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I'd bench him for Matic to try and regain some form to impress Conte, his ceiling can be so so high if he can get his head sorted out.

In regards to the RLC misses, youth players are going to make mistakes and you have to take the bad with the good at this stage of their development.

Good selection from Hiddink: Courtois, Azpi, Ivanovic, Cahill, Baba, Mikel, Fabregas, RLC, Willian, Pedro, Costa.

It depends ultimately on who is at fault here, is it him or those he has presumably entrusted to run the charity on his behalf? Is it government corruption? If it is a personal error on his part, was it done on purpose or by mistake? Maybe those he trusted have been lying to him, telling him the money has gone to good causes whilst embezzling it behind his back? The nagging thing of course is that I don't know if the Mail would make such an accusation without being completely sure of their proof but it wouldn't be the first time (or last) the media has exaggerated or fabricated a story. Worst. Season. Ever.

He's just issued a statement on twitter denying it and looks like he and the Foundation are beginning legal action against the Mail.

I need this just for the chance of seeing Drogba and Zola on the same pitch, whether their on the same team or against each other.

Did you take some of Mutu's special powder?

I know football fans are fickle but I will go to my grave pissed off that we kept Oscar over De Bruyne and Mata. Edit: I really hope none of the team reads this site.

Its football, if the Barca lot can get away with tax evasion, Gerrard and numerous others having drunken fights, I doubt he'll get done for this being rich and famous.

I realise this is somewhat of an echo chamber being a Chelsea forum, but I honestly would take him over any other CM of his generation, including Gerrard/Scholes/Xavi/Pirlo/Alonso/Fabregas etc. You won't find his obscene goal tally over more than a decade anywhere else whilst also boasting a brilliant passing range and the fitness to play what seemed like every game every season. Completely irreplaceable.

Just been confirmed by the club's website.

Claudio deserves a massive reception, love that man.

Thing is though how deliberate would this be? If a player is say recovering from an injury and the club medical staff gives them something to help speed up their recovery, I think the majority would take it no question, as if any of us were prescribed something from our day to day doctors. Also that account above seems highly speculative such as saying Arsenal had met Zlatan's price.

f**k this soulless bullsh*t the FA is intent on pushing. Are there no ex-pros among them who realise tempers run high during highly competitive games? Virtually every single red card doled out sees the receiving team lose their minds and futilely protest but end of the day everyone shakes hands and goes away with everything left on the pitch. Costa does overstep the mark too much and has deserved punishment in the past but its just so needless to punish a player's passion. It happens at every level from professional to amateur and will never ever go away, so I don't see why it needs to be taken further when no-one was remotely harmed or heaven forbid offended!!! and was dealt with at the time.

Much as I would like to see him represent England again, screw Stones benefitting from his wisdom unless he's a Chelsea player...keep that for Zouma/Christensen and co.

Zola did against Zaragoza if I recall correctly.

This 100%. Any fanbase which thinks their is a 'right way' to do things and that if you don't follow their narrow ideology then your achievements are negligible is completely delusional. Seeing Drogba and now Costa ruin their beautiful game is delicious schadenfreude, if Leicester can't win the league than I'd rather Spurs than Arsenal, just to see them come to terms with yet another of their rivals pass them by.

Zouma's already better, Happy's fast become one of my favourite players.

If he's lucky, I'd prefer Sturridge if fit...maybe as a no.10?

Got to go with Kane/Vardy up front at the Euro's, no need to shoehorn Rooney in.

Graham Norton >>> all others

Courtois seems to every game with his 'open wide' approach to one on ones.

IF our lot recaptured their best form, plus Hazard then they can be the best out of that lot.

I'd disagree with that, aside from his hit at Everton he looks tentative going forward and panics as soon as he has to use his right foot. All of his best games for us have been solely as a DM and his job is to shield the back 4 and give Fabregas space to conduct the attack.

There's no way we're going to go with only 1 established striker prone to injury and discipline issues...I increasingly feel like Bamford will be passed over for Solanke/Abraham. Assuming we could remove his highest wage clause I'd still take Terry over Cahill and another RB over Cuadrado.