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TSC, I am still quite angry that we sold Robben without replacing him, not that I'm sure many players could. I understand getting rid of players whom no longer want to play for your, but you have to replace one of your best players if you do.

Alex is from all I know a very good defender but very slow. Slow enough to make the rest of our defense look fast. We will have to see about him. Gus, our defense is much stronger this season without doubt, especially if Ashley Cole plays anywhere near as well as he should have done so far.

As for Malouda, he has made an impressive start for Chelsea. I did not include him as a winger as he has mostly played in the centre for us. He played wide against Liverpool but I definitely thought he looked like a central midfielder trying to play wide. He did not look very comfortable with it. However, that is just 1 game so I may be wrong.

As for Jose/Roman...Who knows? It is clear that were both unhappy last season. Over the summer I'm not sure things have gotten any better. Roman refused to pay money for players after burning money on Shevchenko and Ballack to name but 2, which is understandable to a degree. Jose is visibly unhappy with the appointment of the Israeli (who's name escapes me) guy to the board who's job is to 'watch over' the team.