Chelsea Thread

[VR46]

Good player and "even" at 30, got a good couple of years at least in his legs, agree, a nice signing.

[Ajay1986]

Agreed. He was Portugal's player of the tournament without doubt because as usual Ronaldo went missing when it really mattered.

I think he'll do well to Chelsea.

[saif]

Deco will continue to be very good into the slower period of his career. His spurts were v useful but he reads the game well. I don't like him though!

I still remember his amazing recovery from injury when Terry kicked the ball at him

[johnno15]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7482773.stm

Massive blow to Chelski if he leaves fingers crossed he goes

[abigsmurf]

But then we already have a replacement for him. Drogba could be out for Kaka too (won't be sad to see him go now, his attitude in the Champions League final was too much, even for me).

Doesn't worry me too much, what chelsea need are goal scorers and last seasons set up only worked because our defensive force and possesion was so strong.

[Matt]

I don't think Kaka will be appearing in the PL any time soon. Going by the current Chelsea targets, next season you'll be fielding an entire ex-Barcelona squad.

[abigsmurf]

Ferguson had a dig at us saying we made little progress last season (true but then Grant was just a transitional manager) and saying we've an aging squad which is somewhat true but we've players coming through the youth system and the squad's being set up to ease in players to replace those getting on a bit.

Also a bit premature to critisize the squad when it's clear chelsea are going after a minimum of 1 more world class player (need a striker) and possibly more.

[Kongster]

Apparently Essien has responded to that. Sir Alex' is back at it with the "mind games" and it seems to be working LOL.

I have to say that Chelsea were pretty formidable opponents under Mourinho. Whether Scolari can emulate that remains to be seen.

[abigsmurf]

Chelsea sold Ben Haim for £5mill reportedly. I'm not sure the the squad will be able the loss of such a vital player...

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Well you've still got Ivanovic waiting in the wings, who will presumably get more playtime alongside Terry, Carvalho and Alex this season. I'd say you are more than well covered in that area. Conversely, I tense a possible tone of sarcasm in your message, in which case ignore what I just said

[abigsmurf]

me? Use sarcasm? I would NEVER do that!

:P

[abigsmurf]

Times running out. Anelka's been good pre-season but we still need a big name signing, we weren't getting enough goals.

SWP has been his usual self. One of the fastest players in the country, he just can't deliver that final ball (makes school boy errors like not looking up). Will be interesting to see if Phil can force some technique on him.

Also hope that he can install the discipline that Jose installed in Drogba that led him to having a brilliant season.

[ezee ryder]

Sky Sports News are reporting that Chelsea have made a £19.7 million for Robinho.

[abigsmurf]

BBC are reporting it too.

Will be happy if we get him. That's a pretty good price too compared to press speculation.

[Matt]

An absolute bargain at that price.