jonaaibosk

How can you prove that? Players progress and peak ate different rates. A prime example being Didier Drogba who signed for Chelsea at 26 and went on to improve and play the best football of his career at the club

25 isn't old. Most players don't reach their peak until they are around 27. His best footballing years are still ahead of him.

This thread is getting depressing now. 108 pages of people saying it's a stupid signing, followed by people saying that people saying that its a stupid signing are just being stupid, followed by people saying that people saying..............well you get the picture. The boy has signed and is now a Chelsea player. What we need to do now is show him our support and hope that he can put in brilliant performances for our club. There's no point in continuing all this in house arguments because it's becoming tedious. Lets just get behind the lad

Chris Barrie, Red Dwarf's Arnold Judas Rimmer

That's a very old trick. Been around since I was a nipper, and not even close to being as disturbing as what you posted

I'm out and about at the minute with the kids. Using my phone at the minute. Another time though

That is quite possibly the most disturbing thing I have read.

This point is key IMO

To be fair, i've noticed in my short time being here, De Bruyne has been put way up on a pedestal by a lot of our fans. I'm not doubting his talent, nor his potential, but some people on here talk about him like he's the finished article and will be the best player who has ever lived.

That wasn't showing up on my phone when I first read it. Honest guv

Setting myself up big time to be ridiculed but IDGAF My daughter loves them, and they are a total guilty pleasure of mine.

Am I missing a link?

Well you obviously totally overlooked the whole point of my post. I clearly stated that we all know that Willian was a great player, my point was, using youtube to see how good a player is can be very deceiving. Sure I exaggerated about GMS, but the point is that video makes him look better than he is. For example, that video I posted doesn't show that GMS sometimes tries to do his fancy skills and tricks when a pass is a better option. It doesn't show that he can go quiet and be marked out of games effectively by opposition if they double up on him. Youtube videos will always focus on the good and never give a full representation of a player. Another example being, on a Dundee United forum I post on, after the announcement that Kenny Miller had retired from International football, someone posted a video showing his highlights in a Scotland shirt saying "He'll be sadly missed, thanks for the memories." Another poster then piped up, with a valid point, "Someon should make a video of all the sitters that he's missed." No doubt Kenny Miller was a great servant for Scotland but at times he was a truly awful player and the video posted didn't highlight that. I'll say it again, so that I'm not misunderstood (again) Willian is a fantastic player, but watching a 6 minute video on youtube is definitely not the way I would form my opinion on how good he is or isn't.

Don't take it the wrong way, it wasn't a dig at you, I'm just saying using youtube as a reference on how good a player is, is not really worthwhile. It's nearly as bad as when people type out a list of names of players they'd like to see sign, just because they've signed them on Football Manager/Fifa

Youtube is possibly the second worst scouting tool known to man. Fair enough, we all know that Willian is a good player, but by putting a few clips together you can make an average player look world class. You can also make a player who has had a decent game, look like he has had a great game. Here is a prime example, my team, Dundee United have a very good player, Gary Mackay-Steven. This video makes him look like a world beater, when realistically he is just a stand out SPL player who could possibly at best end up at middle of the road Prem team at best.

It's not funny. This just seemed the most appropriate place to post it

Thank you kindly good sir. I shall be sure to have my butler send you an invitation the next time I have guests over for dinner. I do recall my chef mentioned that he will be preparing Pheasant next weekend

On another topic, how does one change the message under one's avatar (I have no Idea why I am typing in this manner by the way)

Tbh I think you'd get frustrated. I was playing earlier, and there were guys genuinely spitting mad and cursing me out for being so bad

Maybe I should rephrase that...... I'm awful at Haxball

If he does he should go to a club in the PL. Didn't do Lukaku any harm going to West Brom. It will help him become acclimatised to the English game

And spelt Willian wrong

Haxball it awful