CurlyHairLikeLuiz

It'd be a good loan for him provided he plays ahead of Cambiasso.

Come on mate leave him alone english is not supporter's mother tongue.

No thanks, he eill either stunt himself or Zouma because until both are 27 or 28 they will not play together.

Plus the fact we will almost never see Stones-Zouma, because there is no experience there. Terry Zouma will be next season and some of the season after, then probably either Ivanovic Zouma or Cahill. We need an RB, not a CB or we risk severely stunting young Kurt Zouma's development, and that would be simply criminal.

To be fair, his opinion is valid - oscar has been too inconsistent, so a preseason will accelerate his development in that aspect and again, if he does not there is a young lad in our squad called Ruen Loftus Cheek who will happily take his minutes.

If we need more goalscorers why would we not go 442 and play Remy and Costa up front? It's a fine strategy unless we're playing a team like Barcelona that we need to pack the midfield against.

If it's good enough for the chelsea website it's good enough for you lot. By oscar's own admission he will get better so the weight of expectation is upon him and if he does not, then he's out. Maybe a little more patience is not too much to ask.

Really small detail but i loved the lion we had on the socks last season. Made it look more uniform. It's s balanced kit. I won't get it either until next summer or if we achieve great european success. And if we do it has to be a Hazard shirt for me! If i were buying I'd buy the cl version, though (like last season) the font is better and the gold badges will overload the shirt.

If he returns to his pre ligament injury he can easily back up Matic, and rest him in cup games.

Honestly I haven't seen Pedro's game much but if he is a goalscorer he'll be into the squad quicker than you can say 'Cuadrado is off to Inter.' Anyway, I think Willian-Oscar-Hazard is an underrated AM 3. It doesn't fit us in big games because of Ivanovic's over commiting forwards and Cesc's defensive deficiencies than anything else. Having said that though the team had enough character to win a cup final with a 20 year old centre back in midfield. I see RLC coming in at that 10 spot as a more physical, defensive alternative to Oscar to shore up central midfield as Cesc is wasted in no 10, it's obvious. With less time on the ball he is exposed and it just doesn't work as the team relies on that splitting ball that he can only supply from deep. And having a player who can recover the ball higher up the pitch is good for our system. Zouma would improve our central defence with the pace, and I think he will either get all cup games designated to him or all league games designated to him, as what he does is effectively give Terry his legs back. Surely Mou cannot ignore him next season after the shifts he put in last season. TL;DR I expect Pedro (if a goalscorer), Zouma, RLC to come in to contention for places next season.

We have 1.5 months left of the transer window to buy players. One RW or CM and we're set anyway.

Can't you just wear last season's?

Yeah I have to say last season 37 year old Didier still gave more (and had better return) than Falcao last year. He needs to improve much more to play in front of even Traore and I doubt Jose will let a proven striking option in Remy leave when nobody other than Costa is somebody we can rely on.

The way Iook at it is a) Oscar needs to prove he's worth a place in the upcoming season or b ) Willian and RLC absorb his minutes and he gets sold this time next summer, and we use the money to buy Reus or x massive emerging player. but c) Jose likes players like him, Willian because of their defensive proficiency. Which is why I see a physical but still technically proficient midfielder like RLC or maybe MvG next season coming in as false number 10s so we do not lose Cesc's playmaking presence that he does so well from deep and to improve ball recovery high up the pitch and therefore pressing ability - Oscar is not a perfect fit for the position, I recognise that. We need somebody physical there, which Oscar certainly is not and therefore would be better for his individual career if he moved to a team like Juve, where he will turn out a better player. But, currently, along with Willian he is the best defensive number 10 available on the market.

I agree. If closing out a game then Zouma can do that, and RLC can start coming in if we need more steel in midfield, and he's simply not good enough as a pure backup to Matic. We might as well play a CB (see: Zouma\ in front of the CBs if Matic is out/rested over Mikel, although that's not the most desirable of alternatives.

Nope. Terry is still around next season and I see Zouma-Terry being our centre back pairing, Jose is not stupid enough to stunt Zouma's development and he won't do it.

He also has some dynamism in him, too - he wouldn't destroy further creativity. Yeah, no 10 is probably best for him - you have to be a very mature player to play in a 2 man central midfield.

Sounds strange but I think he will be played as a no 10, Jose puts emphasis on the 10 recovering the ball high up the pitch and values the ball in from Cesc that he can only provide from deep. IMO it's why Oscar is still here - he's quite defensively proficient for a CAM.

TFW you realise you fucked up

Courtois Iva Zouma Terry Azpi Matic Cesc Salah/Remy Oscar Hazard Costa it is then...

50m pounds for a player of that quality would be a steal!

Oh Brana...

They will regret selling Alonso tbh (more than they already have) - we could rip them to pieces with our pressing game, so long as we don't let them have too much of the ball.

IF Remy goes maybe Traore and him will share 3rd/2nd striker depending on how good or shit Falcao is?

Got the Terry CL shirt I ordered in the sale :heart: