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Chelsea launch stunning bid to snatch Paulinho from bitter rivals Tottenham

Sweetsman

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If they do, you can guarantee he'll be on the pitch at the end wearing the full kit.
Platini: Sorry, but what are you doing here?
Terry: I'm Jay Tee, captain, leader, you know?
Platini: Ah yes, Mr Terry, we were expecting you. We have a special box of tissues for you.
Terry: Why?
Platini: Well, you're a complete wanker!
 

striebs

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Give him next season and then judge. I bet you he will be a star in the World Cup. Then I'll bite there hands for £30m ? Na fuck Chelsea. Lol

Better to make him rot in the stiffs than play for horrible mourhino .
 

dannyhoddle

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We have too many central midfielders going for two central midfield positions.

Paulinho
Capoue
Dembele
Erikson
Chadli
Lamela
Siggy
Sandro
Bentelab
Holtby
Carroll
Livermore

Paulinho should be the first one to go. A total of 10 minutes of skill against Stoke is not good enough for the season. Considering the grief the rest of the team gets, not sure how he gets away with 'give him another season'. If there is a genuine offer (which there probably isn't from Chelsea), then take it and buy another left back.
 

CrazyHeart

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Sheesh - If this is stunning then McVities Digestives are food of the gods.
 

postigol

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Football was the winner tonight. I loved watching someone's team destroy the bus-driver's negative tactics.
Also sweet to seeing that pussy terry crying at the end and the gormless chelski fans... ****s the lot of them
Ah man, I totally missed this match - just looked up the match review, fooking brilliant news 3-1 at home ha haha ha!:ROFLMAO:
Don't like Chelsea at the best of times but Mourinho's been a complete "Sir Anthony" since his return - almost like he's trying to be an exagerrated version of himself and putting the obnoxious setting onto max.
 

postigol

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We have too many central midfielders going for two central midfield positions.

Paulinho
Capoue
Dembele
Erikson
Chadli
Lamela
Siggy
Sandro
Bentelab
Holtby
Carroll
Livermore

Paulinho should be the first one to go. A total of 10 minutes of skill against Stoke is not good enough for the season. Considering the grief the rest of the team gets, not sure how he gets away with 'give him another season'. If there is a genuine offer (which there probably isn't from Chelsea), then take it and buy another left back.
The only one who is not for sale at any price is Eriksen. We need to shrink that number to about 7-8. Don't forget that if we play 4-3-3 or 4-4-1-1 then we'd use 3 of those listed players, plus at least a pair on the bench and (being Spurs) we'd need to allow for 2-3 injured, hence that number.
If Chelsea really are bidding £28.76m for Paulinho I'd sell at that price, same for Livermore who's been linked with a fee of £5-6m. I REALLY think we need to cut our losses on Lamela with a sale rather than a loan, so that'd be just one more to sell.

I'd prefer we hang on to Carroll and Bentaleb for at least another season. Also think we're starting to see some good from Chadli and I rate Dembele and Hotlby - so am thinking we should prob try and sell Siggy.
 

chinaman

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Jul 19, 2003
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Both Paulinho and Siggy know the way to goal even if they're not contributing much elswhere. On the other hand, Dembele just slows down our attack with excessive dribbling and no final ball ( very Lennonesque ). So if we're selling Paulinho, I'd keep Siggy or vice versa. If we have to unload one more central midfielder, I'd sell Dembele.
 

mawspurs

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Jun 29, 2003
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Both Paulinho and Siggy know the way to goal even if they're not contributing much elswhere. On the other hand, Dembele just slows down our attack with excessive dribbling and no final ball ( very Lennonesque ). So if we're selling Paulinho, I'd keep Siggy or vice versa. If we have to unload one more central midfielder, I'd sell Dembele.

I agree to an extent, players who can dribble at speed are exciting to watch. However for me Dembele needs to learn when to release the ball, he has a tendency to hang onto it too long and ends up getting caught in possesion or putting himself in a situation where passes to a team mate are limited. If he looked up more he may be a better player for it.
 
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