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im very glad you quoted my whole post and split it up into sections to reply to not a single part of it.

With Terry out indefinitely Chelsea will undoubtably buy a center half. And if we're talking about stealing players, you might want to consider the Jon Obi Mikel case.

I am basing these statements on what we know about chelsea and how much time and patience they have given to players.

I dont expect brilliant talent all the time but i havent seen a single player from chelseas youth system.

By 'brute force' i mean, if you have players of unbelievable calibre as chelsea do, formations and tactics are very much secondary.