we got enuff youth in attacking department already, is either sign the best to replace the existing eleven or buy none and develop the youth.

SUAREZ ? HELL NO !! no matter how good is he as a player, he is not worth the trouble, he will only put the club and the team in shame. All his previous antic on the field show he is unprofessional and selfish, putting his personal glory/satisfaction/ego above the team. He said the reason he wanted to move is because of the english press, but if he move to another english club, then u know what kind of bullshit is he talking about.

For UCL is 8 homegrown with 4 are club grown, we only have TERRY for our senior level club grown, to my surprise BERTRAND is just homegrown not club grown due to many loan move, LUKAKU can be our club grown because we sign him very young but if he leave for loan again then maybe not.

We are still ok at the moment as 22 senior will do just fine and we can fill the 3 spot with youth, but considering TERRY, LAMPARD and COLE age, we will soon have to buy someone or hope that those player on loan like JOSH will be able to break thru.

we going to see a lot of ESSIEN rather than MIKEL, because he is one of JM favourite utility man, he is getting a lot game time even during on loan at RM as right back.

This post has been edited by chitchat: Jul 11 2013, 04:03 PM

Ya i know ESSIEN age is there, but my perspective is not just he is JM fav and being utility player is a bonus for any team. Injury is a "IF" question, ROBBEN are known by us as injury prone but he is ECL champion now, same can be say as RvP. Even is a 433 with anchorman, i dont see the current MIKEL gonna start solely because of his low work rate. JM players have always been hardworking especially in the midfield. Even the past JM 433, the DM deploy is a ball winner type, which MIKEL is totally not the same mould to MAKELELE or ESSIEN.

The DM order i see at the moment is RAM > ESSIEN > MIKEL > ROMEU. But i believe workrate can be easily improve, a high work rate MIKEL will be first in my order because defensive he is solid and his height help in set pieces. Some complain he is not creative, but is just fantasy football to be able to field all attacking player, the team need balance, a 4231 with a trident amigos + striker + CM + 2 support full back that is more than enough firepower already.

There is 2 starter player i have doubt that whether they will fit with JM plan, MIKEL (low workrate) and TORRES (not the all rounder striker type) but i believe TORRES definitely will get his chance at the start of the season, but as a poacher, if he dont score enough goal he will be give way to target man like BA or LUKAKU that contribute to more team play even they are not scoring.

This post has been edited by chitchat: Jul 11 2013, 06:15 PM

11m can consider a bargain for player at his peak, a lot of club want to prise him away all without success, part of the reason is player himself dont want to leave ROMA i seriously doubt this news

This post has been edited by chitchat: Jul 11 2013, 08:40 PM

The only thing i like about ROONEY is his workrate, i think JM feel the same too. But seeing we already got so many ppl fighting for spot, i not really fancy a big money diva/spoil brat coming, unless the price is at a reasonable 25m region.

I am already very happy with the player we have, all are very hungry to prove themself, because it seem no one is guarantee a starter, even CECH have a very experience BPL keeper challenging him, only maybe A.COLE looking a bit more comfortable with BERTRAND.

ya the bus is powerful anything go in sure kena clear out, unless is a real pin point pass. RAMIRES still a bit sloppy

+1

As a CF, a counter attack team with ROONEY but against a parking the bus team coz he is the type of player that like to have the ball, so he will come out to get the ball often then in the box no focal point. But he is definitely JM sayur, all rounded hardworking forward. I hope our style next season will be like RM lightning fast counter type, hate those tiki taka that will pass u to boredom.

This post has been edited by chitchat: Jul 18 2013, 05:39 PM

For me even ROONEY + CASH for MATA also no deal , consider the player we have now, we dont really need a ROONEY, but MATA have been really important to us, he somehow have taken the DROGBA mantel, he bail us out so many times last season, to me he is the only player in the squad when u need for a goal, u will look up to him to deliver.

@ichi @sino kiki lala

lol PSG president sound a bit childish, firstly BARCA will beg MESSI to go if they meet his 200-250m release clause, secondly, even so, is still up to MESSI to sign or not.

HIGUIAN ? highly unlikely, his relation with JM at RM was so so only, and JM play BENZEMA over him most of the time. Just another rumour made up i guess.

Of all the striker we are link, i actually think FALCAO is the best option, he is the striker that will stay inside the box and good at it, we do not need another striker that can play wide, we have plenty cover for that already. HIGUAIN was ok but like i mention above, unlikely it will happen.

The problem i see last season is that, against a parking bus team, when TORRES or BA was ineffective inside the box or drift wide, nobody go in and fill the box, we need more player doing smart run inside the box. MAZACAR definitely not the type that is comfortable go in the box, they prefer staying outside and getting the ball. A ROONEY playing the trident role (not striker) will help i guess, he got the striker instinct to do smart run to attack the box. I think SCHURRLE might has it too since he can play as striker.

Seeing all the available striker have been taken, i am pretty happy with TORRES, BA and LUKAKU. I say let start the season with the squad we have, give everybody a chance to prove themselves, then maybe by january, JM will know who is in his plan and who is not.

nice early goal, hope our national team give CHELSEA a game, rather than like thai parking the bus.

Nice run and finish by LUKAKU and love the football we are playing, direct fast football. No kiki lala or constant back pass side pass that give time opponent crowd the box. With a bit more teamwork and understanding we going to get lightning fast counter football later

This post has been edited by chitchat: Jul 21 2013, 10:41 PM

WOW while checking on cfc website found this



Then did a google search on the CHELSEA ladies saw this dated photo below



Happily scanning each of the ladies starting from bottom but then .............................. what is he doing there ?

This post has been edited by chitchat: Jul 22 2013, 11:09 AM

Ya i can see most probably the 1min break is by JM request, as we totally play 2 different set of player at each half, so the 1min break allow JM to convey msg to the set of team at each of the half and ask them to improve on the aspect he want to see.

This post has been edited by chitchat: Jul 22 2013, 12:09 PM

The problem i see with MOSES is that, his direct style of taking on the defender and cutting in the box is good, but the end product is not there, after all the hardwork he have done on the defender, he final pass always end up with nothing. A bit like RAMIRES i guess, like a bull charging pass everything but unable to find the teammate properly at the end but maybe RAMIRES was slightly better i guess, he bull charging often ended up in goal chance or shot on goal but if is a required pass to teammate at end of run, most probably u will see him lose the ball.

not yet i guess, we still need to see how TORRES perform in our coming frenly, but to me LUKAKU have climb above BA in starting order and definitely good enuff to start as CHELSEA main striker.

Is a 8 europe team frenly, make like tournament, KO format, at USA. We will be playing INTER. Should be able to test how good was our team, since we are playing equally strong europe team with roughly same fitness level.