Chelsea Rumours Archive September 01 2011
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01 Sep 2011 22:30:19
i personally like meireles as an attacking threat plus last season he linked up with torres well
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Mate, I am a scouser and I am telling ( and not sour grapes)...Miereles is not worth the money...he has no pace, he is 29 and he cant see the runners in front of him. He had 3 good games last season for us, and THAT won him fans player of the year because we were so crap!...watch out King Kenny is creeping up on you ....
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01 Sep 2011 22:25:20
hey ed, are there any free agents available in chelsea's eyes?
cheers {Ed002's Note - No.}
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01 Sep 2011 21:41:00
now that the window has shut could ed02 admit he got the whole lot wrong? completely WRONG
thinks hes in the know but football manager proved him wrong.
its not real life ed2 you little spotty sad git, dare you to post this you toby
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I see the cretin is back ed. Is this the same kid who was boasting about changing ip address and coming back time and time again to abuse us ed? He won't be a Chelsea fan and you should just ignore it. A sad little w**ker going from web site to web site giving it big to the moderators and other members. Bet he never sends in a valid email address does he ed. Bracknell Blue {Ed002's Note - I appreciate that he will not be a fan of Chelsea and as such he is no embarrassment to the club. And yes it is the same person who clearly wishes to wreck it for everyone else. The internet is sadly full of such detrious and matter that you would otherwise scrape off your shoes. He clearly has no interest in football but just cruises around as the anonymous internet warrior. And you are right, he never leaves any contact details so there is no opportunity to rationalise or discuss matter with him. I will certainly be old enough to be his father - perhaps even his grand father. It is all rather sad.}
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I think some people need to grow up... im guessing because we didn't sign Hazard, Pastore, Sanchez, Kaka, Modric etc. But if you look carefully Ed002 has gave us the info prior to anything happening where he can, only part i can see Ed002 being wrong is the offloading players but hey its football if the price is not right they wont move (including players with there contracts) Ed002 and Ed018 you have done the rest of us proud And hopefully January will be a better window with less arrogant people and repetitive questions etc
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Ed002 wasnt right or wrong, he never promised anything. He just passed on knowledge of deals that might have happened, you are a ****
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Damn Ed002, I thought since you didn't reply to the original post you were going to keep your silence. Shouldn't even give this douche the satisfaction of a response. {Ed002's Note - But he "dared" me to post it.}
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What a sad little mug,ed002 from what i understand you were doing this in your free time whilst on your travels.think this little"TOBY" needs to remember this.big thanks to ed002 and ed018 for all the info you managed to provide us with.
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Ed02 yoy know the liitle c**t won't man up and leave an email address
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What a sad individual sent this post
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Acting upon your response to this rather interesting if somewhat inaccurate post I dare you to provide me with £100,000 in unmarked notes to be left at the back of the bar at Le Cafe de la Fontaine.
Thank you very much.
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Why all the h8? it should'nt be a big deal if u have a life that does'nt just revolve around the beautiful game. So what if the eds dnt always get it right, chillaxicate ya swelled up self.
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Another person hiding behind the internet!
Great job over the last few months lads!
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Yeah ed dont listen to the little t**t! great job, keep it up!
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01 Sep 2011 21:17:48
When have old team people moan and when we buy young players for future people moan, I honestly
Think we have greattwam
And really good squad, we have sturridge back, mata, lukaku, piazon to come, Wallace to come, merelis to come in Torres to shine. Ramires hitting form. Why all moaning, get behind Chelsea hey, well done eds
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Torres to shine haha
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I agree ha,his days are numbered unless he starts performing,with the sides Man U and City have got,we cant afford passenfers,
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01 Sep 2011 20:53:44
I think if AVB an RDM is able get the best out of our players then we stand a good chance of winning the title this year, they also needs to play the right team. Anelka for me should start everytime b4 Kalou, alongside Torres and Mata. Everyone says tht Sturridge should be on the right but seen as he's mainly a left pegger I think Anelka would be the better option. Then theres the midfield as the bk4 seemingly picks itself. I'd deffo have Meireles in there alongside Ramires and McCeachran. Lampard should either be subbed or maybe adjust the style of his play a little in order to be more effective. Maybe he could sit bk a little more like Paul Scholes so cleverly did for Man United, knowing fullwell he did'nt quite have the legs to get up an down the field anymore. Not to mention we have Essien to come bk aswel. We have Luiz and Terry 2of the best CB's in the PL if not the world and decent cover for nearly every position. So heads up ppl n lets enjoy the season it does'nt have to be United's again!
KTBFFH!
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AVB knows that Sturridge is going to try to score more than he passes... but it is his speed and agility/tricks that will open the game up. Hulk is a left footed RW too but he helped Porto a ton last season. Sturridge is a better athlete with more of an engine than Anelka. Read Sturridge's article of Chelsea Magazine on chelseafc.com. Sturridge wants to play in any position that will keep him on the field. He will play where AVB needs him. And since we did not buy a RW this summer, I think AVB planned on Sturridge playing that position.
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01 Sep 2011 19:13:08
Ed can teams still sign player even though the transfer window is closed? {Ed018's Note - if they are free agents then yes}
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01 Sep 2011 19:40:27
Questions ? What happens now? I only stumbled across this site a couple of weeks ago. Is that it? does it shut down until January's tranfer window? If not ? what?
I will really miss checking in every couple of hours the contrast between Eds 002 & 018 is classic.Good cop, bad cop,devil and guardian angel on each shoulder
without getting all unecessary i will miss them both thanks for everything. {Ed018's Note - the website will still be up and Ed002 and myself will still check in each day, so stop by.
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01 Sep 2011 19:37:17
Ed, when Piazon and Wallace arrive in Jan. Will they go straight in to the squad or into the reserves or maybe out on loan for a year or so? {Ed018's Note - i dont think Wallace arrives in January but i could be wrong. Lucas will actually begin training with the team in 10 days or so. But can't play until January. I don't expect him to go on loan then}
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01 sep 2011 17:21:58
hi ed002 do you know if the ganso bid was rejected in the end?
thanks mate!
dan1cfc {ed002's note - talks will probably continue.}
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01 Sep 2011 16:44:23
Ed, do you feel that the Meireles signing might be a shorter term signing for the squad that gives us another body until Essien returns and Paizon arrives in January? {Ed002's Note - No.}
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By January we could have 8 central midfielders;
Lampard, Essien, Mikel, Romeu, Meireles, Paizon, Ramires, McEachren
I think this is a bit OTT personally, no need for Meireles what so ever.
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I think meirelles will be a good player in our team as he is creative and good at shooting lets hope he will be better signing than 2 previous ones from liverpool
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I believe meireles was bought for sqaud depth. Plus players like Mikel, Drogba, Essien and Kalou leave for African cup of Nations in Jan-Feb so he will be very much needed.
DJ
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01 Sep 2011 14:13:35
I don't want to go on a rant, but I for one am delighted with the clubs transfer business this summer. We have bought many players for the future who look bright and promising and who will hopefully do well in the seasons to come. This summer the club grew up and we stopped paying over the odds for players, which is great. We're not in 2003, we can't just throw money at problems. Getting good deals makes sense for the long term. Yes, we've spent a lot but we haven't spent stupid amounts on a player (looking at you Fernando) and the players that we have spent big fees on have been young with great potential (Lukaku, Mata).
Can we win the league this season? Maybe. But I see us as a team in transition. The older players will be moved on in time when their contracts run down, cutting the wage bill and giving the youngsters more and more chances to prove themselves. I am sure we would have all been fine with certain players moving on but they didn't want to go and, to be honest, I don't blame them. If I earned £100k/week West London would be a great place to be!
Time to stop moaning that we didn't buy an established superstar... We might have just bought superstars of the future...
AM
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We have grown up?? thats why we "apparently" big 40million for modric....i agree with most of your post though,,,,we have benn shroud(spelling) for the most part, well done AVB
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I don't believe for a second that we offered £40m for Modric. Maybe £30m and a couple of players which would 'total' the value of £40m 'arry was talking about.
The most impressive thing though is that we didn't go back with £50m, as has previously happened with another player....
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Modric is not worth anything near 40mill id say around 25mil at the very most....
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01 Sep 2011 13:38:22
Eds are you happy with the Chelsea transfers this summer? {Ed002's Note - I am always happy.}
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In that case ED002 is it a good time to ask if you know anything about Modric coming in January.
( and as the smile fades like a gently setting sunset)
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01 Sep 2011 12:32:09
This would be my team:
Cech
Bossy-Luiz-Terry-Cole
Ramires-Meireles
Sturridge-Lamps-Mata
Torres
Perhaps even swapping Lamps and Ramires and putting Mikel in DM. Or Drogba just behind the striker where he can use his power to hold the ball and look for passes. Would like to see Hamsik or Ganso come in January with Hamsik being more likely. I think all we need is a world class right winger and a new CB as the one's we have now are ageing.
Scotty.
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I would say:
Cech
Bosingwa-Luiz-Terry-Cole
Ramires-Lamps-Meireles
Mata
Drogba-Torres
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Cbs are fine really. Everyone on here really underrates Ivanovic, hes great and hes still young he and Luiz will be the future partnership.
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Ivanovic is 27, hardly young is it. Alex is 29 and Terry is 30. We will need at least two new centre backs for the future providing that Chalobah turns out to be a good player. I would personally go for Rodwell and Subotic.
Scotty.
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Not bad but not quite right!!
Cech
Ivanovic/Alex/Terry/Cole
Ramires/Luiz/Meireles
Sturridge/Torres/Mata
Having said that, I'm worried about the defence!!
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Further Still, mine would be:
Cech
Bosingwa/Luiz/Terry/Cole
Mata/Ramirez/Meireless/Malouda
Sturridge/Torres w/ usual 60min Drogba inpact subtitution
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01 Sep 2011 12:06:47
I think there comes a time when you just have to accept and appreciate what you already have. We all no that Chelsea could have and perhaps should have done a little bit better with the transfer situation. But sometimes it's just the way it goes, I for one do not feel overly confident about us winning the title this year, and thats thinking with my head not my heart b4 you jump down my throat. I honestly still think theres a whole lot of room for improvement in the squad, especially creative wise! Im suprised that Lampard is going to be used and depended on as often as he was last year. For me he should be coming off the bench more now or given a less demanding role holding the midfield instead of bombing forward every time he gets chance. I hope we show United what were about when we meet in 2games time, but if im being totally honest I fear the worst for us, and am dreading there cocky arrogant boasting. Big thanks to all the eds though, could'nt of askedfor more! Anyway, until January folks.
KTBFFH!
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I to fear the same ... but there is a saying that Victory is what lies beyond fear ... so dont be afraid of being scared but support ure team with all u got and be ready to conquer
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I think the game against utd will be a close run affair, we could have done with one or two more signings than we got but its a decent squad we have now, yes utd have started strong but so did we last season and looked at what happened. I hope we learn our lesson from this window and act faster in future. In my opinion we did try and sign further players but were hampered by several different factors.
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This time next year will be different. AVB will be bold and offload early on. now he knows our squad. everyone is moaning even i am dissapointed. but in AVB we trust he has seen what weve seen no body should worry. CAREFREE
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01 Sep 2011 09:20:21
Hi Ed018, 002,
Just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work over the summer and that the website has been a must everyday for me to see whats going on with my beloved club!
Also wanted to ask does anyone have an idea of how much time young Oriol Romeu will see this year? AND to all the “fans” out there slagging off Meireles you have to understand
That we needed to baulk our midfield and he is a good addition!
Come on the Chels!
Dan1CFC {Ed002's Note - Yu will certainly start seeing Romeu soon.}
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01 Sep 2011 09:19:58
I'm going to miss your legendary replies Ed002 :( Reading you posts was a great asset to my day! {Ed002's Note - I will still be around.}
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Ed 02 is arrogant and doenst know s**t, "read previous posts" he says, so we do, and it proves he didnt know s**t afterall
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01 Sep 2011 06:35:48
is that is ?
Kalou, Anelka and co still here - and to top it off, Meireles in, Yossi out on loan. Thats pretty much a one for one. Personally I dont think ones better than the other. I know we were still trying for Modric - that half the fans felt we should have given up on, but we STILL have no real reativity in the middle.
Disapointed is an understatement. I suppose we'lll just have to get behind those we have, and hope for the Neymar/Ganso etc deals (if theres actually any hope there) can finally be sorted for Jan.
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01 Sep 2011 05:21:50
ED,
last query from me, at least for this season, till next transfer window opens:
What happened to the expected outbound players:
Anelka, and Kalou ?
Most fans were desperately looking forward to see them released. We fear, AVB starts the playing squad with them.
Just a CM signed (that too not much expected), no special Right Winger, no substitute RB...
uff, disastrous end to the window. {Ed002's Note - I am surprised neither left - particularly Anelka.}
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01 Sep 2011 03:02:44
You guys have picked up a decent player in Meireles - he has a good engine, is a good passer of the ball and can hit the ball hard. I think he is suited to your style of play. Hope he does well, except against the 'Pool.
LIVERPRES
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01 Sep 2011 02:16:07
ED002 whenever you can Gigi Salmon the chelsea tv presenter said chelsea may have a deal which they have not yet mentioned in the pipeline is this true? {Ed002's Note - I suspect efforts will continue to complete a couple of deals for January.}
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Would they be announced now or would we have to wait until January Ed? Thanks.
Scotty. {Ed002's Note - I suspect it will drag on for months.}
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31 Aug 2011 22:41:55
Ed002!! Where are you!! This is your time...
Bring us good Ganso news...
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01 Sep 2011 01:42:12
Ganso is named in starting line up in game against Internacionale for Santos kicking off at 01:50 hrs GMT...
Think that about kills that rumour!
Night all
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Because he is playin to night does that mean he can't come to Chelsea now
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Players don't tend to play for their old clubs after they have signed for their new one. {Ed002's Note - Nothing would have seen hime move before January.}
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I thought we might be signing him but he wouldnt be coming until January anyway so not sure this makes any difference?
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01 Sep 2011 01:16:31
RAUL MEIRELES has now joined Chelsea
www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2438063,00.html
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No s**t?
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Think I just wet myself
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Wanted Modric and Ribery got Meireles....hmmm
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Boys...you can have him....just send him on a tackling course...oh yeah, and a put-in-a -shift course....and a loyalty course...but then again....you are CHelski...
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Notice nobody replied to the silly scouser.
Improve your banter.
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01 Sep 2011 01:13:34
Heard so much about ganso coming to chelsea but I really want to know where people have heard this from as no one has stated any sources so it must just be a load of rubbish your thoughts ed? {Ed018's Note - i believe Ed002 said there were 4 bids for Ganso and 2 of them were from English clubs. I believe he thought or knew one of them was from Chelsea. He said he thought Chelseas bid was gonna be rejected and hadn't been so far. since that ive had alot of posts saying we signed him but i havent heard anything}
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01 Sep 2011 01:09:42
i just want to thank ed002 and ed018 for giving us the updates in the past couple of months, good job guys!! :) {Ed018's Note - thanks mate, its been fun. and thank you to everyone who visits the site.}
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01 Sep 2011 00:55:50
Liverpools player of the year ain't good enough for Chelsea , cmon guys get real , he's a good player , 12 million is a bargain and avb knows what's he's all about because Porto days
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Porto days? when was that? 3-4 years ago? We got another pensioner on board.
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I agree I like meireles
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Was AVB at porto then? I don't think he was, not to sure? But mata is gonna be big this season!
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Lucas was Liverpools player of the year - bench warmer.
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Don't think he was liverpool's player of the season
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Um...Lucas was LFC player of the year. Meireles has an awesome shot but does not like getting stuck in.
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Lucas was Liverpools player of the season last year, meireles way too injury prone!
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He wasn't liverpools player of the year lucas was, but still a good buy
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Avb and mereiles were only at porto together for a short time, but thats irrelevant. Mereiles showed at the back end of last season he can do the job in the prem, so get off his back and give him a chance!
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28 years old is hardly a pensioner u tool
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He was not Liverpools player of the season, he skirts out of tackles - good sqaud player but he is a bit of a pu**y.
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Meireles won Fans PFA Player of the Year 2011, so beat every other player in the prem in the view of the fans!
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01 Sep 2011 00:53:34
pls Ed, who covers for ashley cole if he gets injured and perhaps we've still got insufficient wingers and no significant creative midfielder. i'm stunned Ed {Ed018's Note - correct me if im wrong but we still have Bertrand?}
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01 Sep 2011 00:52:09
has our bid for ganso been accepted ed!! there are lot of rumors that we're talking of his personal terms now!! is this true? {Ed018's Note -i really don't know and where exactly are you hearing this}
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Does Ganso know this? I think he is sleeping at home
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Where have you heard these rumours? would be great
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Wikipedia haha
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01 Sep 2011 00:37:47
Ed, SSN are reporting that Chelsea and Real Madrid have agreed a late fee for a certain Mr Christiano Ronaldo! {Ed018's Note - why am i even posting this}
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Do you have a different version of sky sports news to everyone else?
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Because it will give fans that feeling of excitement theyve been waiting for all day! Even if only its for a minute or so.
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Trumpet
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01 Sep 2011 00:37:14
Probably being stupid but can someone tell me exactly what gigi salmon said about another signing? Would be very grateful!
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She was probably covering all angles invade something crazy happened...
But that's not gonna happen!
We have an awesome squad and we'll do Man U next weekend!
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01 Sep 2011 00:29:17
Given that AVB was aware of our midfield creativity issues...there must be something behind the scenes...surely they have another player yet to be confirmed?
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Just realised we have only 16 of the allowed 17 oversees players slots taken. Coincidence?
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There will be no more... Go to sleep lol
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01 Sep 2011 00:24:38
I think that's it Ladies and Gents... I'd love to see Neymar and Ganso announced but it's not gonna happen!
Be interesting to see how AVB deals with Torres/Drogba/Sturidge/Anelka/Kalou/Lukaku all fighting for two starting berths...
Think we might see Anelka released and Kalou on loan to a Championship side in coming days...
We have an awesome squad so let's keep the faith!!
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01 Sep 2011 00:13:55
Gigi Salman said on chelsea tv there may still be something in the pipeline and chelsea may have been talking to players after 11 do you EDS think it may be the case? {Ed018's Note - i keep saying its possible}
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How awesome would it be if out of the blue the official website announced the signing of neymar and ganso:)
Just saying ;)
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Im pulling for hamsik of napoli
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Not gonna happen... It's over, go to bed!
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01 Sep 2011 00:12:14
hey ed, do you know if there is a small possibilty that we could get ribery? {Ed018's Note - not happening}
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01 Sep 2011 00:10:28
Do you yourself believe there will be any more announcements regarding further signings? I will not judge your response, would be nice to get the realistic thoguhts of an expert.
Many Thanks {Ed018's Note - very doubtful}
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01 Sep 2011 00:08:13
Jury out already on Merieles , glad we didn't give 40 million for Modric , he ain't worth that, especially when we could have gone for Nasri for 22 million. Would hav liked to see A dynamic midfielder arrive at the Bridge. Very glad that Sturridge stayed think hewill have. Great season. My only bug bear is I would have like to seen us door Kalou .
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31 Aug 2011 23:59:43
Has anybody realised that not one club made a serious approach for Kalou ? we just cant off load him , clubs ain't interested in a player that cant shoot and keeps falling over his own feet. Was hoping more than anything that Kalou would be gone by tonight , a great big sigh !
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Dont forget we still have Malouda!!
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Anything? really?
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