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It's funny because all the players you mentioned bar the strikers are already Chelsea players. Most were signed by these sporting directors according to the very model they set (young players with bags of potential). Yet, despite that, you can bet that most of the players you named won't be in the squad next season, and we'll spend all summer running around signing players with the exact same profile to replace the ones we'll ship out.

Sanchez MOTM. Credit where it's due

"Buying people to make you tea" has been outlawed a very long time ago!

Seeing that we're on track to miss CL revenues yet again, we might be forced to sell for way less than 100 mil to balance the books. There's also no sign that our outrageous spending is stopping anytime soon, so we will just need to take whatever offer we can get.

I feel the same way. For me, it's due to the sheer number of players we sign. I remember being excited about Carney and Washington a couple of years ago. Now I don't even bother reading the names of the youngsters we sign, let alone looking them up since they'll most likely never really play for us.

I know that you are the most optimistic person here, and fair play to you, I won't knock someone for being optimistic. But if three years into the project we aren't ready to even be in the CL, as you say, surely something must be off and the project needs to be reviewed, don't you think?

If we miss out on CL football we may be desperate to balance the books again, and probably won't demand such a high fee. If we also sense that he's going to keep struggling under Maresca, might be tempted to shift him now before people completely forget how good he was. He remains one of our few sellable players that can command a decent fee.

Sadly, Gusto does.

I think we'll win this one. Then we'll be flooded by briefs on Twitter about how everyone at the club is laser focused on the last 5 games, and how the feeling is that this is a turning point in the season; then we'll lose to Everton 1 nil.

I too would expect him to show more...

I think he's mentally checked out and will probably leave this summer. He became an international sensation last year. Olympians were mimicking his celebration at the Olympics, so were students in their graduation ceremonies. He could arguably play for any team in the world, yet he finds himself stuck with sh*t teammates and an amateur manager in a mid table team. He's going to want to jump ship before the world forgets him.

And the fans, don't forget the fans! Those rapscallions disturbing the peace at games with all their noise!

I wonder what asset we'd have to strip the club of to pay for his 5 year contract. Must be a dream job managing Chelsea, work for one year, get paid for 5.

This is their plan...

Surely that can't be true?!