You know where you can stick this swap RM!!!

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/888724-real-madrid-ponder-pepe-david-luiz-swap-deal-with-chelsea?

Good lord that would be terrible

Good lord that would be terrible

Ridiculous rumour of the day. Pepe is 28 as well. Now if they wanted to give us Di Maria & Ramos or Benzema we could consider it.

Rumours that we want adam Johnson, city asking for 14m.. bullsh*t most likely.

Rumours that we want adam Johnson, city asking for 14m.. bullsh*t most likely.

Probably bs but I'd love that deal. Far better winger than downing, and he cost 20m.

Can I throw one more name into the mix, he has been mentioned before on these pages and it seems he could be available...Steven Pienaar

" I don't regret turning down Chelsea at all. I turned Chelsea down for personal stuff. "

" I don't regret turning down Chelsea at all. I turned Chelsea down for personal stuff. "

What a mug he is, & he would prob have got a lot more playing time at ours. Pains me to say it but Spurs have a smashing midfield. The way Malouda has been so hot & cold he would have got a chance. Still not good enough for us though.

Rumours that we want adam Johnson, city asking for 14m.. bullsh*t most likely.

Of course we're after him doesn't mean they'll sell though

John Guidetti.

14 goals in 13 games for Feyenoord and just bagged a hatrick against Ajax, thats an interesting striker for sure, on loan from Man City though.

It's a tenuous link at best, but I quite like the idea of it, so I'm going to post it anyway.

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?Id=n6xx3Bbf9hc=

Jefferson Farfan is a player who people on here have a mixed opinion of, but he's available for free and is one of the best crossers of a football available and make no mistake we need a couple. He'd give us options on the right in my view, even if that is just a bench option.

I regularly look at Valencia at United and think, why don't we have an old school byline cross winger like him, in Farfan we would add that string to our bow.

http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/1130/

http://www.whoscored.com/Players/5725/

That shows some of his numbers from this season, his statistical profile as developed by whoscored fits exactly the kind of profile we require as an option in a wide player in our squad.

He'd be a good squad option for free. Better than kalou malouda

Farfan's really improved. I was not his biggest fan at Schalke or at PSV but he's become a more traditional winger rather than being played as a forward/striker at his previous clubs and I think it's working well for him. On a free, he would make a great option on the bench considering the only other cheap option out there is Krasic and he would still cost near 10m.

Speaking to Brazilian newspaper Lance!, Ramires has revealed he would happily leave Chelsea to return to Brazil, if the offer was good enough.

"I even talk to my wife sometimes that if I had a good offer from Brazil, for sure I would come back now, regardless of my situation here," Ramires in an interview with the newspaper.

"I would return, yes. Brazilian football is getting much more attention now, clubs are paying well, and I always say that if I were to return to Brazil it would be to Cruzeiro."

http://www.sambafoot.com/en/news/28576_ramires__would_return_to_brazil_now_if_there_was_a_good_offer_.html?

A symptom of the general malaise?

Putting feelers out already.

http://www.sambafoot...od_offer_.html?

I saw that being discussed on WAGNH and some of the Brazilian Chelsea fans said it wasn't anything significant.

Lance is a good source as it is one of the major soccer papers in Brazil.

The gist of the article is about if given the opportunity he would go back, but it would have to be a really good proposition. The teams in Brazil are getting better and better, but the financial situation for each team is not quite there yet (compared say European teams).

He said that if he was ever to go back to Brazil, he’d like to go to Cruzeiro, but Cruzerio are not doing so well financially. He’s also having some difficulties it seems with the language, so it’s another factor for wanting to go back to Brazil.

To be honest, I read this as, if the home national paper is asking you if you want to play in your home nation, what would you say? You would of course give the politically correct answer for both side.

The title means “Brazilian’s national team is too far away for fans”. Seleção is what Brazilian call the national team (any nation’s team) and Torcedor basically means a supporter. The article being about how most of the Brazilian national team players doesn’t play in Brazil and the games are not played in Brazil so it is hard for the fans to connect with the players.

It also mentions It also mentions the things that are coming up about Ricardo Teixeira, CBF’s president. Apparently he’s involved in a sh*tstorm load of stuff involving corruption and what not, along with FIFA’s Joseph Blatter.

I saw that being discussed on WAGNH and some of the Brazilian Chelsea fans said it wasn't anything significant.

If you've ever been to Brazil, you can understand why. I've got a few Brazilian friends & they suffer a lot during our winter.

http://www.sport360.com/article/chelsea-lining-valencias-unai-emery-replace-andre-villas-boas

Come & join us if you want a dent in your reputation but a massive pay off

Dear, dear. I think if we did sack AVB we wouldn't be making the same mistake twice.

Dear, dear. I think if we did sack AVB we wouldn't be making the same mistake twice.

This guy makes AVB looks mellow on the touchline.

English or British manager would be nice at some point. Not too many outstanding candidates at the moment though, and I can't see Roman ever going for a lesser name like a Moyes or manager of a similar level. Though if we keep getting through them at the rate we have been, there might not be many left in a couple of years!

Edited February 20, 201214 yr by Zeta Orionis

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/sport/football-soccer/how-ange-postecoglou-built-a-winning-club/2438041.aspx

That caught my attention from SydneyChelsea's link

"By the end of that season just eight of the 20-man squad remained.

A year later the Roar had a championship and were on the way to an Australian record 36 games undefeated.

Their up-tempo, possession-based game is now the envy of the A-League.

‘‘Before I took the job, I made it clear to the owners and the board I was going to change things and change them pretty dramatically,’’ Postecoglou said.

‘‘As a coach I had always tried to play a possession-based game. I could sense there was another evolution of the game coming, and I thought Australian footballers could play that way.

‘‘It was a matter of changing the mindset, changing the way we trained, the way we worked and putting it into practice.’’

Revolution it was, in every sense.

‘‘I managed to upset everyone," Postecoglou said.

‘‘While it was a tough time, it was almost the easy bit.

‘‘Anyone can take a sledgehammer to anything and bring it down.

‘‘It is how you rebuild it which is the key. I knew I had to get it right.

‘‘Obviously people wanted explanations why I was doing things and why players were leaving.

‘‘Every step of the way I explained we were going to play a certain way, and it was going to take a certain type of player to do that"

That might be what AVB is setting out to do but he is clearly not communicating it effectively but to be honest footie is a results-driven business and Most fans only care what happens on the weekend.

http://www.theherald...ub/2438041.aspx

Good article, and rings very true with AVB`s current situation.

In this as in all things context is king. Producing a miracle in the A-League is one thing, producing something similar here is quite different.