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More to the point, where does Essien fit in? It's the same at Man United where they have Hargreaves, Carrick, Fletcher, Scholes etc. Chelsea are building a squad for an assault on all 4 competitions. Letting Lampard leave purely because they've brought one player in just doesn't make sense. Makelele will be going I think, so can they really afford to sell him? What do you envisage the midfield 3 being like (assuming no more transfers and that Scolari will stick with 4-3-3)? I'd have thought: -----------Essien------------ ---Ballack----------Deco---- I think they'll rotate Lampard, Ballack and Deco tbh

Dyer wasn't/isn't shit. We were a much better side when he was in it.

Amazingly, there have actually been quote from him in the press (unlike most stories!). He's basically saying that if Arsenal can make enough money on him he'd like to try playing in another league, but if the offer isn't good enough for Arsenal he's staying put.

More to the point, where does Essien fit in? It's the same at Man United where they have Hargreaves, Carrick, Fletcher, Scholes etc. Chelsea are building a squad for an assault on all 4 competitions. Letting Lampard leave purely because they've brought one player in just doesn't make sense. Makelele will be going I think, so can they really afford to sell him?

Fat, over-rated 20 goals a season midfielder don't you know! Scolari doesn't want Lampard to leave, so I'm not convinced he will. Not down to Scolari, all Lampard has to do is invoke the clause. Maybe Scolari offering him the £150k pw he wants might change his mind, Scolari telling Lampard he doesn't want him to leave won't make a jot of difference. Disagree. Lampard himself wants to stay at Chelsea all of his career, but he wasn't happy with what happened to Mourinho. He wants stability now, and their manager telling him that he wants him to stay will play a huge part on Lampard's decision. Chelsea don't have to sell Lampard. If Chelsea don't want to sell Lampard, they won't. Simple as.

Bargain.

Depends which station you're coming from. Hessle station is a 5 minute walk from the bridge.

Fat, over-rated 20 goals a season midfielder don't you know! Scolari doesn't want Lampard to leave, so I'm not convinced he will.

Martins has to put a transfer request in first, which means he's not entitled to his pay off if we sell him. Arsenal enquire, so we say £15m. They can't buy him for £13m because Martins hasn't asked to go. A lot of this comes from the Adebayor story, but speaking to Arsenal fans this weekend there's no way he's leaving, so it's a none starter anyway.

So you say you watched him but at the same time can't remember him being on the pitch!? Sounds to me like a bad thing in regard to your mental health. I watched the matches and can't remember him. I was at the bloody Wembley game too! He's the guy who scored mate Yeah, I realise that. I'm just kinda making the point that I didn't at any time during the game think he was a player of any note. Even when he scored. Probably more down to you then, tbh. http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/index.php?topic=49724.250 There's the match thread. Can't see his name mentioned at all, even when he scored. Obviously everyone rated him though.

So you say you watched him but at the same time can't remember him being on the pitch!? Sounds to me like a bad thing in regard to your mental health. I watched the matches and can't remember him. I was at the bloody Wembley game too! He's the guy who scored mate Yeah, I realise that. I'm just kinda making the point that I didn't at any time during the game think he was a player of any note. Even when he scored.

So you say you watched him but at the same time can't remember him being on the pitch!? Sounds to me like a bad thing in regard to your mental health. I watched the matches and can't remember him. I was at the bloody Wembley game too!

The words of a club planning on not buying anyone.

I'd love to see the figures backing that up. van Nistelrooy (₤19m), Veron (₤28m), Ferdinand (₤30m) and Rooney (₤27m) Carrick (₤18.6m), Hargreaves (₤16m), Nani (₤14m), Anderson (₤18m), and Kuszczak (₤4m) 9 transfers which already make the claim bollocks. Ronaldo 12m, Tevez?, Vidic 8m, Evra 7mil Yep, keeps going. Dwight Yorke, £12.6m Andy Cole, £7m Jaap Stam, £10.75m Roy Keane, £3.75m (a lot at the time) Gary Pallister, £2.3m (see above) The list goes on and on. The difference is Man United generate a lot of their transfer money (cough *munich* cough) and Chelsea had the investment. Still, the claim that Chelsea have outspent them in history is utter shit.

For the first 2 people I mean

Told you before, get yourself in the members club. For those coming on the bus, I should be able to obtain two tickets a game if anybody wants them. This deal gets better. So you're going to put a package together for bus travel AND ticket?

He'd flourish at Newcastle though. History proves it.

£5000 and you can post them. £250 per club, and it doesn't even get passed onto them! Amazing isn't it.

I'd love to see the figures backing that up. van Nistelrooy (₤19m), Veron (₤28m), Ferdinand (₤30m) and Rooney (₤27m) Carrick (₤18.6m), Hargreaves (₤16m), Nani (₤14m), Anderson (₤18m), and Kuszczak (₤4m) 9 transfers which already make the claim bollocks.

For twice as much.

January.

At least there's zero chance of us ever playing against him. Unless of course we play them in a friendly.

One of Crouch's mates says that Redknapp will be putting in an increased bid. Or at least that's what Redknapp has told PC. Is Crouch's mate a friend of Bentley too?

Haha quality, here mate lighten up im only having some fun, quit yo' powertrippin! Sounded pretty serious to me, would others agree? I agree with him to be honest, despite being offended. You bloody moderators, spoiling our fun all the time

I'd get rid of him if I didn't think we were going to struggle to attract quality players this summer. I'm pretty certain we'll be starting next season with at least 9 of the 11 players we finished last season with, so getting rid of Viduka isn't really an option, even though he's always injured.