The Skipper

I've got the chance to catch like 3/4 Anderlecht games and I must say my earlier comment on how he'd never go for more than £20m is completely off, guy is an absolute talent even at 17. He has it all to become one of the greatest midfielders in his generation.

Stuff dreams are made of pal.

Buy him back.

This would be a pathetic signing tbh.

Definitely not, was thinking more to having him at CAM.

Yes we do, but none of those would start for Bayern and that's my point. Our bench obviously isn't bad but Bayern's is simply better. But as SJ said, back to topic.

Isco please.

No chance. They have players like Thiago, Javi Martinez and Gotze on the bench (had Shaqiri as well), all four of those would easily make a case of starting in our team. Can't say the same about our bench.

Actually, they probably have the strongest bench out there (apart from up front).

Bayern is as close as it gets though. They didn't lose that heavily last year because their squad was incomplete, they lost because their manager was naive. This Bayern team (talent wise) is as complete as it gets.

Is that a forward pass from Mikel?

Zouma is a very proactive defender, sure he backed off a bit against Newcastle in the first half but if you noticed in the 2nd half he really went for it and won numerous of balls by just getting to the ball first or closing a man down as soon as possible. If you think Zouma backs off any near as much as Cahill does then you're just basing that off one half of football which is ridiculous.

One bad game and Terry has avoided a lot of stick. Incredible.

Haters.

Anyone got a gif of his mazy run?

Haha, what a guy.

I wouldn't say steal (more like fair price) but I do get what you mean yeah.

He'd be fantastic here, just wouldn't want to pay anything over £50m for him.

He's basically Willian, sorry. Would be an awful signing.

Rest in perfect peace. So sad.

What exactly did he do that was so poor? In the back 4 he was probably the best defender. Not saying that he was great in the first half but he wasn't poor either.

Zouma was one of the very few players that didn't embarrass themselves in the first half. If you think Zouma had a particularly bad first half then your love for Gary Cahill truly is phenomenal.

Good luck pal!

It was exactly that but even worse - he was failing almost all of his passes and whenever he did lose the ball it was always in a very dangerous area where we were absolutely exposed. Sloppy, disinterested, lazy, like he didn't want to be there. It was awful.

And Frank has been absolutely truthful about this whole thing hasn't he?