CaptainXabi

No, we haven't seen it. However, unless either Momo or Gerrard or both learn not to run all over the place, we'll have a gaping hole in central midfield.

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Remind me again, On a Bramble to Ronaldinho scale, how excited should I be about potentially signing Alves?

Until we get a striker who scores, Luis must play every game. I don't care if he loses possession, you can't win a game with layoffs - bottom line.

Well if snippets from around the forum in the last few days are to be believed, Owen + Kuyt seems a more likely possibility. Signing David Villa would be pant-wettingly good, but I can't see it.

I don't think not having class will end Mourinho's tenure at Chelsea. Not winning the Champions League next season most definitely will. Chelsea will drop serious Cash this summer on 3 or 4 top players - Galactico style players, not Drogbas - and really make a push. If they aren't holding the CL trophy in May 2007, Mourinho's done.

Absolutely. Seems that Owen's on his way back.

26 or 27. Good deal if it comes through.

Two things: 1. Great news about Momo. However, I don't think he should pass up this opportunity to be allowed to wear eyewear (even though he's ok). I think he's look f***ing hard in an eyepatch, especially with the bald head and maybe we can get him a parrot. 2. Rafa definitely sees Stevie was his "new" right midfielder.

Your post is generally very true. However, you threw it all away in a moment of madness with the word highlighted above. Also, he's 26 now, so I wouldn't bank on him becoming Maldini through coaches.

Were you watching the same game as the rest of us? The Hollywood balls were coming off beautifully. The work rates was fantastic. He was a 1 man central midfield in the 2nd half as Gerrard was all over the place trying to get a goal (which was a good thing). He was magnificent.

Harsh but fair Poolfrog. I'd ditch Fowler as well barring significant improvement. Or put it this way - I think we should pretend Fowler isn't there when we make our striking decisions and purchases in the summer. I'd be happy for him to stay on a pay as you play basis if that's fine with him. But there should be 4 strikers ahead of him in the pecking order.

Garcia scores goals out of the blue independent of how the rest of his game is on the night. That's why he gets to stay on even when he's playing poorly.

On what basis? f*** layoffs and "working hard", strikers are there to score. Trezeguet's the laziest person on the planet and yet he'll always be sought after because he can put the ball in the f***ing net. Anyone but Morientes as far as I'm concerned.

I hope they play that video over and over so that Terry gets the same treatment as Carra with the Henry incident.

Sack the photographer...or Parry, whoever is found first DIETMAR HAMANN: THE BIG INTERVIEW

Last season we were genuinely getting beaten in games. It very rarely happens these days. I think we've improved tremendously, and as soon as we get a good striker or two and a RW we'll be really challenging. Think back to all the results, I can only think of 5 games that we didn't dominate and deserve to win. Those are: Bolton (A) - Draw Chelsea (H) - Loss Chelsea (A) - Loss Fulham (A) - Loss Charlton (A) - Loss That would be 14 points dropped in 28 games if we had strikers that could just put the ball into the back of the net. If we could do something like that next season we could have 65-70 points after 28 games next season. Chelsea currently have 72 and it's probably safe to assume they'll have a similar amount next season at this point. But if we're in the neighborhood around this time, within 5-7 points, you never know what could happen.

Don't say things like that! I could see it happening though .

I don't think it's unrealistic at all. The only problem with Owen coming back (in footballing terms) is that he's injured a lot when he's the regular starting striker. So for a good 3 months of the season, we'd be limited to Crouch, Fowler, and Pongolle. There's some considerable uncertainty in the strike rate of our strikers in that scenario. Granted they can't do any worse than this year.

I love Garcia. I think he's worth keeping for Europe alone. But IMO, his best position day in, day out is as an impact sub - the first man off the bench. And of course he'll get some starts at Anfield. In the long term, he's probably not going to be happy with that after seeing his star rise last year and breaking into the national team properly. I hope he stays though.

Ronaldinho is not at his peak though...

I hate to be a drama queen about it, but I seriously believe it all rests on his shoulders. We must get 2 goals in the first half if we hope to avoid a second half of frustration due to Benfica diving 45 minutes off the clock as they did against United.

How'd she nick Momo's new eyewear? Sack Parry!!

I heard it was Momo .