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I tend to agree with what Scott Harris has said as well and am surprised he got a bit of stick for it. I don't see any lack of respect towards the player. Otherwise im not throwing my oar in anymore about Mikel, ive been saying the same things for over 8 years now and its gone beyond groundhog day.

Really dont see how there is anything for Chelsea fans to be offended about in that article. Lets not look for something that isnt there!

Yes this is very tough on us all. Its hard but if we stick together we will get through it.

Its now all 100% official and completed - http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2014/07/costa-deal-completed.html?WT.mc_id=social_20140715_27869646

The age thing is irrelevant as far as im concerned. Hes 29, not 49. How old was Ballack when he signed ? Makalele ? Amazed people are finding time to moan about us signing a clearly top level player.

My word this has really spun out of control very quickly. Twitter really does escalate things swiftly and suck people in, it gets very silly. Gets worse every window.

Oscar is the player im most keen to get a prolonged rest. He just looks utterly spent physically and mentally. Forget our first few fixtures of the season - that lad needs a full extra month off, a very long way away from any sort of football.

This could actually be the best thing to happen to him, and maybe his future at Chelsea too. He may now realise he isn't the finished article and still actually does have a lot to learn and maybe Chelsea may actually have been right all along. I won't hold my breath but let's see. Fingers crossed it may teach him to keep his head down from now on and shut his mouth until he is ready to deliver what he thinks he can at the top level because mark my words he has been woeful, utterly out of his depth. It's been like watching a 'worst of Torres' highlights DVD or something.

That made me laugh out loud! Reminds me of Steve Martin in Roxanne! 'Keep that guy away from my cocaine'!!!

Don't get me wrong I like the storylines involving the two characters , I just don't there is any chemistry between the actors which makes the scenes nowhere near as special as they could/should be.

Oh and i see Bruce Buck has got a login now

Is it utterly cynical of me to to suggest this is just simple PR from the club ? They know full well we cant redevelop but are just trying to prove that its actually what they really want to do, before ploughing ahead with moving from SB ? I could be way off course here, but lets face it, would anyone be surprised ?

No one should trust anything that's written on Wikipedia. Particularly when it comes to football !

some tough fixtures after the CL group games there...

Totally agree. I thought it was a wonderful season , the best of the lot so far. Quite how anyone can say there has been no plot progress is beyond me. The descion by the directors to make some scenes longer has made the show all the better for it, and there has been some great character development. Like you (and most others it seems) I find the Bran angle a drag, though perhaps we are getting somewhere now. I thought the scene the other day looked like some cheap BBC fantasy drama from 1984. So much happened during that season it's hard to pick a highlight - Joffrey? The hound/arya? Sansa/Littlefinger? Oberyn? The attack on the Wall... Star of the season was prob Jon Snow and Harrington seems to have upped his acting too which was needed. I'd say biggest disaappintment was Jaime who never really got involved in his own storyline, after possibly being the best thing about S3. Oh and his scenes with Cersei are awful - no chemistry at all....

I wasnt comparing him to Shaw.

This is undoubtedly the situation. Think Paulo. Dependable, and unexciting. And that'll do for me. If Luis can cross the ball half as well as Paulo could (with both feet) we will be sorted, albeit for a bit more cash than i anticipated. But it aint my money.

Which is still more than expected.

Wow 25 million is a lot more than we expected. Shaw wouldn't cost that much more, I suspect Jose really wants this guy.

And yet they still seem to find time to dwell in and post in the Rangers section. I understand that Rangers don't mean a lot to some Chelsea fans , however these fans should learn to accept that for some other Chelsea fans Rangers mean a great deal. If these Chelsea fans don't care about Rangers that's fine, I just fail to understand why they feel the need to visit this area of the forum and cause issues when it should just be left to those Chelsea fans who want to talk Rangers without any hassle.

And I have no doubt you will be dangerous than our 'Nando'.

We do indeed, but I'm with him on this one. If it's a good price I think we should sell personally. It wouldnt take much to replace him and what he offers.

How's about the fact he isn't called Fernando Torres?! Instant upgrade right there.

Yep, I agree. Such an over reaction, and dare I say it plenty of people very keen to make a negative definitive judgement.

That's the spirit. You don't get that with FT.