i guess some are kinda forwards

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Michael Essien (sell)
Florent Malouda (sell)
Raul Meireles (sell)
Yossi Benayoun (sell)

Kevin De Bruyne (loan)
Josh McEachran (loan)
Gaël Kakuta (loan)

Oriol Romeu (bench)
John Obi Mikel (bench)
Marko Marin (bench)
Viktor Moses (bench)


Ramires (play)
Frank Lampard (play)
Juan Mata (play)
Eden Hazard (play)
Oscar (play?)

you should be looking to replace lampard from the starting line up he will not mix with new signings

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Within the next two years or less we will have lost:

Malouda, Lampard, Essien, Miereles, Benayoun, Kakuta, Mikel or Romeu, & probably Mata or Hazard.

We are overstocked at the moment but we won't replace anyone as they leave now and it will be down to normal levels soon.

We should really already ship out Malouda & Essien

Forgot Sturridge off the list, does he count as a striker or a midfielder?

"5 Midfielders playing and 4 on the bench"

They won't all be fit all the time, maybe keep one of Essien and Meireles

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Essien has a 3 year contract and RDM has repeatedly said he will bounce back next season.
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I think RDM must believe Essien's birth certificate is authentic to say that..................I suspect it isn't!

Kakuta

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We have enough better alternatives to Essien now, I really don't see the value in keeping him unless there is genuine reason to believe he can improve............I have seen nothing to suggest this will happen.

Essien > Mikel

We should get rid of Meireles, Yossi, Kakuta.
And loan De Bruyne, Josh and Piazon

based on three pre season games? While Mikel was integral to our CL success and to our better performances in the latter half of the season?

Even Mikel has been pretty good this pre season anyway

Yeh TBK, pre-season games mean everything didn't you know? MLS > Bayern

Essien Sell
Malouda Sell
Benayoun Sell

Josh Loan
Romeu Loan
De Bruyne Loan
Kakuta Loan

Lampard Bench
Meireles Bench
Mikel Bench
Marin Bench

Ramires Play
Mata Play
Oscar Play
Hazard Play
Moses Play

While Mikel was integral to our CL success and to our better performances in the latter half of the season?

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A nice healthy dose of BS from BK.

Mikel won't leave, because who in their right mind would 'pay' for him/

Essien looked slow and old and past it last season due to his injuries but this pre-season he seems to look a lot sharper now and a lot faster and albeit he hasn't been that impressive going forward as he use to he has still looked good, and if this is a sign he is getting back to somewhere near his old level of form then he is miles better than Mikel.

Mikels good in a defensive sense but offers f all going forward, Essien is the same at the moment but Essien is showing signs he is regaining some sort of level near his old level

and if this is a sign he is getting back to somewhere near his old level of form then he is miles better than Mikel.

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While Mikel was integral to our CL success and to our better performances in the latter half of the season?
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100% correct, but because of our style of play in the latter half of the season.

The question though is will Mikel be so effective for the style of play we appear to want to play this season?

I have some concerns he will not be, but I hope he proves me wrong because he was one of the main reasons we won the CL last season, yet he gets no credit as usual.