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Professor Nutmeg said:
I don't know if Davids is a good signing. Sure he has a good work rate, but he spits the dummy a lot (especially if he's on the bench) and racks up suspensions no end. He's only good when he's in-form and happy. Do you think he'll get some blue tinted glasses if he moves? :mrgreen:
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Yeah I agree, although at Barca he was very good. Although another midfielder. Guess Makalele is for the off then. And what must Parker be thinking? Not sure about Ferreira myself, he was quite good for Porto last year (although I thought Valente was the better, although he's older) but for Portugal in the two games he's played, he's been very poor.


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I thought Mourinho only wanted 23 players. Or did he mean 23 squads?

I still have no idea of what the starting 11 will look like.
I mean, will you use Cudicini or Cech? Duff or Robben? If you use both, who gets kicked out? Who are your 4 midfielders? Who's on the right wing? Why don't you look for a better striker? Couldn't you find someone better than Kezman?When will Mutu be on form? I heard you're offloading him to Juventus on a loan. Do you do that with all the players that were a flop? Why can't Abramovich put his credit card back in his pocket? Why do you all of a sudden think you're better than Man Utd? Why are you buying Davids? Why don't you take Rivaldo, Zola and Batistuta as well? Why don't you buy younger players? Why don't you spend more on training facilites instead of players? How long will Mourinho last? What if he fails to win the league? Will you get rid of him too? Will you be signing Scolari next year? Don't you guys like Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen and Gronkjaer? Why did you give up on Deco? Why don't you get better scouts? Can I join your team? Why did you finish higher in the league and get further in the CL when you're not better than Man Utd?

Sorry for asking too many questions. I'd just really like to know. Take your time if you want.
 
RuneEdge said:
I thought Mourinho only wanted 23 players. Or did he mean 23 squads?

I still have no idea of what the starting 11 will look like.
I mean, will you use Cudicini or Cech? Duff or Robben? If you use both, who gets kicked out? Who are your 4 midfielders? Who's on the right wing? Why don't you look for a better striker? Couldn't you find someone better than Kezman?When will Mutu be on form? I heard you're offloading him to Juventus on a loan. Do you do that with all the players that were a flop? Why can't Abramovich put his credit card back in his pocket? Why do you all of a sudden think you're better than Man Utd? Why are you buying Davids? Why don't you take Rivaldo, Zola and Batistuta as well? Why don't you buy younger players? Why don't you spend more on training facilites instead of players? How long will Mourinho last? What if he fails to win the league? Will you get rid of him too? Will you be signing Scolari next year? Don't you guys like Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen and Gronkjaer? Why did you give up on Deco? Why don't you get better scouts? Can I join your team?

Sorry for asking too many questions. I'd just really like to know. Take your time if you want.
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why did chelsea finish higher in the league and get farther in europe

put that one in the pile as well :)
 
RuneEdge said:
I thought Mourinho only wanted 23 players. Or did he mean 23 squads?

I still have no idea of what the starting 11 will look like.
I mean, will you use Cudicini or Cech? Duff or Robben? If you use both, who gets kicked out? Who are your 4 midfielders? Who's on the right wing? Why don't you look for a better striker? Couldn't you find someone better than Kezman?When will Mutu be on form? I heard you're offloading him to Juventus on a loan. Do you do that with all the players that were a flop? Why can't Abramovich put his credit card back in his pocket? Why do you all of a sudden think you're better than Man Utd? Why are you buying Davids? Why don't you take Rivaldo, Zola and Batistuta as well? Why don't you buy younger players? Why don't you spend more on training facilites instead of players? How long will Mourinho last? What if he fails to win the league? Will you get rid of him too? Will you be signing Scolari next year? Don't you guys like Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen and Gronkjaer? Why did you give up on Deco? Why don't you get better scouts? Can I join your team?

Sorry for asking too many questions. I'd just really like to know. Take your time if you want.
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careful mate,these lot dont like any questions they dont have answers for.
 
RuneEdge said:
I thought Mourinho only wanted 23 players. Or did he mean 23 squads?

I still have no idea of what the starting 11 will look like.
I mean, will you use Cudicini or Cech? Duff or Robben? If you use both, who gets kicked out? Who are your 4 midfielders? Who's on the right wing? Why don't you look for a better striker? Couldn't you find someone better than Kezman?When will Mutu be on form? I heard you're offloading him to Juventus on a loan. Do you do that with all the players that were a flop? Why can't Abramovich put his credit card back in his pocket? Why do you all of a sudden think you're better than Man Utd? Why are you buying Davids? Why don't you take Rivaldo, Zola and Batistuta as well? Why don't you buy younger players? Why don't you spend more on training facilites instead of players? How long will Mourinho last? What if he fails to win the league? Will you get rid of him too? Will you be signing Scolari next year? Don't you guys like Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen and Gronkjaer? Why did you give up on Deco? Why don't you get better scouts? Can I join your team? Why did you finish higher in the league and get further in the CL when you're not better than Man Utd?

Sorry for asking too many questions. I'd just really like to know. Take your time if you want.
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Most of those Qs can be answered only by Mr Mourinho i suppose. But to tackle some of them, I think Kezman is an interesting move for these reason's. It was a very understated move. He's currrently not a big player/hot property such as Drogba etc, I therefore believe this will work in his, and hopefully our favour, as he hasn't got a big weight on his shoulders. Secondly he's hell bent on proving himself at the highest level in Europe, especially after all those disappointing bids for him, so one hopes he going to be working his socks off for goals. We're not buying Davids, surprisingly he's free :mrgreen: . Hasselbaink was tipped to leave pre-Abramovich. Yes we love Gudjohnsen, he's not going anywhere (i imagine he'll be a starter). Gave up on Deco because Chelsea want to see the likes of Cole and Parker coming through the ranks, (i personally prefer to see Joe Cole out there instead of Deco, glad it was dropped). We finished higher in the league because we got more points. We don't think we're better than Man Utd (see press/Media for details). Why don't you spend more on training facilites instead of players? Perhaps nobody has mentioned it to Roman :mrgreen:
 
Professor Nutmeg said:
Gave up on Deco because Chelsea want to see the likes of Cole and Parker coming through the ranks

Why don't you spend more on training facilites instead of players? Perhaps nobody has mentioned it to Roman :mrgreen:
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Funny that.. cos he had to fight not be be farmed off to Spartak Moscow on loan! :roll:

Yeah, your training ground is piss poor. Ground sharing with Imperial University London in Harlington west london... Well at least it's 5 mins from Heathrow for all the new signings :mrgreen:
 
Seriously. Buying a new training facility would be Abramovich's best buy. You have some great talent. Stop buying new ones and develop the ones you already have. Man Utd did that and look at that stars they created.
 
I think Mourinho saw that Kezman has potential to be one of the best. If you have ever seen him play outside the CL you'd see that. This season he scored 31 goals in 29 matches. That's an average above 1!
 
Hasn't he scored like 105 goals in 4 seasons?

"We have 20 players decided to be in our squad definitely and I would say we have three or four more spaces. These can be spaces for new players or for players who are already Chelsea players. It depends on the situation.

"The way I want to think is something like this - right backs Glen Johnson and Paulo Ferreira. Is closed.

"Left backs Celestine Babayaro and Wayne Bridge, is closed. Outside left - Arjen Robben and Damien Duff. Closed.

"Central defence - open. Midfield players - still open. Strikers - I don't know yet!"
 
Kezman is a verey bad signing imo and i cant stand him. He's a poor Pippo Inzaghi copy, doubt he will score more than 10 goals and he'll NEVER contribute with anything else than simple tap-ins for sure.
 
i heard that kezman had a better goals/game ratio than Ruud while at PSV, is this true, if so it could prove to be a very shrewd singing
 
stiffler said:
i heard that kezman had a better goals/game ratio than Ruud while at PSV, is this true, if so it could prove to be a very shrewd singing
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its possible, he was Ruuds replacement and he's been a prolific goal scorer, I think he's banged a few in for Serbia aswell.

Apparently him and Ruud fell out while they we're at PSV, After a defeat Kezman blamed some of his teamates publicly, Ruud took exception to this and they fell out, to be fair Kezman was pretty dignified and apologised to the parties involved also when he (Ruud) returned from injury Kezman didnt make a fuss when he was dropped to the bench.
 
Boro, why are u asking us lol! Im not exactly chief ex at chelsea. If i was, i would give him to you. Cos i quite like boro (the team, not the person on this forum, im not a bummer) and i feel sorry for zenden, he was wasted at chelsea.
 
I think Kezman is the signing of the season so far, at £5m you can't really complain. He can score goals, has the ability and if there was a worse striker you could buy it would be Inzaghi.
 
Now it turns out Chelsea dont want Rooney either as they have their eyes on `other targets`

Looks like he will be staying at Everton
 
CWright said:
Now it turns out Chelsea dont want Rooney either as they have their eyes on `other targets`

Looks like he will be staying at Everton
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lol yeah they seem to be saying that about everyone that turned them down ;)
 
Kezman will be a better signing than Rooney imo

Your paying 5.5million for a striker that has a better goal scoring record than Van Nistlerooy in Holland and scored 31 goals in 29 games last season

Rooneys had a good euro 2004 and and thats it

and then theres the small matter of 30million
 
Gerrard had decided to quit: Reds chief

LIVERPOOL, England, (AFP) - Liverpool Chief Executive Rick Parry revealed Monday how close the club came to losing captain Steven Gerrard.

The England midfielder had been frustrated at Liverpool's trophyless last season in which the Reds were well off the pace in the Premiership, and almost jumped ship, with Chelsea in the hunt for his signature.

Blues chief executive Peter Kenyon and new manager Jose Mourinho had said that they were ready to take the 24-year-old to Stamford Bridge after his inspiring international displays in Euro 2004.

"We're absolutely delighted that Steven is staying. I guess in a way it was the best non-signing we've ever made," Parry told the club's website.

"I think we all feared he was going so it was a very welcome surprise when he told us he wasn't.

"I think he was very close to going and at one point, I think he had decided to go. I'm sure of that and I don't suppose he reached that decision just by reading newspapers so I've no doubt there were all sorts of conversations."

Parry revealed the hard work he had put in to persuading the club's talisman to remain at Anfield.

Gerrard's departure would have been a hige blow to new manger Rafael Benitez, recruited from Spanish champions and UEFA Cup holders Valencia after Gerard Houllier's departure.

Home-grown striker Michael Owen has been stalling on a contract extension and if the captain had walked out, it would have summarised the growing malaise at the lack of success at Anfield and precious gems like Owen could soon have followed through the exit.

"I had a series of meetings with Steven over a number of weeks, which had been very straightforward, and he had been very honest," Parry explained.

"It was refreshing that you could have a real heart-to-heart with a key player. I enjoyed that even if I didn't enjoy some of the messages that were coming back.

"Essentially, he'd expressed his frustration at the end of the season that fourth wasn't good enough. Fourth wasn't good enough for us either so we were at least on the same wavelength.

"There's no doubt he wants to win trophies with Liverpool but at the same time, he wants to win trophies full stop.

"There was a bit of turmoil and it was clear that we needed to work quite hard to persuade Stevie, which we did over a number of weeks. At one point it looked as if we were losing the battle but it's turned out well in the end."

Gerrard will come to Stamford? That would be great!! If it's not rumour again.
 
Reports suggest we whave tabled a new bid of £22 million for Drogba, a potential British record for a striker, surpassing that of United's £19 million for RVN. I heard Marseille were eyeing Eto'o as a replacement a while back and again recently. Suppossedly Marseille are ready to sell, and he'll spend the weekend discussing personal terms. Of course, these reports could rubbised by mid-morning/lunchtime.
He is an exciting prospect though. He kind of reminds me of an in-form Anelka. If he comes we could definitely play 5 in midfield with him upfront, and the likes of Robben/Duff coming in from the left.....and he can still wear his blue Nike boots. :mrgreen:

Meanwhile Fulham have entered the race alongside Boro to sign JFH.
 
Oh dear! i really want drogba but i really like all our strikers! I wish we hadnt signed kezman now! Altho he is good, and i guess drogba isnt a done deal yet. I still wanna see him at the bridge tho
 
Schmiggles! :( Oh well

ps - anyone no where sulphuricx has gone? hes normally the main poster on this thread? :-k
 
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