Sosuke Aizen

@RhesusReus Yeah but Hazard doesn't work with Brendan. I am surprised he's put up with someone who advocates hope over water for living this long.

Just because Barca, the treble winners, targeted someone, we should sign him as well. Being targeted by Barca after a treble winning season is as sure a sign as there can be of a player being much better than Chelsea XI. I still dread the day we decided not to go after Chygrynskiy. He was a dope defender.

Thanks for the memories Petr. We're never going to forget you. Wishing all the best in your personal and all the worst in your professional life from now on.

@hamad138 I doubt anyone is as quiet as us. Utd have already signed Depay, are close to signing Schneiderlin and Ramos could be going there too. Liverpool have already made 5 signings. Arsenal have signed Cech. Man City look like favorites to get Sterling. In the meantime we've been connected with a hoard of mediocre/washed up players. If things continue like this, I don't think we're going to be able to defend the title next season. We're making the same mistake previous 4 champions made. Being too satisfied with our squad and not getting quality additions next season. @OmldZamani/status/614391372561297408 Juventus apparently are desperate to keep Pogba.

If he comes, Luis is as good as gone. If that's so, he might just be used in a swap+cash deal with Atletico. But who would we take? Griezmann and Koke seem intent to stay at Atletico.

@petre.ispriescu Funny you say that. The only match I didn't watch was the match against Brazil. Against Venezuela, Cuadrado was their most dangerous offensive player. But since we are not going to agree on how he performed- Let's look at the whoscored rating- Against Venezuela- Cuadrado- 6.90 with 5 key passes- more than any other Colombian player. Falcao- 5.87 with 1 key pass and 28 touches which is less than GK Ospina who had 47 touches. Against Brazil Cuadrado- 7.3 with 1 assist, 1 key pass and you agree he was good. Falcao- 6.24 with 0 key passes, 27 touches and low and behold which is again less than Ospina who had 38 touches. Against Peru he did have a poor 1st half but in the withdrawn role in the 2nd half he was good- Cuadrado- 7.3 with 3 key passes. Falcao- 6.16 with 0 key pass, 26 touches and low and behold this is again less than Ospina who had 33 touches. He was so unbelievably s**t against Peru that he was substituted. Before calling me a hater, you should look at yourself. I get that you don't like Cuadrado- neither do I- but at least I give credit where it's due. You are trying to lump Falcao and Cuadrado's in the same bracket when quite clearly Cuadrado has been the better performer by a country mile. Next time, choose your words more carefully.

@Blue Lyon It's unfair to put Copa Cuadrado and Copa Falcao in the same bracket. Cuadrado has been one of Colombia's 3 best players, if not the best player. On the other hand, Failcow has been...

He's been special alright... special type of awful.

@Chelsea Legend 11 To be honest, Gotze made that many starts only because Robben and Ribery were out for long periods of time. When all of Robben, Ribery, Lewandowski and Mulller are fit, Gotze doesn't start. Same case with Isco. When CR7, Bale, James, Modric, Kroos and Benzema are all fit, he doesn't start. Varane is totally justified in wanting out since he's been better than Pepe whenever called upon. I can't see Witsel being better than Matic or Fabregas. Although I do agree with your general point that high quality squad players are hard to come by, but Witsel can be that player. And it's not like Witsel won't get game time. We would have Witsel, Matic, Fabregas and Oscar vying for 3 positions. The problem we had this year is Mouriho didn't trust the backup players to come in and perform. He ran the first XI to the ground. And I can't blame him. Would I feel comfortable resting Fabregas with Mikel as his backup against Palace away or even Everton at home? Nope. We need better backups than we have now. Players we can truly trust to come in and not only do a job but be influential.

@We Hate Scouse Nope. If Falcao scores 15 this coming season, I would wear a donkey as my avatar but both I and Alex would be delighted. If he doesn't, Alex wearing a donkey wouldn't mitigate the annoyance I would feel at Falcao not performing.

@Alex If he scores 15 goals coming season, I will set a donkey as my avatar.

^ Except Costa was coming off a brilliant season for Atletico.

After seeing last night's match.... No.. No... Just No... Noooooooooooooo.....

@Unionjack Who are you looking to replace Mikel and Ramires with? I recognize their contribution hasn't been consistent but they are squad players. They are meant to be like that- good rotation options but far from world class capability. Look at the winners of last 5 champions league winners. All of them had squad/fringe players- 2015- Adriano, Bartra, Rafinha 2014- Probably the only team with only 1 squad player- Illaramendi. But this squad was one of the most expensively assembled ever. We don't have the resources to spend like that in the FFP era. 2013- Van Buyten, Tymoschuk, Gustavo, Pizzaro 2012- Well our whole squad was filled with "mediocre" work horses. 2011- Keita, Adriano, Bojan, Afellay To traverse the whole course of season squad players are a must. These players are far from world class ability- then again, they are not meant to be. They are meant to do a job just as the manager instructs them to do plus not particularly mind if they don't get regular minutes. It is very enticing to think of a situation where we replace Mikel and Ramires with Pogba and Schniderlin but then who would you bench? Having said that I would replace either Mikel or Ramires (not both Mikel and Ramires) with a deep-lying playmaker who would be happy to spend quite a few games on the bench. Gundogan or Schniderlin seems ideal. I do think we need upgrades but we shouldn't look for expensive options that would be unhappy when they are not getting regular minutes.

@Unionjack Why are you worried with what Jose has said? I am pretty satisfied with his evaluation of our needs. Combining various sources, interviews so far 2 things are crystal clear- 1. Jose acknowledges that what's not broken doesn't need fixing. This is a title winning squad. There's no need for major overhaul. The priority is to keep the players we have won the title with. 2. He is going to bring in 3 players- a defender (ideally a pacy center back), a midfielder (ideally a proper right winger) and a striker (to provide some competition and backup for Remy and Costa). If the window goes like how Jose has said he envisions it to go, it would be a pretty good window. We would've attained depth and genuine quality on the bench or in the XI to challenge on all fronts. Let me get this straight- it is not sensible to advocate wholesome changes to any squad let alone a title winning squad. I know lots of us would designate selling Mikel, Ramires, Cuadrado, Luis and buying Reus, Schniderlin, Varane, Benteke a desirable window but that happens in FIFA only. A squad needs fringe players like Mikel and Ramires. No matter how much we would like to see 2 world class options for every position- that's never going to happen in the real world.