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Laurent Blanc might be worth a punt...

Is it just me who thinks Chelsea have been lacking a quality RB for a good few year... Also there will be the Hazard angle now... Ivanovic? i suppose it is possible if they sold Ivanovic but i cant see them going for any RB unless Ivanovic is sold. He's done well filling but i was thinking that they haven't really got a natural RB on there books... Until recently they had 3 international LB's and half a dozen CB's...

Not quite but should know one way or another by the weekend...

Is it just me who thinks Chelsea have been lacking a quality RB for a good few year... Also there will be the Hazard angle now...

I can see them being out of football for a year such is the mess and time restraints for apply for a league position...

Will be interesting to see if the players show loyalty and allow their contracts to stand with the NEWCO...

Better than Matchday 2 & Kick Off 2?...

Still mildly irritated by our lazy performance that day. Stroll in the park for Everton. Yeah me to... Couldn't understand the mentality of the team that day considering what was (albeit a long shot) at stake...

Couldn't of put it better myself... The amount of times I've said exactly the same to friends, family and fellow fans doesn't bare thinking about... I think due to AP and DL's quite open and honest approach about our current standing in the footballing food chain leads too many of our fans to think players will be sold when any old bid is received...

£5M-£7M spent on a replacement for Guthrie seems just very strange though. Yeah i think Amalfitano is Guthrie's replacement..... this is more a quality addition to the squad that can play DM and in both fullback positions. Disagree from what little i've seen of both... Amalfitano appears more of an attacking midfielder so replaces Lovenkrands for me whereas Anita seems to player deeper... Either way they both look like technical upgrades... Are you seriously suggesting Anita would be a Guthrie replacement as in a mere squad player for us? Why would he leave Ajax where he is a guaranteed starter and in the CL to sit on our bench? Also, can't see us spending >10m on a "Guthrie replacement". No... I'm talking basic like for like style replacements to our squad... Not sure where he would fit into first eleven considering the positions he plays are currently held by our better players... Maybe more competition for Jonas and to rotate with Tiote/Cabaye when unavailable... As for a £10m fee I can't see it myself...

It'll go well for a while but then the usual/inevitable thing will happen. That is, once things go wrong or once Chelsea go on a bad run of form, Abramovich will have a few (angry) words. I'll give Di Matteo, at most, a season and a half. Maybe Abramovich is only looking for someone to keep the seat warm for 12 months before seducing Pep...

£5M-£7M spent on a replacement for Guthrie seems just very strange though. Yeah i think Amalfitano is Guthrie's replacement..... this is more a quality addition to the squad that can play DM and in both fullback positions. Disagree from what little i've seen of both... Amalfitano appears more of an attacking midfielder so replaces Lovenkrands for me whereas Anita seems to player deeper... Either way they both look like technical upgrades...

Was impressed with Jelavic when we went down to Goodison... Caused us all sorts of problems...

Think the whistle in crowd played a part there...

Guthrie's replacement sorted if this happens...

What has he said that you're not keen on? It's more the whole hype surrounding our scouting system... Which kind of goes against everything how it worked this year... Every time I listen to TS 5Live or Sky and NUFC is mentioned so is GC... I honestly think anyone on here or in the media would struggle to name the chief scouts from the other teams in the PL... Basically I feel all this crowing will make the selling clubs & agents just that little more smarter this summer... He's doing a great job but rather he wasn't seen nor heard... Just keep his head down and keep doing the great job he has so far...

Great news but hope he lowers his profile... Talks a little freely for my liking...

Carr said on radio we got Cisse for £8m...

He can't really force him to stay can he? No he can't, but it's almost as if he's pimping him out.. He's resigned to the fact that there's very little he can do in this situation and its almost fully Martinez's decision. Not buying that. He's practically been advertising Martinez to Liverpool. Now I understand Whelan supposedly has a soft spot for the bin dippers, but considering his interest in Wigan he could play it a bit more subtle. Wonder what the Wigan fans (if indeed they do exist) make of it all.. I don't think Whelan does hidden agendas and always seems one of the most straight talking chairman around and man of his word... He's realistic about Wigan and knows they can only grow so much as things stand... He's always said he'd not stand in the way of him joining a bigger club... I was one of the few not surprised when he turned down Villa last year even when given permission to talk to them as Whelan predicted as much... Basically Whelan portrays an image of having great working relationships with his managers which probably works in his favour when trying to hire them so he is now doing no more than highlighting that he's kept his word to Martinez...

I think one season is being generous... Once we sold Carroll his game seem to degenerate... Terrible signing and thats not even with hindsight... The fact we had to pay the £800k loyalty bonus to Man City to pass on to him set the tone for the whole 4yrs...

Word going around its 12 games...

guthrie shirley ? From what i've seen of him he's more of an attacking style with goals coming from well timed runs into the box... Was actually going to post that he's a cross between Guthrie & Lovenkrands... maybe similar to Yossi Benayoun...

Lovenkrands replacement sorted...

Probably will be officially...

Due to his dip in form the later would be a very sensible option to explore...