DYC.

Coentrao is a class player though. Perreira isn't all that impressive from what I've seen of him and he's no big hype in Portugal. Personally I hope this isn't true as the transfer fee rumours were/are ridiculous.

First of all, since when do you need to see every single game a player has played wherever to know his game? Guess I don't know the likes of Lampard and Drogba as I haven't seen every single game of them in their time at Chelsea.. I watch City every time I can as Silva is one of my absolute favourite players and I saw a lot of his games at Valencia as I loved the 'two David's duo'. Of course I can't watch every single game but as if that's needed to know a player.. Are you f*cking serious? I don't need to see Terry and Anelka run together to know Anelka is faster than JT. What a stupid remark.. Silva's not fast. On the short run yeah but that's because he's got a good burst but most players catch up with him when running over long distances. I've seen Mata run at speeds Silva can never reach. I never said anything about Silva being more of dribbler or being more direct than Mata, I never even said a thing about Mata in my post. I don't know him well enough to say much about his game. Actually read my post when you reply please. But for you and that other guy to say that Silva relies on his dribbling skills and being a individualist ('playing solo') is just plain wrong. There's nothing with relying on those skills but that's not David Silva. His passing, vision, link-up play and intelligence is what he relies on. Dribbling is a part of his game for sure, he's a great one too, but that's not what he relies on. Maybe he used to when he was younger but that has nothing to do with the player he is now. But whatever man, I'm tired of this discussion.

I'd be surprised if Mata becomes our number 10 as we would still be too weak out wide.

Spain is the new Brazil, how can you have so much talent to choose from . Our new guy Mata is like third choice for the LM spot.

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Haha fair enough. Hummels is just 22 though so the heights he could reach are frightening to say the least.

Excellent shout but I honestly think Thiago will surpass Riccy. Riccy lacked strength and wasn't the best of players in the air. Still one of the best defenders I've ever seen. Whether Thiago will reach Nesta's level or even become better than him.. that's a tough task.

Hummels is excellent but come on lionsden, Thiago is far better. The last defender who impressed me as much as Thiago is Nesta, he makes defending a joy to watch.

You gotta love how the David Luiz-loving took a huge drop after he made some mistakes. From world-class CB claims to let's play him at RB or DM. David Luiz is a very talented player, and I absolutely love his ball-playing skills, but he needs to grow up (experience). Whether he'll be the best CB in the game, I have no clue. Don't understand how one can make such claims. But I do think he'll become a class defender.

They would form the perfect CB duo. I've always had a weak spot for Anderson btw but he's been so inconsistent over the years (and he used to be a terrible shooter). It seems like those days are behind though.

So true. Messi's just.. I don't know how to describe that guy in words. Cristiano has a crazy goal-scoring record but other than that, I've seen better.

They're not of the same generation though. My answer is obvious: David F*cking Silva. Though a in-form Wayne Rooney is a very, very close second. Rooney needs to show he can keep his current form for a whole season. And the third place goes to Vincent Kompany, what a player.

You know what I don't get, why is Lampard being finished such a bad thing or something for us to worry about so much (as in, whether he'll ever return to his old self)? The man has been playing at the highest level consistently for over 13 years (!) now, playing 40 to 60 games pretty much every season with hardly any rest. Look at the likes of Owen and Gerrard, their bodies are pretty much finished now and compare that to Lampard who's even older than them. I'll always remember him as Chelsea and Premier League legend. But he's 33 now, he's allowed to be done and I don't care about him being finished. He's had a wonderful career in which reached the maximum of his ability, maybe even more. It's time to move on and he needs to be replaced. It's time for him to step aside and let someone else be our main man (I know he's not the one who decides who plays). And he needs to play less so he can extend his career at the highest level like Giggs and Scholes did.

Uhm you do know you can watch Valencia matches without being a fan right? You can watch Silva at City and the Spanish NT too.. Anyone who says Silva relies on his dribbling skills and plays solo most of the time is either drunk, on drugs and/or has no idea what they are talking about when analysing Silva's game. Saying Silva is faster than Mata makes no sense at all too as Mata beats him in terms of pace with absolute ease.

Ohw good, was afraid you thought Cole was underperforming. I'd support that for sure, sadly I don't see it happening.

What did Cole do?

Absolute rubbish. And that's not the only wrong thing he said about Silva. Anyway, does anyone know if he's gonna wear the number 10 shirt for sure?

Ramires muscle ? I think you meant energy.

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God bless Torres and his magic phone.

People actually needed a SSN confirmation after the club confirmed it

I hope a lot of opposition fullbacks will die during his time here then. Juan The Killer and Ash The Shooter, that's lethal combination.

Good news. Let's call him El Matador .

Agree. If we're gonna play a high line, Ivanovic and Luiz have to be the CB duo. But I don't think a high line suits the PL so I wouldn't use it at all.

Gotze plays on the sides at Dortmund though he doesn't stick to the sides.