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coogar:
that penalty is dodgy. . . . .

phil dowd is a twunt!!!

Of course not. How many of those have we seen Ronaldo earn for Utd?

debosky:
Cos you like to chat poppycock  like Barca don't play with wingers and ish. There are enough numpties running amok on NL so any such emergent behaviour needs to be nipped in the bud!

Depends on the light in the room

Hehehehe. You don't yap poppycock eh?
Like Welbeck is better than Sturridge.
You want us to open up the story of muscles?. . . 
Just to name a few.

Id.iot like you. I talk about tactical flexibility and you are asking if I think I need a DM against Kitchen FC. Why am I recognizing it as flexibility if I am thinking we need one?

debosky:
Tactical flexibility by black arse. . .playing against Kitchen FC and you think you need a DM?

I think you have a penchant for quoting me and saying something.  
I swear I am not g.a.y!

Shame. Almost retiring Paulo Ferreira is still one of the best crossers of the ball.

coogar:
end of august ke? were you not 15 points good in your 1st five games last season and topping the league with a ridiculous number of goals.
by may, chelsea were 9 points below the weakest united team ever.
you can win all your first 10 games. . . .we don't care. . . .it is what happens in may that i care about.

And that's why I say, "the teams that have come to compete", not win it.

Meanwhile, it's interesting that we are playing without a DM. Tactical flexibility.

coogar:
nateevs, ibime. . . .

about to watch chelsea vs kitchee(hong kong champs)
avb has gone with 4-3-3. . . . .drogba-torres-malouda.

is this your blueprint next season?
it's looking ominous o
this young manager won't last 12 months.

Abeg go siddon. Those players played 30mins on Sunday.
The first 11 played for 60mins and the plan was to play the 2nd 11 for 60mins today and the 1st 11 for 30mins.

AVB's trying loads of things out. Na you sabi.
This is Chelsea man. Don't get too comfortable.
By end of August we will know which teams came to compete and the pretenders.

Any chance I could be invited? I nefa see enitin oooo.
Eldee send the code na!

So City can potentially start with a forward 3 of Silva, Tevez, Aguero next season. That's very scary.

BlueDiva:
Nateevs, who are those that have stood out for us?

So far those that stand out Ivanovic, Terry, Mikel, McEachran, Sturridge, Benayoun, Zhirkov and Anelka.
Lampard until today's game really has been struggling.

Many others will come through but we seriously need to beef up in midfield with better ball holding players.

4-0. Full time.

denzel2009:
Is Fernando Torres performing Nateevs?

Sorry but no. He is off now. Went off at 60mins.

Hilario out. 13 and a half mins of football.

4-0 Malouda.

Zhirkov misses a sitter. Malouda running at goal - one on one situation and a defender catches up with him from about 20 yards behind him. It felt like he was walking.

3 consecutive saves by Hilario. I'm impressed.

8 players subbed.

BlueDiva:
3 goals already?

Yeah

Ivanovic gets one of the best overlapping plays you'd ever see and gets a goal.
How good was that return pass from Josh? Top player. Made the goal for Bran.

Goalie gives Bos a goal.

Many of the players will get 60mins. Those who don't get 60mins in this game will do so in the next game.

Not giving up yet but this Torres thing may not work.

EOH.

Fitness is the main issue now as many of them die off after 30mins.
Decent performance all round in the first half.

Typical Frankie. Goal.

Josh's first game in central midfield in a shirt first team shirt and albeit against a weak side, we already see why this boy should not be playing in DM. Top talent this boy.

Also you cannot question the desire, hunger, commitment and the willingness to perform of Danny.

Pre-season Live. Cech's first game.

Team.

Cech.
Bos, Bran, JT, PvA
Josh, Mikel, Lamps
Nic, FT, DS.


First time we are lining up with Mikel, Josh and Lamps in midfield.

In the games I've seen so far, Yuri was played on the left of Central midfield. He's been very decent. I like his intelligence on and off the ball. I really believe he will not be sold. He seems to have picked up on his pace. IMO very useful player.
I am very sure AVB cannot warm up to the playing style of Mikel, Malouda and Drogba because they all very slow on the ball.


Benayoun has been the most creative player we've had in the team over the last two games. Whenever he's played, it's been on the right of central midfield. I very much believe he will be a big part of the season. He looks sharp, quick and intelligent on the ball. Possibly our best player so far in the pre-season.

mykali:
well, if AVB wants to continue with the players we already have, so be it. i just hope he don't end up getting the boot after the first season due to the fact that he couldn't 'strengthen' the squad. i like the idea that Drogba signed an extension though, his experience will surely be needed. i also do hope Torres finds his form this time around. i got this feeling that he's the reason why we never really put interest in signing any more strikers/forwards. I saw highlights of the game with the Malaysian XI. Torres missed a lot of opportunities there, but there is hope. and hope is not a bad thing.


@switch
let the season begin before you continue with your display of idiocy, will ya?

Torres won't fit totally and I mean totally into AVB's playing pattern because he requires players with high work rate unlike Carllotti's where there was slow build-up and less emphasis on retrieving the ball within a specified time.

Drogba though good at scoring is also luke warm at running after lost play. Anelka is somewhat tactically indisciplined and Kalou will hardly pass as a striker. AVB will therefore need to open up to the idea of signing a striker that can play in the manner he wants. A young hungry striker who is good enough to give the oldies a run for their money and also has the energy to put in the required work rate.

The alternative though is if AVB eventually decides to absolve the central striker of any serious defensive duties.



I am confident however that we will sign a decent midfielder very soon. One of Pastore and Modric.

debosky:
^^^ We probably heard the same flowing words about Carlotti; we all know how that ended. . . .

One would think this is from someone who knows about winning. Yes we heard this under Carllotti. However, when we did, we won the double.

BlueDiva:
Calling him a misfit is a little harsh.
My point is we shouldn"t be signing fringe players.
The club has tall ambitions and IMO the likes of Romeu wouldnt contribute anything extraordinary.

If we must buy, we should buy tested players.
Every other rookie should rise from our ranks.

I quite understand that all fans have individual opinions about who should and shouldn't be signed. We must however trust that the manager know what he is doing until at least when we can prove otherwise. Also the fact that a player has signed from a team where he isn't a first team player does not mean he cannot go on to be great.

You never know, Romeu may just go and become one of the best talents we ever signed. AVB wants to play in a particular way. I have an idea of how he wants to play, I have seen few clips of Romeu and I can understand exactly why he chose him.

Let's see how the season unfolds.

BlueDiva:
Drogba to remain at Chelsea. Thats always going to be good news.

Meanwhile, i"m not sure why we"re signing rookies when we are busy selling out ours.
The so called Romeu is a Barca misfit.

Why do you think he is a misfit?

Hehehehe. Switch of all people attempting to correct my grammar.

Didier in discussion with the club about extending his contract by a year.

Oya infite me sef. Dis season, na me get am.