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Tough love for RLC! Gonna come back raring to go!!

The way I see it- Cuadrado was a stop-gap after letting Schurrle leave. Really a no-lose situation. Rented him for a season and can find a long term replacement if it's not him. Won't be losing very much money on him, if at all. And he got his BPL title. Win-win.

Captained costa. Sold Coleman. Jumped into the top 50 after today!

I'm in, too.

Fair enough. I do still think we can cope missing him for the odd game or two. Our midfield and backs are better than last season too.

I don't understand. Why is it highly likely? He only missed one league match last year through suspension. And that was from yellow card accumulation. And he recovers from injury quickly.

I'd have to disagree. I'm loving watching the young players integrated with the first team.

Could almost include Hazard on that list now. Stepped up a lot this year.

Wtf

Martin Atkinson ref for this

I'd say the conflict of interest is more with atletico. Do they play him or honor the contract? Looking to get him back on loan. Also, where's the motivation to loan players to big clubs if a contract can just be ignored when the clubs face each other?

UEFA has been getting it wrong for years. Always in they're best interest, not protecting sanctity of the game. Ireland-France anyone? Huge conflict of interest here on a few levels. Doesn't make sense.

This "What Could've Been" thread is very appropriate for Valentine's Day haha

Agreed. Support in the States is picking up. Now that NBC broadcasts every BPL game, it's going to make huge strides. Metlife Stadium and Yankee Stadium were packed with Chelsea supporters for the pre-season and post-season tours last summer.

I agree, the January window definitely encourages panic buys. There's no way we would've gotten as much for Mata during the upcoming summer if he hadn't increased his role during the spring. United were desperate and wouldn't be able to do anything to save the season after this week. That said, I do like the window. Desperate teams get more desperate, and comfortable teams can be more frugal and tweak what they need for the run-in. I think we did a great bit of business addressing our needs the last couple of weeks. Plus, there is a bit of excitement following deadline day all day long.