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Makes you wonder what we're doing...our sh*t season aside we're still a desirable club yet there's zero exciting rumors abound

That isn't a good thing, Essien was a shell of his former self and would make this a ridiculous transfer

Talk online is that United have approached us for him...I personally would do everything we can to hold on to him and give him another year to recapture his beastly form in 2014

I was too young to properly analyze games back when he was with us, but who would people say was better for us, him or Gallas?

Second most successful for me, what RDM did could take a lifetime to achieve and be it through luck or otherwise he did it in a couple of months

He's the enemy now, love the man he was, hate what he's become and hope he fails miserably. Not looking forward to the outrage online if he beats us.

If he is going to go on a loan, MAKE SURE THERE IS A CLAUSE TO RECALL HIM IF HE ISN'T GETTING GAME TIME

I'll be rooting for United as should they win, LVG's job becomes slightly more secure and makes Mourinho's appointment in turn slightly less likely.

Would be suicide to go into next year without a new CB, as for Jon posting about Africans I for one find it pretty handy to get an insight into players we wouldn't normally discuss

Might as well give him a shot as its not like our existing CB's aside from Zouma have shown any consistency. I don't think Terry had as good a year as most people seem to think and we should encourage competition, failing to drop under performing players is what doomed Mourinho so I don't see why Papy shouldn't get a chance to show what he can do.

Far too good for them, everyone seems to forget how well he had us playing for a time after we won the CL, Hazard and Mata linked up superbly and without a top class pair of CM's. Also knows perhaps more than anyone else in the league after Claudio how to install heart and an attitude to win into a team.

Hasn't made the cut for Spain for the Euro's, do we think it's down to injury, attitude or something more?

f**k them and their pointless bureaucracy

Premier League loan for him please.

No-one above a 5, Zouma probably the best by virtue of missing about a 1/3 of the season

Does anyone know if there's a version of the tribute video done to him last night circulating online?

Anyone in the club suggesting he should be stripped of the armband should be sacked on the spot for knowing nothing about the club, there's many examples of the captain not always being in the first team.

Playoffs are a ridiculous concept, isn't there a 15 point gap between Brighton and Sheffield? Should just be straight promotion for 1st and second

The Sun are staying he's about to get 1 more year, guess he must be leaving then

Costa isn't technical enough to be on the same wavelength as Hazard who prefers quick short passes as opposed to Costa's running onto through balls.

Couldn't see a match thread for this one so thought I'd get it started with my ideal teamsheet. Courtois, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Mikel, Rahman Matic, Oscar, Loftus-Cheek Hazard, Traore Abraham We all know this level of experimentation won't happen but: 1) The back 4 whilst makeshift was pretty good against Liverpool and deserves another shot. Plus with our defensive situation being unclear as it stands, getting them used to playing with each other is very important. 2) RLC as most of us agree needs more minutes. Oscar I think needs to be converted into a deeper CM where he can exploit his workrate and good (but not great) passing ability if he is to have a future here. Plus him and RLC alternating going forward gives us a more unpredictable attacking approach. This also frees up an AM slot for a more creative player. 3) Hazard has to play here after that mesmerising performance last night whereas Willian looks burnt out and Pedro should be allowed to heal his face with nothing on the line. Traore I think is a step above Kenedy and offers a more versatile option.

Feels good to get this thread going again, whilst it dosen't make up for the sh*tshow from September-mid April, that was mesmerising and maybe the hip injury was actually why he was so poor.

Thought Rahman was very good and Matic aside from some sloppy passing in the second half was also better than he has been all year

You f**king idiot Begovic, why is he trying to punch that when there's no-one around him?

Charlie Colkett would be if he got a fair shot here, lad seems proper Chels already