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Andreas, Ake, Cuadrado, Musonda. Maybe Baker as 6th CM (considering we shift to 4-3-3)

And sometimes that Desire can be misinterpreted as weaknesses by fools. How many times did we hear or read that Lukaku and Kdb did not want to fight for their places. HOGWASH!!!

Who is not? I would say Villa, Sunderland, Newcastle, Norwich. Except for that No ONE.

Tibo, Bego, Azpi, Baba, Zouma, RLC, Willian, Hazard, Costa, Kenedy, Traore. Some players like JT, Iva, GC need to be sent off with all the honour that can be given to them. Rest can simply FUCK OFF.

Might as well recall Moses then. And then we should be looking to give the guy in your display picture another 5 year contract soon.

I dont think he will make 6 months here. That has nothing to do with his ability. Just that we are so shit.

Good. Good riddance.

Embarassment. Humiliation. Utterly Shameful

I am sorry for what I am going to write here, but i Vaguely remember having a discussion about cesc with you, if i remember correctly. Mate, did you see the 2nd goal? Did you see Kdb absolutely glide past Cesc like he was not even present. Our midfield Again gets overrun. This is not a midfielder. Cesc is the biggest Farce I have seen in football. You asked me why I thought Cesc was one of the main reasons for Arsenal being this shit defensively, here is the live proof. Utterly disgusting performance. And this was even the first time in the game when this happened. People will comeback saying he ran the most, no he did not. He jogged the most. A jog in the park. That does not get the job done defensively. I would still have cesc here next season only because Jose has screwed us off any good creative play makers. If we had one good creative option, then I would have wanted cesc first out of the door. This summer for me is all about rebuilding the defence and the center Midfield. IF we do get someone like Pjanic, Cesc should be sold.

Mikel and Pedro SHOULD be added to that list.

When 2 boxers fight, they have both their hands available. In football, both teams start with 11 players, one team does not start with 10 men or without a keeper. For someone to "fight" for something, the conditions need to be fair. Without any audition, without any evidence, Jose decided that oscar was his one and only no.10. Sorry, but no player deserves the treatment that Kdb and mata met. Also, it cant be possible that Kdb, Mata, Lukaku, Bertrand, Luis etc etc did not want to "fight". Maybe the problem was not these players but Jose's shit man-management.

Good team. Hope Traore had played in place of the headless chicken.

line ups?

About bloody time to throw the garbage into the dustbin. Begovic Azpi GC Iva Baba Cesc Mikel Traore RLC Willian Costa

A team needs balance, of course it does, thats why you have a 25 people squad for different games and different teams and different scenarios. But that does not mean that you have to simply throw away your best talents. SAF played CR, Ronaldo, Tevez, infact he played a 18/19 year old CR because he was his best attacking player. In 13/14 we had a pivot of Matic-ramires, we had willian to do the bullwork. and yet we went ahead with oscar instead of either mata/kdb despite the fact that both of them were heads and shoulders above him in creativity. SAF did not simply play CR against shrewsbury, he gave him an oppurtunity and formed the team around the likes of CR, rooney and tevez. Thats the difference between SAF and jose. And to be fair to jose, it was not like he did not know what the problem was. He knew Exactly what the problem was. We lacked a creative outlet in the team. Thats the reason he bought cesc into the team. But the problem was that cesc simply is not consistent enough and in my opinion, good enough for team "balance". You cant have the likes of oscar in the team for the sake of balance while putting in the likes of cesc in a 2 man pivot. Sorry, but thats folly and that is exactly what has cost us so massively this season. IF Saf had inherited the squad that Jose had inherited in 13/14, you could bet almost anything on the fact that we would have been one of the best teams in the world, not just one of the best teams, but one of the best attacking teams in the world. Jose on the other hand sold/destroyed our attacking talents one by one and now even our starting 11 has deadwoods like oscar, pedro while we have absolutely no bench whatsoever. As for nani, he got plenty of oppurtunity. But unlike jose SAF was not prepared to keep him in the squad simply for his talent, instead he threw him out for his consistency (or lack of it). If i remember well, Valencia was one of the players of the season in 10/11 or 11/12 when he was given the no.7 jersey. So I dont think it was simply for "balance". If anything, then valencia and rafael were the most lethal attacking Combo in PL on the right wing.

Semifinal in 13/14, Winner in 14/15, Final (so far) in 15/16. Consecutive 5 FA youth cup finals (winning 3). And yet no player in the starting 11 and just 1 in the squad.

Makes perfect sense. Now getting on topic, is there anyone who actually would not want Lukaku here? I honestly cant think of a sane reason for us to not go after him if in fact conte wants another good striker to backup/partner/replace costa up front.

Some people have the obsession of getting the last word. You can reply to this post and say what you like because honestly I cant be bothered anymore.

Perfectly put. But I think that team was tactically astute too. You also have to take into the fact the change that has crept into the game. "High Press" is the hip thing to do. A lot of teams like to play that way now. But if there was a game between chelsea (07-09) vs ATM (2013 or current), I would say we would be the favourites. Chelsea (04-06) was a lot similar in quality to ATM too. I think Essien and ballack are making me tip over to chelsea.

Language is a tricky thing. Sometimes common sense should come into play and people should (and they do) look at the essence of the thing rather than being literal. Good for you if you would prefer Cavani. Hope the board does not. Hope they have had their fill of transfers which should have been done about 5 years ago but have been done now with the likes of pato and falcao.

If I remember correctly, about a year ago.

SAF is the greatest of all time for a reason. Yes, he used park-ji-sung, fletcher, o'shea, wes brown, and a lot of other bit-part players perfectly. But he used them occassionaly and for a big-game. He did not have park-ji-sung playing ahead of tevez/CR/Rooney to "provide balance" and "fit the system". SAF was popular for having huge squads and managing them efficiently to get the best out of every player. Jose on the other hand used 15-16 players all season long and if it were not for injuries and suspensions, he would have continued to play costa;hazard,oscar,willian;cesc,matic;azpi,JT, GC,Iva;courtois, which a slight variation of ramires in between. Jose's man-management in 13-14 was horrendous (he could/should have loaned out Kdb instead of moses at the start of the season itself, rather than forcing Kdb to make a move away from the club). And should not be compared to the likes of SAF. I guess what I am trying to say is that, SAF changed his system according to the players and the team they were facing. Jose changed his players to suit the the system which clearly did not get the best out of the team.

2007,2008,2009 - Definitely. 2010 onwards, its not even a competition. 2012 team had a lot of grit and determination but the most important aspect of that run was "LUCK".

Yes, he rather thought of buying Pedro. THAT was a master stroke, was not it? Also, you do realise that Arda is playing completely out of position? He is a winger/attacking midfielder being deployed as a CM as a iniesta/rakitic replacement. Moreover, Arda is someone who has always relied on his dribbling ability and pulling defences out of position rather than actually splitting a defence open from the center of the park. So no surprises that he is looking like a flop. Whats surprising is fans of chelsea football club having a dig at other fans of the same club by trying to come up with ways to make Jose's decisions look good.

29 year old for 30odd million pound or a 22 year old for 50 odd million pound - mind you the 22 year old player is already PL proven, has scored bucket loads of goals for teams which dont boast half of our attacking capabilities compared to a player who has been playing on the wings for the past 2/3 years. As for Lukaku's improvement, you must be in a minority of the percent of people thinking his game has bloomed in a lot of aspects. As for cavani as a replacement for costa - another decision in the wrong direction.