The Skipper

So being English automatically means that one will care about the club more? Okay Mr. Ashburner...

Oops. Silly me.

I just can't see Pogba replacing Rakitic because they're entirely different as players. They want to phase Iniesta out, and Pogba is a very nice replacement for him if he fulfills his huge potential.

Chelsea can't afford it? Really?

Tbh, Pogba would replace Iniesta long term.

He's better at finishing (or maybe more clinical?) than Hazard, that's for sure.

Would rather us go for experienced back up tbh. Coentrao would be a nice signing if he wasn't too expensive.

Let's hope he has a similar impact Sturridge did at his time at Bolton, where he was so good they couldn't drop him.

A very solid CDM is needed as well. We saw the impact Matic had on our team, and the closest thing they have is Coquelin who just isn't in the same league at all.

If he's good enough to play here he should be starting at Palace.

I think you should learn how to read smarty pants.

I think once people see us play in our Dutch kit, you'll all appreciate the beauty of it.

Mourinho didn't buy Traore... He was unofficially under our books for ages before Jose arrived. And why is Costa not our number 1 striker? Why is it between him and Falcao for you?

I think you're writing Stones off far too quickly. How do you know that Stones wouldn't step up if JT retired after next season? And we could still buy an experienced CB instead, but who do you suggest? There aren't many quality ones out there. In a couple of years we'll be in the same predicament - obviously hopefully Zouma has developed by then but we'd still need to find him a long term partner and John Stones, if he continues to develop as well, would be a very ideal partner for Happy. Why not get him now and get him to be under JT's tutelage for a season or two? He plays with maturity beyond his years. The quoted price for Stones atm is a £26m bid from us and I've seen that Everton might hold out for £30m. Not sure where you're getting £35m from. Look at it this way - if the club are looking to spend £25m+ on Stones you can guarantee that he'll get lots of game time.

Another loan? Really?

You need to look a bit more long term than that...

People really need to let Kalas go, that one game against Liverpool got to too many heads. Zouma, Stones, Christensen are all more talented defenders IMO.

Why not? Lahm is a great example of a player that keeps up his consistency no matter what side he's played at. He'd play season at LB, some at RB. Azpi is of a similar ilk IMO.

He's never been given a proper run out at RB under Jose. You can't really take the CWC semis to deduce that he wouldn't be as good on the right.

I'd rather have Moses and Traore here than Pedro tbh. If we're going to improve our RW situation let's wait and improve it properly.

Well we have signed Falcao and Begovic in case you haven't noticed...

Or we could (hopefully) sell Cuadrado and possibly have an AM set up of Hazard, Oscar, Willian, Gotze/Isco, Traore. That's very solid.

I would really like to know the official stance on BT's home grown status tbh.

Stones has a much, much higher ceiling than Cahill ever did. He's already better than Cahill in certain areas of his game i.e. his ability on the ball and pro activity. He can also play RB very adequately. He's a proper complete defender. Would be a nice signing - hopefully he and Zouma become our new partnership in the future.

Only because his release clause was £32m. Eden back then would go for £50m+ easily in today's transfer economy, if he didn't have a release clause.