The Skipper

Excellent, excellent article. Couldn't disagree less, however as said above my number 1 partnership would be Terry - Luiz. If you could update the article and include how many goals each partnership has conceded that'd be wonderful too. It'd give us a clearer picture.

Courtois, Dembele, Witsel and Hazard really held it down today for Belgium. Such a talented team. I think you guys will definitely qualify.

Sorry darling. Auto-correct.

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Belgium need to put on Lukaku as a more direct threat than Benteke IMO.

Sacrifice a little bit of agility for more balance and power? That's fine. He can still move his body around very swiftly. It's amazingly hard to get the ball off this lad due to his wonderful balance and power whilst still having brilliant feet.

NEVER CHANGE YOUR NAME. 'Manpe' is synonymous with 'legendary'.

I would still take Hulk for a decent price. Still think he's built for the PL. Lukaku, Ba & Hulk as a third striker option whilst also providing another option out wide... Why not? Like I said, if he came at a decent price, I'd still take him.

1) No. I'd rather keep my soul intact than that. Life is not all about materialistic notions, the soul is a lot more important. 2) 0. At the end of the day, in this scenario, you still die. So why allow other families to suffer? Who knows, stranger you kill might carry the next Einstein in their semen or ovaries .

No. People said the same about Lukaku last year. Honestly, these interviews are often taken out of context, I would take them with a pinch of salt.

But think about it. Do you think Lukaku and Courtois would've developed this well if they were given minutes here and there in the Carling Cup or FA Cup at CFC instead of playing regularly? Surely not.

This I agree with. I'd rather have Nat get regular minutes at a PL squad next season than him being a squad player.

Happy birthday mate, welcome to adulthood!

Kojo just likes anyone that goes against the general consensus.

1. I don't understand how you think I'm obsessed with you. Probably 0.1% (being optimistic here) of my posts on here might have something remotely to do with you. 2. The fact remains that whenever you post on this forum it is either Benitez or Torres related and never anything else. 3. I don't understand how saying that you're a Benitez and Torres fan warrants as a "personal insult". You calling me part of a "stupid mob" is more qualifiable as an insult to me. 4. If most Chelsea fans and general supporters felt the same way you did about Torres/Benitez, why do the majority of a large CFC community such as TalkChelsea disagree with that notion? 5. You could've supported CFC for 50 years, doesn't make your opinion on any manager or any player more valid than someone else's. 6. Fact remains that when Benitez and Torres leave CFC, we probably won't see any posts from you anymore.

My condolences to all Cypriots. Very hard time for you guys right now, hopefully there's a light at the end of the tunnel!

I've just come to the conclusion that @Rupert isn't even a CFC fan (and maybe even a L'Pool fan), just an avid Benitez & Torres fan. When both go, especially the former, he won't be seen around here anymore IMO.

People just love to hate on Luiz and because of how the media have toyed with his image; many think he's a nightmare to play with etc. it's hard for the media to praise Luiz because of this. Back to Draxler though, interesting prospect considering the accomplishments he's already achieved at his young age. He's not even an AM like everyone's saying, he's just a left winger that likes to cut inside if I'm correct, sort of like Schurrle, Hulk etc. (NB I'm not saying that he's similar to them). I want genuine width in the squad though, Moses alone isn't enough.

Lukaku's a lot more talented than Benteke and has a higher ceiling.

And Babayaro was never really 16 back then, lets be honest.

No it wasn't. That's so easy to say in hindsight. At CFC De Bruyne wouldn't have developed this well in the first place. He wouldn't play as many games as he is now at Bremen. This has been a successful loan spell just like the Lukaku, Chalobah and the Courtois deals.

Can anyone actually give me a qualifiable argument on why Lukaku won't be able to handle the pressure because of his age? Age does NOT define maturity in football. You can't write Lukaku off based on conditional, superficial statements that haven't even happened before.

Well those United fans aren't proper United fans then IMO. Any United fan that criticises what SAF has done this season is a moron. I mean, the United squad this season doesn't even have that many superstars apart from RVP & Rooney arguably but because SAF knows how to get the best out of his players they're walking away with the league. As much as I hate the red nose, no one can deny that he's an astute manager.

I always say that people tend to over exaggerate that Ramires is a poor passer. He's not. Yes, he can't spray the ball about like a DLP (which he is not in the first place, so I don't know why people expect that from him) but 8 or 9 times out of 10 he will find his target. It's not his fault that we have no DLP in the squad.

That's why they're top of the league by 15 pts right?