The Skipper

The problem is then our 3rd midfielder. JOM is probably 5th choice as it stands right now, so it still makes his comment strange because it's not like Romeu improved much on the 'quality' aspect of our midfield.

Mikel is waiting to get his British passport, then he'll move for a decent fee IMO. Still would rather have him as a squad player over Romeu, who I do think is slightly overhyped on here.

How the hell is a midfield (for two (or three) positions) of Fabregas, Matic, Ramires, MVG, Mikel + one of the youngsters thin? That's 5/6 players for 2/3 positions. Not thin at all.

Can't imagine that being the case tbh. I can't imagine them holding Frank to ransom and forcing him to go out on loan to City - unless of course Frank himself agreed to that.

Mikel is Matic's back up, we don't need to play him next to Matic unless somehow we find that Cesc, MVG and Ramires are out injured which is very, very unlikely. Mikel is a better back up option than Romeu because he's ahead of him in his development - he's already the final product, whilst Romeu needs as many games as possible to aid his development. As it stands right now Mikel is also the better player IMO, Romeu is a bit overhyped on here.

Why not here? He's not going to play much at City at all, especially if their top 3/4 midfielders stay fit (Silva if he's playing at the 10, Yaya, Fernandinho, Fernando)... I'd even argue that he'd be able to play just as much, if not even more here. There's certainly space for a legend like Lamps to be at the club for a mere 6 months...I don't like how hjperdeath is sort of insinuating that the club offered him a really bad deal so Frank has a right to sort of retaliate because our club is awful etc. so we shouldn't be disappointed with Frank, but disappointed with the club and I think that's bollocks to be frank. I can't imagine us or Jose refusing to loan Lamps for 6 months. I don't see anything we here at CFC can't offer Frank that City can for 6 months, apart from money maybe.

Again I ask you if he wants to stay fit, why not just come back to us? The fitness reasoning is irrelevant IMO, it's not like City were the only club on the planet willing to loan Frank for fitness reasons.

Hahaha you've got to be kidding me. Me saying Robben is one of the elite players in the world has nothing to do with me being Dutch. I call it how I see it pal. I can defend any player with passion, irregardless of nationality. Go to the Luiz or Sturridge (two non Dutch players in case you never figured that out) threads and you'll see that for yourself. My point is you clearly wouldn't be defending Lukaku's actions if he wasn't Belgian. I'm telling you that if Lukaku was Dutch, I'd be saying the exact same thing I've been saying about him.

He's spoken to Frank himself, has nothing to do with 'behind the scenes' stuff.

Why the hell do Liverpool have more TV than anyone else?

City and United play with two strikers ffs.

Do you even know the definition of a selling club?

Again I ask, do you honestly think he'd have a more significant squad role at Man City than here?

Or maybe Romeu + not registering Mark.

Do you truly believe that at City he'll have an elevated squad status? He'd still pretty much be backup behind the likes of Yaya, Silva, Fernandinho, Fernando etc... I can't really see his ambitions not being matched here at CFC... The main reason for his loan has to be fitness right? Why can't he do that here for 6 months?

Are you drunk?

I agree, but I'd much rather someone like Schurrle - who is renowned for taking these type of shots from distance - take these sort of shots, and I'd much rather have Costa as the one who is scoring the rebounds. It certainly is no biggie. Almost every striker scores the overwhelming majority of their goals in the box.

That's the way it should be for a striker as well. I don't want my striker to frequently take random pot shots from 25+ yards.

I think I now know why Arsenal fans are so extra deluded...

Welcome mate. TC as a forum are a lot more open than CFCnet will ever be - hope you become an active member here. Enjoy!

PSG: forever making a mockery out of FFP since 2011.

Nvm!

If we signed Cavani it means we have to played with two up top for the majority of our games and I simply can't see that happening. Jose won't suddenly make 4-4-2 our main tactic, nothing in preseason has even suggested that. It's not happening people.

...We're not even talking about Frank respectfully denying the contract... Everyone understand why he went to NYCFC. If you look at the original post it was suggested that Frank might be choosing to move to City in spite because we didn't offer him a new contract.

Of course Frank will always be proper Chels, but they weren't 'title rivals'. It's a different scenario, and I can understand some of the responses here.