Chelsea FC

(18-08-2011 17:53 )archibald cockfoster Wrote:  I've heard that the consequences for Chelsea could be Hilario.

No jokes please. Hilario has a Portugal cap (and it's some years ago now but 8 Portugal U21 caps too).

If only they still had this man between the sticks

As long as Cech's back for the Utd game we should be OK...ish with Hilario

We're also meant to be bidding for Mata (£27m)

I remember him once being referred to by a commentator as Hilarious. I'm not sure if it was a slip of the tongue, or a tongue in cheek remark, but it made me laugh

Some happy news.

Quote:John Obi Mikel's father has been rescued from the kidnappers who abducted him 11 days ago, the Chelsea midfielder's agent confirmed on Monday night. Local police said 6 suspects had been arrested.

After Michael Obi was abducted in central Nigeria on 12 August, Mikel received a "sizeable" ransom demand, but despite this continued to play for Chelsea and made public appeals for his father's safe return. Michael is thought to have been found in Kano, 180 miles north of where he was abducted.

"I was taken in an isolated area in Jos," said Michael. "I started begging them, yet they beat me mercilessly, kicking me with their boots. There were 5 of them and they were dressed in military uniforms."

André Villas-Boas has praised the mental strength of Mikel as he has played on through the trauma of his father's kidnap ordeal. The Chelsea manager had to break news of the situation to Mikel on the eve of their opening Premier League fixture at Stoke City. Mikel also played against West Brom on Saturday.

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Get in! Mata was the one player I wanted us to get this summer

Now if we do get Modric (which I doubt tbh), that might be enough to convince me we can win the title

Chelsea's new tactic is now out in the open, after it was spotted by many in the match against Genk on Wednesday night:

i think chelsea have to get rid of anelka,kalou and ferreria and buy cavani,godin and perriera

Well that would cost about £50-60m I reckon (inc. those players going out ). Would we even be able to spend that much with FFP coming in?
(I’ve given up on understanding the FFP rules so I don’t know how much we could hypothetically spend)

Not to mention having Cavani, Torres, Drogs, Lukaku and arguably Studge all competing for one place might be a bit of a problem. Plus I’d like to see Bertrand given a chance at LB instead of bringing in a new one
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And also Kalou is God and can do no wrong

Realistically I would say
Out :
Alex: Unfortunately wants to leave
Anelka: Contract runs out at the end of the season
Kalou: Contract runs out at the end of the season
Malouda: Maybe
Bosingwa: Liability
McEachran: Loan to Swansea

In:
Cahill: Contract runs out at the end of the season
Adam Johnson: Seems unhappy at Etihad City
De Bruyne: Looks set to come to Chelsea
Van der Wiel: Contract runs out at the end of the season
Modric type playmaker?

I think they would be some great deals financially and would freshen up our squad

alex is great defender and if van der wiel is out of contract in the summer we should snap him up soon as and cavani can also play on the right of a front 3