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Maybe, but it does say sonething that he was picked to join the first team so soon and over the likes of Mellis, Clifford, Lalkovic, etc.

Maybe AVB rates him higher than Josh.

Not saying this transfer has a good or bad chance of happening but AVB may want to bring in some instant help now that Ramires has gone down. Even more of a reason to throw a little more cash at him.

Disagree. I have seen the big three brazilians play quite a bit and I see this guy being better than Neymar and Ganso. He has the speed of Ramires with much better attacking ability. Plus, his vision is much better. He would be the perfect person to replace lamps.

Chelsea may not be the "location" that wonderkids are looking for, but we do have the advantage when trying to get young brazilians. We already have Luiz and Ramires and they both have had lots of success with the team. Other Brazilians have to see that. We also can offer instant playing time when compared to Madrid or Barca.

Agreed. If I had a choice this would be the guy

I'm sorry but I just don't see it with this kid. The times I have seen him play, he hasn't shown anything that makes even 8 mil sound right. To me, Kakuta would have been a much better option if somebody were to come in and play right now.

I have heard of it, but never been there.

A little bit north of MKE.

Personally think he is a little overrated. Plus he plays the DM. Not really a need for us. Would be a waste of money.

I'm only 2 hours from chicago so that would be unreal, but it doesn't matter where they play, ill go see them.

From the videos it looks like he plays more on the right side, but when he does play on the left he does play more central. (Kind of like Mata) I wonder who would be better suited for the left midfield spot, Mata or Hazard. (Thats assuming we stay 4-3-3) I think 4-2-3-1 would be better with Mata in the middle.

What?

Big game here. As said before, spuds could drop points. I think more importantly that arsenal could drop points. We could be 7 points ahead of them after the weekend. Top 4 obviously crucial.

If I had to pick two, probably Neymar and Eriksen. Neymar for left wing, perfect because he can score and create. Eriksen, because he has it all. Vision and the abilty to score. He is the closest thing to Lamps I have seen.

How is one or two starts and 10 min here and there a chance? He wasn't given the same chance that Danny was when he was at bolton. The question I ask my self sometimes is what kind of a player would Gael be if he signed for a team like Blackburn or a French team like Lille instead of us. I say he would have been given a lot more time and would have became a better player by now.

Good young player. BUT, he plays very similar to Kakuta. Can play out on the left and likes to float in behind the strikers to make the final pass. That is exactly what Kakuta does, but Gael hasn't been given a chance. I just think Gael could come in and take the Malouda role right now. If he is a consistant sub like Malouda is, his confidence would go up.

Exactly. You don't here that coming from JT.

This is the list that was voted on by the players last year I think. Ramires ended up winning it.

This story is rubbish. There is nothing to it, especially after JT came out and said that he backs AVB and that he went over to celebrate. My issue is completely different. JT has now come out twice and said he is behind AVB. It is obvious that the younger players like Luiz, Ramires, and Sturridge really like AVB. My issue is with Frank. He hasn't said once that he is behind the manager. Instead he has said that he doesn't like being on the bench multiple times. Even after the last game he was asked how he played so well he is quoted in saying, "it is easy when you play from the beginning." Now I know that doesn't mean much but somebody like JT wouldn't say something like that. It seems like Lamps uses subtle comments without using the obvious ones. Lamps seems to be very bitter about the situation compared to JT. JT has come out and said that nobody is above the club, among other things that a true leader would say. Nothing like that has come out of Lampard's mouth.

Higuain is very overrated. He had a good year a couple years ago but that was because he played along ronaldo and others. Hasty done much of anything lately. I wouldn't want him.

Really? Did you just start your topic with, "when I manage Chelsea on football manager?" There is a reason why you pretend with a video game and AVB does this professionally. people need to realize that AVB is not at fault here. He has an aging, declining squad and not much depth after those old players. He needs a better squad. If you compare squads, the likes of Arsenal, Spurs, and the Manchester teams just have better players. It's that simple. Ya we won the double with this squad, but it was two years ago! The squad has to change and people need to get off AVB.

I'm sorry but Ramires is a starter. You still refuse to give him any credit. If we bought a new create mid and stuck him in that spot, it would leave us extremely exposed on D. The new mid and Mata wouldn't defend anybody. Romeu isn't a box to box guy. He rarely gets forward. If Mata plays in the midfield, which I think he should, then we need a box to box guy like ramires to play with him. The extra attack and creativity that we need should come from a new winger that takes matas winger spot. Somebody like Neymar or Pato, who can create and/or score for themselves.

Maybe people shouldn't be so quick to blame the manager when our so called old stars continue to not play well. The blame goes to the players. This team needs a real clearout and bring in some young talent. I would much rather struggle with young players trying to get better rather than old washed up players who are declining.

Last time I checked we are not playing for the draw. Lampard gives us the attacking that Romeu doesnt. It's a good sub. People need to relax a little bit.