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Not many are saying every English player sucks. But very few English players are top class. Sturridge is the only one who COULD start at another top club and Sterling if he keeps improving. They have some promising young players but none who are worth what they would cost. Lallana is 24, not really young, don't get upset, it's just how it is.

Ronaldo no, but Messi is. What position is he then? Really though, Suarez is the best.

Isn't Messi a striker?

Lol I would like to know several peoples opinions on it. I didn't see a whole lot of Ronaldo, I only started watching football regularly around 12 or so, but was he better in the air than Drogba? I think DD is so impressive cause of his size, that at least has some to do with it.

They make a huge impact, like Sir Alex for Man U. Maybe not as big but somewhat. Great post, but sooo long

Yea, the aerial ability sets him apart. Absolute beast in the air, I was reading somewhere and they said he was the most complete striker and I was wondering if many people felt that way. I always assumed it was Ronaldo.

Courtois is there cause his contract will expire in 2 years and he needs to stay. Costa was miles better than Torres, can you say the same for Luis being better than Azpi?

I've been meaning to ask this, is PRIME Drogba the most complete striker you've ever seen? If not, who?

I completely agree with most of this. While we could have won with Sturrdge and Wilshere could replace Ramires, it doesn't mean the team loses it's identity without an English core. Like you and me, most of Chelsea's fans are foreign. So we will love the club(except for those bandwagon fans we mentioned earlier) whether we have an English core or not. It'd be nice to have Shaw, Wilshere, and Sturridge, but if we wanted to buy them they would be so much more than a foreign player. That's where the problem is, why spend so much when we can get a better player for less? If we get guys like Ake, Bamford and Baker in the team they will probably be my favorites cause they're English and from our club, but that doesn't mean our club doesn't have an identity if they don't make an impact. Your team is also not gauranteed to succeed with English players. When JT, Cole and Lampard led our team they were some of the BEST players in the world. That's the difference. We can't have mediocre players starting 50+ games a year for us, even if they are English. I'm sure we will get our HG quota up next year, but the identity of the club will always be there as long as Mou, Roman, and others are there.

Except for the fact he's made of glass. He has never been in such form where he can get into our XI. One day maybe.

Is there top English players not getting called to the NT ?

Not rest?

He will cost a fortune.

I get that it's an English club, but I'M NOT, and most of the fans aren't. Only a small percentage of the Chelsea fan base is English. Can't Belgian Chelsea fans identify with Tibo and Hazard? And German fans with Schurrle? And Brazilian fans with Ramires, Oscar, Willian and Costa? I get that you're English and want an English core, but the club will ALWAYS have an identity, with or without English starters. I would rather have a good foreign player than a mediocre English one. But that's just me. That being said, I would LOVE for some of the young guys like Baker, RLC, etc to make it to our squad.

I love the English guys/core we HAD, but I just want the club to win, be it with foreigners or the fucking English NT. I'm not English so I don't need an English core. If the club wins with a Belgian/Spanish core, I'm happy. Foreigners can love the club too, (Drogba, Cech, Mikel, Mourinho).

No room for Reus. Will LvG stop with the 3-5-2?

Cause he's not with Barcelona anymore. Rakitic will be 88, Bravo will be 84, and Suarez will be 91. Watch.

Baker?

84? Wow.

Doubt any Italian clubs would be in for him. Real and Barca are STACKED! Probably mostly English clubs, I think.

Exactly. If that's a moment of madness, then what was it when we got Willian?

How was it a moment of madness? It's not like we were willing to spend £60m on him.

If it were between us, Pool, and Arsenal, I like to think he'd choose us.

I read it drops to £20m next season. If that's true there is NO reason to not go for him.

His contract expires in 2017. I'm sure if he doesn't agree to an extension they'll sell him next summer. But not to Bayern.