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this result will make us come out blazing against city now

Ashley Cole had another season in him here. He basically retired when he left for rome.

any elite manager with trophys on the line would just carry on - tough shlt lol

I agree. Montero looks promising. If he continues to play like that then i'm sure a bigger club will try to sign him. Everytime he had the ball he was productive.

sorry to bump this thread when he isn't coming but i'd put this in the other footbal thread if I new how to. Just got to say that cambiasso even at leicester showed that despite his age he is an amazing player. If he was ten years younger I would have him over any midfielder in the premier league. Still remember when he was at inter and he totally dominated our midfield ( with jose's tactics aswell of course) amazing player. Wish him all the best.

So pleased hes sprinting again and he looks as if he has been in the weight room. I noticed his arms and upper body appear to be more muscular so fingers crossed he stays healthy. The new hair style has taken 5 years of him too lol

hazard is the jewel but for me its fabregas who makes us tick. When he is not at his best it really shows in our overall team performance. He was not at his best today and probably hasn't been for a while. Oscar for the first time in his chelsea career is actually starting to look like a man now. I'm actually surprised none of our managers have ever loaned him off to some grim 1st division club to toughen him up abit. Maybe too big of an investment I suppose but it would of done him good im sure.

3 points would of been nice but the draw was fair. I'm not too worried about todays performance, there will be a reaction next week im sure. Shame courtoise will be suspended but again we possibly have the best back up goalkeeper in the league, begovic is as good as anybody. From the 80th minute onwards we looked like the title winning side of last season, our quality was beginning to show. It's also nice to see costa start sprinting again too. Oscar dare I say it after a proper preseason looks very promising, he was our best midfielder today possibly our best player. Roll on man city

dont panic people its only city away next week

montero is a quality player. doubt he will be there long

The Cristiano Ronaldo of opening-day performances - great potential, plenty of promise and decent end product, but still room for improvement. You scored 8 out of 10

I woudn't swap him for anyone. Every team needs a menace although I reckon that he is probably a real nice guy if you meet him. Other than a prime didier I don't think we've ever had a better striker in the premier league.

We will not be 4th or 5th come january so don't worry about that. I did originally say that our squad is fine as it is and we do not need big changes and I still stand by that but from what I have seen in the last few weeks I will say that we need to make a signing only to freshen it up abit, who that maybe I don't know. Pedro would of been ideal. I am starting to worry about our strikers though. All three of them tend to have injury problems.

Not bothered about the result or preseason games, what matters this time a year is what goes on behind closed doors and in the gym not what goes on in stadiums half filled with tourists. Its irrelevant.

falcao looked ok when he had the ball, few good touches a burst of speed as soon as he got involved and a nice penalty which would of done him good.

forgot cavani was even on the pitch hes been that quiet.

well whatever happens in the shootout I think we've played ok and we are looking better than what we did against red bulls

We've been ok second half. We are improving but it would be nice to get the win.

ivanovic has left his regaine back in london.

Was pedro even a chelsea target though? If jose wanted him he would have had him im sure. Especially as fabregas is here.

I do enjoy football but it has to be said that there is nothing more cringey than seeing modern footballers squaring off to each other. Its like watching billy elliot with football boots on.

Yeah but when was the last time an english club ever won pl,cl and cups too? man utd 16 years ago. very, very rare once in a life time stuff. Yes barca, real and bayern have done it but they have the luxury of having much weeker domestic leagues. Our team and squad are still not the finished artical. We have the players but winning on the european stage takes a long time to get right. We would of learnt alot from the psg games and next year we will be better for it.

i think di maria will come good next year but for 65million euro why take a chance? knowing the mood woodwards in at the moment he'll probably put a bid in for bale with that

We can only give him a try I suppose. I have a lot more confidence in Jose signing him than I have if it was avb or scolari signing him, then I would be spitting feathers. If he bangs in anything over 10 goals next year then it’s a good deal. Jose's ego will be well stroked. Good luck Falcao

Yeah but jose never loses to wenger