Not That Type of Paella- Stoke on Tour, Champions & Europa League 2011/12

think the word on mceachran was he was too lightweight to play toplev football even for swansea

loan still cost them a couple of million though

football players with unaccountably lengthy wikipedia articles

the romeu deal is weird

chelsea dont really have an incentive to develop him

and they're not even good at developing players they properly own

bertrand's the new rose

bertrand actually plays lb tho tbf

so does rose, tho he shouldn't obv

I do not understand the idea that CFC will not win again

surely they are European champs, they can now sign better players, etc etc - they will finish about THFC, LFC, maybe even AFC next year - let's say 2nd or 3rd in the league

chelsea haven't been limited in the quality of player they can sign, tho?

They've had limited first team/squad berths to put them into.

My bold(ish) prediction - CFC will at v best get 5 more points than they managed this season.

Depending on how sated Roman A. feels and how motivated the old guard who have now reached the promised land feel.

tbrr, the only teams that will get more points next year are citeh, villa and lfc.

epl recession

the question must be asked- how hungry can frank lampard really be at this stage?

For all we know they'll be lining up Modric and Hazard behind a front three of Cavani, Falcao and Holt, and nobody else will stand a chance.

lukaka + 30m imo

essentially agree with IK: they'll be stronger -- but City will still be very, very strong and maybe it will be a fight between the two.

Maybe Roman will think his work is done here and allow Chelsea to fade back into mid-table obscurity/liquidation.

Liked the look of Romeu on the few occasions I've seen him. Has Chelsea's RM fixation been discussed btw? Raul Meireles, Ramires, Oriol Romeu, Roberto Di Matteo, Romelu Lukaku.

Roman!

It's all kremlinology tbh. Whether they push on at any speed with the Battersea plan is the best indication of Abramovich's continued interest that I can think of.

I typed 'Roman' at first, couldn't bring myself to click submit.

the question must be asked- how hungry can frank lampard really be at this stage?

― pet tommy & the barkhaters (darraghmac), Monday, May 21, 2012 4:39 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/ts_magazine_big_picture/chelseaxi.jpg

any teams still playing with a midfield diamond?

and only for another £150m, bargain

The old lags, Mata, and an entirely new team; nice.

George Hamilton - "the big Finn Moisander, with a name like a Scandinavian detective, may have solved the case for Ajax tonight"

Oh my, huddlestones's 'defending' for the opening goal. Laughable.

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