If United are going to play him on the wing like many think, such as Neville, then they are pissing their money up a wall. If it's to play in midfield next to Herrera, Carrick, etc then it will be a fantastic signing as it addresses their midfield issues.

 

Now they just need defenders, they seem to have some lined up already. 

Having read what I just wrote, If Hazard and Aguero have good seasons they will be commanding Bale money in transfer fees, It will be interesting to see what happens next summer, Especially if Real don't retain the CL and win the League, You can buy a lot of Pogba's, Barkley's and Reus' with that kind of money.

A Herrera-Di Maria midfield would get overpowered by most top teams. 

Having read what I just wrote, If Hazard and Aguero have good seasons they will be commanding Bale money in transfer fees, It will be interesting to see what happens next summer, Especially if Real don't retain the CL and win the League, You can buy a lot of Pogba's, Barkley's and Reus' with that kind of money.

Agreed but realisitcally only one of those would ever likely be sold at their prime, and that would be Hazard if he pulled a Robben on us.

 

 

Weren't United meant to have an easy set of fixtures to start the season? Lmao

No to be fair that would be us, 2 promoted sides. If United, you, Liverpool etc had started with our two fixtures a fair few would have expected 2 high scoring wins for any of them.

 

 

Thanks. I think it's hard to know how good we are as we were inconsistent last week and QPR were poor today. I guess that means 'no' but we seem much improved compared to most of last season and there's a level of commitment there that's good. We were pressing up the pitch today and that brings risks against teams better than QPR.

Well done to Chelsea too - a smooth start to the season and it looks as if you have skillful, hard working, players in most positions. I think that, when it comes down to it, the title will be between you and City (an obvious point but true).

All that matters is the 6 points out of 6 that any side looking to win the title should achieve from the sides we faced. We looked very good for the first half against Burnley and pretty good for the second half on the weekend. We will see how we fair against Everton, Swansea conquers of United, and then City.

 

 

Interesting thread on Redcafe, http://www.redcafe.net/threads/shoehorning-mata-rooney-van-persie-into-a-line-up.395075/

 

 

RvP is a really, really good goalscorer. And while he may come back to top form this season in to the next one as well perhaps, I just wonder if it is a case of the RvN about him. Would Fergie be looking to cash in now and move him on to a Real Madrid or PSG with Di Maria coming in.

Edited August 24, 201411 yr by axman2526

I'm a fan of Di Maria, but I would be angry if we paid 50M for him, let alone something in the 70s range. He will be the most expensive wing back in history. 

 

Talk about buying success, how much has United spent since Fergi's departure?

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1524 on: August 19, 2014, 08:27:47 AM »

The only aspect of their team and City's team possess compared to ours is in the strength and power category. However now that we have much stronger strength in depth than we have had previously means we can counter that.

 

Pool...

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1534 on: August 19, 2014, 12:09:59 PM »

Marcotti is a huge inter fan,and even he can see through the BS of mourinho,and we all know mourinho burnt out that inter side physically and mentally,2 of the best players from that team maicon milito and sniejder were never the same.

Mourinho can only build a team when he's given a bus load of money to buy on mainly veterans,he doesn't have a clue how to develop youngsters because he doesn't trust them.

His football is turgid and  he's a sore loser with the same litany of excuses and he's a w**ker to boot.

 

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1546 on: August 20, 2014, 11:54:31 PM »

Quote from: RedSince86 on August 20, 2014, 02:37:31 PM

Looks like chelsea are close to signing william carvalho from sporting lisbon,do they really need him when they have ramires and matic who can play DM.I can't see them loaning out carvalho with being such an expensive commodity,mourinho cement's his status as an enemy of football if his plan is to play 2 DM's with matic and carvalho in his 1st eleven.

f**king plastics.

Hahaha He is the most negative manager ever. Coutinho and Sterling will just run through those two.

 

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1557 on: August 23, 2014, 11:33:10 PM »

Let's not kid ourselves, they're going to be good. That doesn't stop me from wishing a f**king meteor hits Stamford Bridge and blows that f**king sh*thole into a million pieces.

Edited August 25, 201411 yr by guddy69

 

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1524 on: August 19, 2014, 08:27:47 AM »

The only aspect of their team and City's team possess compared to ours is in the strength and power category. However now that we have much stronger strength in depth than we have had previously means we can counter that.

 

Pool...

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1534 on: August 19, 2014, 12:09:59 PM »

Marcotti is a huge inter fan,and even he can see through the BS of mourinho,and we all know mourinho burnt out that inter side physically and mentally,2 of the best players from that team maicon milito and sniejder were never the same.

Mourinho can only build a team when he's given a bus load of money to buy on mainly veterans,he doesn't have a clue how to develop youngsters because he doesn't trust them.

His football is turgid and  he's a sore loser with the same litany of excuses and he's a w**ker to boot.

 

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1546 on: August 20, 2014, 11:54:31 PM »

Quote from: RedSince86 on August 20, 2014, 02:37:31 PM

Looks like chelsea are close to signing william carvalho from sporting lisbon,do they really need him when they have ramires and matic who can play DM.I can't see them loaning out carvalho with being such an expensive commodity,mourinho cement's his status as an enemy of football if his plan is to play 2 DM's with matic and carvalho in his 1st eleven.

f**king plastics.

Hahaha He is the most negative manager ever. Coutinho and Sterling will just run through those two.

 

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1557 on: August 23, 2014, 11:33:10 PM »

Let's not kid ourselves, they're going to be good. That doesn't stop me from wishing a f**king meteor hits Stamford Bridge and blows that f**king sh*thole into a million pieces.

 

Yeah most Liverpool fans cannot stand us, what else is new lol.

According to the latest, manures are willing to pay up to 72m for Di Maria. Lol. He is never worth that kind of money, I feel.

saw highlights of the spuds/qpr game...where were the rangers fans....looked like spuds had the corner bit as well....such a sh*t support for a london derby...poxy little sh*t club!!

It says a lot about Robbie Fowler's commitment to one-upsmanship that he would celebrate a moment which won Man Utd the Champions League just to slip in a dig at Chelsea. That said I can't imagine there are many people in football whose opinion I value less.

Di Maria was a top 10 player in the world last season, a club with United's financial muscle and in the dire situation of having a sh*t team with a sh*t overrated manager is making the right decision in bringing him in, in my opinion.

Couldn't help but let out a satisfied evil chuckle when I read this on the BBC's Man City - Liverpool preview:

 

In the blue corner, a side who won more matches at home than any other team in the top flight in 2013-14 and are unbeaten in seven games at the Etihad Stadium.

In the red corner, a team who possessed the joint-best away record in the Premier League and have a habit of finding the net - they've scored in 28 out of 29 league games

 

Who were the one team to beat City at the Etihad and prevented Liverpool from scoring in that one of out twenty-nine league games?

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1524 on: August 19, 2014, 08:27:47 AM »

The only aspect of their team and City's team possess compared to ours is in the strength and power category. However now that we have much stronger strength in depth than we have had previously means we can counter that.

Pool...

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1534 on: August 19, 2014, 12:09:59 PM »

Marcotti is a huge inter fan,and even he can see through the BS of mourinho,and we all know mourinho burnt out that inter side physically and mentally,2 of the best players from that team maicon milito and sniejder were never the same.

Mourinho can only build a team when he's given a bus load of money to buy on mainly veterans,he doesn't have a clue how to develop youngsters because he doesn't trust them.

His football is turgid and he's a sore loser with the same litany of excuses and he's a w**ker to boot.

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1546 on: August 20, 2014, 11:54:31 PM »

Quote from: RedSince86 on August 20, 2014, 02:37:31 PM

Looks like chelsea are close to signing william carvalho from sporting lisbon,do they really need him when they have ramires and matic who can play DM.I can't see them loaning out carvalho with being such an expensive commodity,mourinho cement's his status as an enemy of football if his plan is to play 2 DM's with matic and carvalho in his 1st eleven.

f**king plastics.

Hahaha He is the most negative manager ever. Coutinho and Sterling will just run through those two.

Re: General Chelsea Thread

« Reply #1557 on: August 23, 2014, 11:33:10 PM »

Let's not kid ourselves, they're going to be good. That doesn't stop me from wishing a f**king meteor hits Stamford Bridge and blows that f**king sh*thole into a million pieces.

JT did slip but we laid that ghost to rest in Munich. Liverpool have failed several times in the league when they've come close to winning it but they still don't have that Premier League title, we have that European Cup in our cabinet.

Don't remember it pouring down with rain at Anfield last season.

Don't remember it pouring down with rain at Anfield last season.

 

Must have been all the tears!

The Balotelli signing is confirmed:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28927162

Liverpool fans, especially on Rawk are so full of rage and hate. Never seen a Chelsea forum with so much bile and hatred aimed at opponents. They're a special breed at Rawk. 

_{Liverpool and Arsenal fans in general seem to be the most hateful fans in the PL. Probably because they both used to be successful and aren't any more. Jealousy mostly.}

_{Liverpool and Arsenal fans in general seem to be the most hateful fans in the PL. Probably because they both used to be successful and aren't any more. Jealousy mostly.}

Bingo, Liverpool fans you can excuse because they are generically stupid but Arsenal fans are mostly posh London boys, No excuse for their delusions. 

Well said Nichollz ^ they seem to devote much of their energy to slagging off other teams rather than supporting 'The World's Most Historic/compassionate/wronged football team' © LFC 2014

Edited August 25, 201411 yr by Spudulike

Either Lampard/Dzeko and Jovetic are all starting or we're going to drop points tonight, Some serious odds shifting happening in favor of Liverpool. As we speak Chelsea are 11/10 faves for the title with us at 5/2, If we drop points Chelsea will become 8/11,4/6 faves and with Mourinho sides that's usually their way of saying 'Good night Vienna', Oh well at least that would give us the opportunity to focus on the CL for once. 

I am torn over who i want to win tonight. I guess if forced to make a prediction based on my wants, it would be a draw, but I have a feeling city will edge it. I am going for a 2-1 win to City.

Bingo, Liverpool fans you can excuse because they are generically stupid but Arsenal fans are mostly posh London boys, No excuse for their delusions.

Yep, you are most likely to find an Arsenal fan in a wine bar, after attending a rugby match I might add.

Is this match big enough for Gerrard to f**k up yet? Or will he wait until it really matters?

Come on city ! ...

Dippers will be intolerable if they win..