The Skipper

Absolute light work. So easy.

Mostly agreed, but I wouldn't say they're weaker. They have injuries yeah but overall their team's stronger this year. The XI they'll put out tomorrow will be much better than that of last season's 6-0. Szsceny Chambers - Per - Kosc - Gibbs Flamini - Wilshere Alexis - Ozil - Oxlade Welbeck Solid team. We should beat them though.

Chambers is a good player......

IMO he is adequate and has been for most of the season, people tend to be over exaggerate how weak he is or has been defensively this season.

United.

Bertrand really isn't as bad as some of you are making it seem. He's a solid player that could've easily been a reliable back up to Cole here. Mourinho just doesn't fancy him.

Hazard is a better dribbler and his creativity and vision is miles ahead of Neymar's.

He's really quick. Physically Zouma is the complete package.

I got a Cesc shirt just to annoy my Arsenal mates, I imagine a lot did the same.

Don't think Navas is a better dribbler than Willian or even Salah (especially the former). Navas relies on his outstanding pace to beat men really.Willian's dribbling ability is as good as any of those you've mentioned. His problem is his decision making in the final third/final moment.

Isco's best role is definitely the traditional CAM, but we at CFC don't play with the traditional CAM. Our CAM's main job isn't to be the side's main creative outlet. We require a different skill set from our number 10.

I wouldn't want him for £50m at all, I said if we can get him for a reasonable price then go for it (i.e. £25m). He's still incredibly young and still has some decision making issues but IMO he's a lot more dangerous than Oscar is in the final third but I believe he could also perform Oscar's role in the team right now pretty well. I disagree that he's an all out attacker only, there's a lot more to his game. IMO he's best as a B2B midfielder.

Disagree with that. I think Barkley is a lot more rounded because of the physical edge he has. Barkley's athleticism makes him a lot more rounded than Isco. Isco wouldn't be able to perform Oscar's role efficiently, we'd be wasting his talents in that role. Barkley on the other hand fits in like a glove IMO.

Debatable that he's not as good of a number 10 as Oscar IMO. Sure, Oscar has better defensive skills and might be slightly more rounded but Barkley is much more influential in the final third than Oscar is IMO. Barkley also has the right attributes to play Oscar's role in the team I think whilst I couldn't see Isco doing that at all, and Reus is not a number 10 whatsoever. They aren't the same age either at all... Oscar is 23, Barkley's 20. I'd be happy with signing Barkley provided he's coming at a reasonable price.

Barkley would be a great buy I think, providing he can get over his injury and stuff.

#FreeJuan

Had an off day in regards to final decisions in the last moments before a chance. Could've easily scored like a hat trick today.

Wow. Hope he's okay, that's awful.

Apart from the City game we've been very entertaining yeah.

Zouma is as quick as Mangala pal, Zouma doesn't lack anything whatsoever physically.

He was fine yesterday but fed of absolute scraps. We barely created anything yesterday and he still almost scored. Played a big role in our goal too. I don't mind him not scoring because he really fought for us yesterday. Keep it up Diego.

I could fully understand the cautious approach but with the attacking ability we have now we should never be this cautious. It hurt me to see the likes of Hazard, Costa and Fabregas just isolated... Jose needs to find the right formula, the squad is far too complete for us to still be playing this kind of football. Showed a bit too much respect for City tbh, Pellegrini's comments were just expected for me. In a sense Manuel can goad and say we played like a Stoke yesterday because it's true. Hopefully Jose finds the correct formula soon. It wasn't right to play the way we did yesterday.

I was arguing against you about our performance against City last year where we showed a lot more intent than today. Not sure what you're trying to pipe about.

Cesc has been very disciplined today. Must be said.

Isn't anything new, he's beyond average.