The Skipper

It's hilarious how opposition fans have labelled him a flop already. Can't wait for him to just prove them wrong.

Finally.

I love Isco. I know we have too many AMs here but if Real we're selling him I'd buy him in a heart beat and think about restucturing the squad after.

Griezmann is an intelligent runner, bit like Schurrle. Taking these rumours with a pinch of salt though. Can't believe people are getting this excited when there's nothing concrete out there, but must say, a three of Schurrle - Hazard - Griezmann is quite impressive.

Janmaat is a decent player, could be a good squad player here but no way is he good enough to be a regular starter here. I'd happily rather overpay for Filipe Luis by £5/6/7m than buy Janmaat as a starter at RB which'll leave Azpi on the left.

Or maybe one could say the Sociedad game was scheduled this late because the club had information beforehand that the game would be moved to a Monday? It's mostly annoying because it will probably be the only CFC game I will be able to attend until January and I had an earlier and pretty much guaranteed ticket sorted out from my mate who's a season ticket holder. Fuck Sky.

Brilliant. Very annoyed since I have to sell my ticket now - not available for this anymore. Cheers Sky.

Regarding this scenario (midfield 'three' of Matic, Fabregas and Oscar if you will) I think Dion summed it up perfectly in one of his posts in the Fabregas thread:

Wtf. Wow.

If there was one defender we could sign to replace JT (long term) it would definitely be Varane.

I'm assuming because we're waiting to shift Ba out because he has Diego Costa's number.

He's pretty much our player already, all there is to it is an official announcement from CFC. There's no reason to stress or panic lol.

I hope so. I hope it's a full sale as well.

LOL. Right. False alarm guys.

Ba and Marin gone out on loan for a year. Hmm. Wish we sold them instead.

Would be stupid considering they've pretty much got Kroos wrapped up... I'll gladly take Isco off their hands tbh.

Fuck, if Arsenal get Cavani...

Excellent signing. Was one of the best players in France.

Just go back to his thread from the start of last season and you'll see that yourself.

It's incredible how Schurrle is getting next to no recognition for his massive part in the goal.

Cheers for clearing that up.

Hmm... I don't know. At Real, what made Di Maria so effective as that 3rd midfielder was his ability to push the ball forward at pace. It was vital to their counter attacking system. Kroos doesn't have the capabilities to do that. Sure, he'll add a threat if Real are attempting a more possession based system but that Real Madrid front four of Bale, Ronaldo, Benzema and Di Maria was truly outstanding, a joy to watch on the break.

He was awful today IMO.

Just saw this photo floating around on twitter, not too sure how true it is though. https://twitter.com/samueljayc/status/488454866315280384