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No, i don't think Oscar is technically limited, and to suggest so is laughable. He's got a fantastic work rate. If you think being very good in most areas is technically limited then i'm not sure I know what to say.... God knows what you think Mikel or fucking Carlton Cole are then. So who do we sign as a replacement for Fab? Cos I think Oscar is more than adept at dropping into that role if we had a 3 man midfield. We wouldn't get a better player than Oscar without shelling out tons, and then who's to say that person would want to sit on the bench.

On a positive note (might be a bit foreign to some of you) thought Zouma and Luis were very good in the first half.

Costa and Oscar on for Willian and Schurrle. Bring out the big guns.

You said technically limited. While Oscar and Matic aren't Modric/Fabregas/Pirlo level they are not technically limited. You might be right about us needing a bit more but I personally think that would come in the form on Reus or Pogba, neither over gifted players but power runners and goal scorers. Agree that without Fabregas we lack that creative spark, but that's why we have him. Ramires is the most technically limited player in our team, so I don't see how you don't want Khedira but want Ramires? As for whether Khedira is better than Ramires, that's down to opinion, so while I disagree entirely there's not much I can say to change your mind I imagine.

Wha? Have I missed something? Has Hazard said he wants to leave? Has Mourinho or the club said they want to sell him? Have Real even said that they want him? If no to all then it's a non-story that doesn't even deserve discussion. Hazard is a blue and I hope it always stays that way.

When are we expecting team news? Well done to the youngsters, they've set the bar high, hope the first team can replicate their dominance.

Really? Fabregas, Oscar, Hazard and even Matic would beg to differ. Khedira would be signed as a 3rd CM member to play alongside Matic & Fab, as a kind of upgrade from Ramires (which he is). His hard work around the park would allow the players further forward (Hazard and our RW - Oscar/Willian/Another) a lot more freedom than they currently have.

No, they're really not. Draxler definitely has the potential to be comfortably better than Willian but he's not ATM. And I really like Cuadrado, have liked him for ages being a follower of Serie A aswell as the BPL. But he is not comfortably better than Willian. He's about the same level, better going forwards but Willian is far better around the park, so it levels out. This is probably just grass is greener syndrome. Everyone has forgotten how effective he was for Shakthar going forwards, his constant hard work around the park for Chelsea (tracking back and the such like) has stifled this slightly but he does need to step it up even so, Oscar has managed great work at both ends of the pitch recently after all.

Lucky bastard. You don't need internet connection for it so you're good to go!

Well no I think it's around 15x that at minimum. You want a free game how about Expendabros on steam?

A Chelsea fan liked to amuse himself by scaring every Gunners supporter he saw strutting down the street in an obnoxious Arsenal jersey. He would swerve his van as if to hit them, then swerve back just missing them. One day while driving along, he saw a priest. He thought he would do a good deed, so he pulled over and asked the priest, "Where are you going, Father?" "I'm going to give Mass at St. Francis church, about two miles down the road," replied the priest. "Climb in, Father. I'll give you a lift!" The priest climbed into the passenger seat, and they continued down the road. Suddenly, the driver saw a Gunners supporter walking down the road, and he instinctively swerved as if to hit him. But, as usual, he swerved back onto the road just in time. Even though he was certain that he had missed the guy, he still heard a loud THUD. not knowing where the noise came from, he glanced in his mirrors but still didn't see anything. He then remembered the priest, and he turned to the priest and said, "Sorry Father, I almost hit that Gunners supporter." "That's OK," replied the priest "I got him with the door."

Would anyone be unhappy with: OUT: Salah (Loan/Transfer), Mikel (Transfer), Cech (Transfer ). IN: Young HG Keeper for 2nd Choice, any one of Khedira, Pogba, Varane, Hummels, Sterling or Reus (depending on prices and availability). Could promote Ake and Boga to the first team squad too to replace Mikel and Salah unless we get one of the aforementioned players.

Oh well 5 is by far the best of the series. Best game of it's type ever in my opinion. You've got a treat coming . Make sure you get the gold edition with all the extra stuff though, it's definitely worth it.

Civilization 5. Top quality game.

I've always thought Sanchez was a great player yeah, and yeah he was great at Udinese, but then Willian was great at Shakthar who are arguably even better. So like I said it's no guarantee that he'd be as good as he has been. In hindsight yeah we should have gone for him over Willian/Salah/Schurrle but what happened happened. It's about the one player we've missed out on in the last few years so I can deal with that . And I don't know that he wasn't available, but he most certainly wouldn't have been available at the low(ish) price he was last summer, as Barca were actively trying to get rid last summer but weren't the summer before, even though you're right he hadn't ever settled. But like you said who knows.

I agree. He's turned out to be great. But you couldn't have predicted he'd be THIS good when he arrived. Also, we signed Willian in 2013, Sanchez wasn't available that year. By the time he was available (last summer) we already had Salah, Schurrle and Willian in the team... This just proves that we can't afford to miss out on Reus. If he leaves BVB for a BPL club other than us it'll be Sanchez x5. The guy is almost guaranteed to be brilliant wherever he goes.

We can only rest a maximum of 2 of our 4 best outfield players IMO (Matic, Fabregas, Hazard, Costa). Any more than that and we're asking for an upset.

If Reus goes to Bayern a small part of me will die. I'm really hoping that loyalty in football is not completely dead. I'm not saying he has to stay at BVB for the rest of his career, just not to their direct rivals. I'm really hoping he doesn't do that to BVB fans.

I'm begging you, please, just stop with the Thiago brown nosing.

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Maybe he does have suggestions of how to fix the problem but probably cautious about sharing his opinion for fear of getting shafted by the media (and our own fans now it seems... deep joy) like he did after his original comments. His original comments which were, by the way, 100% true. I can't believe people are criticising him for correctly bringing up a ingrained problem in the club? Hopefully now it will either invigorate supporters to be louder or trigger reforms in the club. No guarantee of either, but we can hope. Burying your head in the sand doesn't make problems go away. He's brought a problem to light with not only Chelsea but the PL as a whole.

Haha and there was me thinking your phone had auto-corrected met to bit or something xD. That's a great story .

Is your brother Suarez? But yes I agree, he's not even the most dangerous striker at QPR ffs. And we've already played Arsenal, City and Man Utd this season.

I feel like I shouldn't be drunk at 10 to 4 on a week dat.. But I am so there. Anyone with me?

United win. They're not a threat, they'll drop lots of points with their piss poor defence. If Man City start playing to their potential (and maybe sign another CB in January) then we could be in a fair bit of trouble.