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I love Chelsea and Deportivo La Coruna, where I come from. But I like torres, and be sure of something I wont post any silly information from Goal.com, never. About the offers from Madrid, Enrique Martin ( Peton), he works inside Bahia group, he said he met Jorge Valdano two or three times in the Galacticos era, but Fernando refused to go to Madrid. He left his club Atletico because he wanted to win trophies, although he is settled at Liverpool but lets not forget he went to Anfield to win trophies not to fight for fourth position, that is more or less what he was doing at Atletico. In terms of money he is more or less earning same amount. I am right when I say that Atletico is a big club and pay good salaries to players. Historically is the 3 club with most league titles in Spain, they even have an Intercontinental Cup.

I am agree with you about Liverpool FC wouldnt do us any favour. Agree in that. My facts guys, where do I get them from?. From one of his representatives in Bahia, there is a spanish program, in Intereconomia TV called Punto Pelota, there one night this guest talk about the offers he received from Real Madrid, Totenham, inter Milan, AC MIlan, but he said, the one from Spurs was ridiculus in terms of THE AMOUNT OF MONEY OFFERED TO HIM, RIDICULOUS MONEY. Why he left Atletico? Easy to answer, Atletico didnt go forward, they were not in Europe when Torres was there, so he wanted to challenged himself, a defeat 0-6 against Barca at Calderon made his mind up, that he had to go. More facts that led him to Anfield, the spanish press, the pressure of being captain at Atletico at such young age. So I dont get my facts by Goal.com. I get them from Spain, why did he fancy Liverpool?, well he said that after the World Cup in germany the Liverpool fans rated him highly and that like him and surprised him very much. He wasnt a Liverpool fan until he signed for Liverpool. Some of you say that but it is not correct. I dont trust the information of the English press specially regarding the spanish players, or players that may come from La Liga. My facts are from another place. When I speak about Kun Aguero, you must understand that I get my facts listening to interviews specially from inside Atletico Madrid, there is a famous journalist Atletico fan and a powerful man in spain, Jose Ramon de la morena, he is the director of Cadena SER sports and the program El Larguero. He is an atletico fan, and knows what is going on inside, he asked Kun Aguero about Chelsea before Christmas and that was when Aguero said, I am staying, I am not moving now. This week I read that the new Chairman of Atletico Enrique Cerezo, said that the spine of the team wont move, that goes specially for Aguero. But Atletico wont go to Champions League, so lets see how they can cope with the huge debt they have. Lets see, It would be interesting to see what do they do if a nice offer is made for Aguero. This week the chairman said Kun is alongside messi the best player in the world and we have no interest in selling him, but, at the end of the season and without Champions League, their ideas may change. Time will tell. So I dont post things here from goal.com or another sh*t link.

Right words to express the currently Chelsea team situation. Lets not forget that the team has been exposed to the press time and time again this season. But how much of impact and distress has caused the famous off the pitch problems inside Chelsea camp? Lets not forget that. Everything started there, we became to lose points, games, for individual errors. I guess there is not a nice atmosphere at Chelsea right now. Many players would think, if this player made error after error and hasnt been punished by that, when will I play? When will the manager show confidence on my ability? I guess Ashley didnt make an error because when everything started on the press he was already injured, by the way one of best players this season. But everything became there. Now the team is down to pieces. And then , injuries, too many, is there any doubt Essien wont come back this season? what about our Medical staff? there are two players that they were supposed to come back in february,now one of them is out for the season, and the other almost too. I guess the sooner we will see Essien will be in April, If he comes back. Ashley Cole injury is another bad one. Cech got injury too. Now Iva. The titles are won between march and may, here we get one after another. Then add that the current players are not helping themselves and you will get exactly what we have here. Bad atmosphere, injury players and bad referees taking bad decisions. For sure if one of the penalties at san siro or here were given, surely we would be talking about Chelsea in the quarter final of Champions League. Surely if samba was punished yesterday for his challenge on anelka probably we were talking about another chelsea victory. It is not just one factor, it is the sum of many factors that are bringing our season to pieces. That some of the blame has to go with the manger, sure, but this time at least in my opinion is not the main reason, MAIN REASON ARE THE PLAYERS. We still have a chance, this is our last chance, to pull together, forget the past and make the last effort to try to win the remaining games. That means champions of england and champions of the FA CUP.and in this last run try to get some players back, if we can and If it is not possible, then do it with the ones available.

Is so easy to talk about the manager.... lets talk about our squad: Petr Cech: Not at his best after that fatal injury.in my opinion he is not the keeper he once was. Blame in the way we concede goals, Everton at home, City away, Villa away. Before he got injured in Milan, he was improving. note:7. Hilario: great game against liverpool at home, very bad against city at home. doesnt give confidence to our team. veredict: he has to go. we need another back up keeper. note :5. Turnbull: started bad, specially against Apoel, but has improved. not to blame for goals conceded last games. veredict: he has to stay. note: 6.5 Bosi: injured. Iva: super player, he has to be a contender for Chelsea player of the season. Stay. Ricky:not at his best this season. he suffers a lot of injures lately. veredict: maybe is time to let him go.note:6.5. Alex: back to line up. good defender. at the moment he looks better than ricky. must stay. 7. JT: started well, had a dip, and now is coming back again. Not the best of his recent seasons.7 Cole. Best left back in the world. clearly missed. a pity another player that should be contender for Chelsea player of the season. note:9. Zhirkov: the most of the season he has been injured. probably the next one, will be the one when we see the real Zhirkov. Note:6.5. Ballack: slow down the game. started well but at the moment he doesnt deserve to be in the line up. veredict: perhaps he has to go.If he stays he must be on the bench. note:6. Mikel: not able to replace Essien, not able to perform when is needed. perhaps we should listen offers for him. Note:6. DEco: started well, little injuries, came back, had good games, against Birmingham for example. he is a quality player but, he is not consistent in our team, Veredict: we must let him go. Note: 6.5. Lampard: I dont know, if is a question of his age, his private life, for sure this season is a bad one for him. he still scores goals but his overall game is not that good. He doesnt seem comfortable. note:7, I give him a 7, because of his goals. Matic: Still an unknown at Chelsea, so much we expect for this lad, but he is not given oportunities. He is frozen with Wilkins and Carletto on the bench. Essien. World Class Midfield player. A beast a phenomenon, no adjectives can describe how good is the guy. Essien has been missed. My favourite player by the way. He could play in any team. Note: until he got injured 8.5. Kakuta: I dont what happened to him. He did brilliantly when he was given a chance, but it seems carlo is to afraid to put him now in the team. To me, he looks a class player, very good technique, skill, vision, pace, dribling, a very hot prospect, the future of chelsea. Veredict: deserves more oportunities. Note: he has impressed me so, 8. Joe Cole: Not the player he was. Hasnt had any impact on the team. Note:6. veredict: he has to go or accept our terms and even so If I was him I would look at a team where I can play week in week out.His career is in danger. Kalou: He hasnt been able to score a single goal in the premier league. This says it all. veredict: has to go. Note : 5.5. Malouda: Being great, very very good season, he has showed us why chelsea spent the amount of money on him. great winger, among the best in the world in my opinion on his day. Another player to be considered for chelsea player of the season. Note: 8.5. Veredict: he has to stay and build the next time around or with him. Quality player. Drogba: A beast, a phenomenon, great striker, Quality player, 28 goals this season. Maybe on his best form. Didier has to stay. Another player to be contender for chelsea player of the season.. I would keep him. note:8.5. probably my favourite player after essien at chelsea. Anelka: Well, since january he got sad, he is unable to score again. his confidence is low. his effort is poor. I dont know if he really deserves to continue at Chelsea. I really dont know. Veredict: if a good offer arrives I would listen to it. Note:6. I though about given him 7, but really he scored 8 goals this season. poor. Daniel Sturridge: Carlo has faith on him. he has quality and pace, but still a long way to go. He is able to score in the Fa Cup. Maybe is time to try with him and drop anelka to the bench. Note: 7. Borini: another player for the future. Carlo talks well about him. note: 5.5. Belleti: well he has to go. no question. nothing more to say about Juliano, thanks for your time at Chelsea, but we need to look forward. Note: 5. This is how the players have performed in my opinion so far. So If we win, it would be a surprise and if we end 3, it would be understandable after how they performed. Of course some blame has to go with the manager but in this season a lot has to go down to the players. As you can see the most of them have a decent season, nothing great to be excited about. This is the end of this Era at Chelsea, even If we win the double, time has come to make changes, to bring youth and to say thanks to this players, many of them helped the team to get cups and leagues and European Cup final, and many great nights where we left the stadium proud to be Chelsea. Today the signs are there, just a blind person couldnt see it. This is the end of this era. With Jose the most of them were at his peak of their careers and age too now with Carleto they are going down.Clearly their peak is gone. Thanks guys, I hope you can end this season with the double, very very dificult but still in our hands.

Hi everyone, I would like to talk about this guy, Romelu Lukaku, sixteen years of age and top scorer in the belgium league, he plays for Anderlecht. This season he scored 15 goals in 28 games. He is probably the hotest young prospect in the continent. He amazed me at his age and his game, very strong, pace,good in the air, this guy would be ahead of any signings to me for Chelsea. We are talking about a guy of 16 years. The good thing is that he revealed in interviews that his idol is Didier Drogba, so maybe because of that, he would like to come. Probably not this year but for the next one, without a shadow of doubt he is gonna be the new drogba. As I said, he is good in the air, he is very quick, very strong in the challenge, can shoot with left and right foot,still very young but he is unbelievable good for his age. The days of Didier would be soon rather than later over, so here we have the perfect replacement for him in Lukaku, and because he is 16 no rush bringing him here, he can stay for another year or two there. For those sceptical about a boy from the belgium league, let me tell you that he played the Europa League this season and he destroyed Athletic Bilbao. If his idol as he said is Drogba that means he watched a lot of Chelsea games and maybe that factor could be decisive in the future to bring him here. :angry: hopefully he will.

Think about this: Substitutions, who is usually being taken of ? which players are usually dropped? If I was kalou for example..., I would say... I deserve to be taken off, but surely there are other players that dont perform lately and are never taken off.... How would I feel about it? Why Malouda was critic with Chelsea status? maybe there is something true about that..., maybe for that reason .... youngsters are not given the chance.......... I know this is very controversial..... but AM I completely wrong? Am I the only one that see this?

Ask the big boys they have a word on who plays and who doesnt. If Lampard is not dropped now and young players are not given the oportunity....... If I am having a bad game and I am not dropped....., what is the point of having Matic in the squad? Is it being worth? Certainly not, because they could send him on loan to any other club, where at least he could get some games under his belt. You are right, why do we have young players in the squad if we not use them. Wouldnt be better to have them playing in another teams? Like Di santo, stoch, Manciene.

I am tired of saying things about torres. To me any of them ( Aguero, Benzema, Higuain,Torres,Villa) would be excellent signings for Chelsea. I said who I liked the most, but I like all of them. Benzema wouldnt be difficult to persuade, at the end he is having a torrid season at Madrid. Today Chelsea drew, but, some things are very clear to me, We didnt miss Ballack, his contract ends now at the end of the season, I dont know why we have to keep him, in my opinion his best days are gone. Instead of keep him I would look at Milner, I think he would be a very good signing. Deco will leave, Belleti too, Kalou doesnt play enough, after a few seasons with us, do we have to keep him?, I dont think so. He didnt score in the premier league this season. Paulo ferreira will go too. Ricky has a lot problems with his hamstring. Anelka doesnt score since January. Joe Cole hasnt impressed me since he came back. Frankly we need changes in our midfield, I believe everybody can see it.I mean we need 2 players at least. Even Mikel hasnt been good in some matches. This season is showing us, how much we need Essien, and how our back up players are. Personally I am a bit dissapointed. I believe we need MORE QUALITY PLAYERS.specially in midfield and up front. But Is Carlo going to give oportunities to our youngsters?, at the beginning he did, now sudenly all of the are gone. He is playing almost the same eleven game after game. He doesnt seem to trust our youngsters, for example, Gael Kakuta, he made a lot of good things, when they gave them min, now he doesnt play even WHEN OUR STAR PLAYERS DO BADLY. My idea is clear, I want top players and youngsters. The belletis and company have to go.and If we are not going to get any of them ( top players) I will stick with youngsters and the ones we have at the moment. Is pointless to bring players for the sake of it.

I am telling you facts. now think what you want. what I said about Torres is completely true. Check it yourself.The latest is that Bahia Group, represents torres, got a phone call from City and Chelsea asking about availability of torres for next season.Did you know before he signed for Liverpool, Spurs offered him a huge huge economical terms offer? he turned down the offer. he will go, if a club offers him a good proyect, and, I am 99%sure he wont go to City, right now, Barca and Chelsea woud be his destinations. Real Madrid tried 2 or 3 times in the era of galacticos and he always turned down. My point about aguero is that he is an exceptional player but HE WILL BE AS EXPENSIVE AS TORRES. you dont seem to believe this... well time will tell If I am wrong or not. Go to atletico with 35 mill pounds and see what they answer. Villa, Aguero, Torres, are going to be expensive. even Benzema I guess you will have to go and pay about 30 mill. why? because of his age. Higuain the same. for 20 mill you wont get any of them, that is for sure.

To me Torres started very very well the game, after the penalty he became furious, slamming all referees decisions. In my opinion he is more out than in, never looked torres so mad, he is chasing and challenging for balls he will never get. I bet he doesnt continue at Liverpool. Id say even Steve G would be happy to go, and Mascherano too. as he recently said ( TORRES) in as, is not about finishing top four is about to build a team able to compete for all titles. At Liverpool we need 4 or 5 top class players to add to the squad. After today, where he started so well, he looked angry, mad, sad, I guess because of it he missed last chance. My bet and I bet with you guys If you want, is that TORRES WILL NOT CONTINUE AT LIVERPOOL. I know many of you dont believe this, but, this is the first time Chelsea can get Torres.

I am agree with you guys, Milner has to come to Chelsea. he is getting better and better all time. furthermore he is english, then Pjanic, yes good signing too, still very young, Ribery? Well he is great but I think he is going to Madrid. Hamsik is a hot prospect so this is the kind of player we should look at.

Another winger from our academy Miroslav stoch. he is playing very well at twente, time to get him back.

Squad for next season: Turnbull Cech, we have to sign another keeper. Defenders: Jeffrey Bruma,Michael Manciene, terry, alex, iva, bosi , cole and zhirkov. Midfield: Lamps, Essien, Malouda, Kakuta, Matic. rest off, sign a back up for essien, Gago?, 21 years of age, probably will get better, possibly moves the ball quicker than Mikel. the more signings. Forwards: Di Santo, Drogba, Borini, Sturridge, then if we get a decent bet for anelka, let him go, and get a top class centre forward. As you can see, I bet for our academy, I dont want wealthy players on the bench, I prefer players who want to prove themselves at the highest level

I am not gonna talk anymore about todays game. so I am gonna pick up my team for wednesday night: Cech or Turnbull Bruma Alex Terry Zhirkov ---- Mikel------------ -- Matic ----- Deco --- Kakuta--------- Sturridge --- Drogba. It will sound crazy, but there are so many players that need to be dropped that I wouldnt be nice with them. Lets call the attention of everyone. Ferreira was bad on the second half, given the ball away, making bad runs, blame for goal, so lets try with Jeffrey Bruma, at least I will see more about this guy. same for Kakuta, Matic and Sturridge, at least this kids will run, good or bad but they will give their best for the team.Ivanovic, I dont think he will be available for wednesday so for that reason I didnt pick him.hoepfully hell be back for Villa game

I agree with you, Carlo never talks about referees, he says is unlucky decisions dont come for us. Carlo react, what happened against Inter was a disgrace, today there is a clear situation when the linesman and the referee didnt wistle because they didnt want to. You have to talk about this too, we were 1-0 up and they would be with ten men, game would be different. WE HAVE MISTER CARLO POLITE!he never says anything, he just goes on and on with we are unlucky. Two things You have to do, pick the best eleven, not be afraid of names, just put what you think is right and then put some pressure on referees because they are laughing at us. And put into some shape this squad, there is a lack of fitness in the squad and this is your fault. Carlo that is your fault. How it is possible to have such a different performance from the first to the second half?, it was for all to see the lack of pressure, the lack of movement from our players, we were walking on the pitch

The other day when I spoke about Lampard's season I did receive plenty of critics, but after what I have seen today, I was right. Frank is playing badly, for next game he should be dropped, at the end it is not franks team it is Chelsea Fc. Of course is not lamps the only one that is playing badly. Anelka since january didnt score again, joe cole is not the player he was, terry was off for a couple of games due to his affairs, ashley cole is almost gone for this season, Essien i dont think he will play again this season. Many problems, too many, however I believe there is a lack of fitness in the squad. It is unbelievable but a month ago I couldnt see us losing the league, today winning all games we will be champions but I am not sure, we are going to be able to do it now. Lets pray we win the FA Cup. After what I have seen for last two months I will think again about giving anelka a new contract, instead I will listen to offers in the summer. A player that missed a pen kick in the final of the champions league, a player that is not able to score for the last two months... I will really think again about his future at Chelsea. Since Didier came back from ACN he seems not interested because he is been taken out from the front to wide positions. You know what, I will try for next game with Drogba, kakuta and Malouda. At the end much worst is not gonna go. Referees should look at their decisions against us, once again not good enough. There is a clear fault on Anelka by Samba.

Good first half, good chances, should score the second one, specially in a free headed from Kalou. Then in the second half, we were not sharp, physically we are not good, our pressure, movement, went down in the second half. The team is not into a good shape. Ancelotti have to improve the fitness of his players, because one of the reasons of conceding a draw is that the team has a lack of fitness. Then Paulo Ferreira started well on the left, but he was poor on the right. He is to blame in the goal. Once again we are not able to control the game from midfield, is like we are not strong enough to control the game for 90 min. Once more, I asked to myself, wheter is mikel, or lampard or I dont, for sure some players are not playing at their standards. Another point is the referee decisions, we dont have any luck, in my opinion is very clear the challenge of Samba on Anelka, the player should be booked at least, maybe sent off, however the referee and the linesman they looked somewhere else. Man United got a penalty decision which wasnt, oposition teams can foul our strikers time and time again, nothing happens, no bookings. We get a Stand Up from the referees. It is unbelievable but injuries, lack of fitness and lack on form on some players and referee decisions are costing us the title. STill in our hands, if we win the remaining games. hopefully we will.

In response to Juan mata, someone suggested Juan Mata. Well Mata is a good winger and a very hot prospect, however I believe there other positions more important at the moment to cover. With Malouda on this form, not many players would be ahead of him. Mata certainly not, but for the future? yeah great.

Torres to Real Madrid? that is impossible, they tried before( R Madrid) and the answer was always no. I can see Torres going to Barca, for example, but to real madrid he will never go. Last time they asked him in the newspaper AS, he answered, Florentino shouldnt waste his time on me. so imagine. Torres wouldnt go to real for his past and loyalty to Atletico. He left looking to play Champions league and to win titles, because at liverpool seems impossible to win any title, he said that If they dont buy 5 quality players he will probably go. He wants to be in a team that is able to challenge for CL, Premier League, Carling cup, FA Cup. And yes you are right this summer something big is gonna happen at liverpool specially if they dont finish fourth. so lets see. I think if Chelsea go with a good proyect he may come. Of course he wouldnt go to City, because of the prestige,City is not Chelsea, United ( he wouldnt go there either), Arsenal, Barca. Arsenal wont try, so it will be between us and Barca, because as he said, Florentino is wasting his time with me.

In Spain , they say that Sergio Asenjo the spanish international under 21 will come to Chelsea. It is a rumour, but a very big one. The first time I heard about the rumour was when Cech got injured at the san siro. That is all I know about a future back up keeper. Is he good? well at valladolid he was excelent, even Casillas named him as successor in the national team, time will tell anyway

I forgot, something is gonna happen at Madrid with Benzema or Higuain. Thats for sure. Would you like them for Chelsea?

Time has come to put a great performances from now to the end of the season. To win the double, that would be a statement of how good we are, I believe we can do it. I dont see United better than us, United are depending a lot on Rooney. The point is if we win the double, players abroad would see what happened in the CL as a bad day, as a mistake, a poor performance on the night ( which it was). Then this summer, I see crucial that we have to know what we want for chelsea, for the future. It is time to make some space to the youngsters, next season, we have to offload players such as Kalou,Belleti, Ferreira, Joe Cole ( specially if he doesnt accept our conditions),maybe ricky too, Deco, Hilario. Time to have on the bench players as Kakuta, Borini, Bruma,Matic,Miroslav Stoch. Now time as well to bring quality players, people that can make it on the first eleven, my suggestions, Torres if he becomes available,Pato,Aguero( although is gonna be difficult),these are the players I would look at to partner with Drogba, even Villa, although he would be my last choice, he is 28. Now time to bring some young legs to the midfield, players I would look at, David Silva first choice although very very difficult, Cesc Fabregas very very very difficult , but if they are prepared to sell to the best offer?..., Jack Roedle from Everton, James Milner from Villa,Gourcuff from Burdeaux, Hamsrik from Nalples, Di maria, Ribery??. If we want to add some defenders well lets not forget about the lad we have on loan at Wolves Manciene, this kid as well back to Chelsea to stay in our squad and If we want to add some players I would look at the defender of benfica, maybe something happens at Madrid with Ramos, as right back he wouldnt be my choice, but lets not forget he is central defender, and he is good, very good, young as well, so why not...in madrid the lad has not settle down well, they are not happy with him, a case like Makelele, I wouldnt mind, to be honest, although David Luiz would be first choice. It is time to stop having wealthy players at the bench, it is time to have and give the youngsters an oportunity, and add Quality players not Quantity, at the end, what is the point of having players earning good salaries on the bench? I am the one that prefers to see people from our academy giving a chance, and to sign just players that can make it on the first eleven, players that can help the team to win trophies. Youngster and Quality signings.

I go for 2-0 to Chelsea. turnbull Iva alex terry zhirkov Ballack mikel lampard Kalou Drogba Malouda on the bench: Anelka, Joe cole, Kakuta, Matic, Ferreira. I would like to explain before people get angry with me, given the last games Anelka had, specially against inter, I think is time to remain to Anelka, that his performances dropped a lot, lately, for that reason lets put him on the bench and see if he reacts in a positive way. I didnt like Anelka at all, on thuesday. same for joe cole, he must stay on the bench.

Pato also said I love london and I love to play in the premier league. That is what I meant, Aguero never said that. Torres and Pato said they like london a lot. specially Pato. Pato a phenomenon. Very young and not very high wage demands. Ag wants £200k a week CHELSEA'S bid for Sergio Aguero has stalled over the striker's incredible wage demands. The Argentina star wants a staggering £10million a year to quit Spaniards Atletico Madrid for the Premier League. That would easily make him the highest-paid player in England on a whopping £200,000 A WEEK. Chelsea's top earners at the moment are skipper John Terry and midfielder Frank Lampard on around £150,000 a week. Aguero's salary demand could well end up pricing him out of a move to Chelsea, as he would also command a transfer fee of around £35m. ;) I like Aguero a lot, but when I listen to him, in the interviews or even spanish radios, he doesnt seem very interested about moving to England. Right now, I dont see him moving here. For that reason I am quite sceptical about the saga Kun Aguero and Chelsea. I think is not gonna happen. People here dont like Torres at Chelsea, but frankly I believe is easier to get Torres here than Aguero. Is easier to get Pato here than Aguero. I hope I am wrong. There is a famous spanish radio, El Larguero, the director is an Atletico fan, he gets the news from inside. He asked him ( Aguero), is it true that you are going to Chelsea?, he said, all I know is that I am staying, I am happy in Madrid, I like a lot the city bla bla bla, unless the club wants to sell me, I am staying, I am happy here. This is what I am trying to say in all my posts, I have never got the feeling that he is looking to move abroad of spain, and he didnt mention Chelsea, never, he never gave indications, signs, for that reason I am quite sceptical about that. I had the feeling last summer, even at Christmas but never happened, so I guess he sees Chelsea as a good club, but for a reason or another.... he didnt come. With my posts I try to give my humble opinion as a Chelsea fan, and for what I know, give you the best possible information. My idea is that Kun wont come. I hope I am wrong once more as I know many people here would want to see aguero at Chelsea, even myself, dont get me wrong.

Pato also said I love london and I love to play in the premier league. That is what I meant, Aguero never said that. Torres and Pato said they like london a lot. specially Pato. Pato a phenomenon.