The Skipper

That is excessive and unnecessary... 30m and Lukaku would probably do but I sincerely doubt there is any truth in those rumours, Juve would be stupid to sell their best player.

Agent Webb to the rescue.

Relax Jase, I'm merely taking a break from my revision and using that to watch the game

Not the best, but not terrible either.

Just because they missed a pen each does not mean they are terrible penalty takers.

Thanks for this. Goes along very nicely with my current scouting of their game on right now vs Elche.

No one should take Parker serious, he believes Moyes is a better manager than Mourinho.

100% getting tickets for this now (Cardiff).

I would love Fabregas. He's being underused by Barcelona. He'd be awesome next to Matic in midfield.

Neil Ashton lied, Andreas' father came out and said this: "It is completely out of proportion, what the Daily Mail has written about Andreas' salary. It is tasteless and very far from reality. Yes, it's bad, nowhere near what Andreas makes at Chelsea." Source Just another typical hate article from the DM.

I don't like Colkett that much, his left foot is really good but I don't think he's as talented as RLC or Solanke. The three best players for us on the pitch today were Solanke, RLC and Christensen, and IMO that's no coincidence as they were also the most talented players on the pitch. Props has to go to Adi Viveash for getting these lads to play very good football too. Our academy is fantastic, hopefully we'll start seeing more lads coming through very soon now that it looks like we have managerial stability.

Love him, like him more than Feruz or Bamford because he's a proper technical CF, my kind of striker. He's got everything... technique, good finishing, height, pace, acceleration, dribbling, link up play... He's only 16 and has scored 18 goals for the under 18s this season. I've got high hopes for him.

Would love him to be Matic's understudy soon, as natural as a replacement can get.

Solanke, Christensen and RLC have stood out for us, very good players.

I agree with you on the latter but when people start saying he's Ramires awkward with the ball and that he isn't a natural footballer and that he relies more on power than anything it is overstating his lack of technical ability... Like I said before, he isn't Aguero or Suarez or Ibra, but that doesn't mean he's not good technically.

Here...

1-0 Colkett.

Honestly, people are overstating his lack of technical skills. Yes, he isn't Aguero or Suarez but he's still good technically. Maybe he has an ugly dribbling style but so did Drogba, didn't mean Didier was bad technically.

No Silva and no Yaya, their two main driving forces. Those two out and City are basically out of ideas. Their brain and their engine.

Mourinho would be immortal if we won the double this season.

RLC is more of a #6 (Matic) whilst Barkley is more of a #8 (Lampard)... But your point is still valid.

Gareth Bale!!!!!

all the fools who thought City would win the rest of their games... It's between us and Liverpool now but we have to beat them at Anfield, they can do with a draw. Hope Norwich can get a result against them on the weekend and hopefully we beat this spirited Sunderland side as well. It's not going to be easy for anyone.

Two games... It isn't about "oh no, we need another left back" it's about us having fullbacks that can provide width and options off the ball and fullbacks that can deliver decent crosses in the box. That on its own will create more space for the likes of Hazard, Oscar, Willian etc. to exploit instead of it being so congested in the middle all the time. Having two good attacking fullbacks will stretch teams and allows us to create more quality chances. A good attacking left back so Azpi can play in his natural position is just as important as a midfielder and a striker in my opinion, but that's my opinion. We have to get all three if we want to become a more complete team that can adapt and adjust to different situations. Again, are you insinuating that against Palace we created enough and were simply unlucky or weren't clinical enough with our finishing? The amount of quality chances created against Palace was poor. You have to stop pretending like creating good chances against the smaller teams hasn't been our problem this season. Again as I said before, we do need a left back, so Azpi can pay in his natural position. You're forgetting that Ivanovic is 30 as well. It's just as good as a long term investment as a striker is.

You're simply stating that after the Swansea game but you can't tell me that most games against the smaller teams have been like that... Plus you're ignoring that Swansea went down to 10 men. It isn't like we've been creating a lot of chances against teams on a consistent basis. If United or City or whoever come through for Shaw this summer it'll be a big loss IMO, hence why I think signing him is as important as signing a ST and a CM.