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Hmm imagine Remy + Costa out again next season, what then? Do you trust DD/Bamford for all competitions? Benteke would be an upgrade on DD. With him added to the squad, Mou has more options. Rotation: Benteke is in his prime and proven in the EPL, so basically he will be a player Mou can trust. Imagine Costa having a bad run of games/suspended/injured, Mou then can play Remy or Benteke easily. 2 strikers system: When we needed to chase a game this season, Mou played 2 or even 3 strikers. Target man: Benteke is a type of striker we don't have in Remy and Costa, a target man and monster in the air. He adds quality to our squad which a younger DD had. Remy is versatile: Remy is a striker but is also decent as winger, so with Benteke here, Remy could also play on the wing. We compete in 4 competitions, having 3 quality strikers is not too much, especially when 1 can play as winger. For the right price we should sign him.

For £15M it's a good buy, I agree with you. He would be a great squad player.

Hazard>>Neymar. Pedro has declined a lot over the years, there is a reason why Barca bought Alexis, Neymar and Suarez. Pedro is just not starting quality for them anymore. Before someone mention Cesc, Fabregas was mainly played out of position because of Xavi and Iniesta. So I don't get the Pedro is worldclass thing, he is decent. Would be great depth signing for goals like Schurrle, but if we want to win the CL, we should aim higher.

Honestly, for me Chelsea>>>Dutch national team. I'd rather win the CL with Chelsea than Worldcup with Netherlands. (What about others?) In Netherlands I support Feyenoord, and he is a PSV player so actually it's a rival. I rather see him fail at United than making them serious title contenders. Same goes for Dailey Blind from Ajax. Regarding the comparison with Ronaldo, who said he is better than Ronaldo? Haha, I hate Ronaldo but his records speaks from themselves. For Depay to play for LvG is good. Good communication (dutch), he plays attacking football and he probably promised him a starting spot at LW. (Instead of Young)

In Netherlands they see him as the next big talent. We haven't brought worldclass Dutch talents since the golden 4: Van Persie, Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Arjen Robben. So it's been like 13 years now. In the mean time Netherlands brought people abroad like John (Benfica flop), Babel (Liverpool flop), Drenthe (Madrid flop). But he's clearly more talented than those, so a little bit exaggeration/hope is normal. Last season he was a big talent and had some great moments at the worldcup. This season he lead PSV to their first title since 2007-08, scoring 20+ goals. Regarding Van Ginkel, he was really unlucky to be injured. Probably not world class, but has the potential to be a very decent player for a sub top team. Not sure if he can be the next Robben, but surely has the potential to shine at United.

Nigel Pearson wins the manager of the month, Benteke player of the month.

What type of defender is he? Is he already better than Cahill? Is he better than Zouma?

Interview after the title, it's posted in the mourinho thread

Jose showed in the past he could even give the same love, fighting spirit and confidence to his squad players. Best example are his squad players at Inter. Worst example is our recent squad players like Salah and Cuadrado. If Jose believes in you, he will let you feel it.

We already have a striker who can play as a winger in Remy. So adding a pure striker with great aerial abilities would make sense.Diego-complete striker Remy-versatile striker Mandzukic/Benteke-aerial/strong striker

Chelsea determinded to sign Benteke (goal) Hmm that's one I like. Diego, Benteke, Remy. With Remy filling in as winger.

It's not even a problem. Reus plays 10/LW superbly, let him interchange with Hazard+Willian during the game. Reus-Eden-Willian Eden-Reus-Willian Reus-Willian-Eden Eden-Willian-Reus And more All possible set ups are good with these 3.

Great thread mate! Courtois 8/8 Cech 8/8 Ivanovic 7/8 Cahill 6/8 JT 8/10 Zouma 7/9 Azpi 8/10 Luis 7/7 Matic 10/8 Cesc 10/8 Rami 7/8 Mikel 7/7 Hazard 9/18 (almost Messi) Willian 7/9 Oscar 7/2 Schurrle 6/NA Cuadrado NA/2 Diego 9/8 Remy 7/8 DD 8/5

I wouldn't say poor.First half of season - 9-9.5 magnificent, best form ever (he said this himself). Some games of him were unreal, WBA at home he completed the most passes ever in EPL for example. Many MOTM performances. Second half of season - 7-7.5 good, still very creative, good playmaker. Instrumental for our play. Had some below average performances but still some very good ones. Overall season - 8-8.5 read he has 30 assists for us in all competitions (not sure) and 17 now in the EPL. Besides the stats, our whole style changed thanks to him.

He played against Spurs away.He didn't play the Coc final vs Spurs.

Replace him if we want to go the next level, to win the CL and dominate big games. The only weak link out of our front 5 is Oscar. Cesc, Matic, Eden, Costa all are to top quality, Willian for me too but some will disagree. Would not mind him as a squad player but If some team bids £30M + for him, we need to consider selling him due to FFP.

Neuer: " I will show Messi who is the boss" Lol

Watching quality football when your team is already champions, is such a joy.

Messi is a cheat

neuer, rafinha, benatia, boateng, bernat, lahm, alonso, schweinie, thiago, muller, lewa such a different team without alaba, ribery, robben Barca is at full strength, expect a Barca win with at least 2 goals in difference.

real name for sure

such a great interview, I liked many things he said.* The two Crystal Palace guys are good in the air but Zouma is better, when he came on it was game over (like this kind of comments) * Fabregas gave the team talk prior Crystal Palace game, he said exactly what Mourinho thought '' it was so difficult to get here, let's finish it''. (hinting at Cesc as next captain?) * Schurrle goal was best goal of the season, it showed where we were capable of. * JT and Ivanovic wanted to play every minute this season, they told him from the beginning * JT was good last season, this year magnificent * Cesc Fabregas defined our whole game at the beginning of the season, we played beautiful football * Winning mentality: at the second part of the season, key players were injured or suspended but the players showed their coolness to grind out results. * Cech is a legend * praising Remy, Luis, Drogba, Cech, Zouma for giving 100% when given minutes. * Current Chelsea vs Chelsea 2005-06, which team will win? Jose:'' depends on who is the manager''. (great cocky joke, like it) * Stays as long as Abramovic wants him to * Said it was a gamble to come back, because there is extra pressure to deliver after leaving the club which such a success.

Is he really leaving? When will his current contract end?

Your line up was spot on, Cech (young) Iva Carvalho JT (young) Luis Maka Lamps Cesc Robben Diego Hazard subs: Courtois, Azpi, Matic, DD, Willian, Gudjohnson, Duff/Joe Cole. The younger JT don't need protection from Azpi, so just play our best attacking LB Diego is more clinical than DD was. Iva over Azpi because we have Maka and Carvalho.

I did it because we've won the league now. In the past we compared a title winning team with a team with potential, now we've won the same like that year: title + league cup.