The Skipper

That's ridiculous. Ivanovic is still a decent CB. You want another CB even though we already have 4 established ones, and the fact that we have the likes of Kalas, Bruma and Chalobah all potentially coming through?

Fair point, but I don't think anyone's really saying the Brazillian league is weak. In my opinion it's probably top 5. But to then go on and say that the Brazillian league is better than the Italian league because so and so is kind of double standards.

You do realise players can improve if they go abroad?

Should've signed him when he was literally begging for us to sign him before City came in.

How old are you?

Not much wrong with what he said in my honest opinion. Any human being wouldn't care as much about their job if they're disillusioned about it. It's human nature. Had Kalou or SFL or Terry or whoever said this after they went through the spell Torres went through I'd understand too.

If you look at the first page of this thread it's exactly the same quotes, just Sky Sports trying to stir the pot.

Great role model.

His agent said we're a bigger club than City. Haha. Edit: NVM, just a rehash of an old story.

Basically, yeah.

I don't really. If beer's the only thing available I'll drink it but I'm more of a spirit guy tbh.

But like I said, you don't need superior strength or you don't need to be a target man to play against Stoke. You also don't need to be amazing at heading the ball or cutting a cross to be a striker either. Forget Neymar as an example. What about someone like Guisseppe Rossi who used to lead the line for Villarreal so well before he got injured? He's a great striker but isn't exactly known for his strength or heading ability is he? Tevez, Aguero, Messi etc. etc.

I read it perfectly well mate. I know that example wasn't the best to use but to say Neymar would suffer up front against a team like Stoke because he has no aerial prowess/physical built is quite irrational. My point is I know that Neymar isn't naturally a striker but... You don't need a big target man up front to beat Stoke.

Matthew Harding Lower for sure! Why don't the mods make a poll?

OMG I know! Imagine Hazard, Mata and Oscar against Stoke as well!!!

Ridiculous topic.

Even though he'd have Busquets, Song, Mascherano and possible J Dos Santos ahead of him? Here he only has Mikel ahead of him. We're not ruining his potential at all, people (not you per se) just have this silly expectation that he'll nurture into a world class DM and that Mikel is holding him back. Garbage I say.

He achieved his world class status whilst playing with us.

Agreed. Ozil is class but I'd rather Iniesta in my team. I don't think they're that comparable anyway since Iniesta plays deeper than Ozil. Andres doesn't really play number 10 for Barcelona due to them employing the false 9 system with Messi.

DP.

I like Romeu but he isn't better than Mikel. I'm glad the management and the players know how valuable Mikel is to the team. Don't know how anyone could regularly start Romeu when you have Mikel on your team. Besides, I think a Mikel - Oscar combination would suffice more than a Romeu - Oscar pivot. So you think I'm defending Mikel for likes? Shame on you.

Of course that would've made a difference, but if you think Josh is as talented as Oscar then surely he would've been given a lot more chances by now? I mean you here people saying that out of Oscar and Hazard they believe Oscar could possibly go further and be better. You don't hear the same about Josh. No way is Josh as talented as Oscar. People overhype our youth way too much sometimes. Let Josh develop himself without this expectation that he needs to become a world class player and we might actually have a good player on our hands.

Mikel over Romeu and I might agree.

I hate how people bring United and City into it. It's irrelevant because they play two strikers at the same time, so the culture is different. United and City can afford to keep 3/4 top quality strikers for that reason alone. At CFC we only have one spot up front. If we buy Falcao it'd be ridiculous to have Falcao, Torres, Sturridge and Lukaku all vying for the one spot upfront next season. It's illogical and quite wasteful. Not only will that harm squad harmony, the likes of Sturridge and Lukaku will look and think, "there's no opportunity for me here, it's better if I move". Torres wouldn't be satisfied with not being the main man either, and he'd cry about leaving too. On top of that add transfer fees, wages etc. and you'll soon realise its illogical to keep both Torres and Falcao.

So people that are expecting Falcao to come... Are you expecting us to sell Torres too?