Kostas

Aren't you sick of making the same old tired points in every second post? I know I fucking am.

Were they ever here (this summer) ? Had Neymar's thread not been locked we would have analysed by now all his Copa America games, moan about him getting subbed for Fred(?) and post premature welcoming posts as soon as Brazil got knocked out.

I'd agree but then again the Right-Back thread got up to 5 pages so it's not like we're completely sorted even at the back. My points is, while criticism is always welcome, we should be realistic about our squad expectations.

Not that I'd argue that those posts do much disservice to the current/latest form of our forwards but given that our midfield is even weaker in quality and numbers one would wonder how we even got 71 points in a league as hard as the PL.

Not as revealing as I thought it would be but there's some interesting info on some of the drills. Point #2 is the one that caught my attention. It seems we may see the return of crosses from widemen, a tactic which was all but abandoned under Ancelotti. That could mean something about Drogba's future with the club.

You believe journos. Wonder who's more deluded.

As far as natural talent is concerned few could hold a candle to Ronaldinho but Messi has reached a level of quality, consistency and effectiveness Ronnie never did.

You dear sir, nailed it.

I'm not sure Marina would approve

I'm not sure what's being discussed here. Has anyone argued that we are not 2 midfielders short or that we wouldn't like someone better than Parker?

Let's not be silly. Stamford Bridge's ground is worth MILLIONS and Roman have to be absolutely retarded not to take advantage of such a hot property located in that area of London.

For what it's worth, and mind I don't think it's too much, Porto had a pretty shit pre-season too. When we first got AVB it was suggested that was due to his training methods and namely him using periodisation. Of course don't let this get in the way of squad devaluing and pre-season panic.

A bit offtopic but since many threads are being derailed there's not much harm done. Cynicism and thinking like a miserable old bastard aside, how shocked will you be if Torres becomes one of Premierleague's top 3 strikers in 11 months?

Implying Anelka can stick to the sidelines

With all due respect, in case that happens, I'll have to decline.

Well I'll be damned.. He is set to sign for the Greek team I support.

Really?!

That sounds unlike him. The principle of that post was absolutely spot-on.

Can those two even be used in the same sentence? I'm pretty sure I rep'ed a post of yours during the last few weeks where you wrote about market and freedom.

To think that last season I sounded like a miserable bastard.. It's our 2nd pre-season game ffs.

What a dire half of football.

There's no reason to stall his development on the bench for the circa 10 games he could play as a number 2. If the rumours about Atletico wanting him on loan are true then the club deserves plaudits for the way they handled this case

He will be at the U20s at that time.

That's not Lukaku's twitter.