Supermonkey92

slightly annoyed. I think at the moment we are almost cowardly when we thump the ball out when we can just as easily, under small pressure, ball the ball and keep it

cmon costa! but lets get this sorted now. DO NOT BRING ON MIKEL UNTIL 10 MINUTES LEFT THE EARLIEST! IT WILL INVITE UNNECCESARY PRESSURE AND WE WILL NOT DO WELL. 3rd big away game this year. 1 goal up in all, lets see if we learn our lesson

willian doesn't have a brain. its just run and run and run with the ball, cant go anywhere? pass back

NOOOOOOOOOOOO its for ramires

willian? would have preffered remy but still a step forward. hopefully for Oscar

Oscar is a waste of space at the moment. a change of formation is in order, hopefully jose pulls his finger out on the hour

just noticed we have remy on the bench! WTH! bring him on in either a 4-3-3 or 4-4-2! with out the ball we essentially play a midfield four of eden cesc matic and ramires anyway. loads of movement up top is what the doctor ordered I feel. plus with the extra pace their defence will naturally fall deep, meaning we either get space in between the midfield or their midfield has to drop deep to, giving us the control. I think we would be able to get the break through either way

I think Ramires should play in a midfield 3, replace Oscar with either willian or schurrle in a 4-3-3. Let cesc get further up near the box.

Oscar not pressing, passing or holding good positions. Cesc is letting the game go by him. Matic may as well Play midfield by himself

Exactly. Just like Ronaldo he is determined to go to Madrid IMO. It's just like anyone who has a specific ambition to follow and route in their career. Real is his 'final promotion' as it were.

I think it's important to distinguish his pro and cons as an individual player and his role in the team. I won't say he has poor technique, we have seen he can be exquisite at times. Rather, his consistency is pretty poor technique wise. Plus he gives stupid fouls. But, his role I'm the team diminishes in terms if technique with the addition of cesc. In fact, all of his pros seem to match cesc's weaknesses. With matic and cesc playing centrally, those stupid fouls seem less dangerous. I think he is more important this year than last year.

Absolutely missed him at united. If he played, our performance would have been more like what we were expected it would be. Against Liverpool he will be needed I think, if we want to go there play well and win. I think at the moment it's between him and willian/schurrle playing. Unfortunately, Ramires seems to be used as a defensive rm in the 4-2-3-1, as opposed to a mid 3 which is his best position IMO. That would allow cesc to get forward more.

Anyways, sterling is good enough for this team period. He'd walk into the rw. But he's not worth the price ended to get him

I completely agree with this 100%. We will win the league and he will play a huge part simply by killing 75% of the teams himself. The other top 5, we will have to rely on out main threats like hazard and costa, but when talking abut players scoring in big games Schurrle should be mentioned. One thing I would hope to see cesc do is put his foot on the ball and just help us control possession more when we are away in the big games. Do that and he will be invaluable.

Oh no you can't say cesc doesn't play well in big games! People will go losing their minds!!!!!

In terms of delivery Di Maria is another level, like 8/10 are amazing. Apart from that I think the most you can expect from a good set piece taker, cesc had given so far

Completely agree

Sterling is not overrated. How many AM/wingers are better than him in this league? Hazard Di Maria Silva Nasri? Juan mata? Coutinho? Also, how would these players fare in the same striker less team?

Buying him would be incredibly hard, Liverpool would rape us price wise. Buying their now biggest player, who also happens to be seen by many as the national teams best (or one of) is totally different to buying a Torres or Suarez. I can see a stupid £60m. Finance and worth set aside, he'd fit like a glove on the rw. Has the pace if willian and the work rate as well. But offensively he's a different class. Has the runs if schurrle too ?

I'd say he did pretty darn good against united, especially as he kept di Maria quiet

I think if our club wants him we'll get him, my fear has jose is happy with the current bunch

Good point, it's one of his, maybe his only, weakness

Lol that was a pretty good reply /D

Would love him then. Only thing is, our never seem to be in when big name players are leaving on a cheap. I guess jose is the type to only go for specific targets, and not care if a great player cones available. If he's not looking for that position he won't buy regardless?

How often does he get injured?