario and Essien would be next in line for that situation I'd imagine.

[EskWeston 696]

I think it pretty obvious that there will be some more players moving on this summer. We are putting together a very decent squad though i think,

[Strike 7,217]

As harsh as it would be, Paulo would probably not be registered to play if we sign a new right back. Similarly to Wayne Bridge at City last year, he'd have to make do with League Cup and FA Cup matches. Malouda, Hilario and Essien would be next in line for that situation I'd imagine.

sales will be made. di Matteo said -"We are assessing the situation and I will speak to the player later this week" on Malouda and I think that's the professional way of giving Malouda the GTFO