TruePlatinum i say
ins: Ben arfa, Zhirkov, Diego, Podolski/zaki or u like Gomez too (maybe), Bastian
Outs: Mineiro, Malouda, Deco, Ballack, Drogba, Belletti, Ferreira

therefore our team would be:
4-3-3-
——–Cech——–
–Ivanovic—-Ricky–Terry—Zhirkov–
–Essien—Mikel—-Lampard—
—Bastian—-Podolski—Ben Arfa
depending on good squad rotation!!!
Subs: Cuda, Alex, A.cole, Bosingwa, Kalou, Anelka, Diego

I guess if we are not playing him, why not sell to Manchester city and make some good cash..

if this guy plays deco again .. ill kill him with my own two hands!!!!!

Hey I would say lets win 1-0 against stoke and middlesborough. atleast we will get 6 points and then lets go to anfield and get a draw which will be a huge positive result. from there onward we can think . If we get a big result again all false hopes will be raised. Our season will be defined in the three away games – liverpool, villa and juventus.

the papers are writing us off, we were written off last season and look how it ended, 3 point gap
I think scolari has more to offer, but someone like rijkaard would do better for us
you’d think as an international coach scolari could bring us up, but it isn’t happening
we’ll see a huge overhaul this summer
im expecting to see the back of belletti, malouda, carvahlo, kalou
id also like to see the back of drogba, deco and mineiro
the above players no longer show what i expect from this team, kalou has improved but i think he has near enough attained peak and would to better in spain
the papers are right in saying that the majority of our youth are not going to be ready for the premiership
we would be in dire need of a right back, centreback, left back, right winger, 2 left wingers, 2 central midfielders and 2 strikers
that is potentially alot of money

just to be irritating as we all love putting our 2 cents in, players i’m thinking of
in defence, i like to have a wingback who is strong and not too attacking, i like the idea of micah richards, but acknowledge it is unlikely to see him at rightback due to our needs but he could solve the centreback problem
centrebacks are in good stock here, i would simply let alex start and give mancienne a run in the first team
our left back sub slot is open, ashley puts in consistent performances, but he needs a kick to remind him why he clears the ball with a striker breathing on his neck instead of letting him score. I like the look of bertrand but he needs time, madrids marcelo is good with a dead ball and would be a good buy for us
promote scott sinclair for use on the right wing, we also have miroslav stoch so we have youth to offer a cheap option
left wing we need to spend money with no breathtaking talent in our academy, messi is the word rolling off everyones lips, very unlikely, zhirkov could do okay, but we all know i want podolski, very good on the counter, tall, strong, fast
in central midfield, we now have essien, mikel, lampard, ballack, mineiro and deco, we should have no more than 5, 3 starting if need be, 2 subs and allow another player to become versatile, michael johnson can be a good buy, if he can behave himself and regain the hype he caused, we have sawyer and woods in the reserves, celtic’s brown looks okay
when it comes to strikers, i like height, we should keep anelka as he adds a dimension we are missing and should have to become an all round team, di santo needs more minutes, but we should have at least 4. I like youngsters batuhan karadeniz and richard sukuta pasu, but as a more experienced player mario gomez and moussa dembele are both young, and playing well