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Sh..Sh..Shawcross?

how old are you sir?!

LMAO and Sky Sports used the subtitle how they're not willing to sell less than the £29m buy-out. Their quote contradicts that

Does this mean they're willing to sell for less than the £29m quoted?

Yeah, fair do's, then I do very much agree. Sinclair would never come back (but tbh, I don't rate him so highly to fit with our system). Hoilett, any day!

We beat City And remember how shite Liverpool were in the league in '05 when they won it?

We could go far in the CL this season.. Just sayin'

That's probably the weirdest thing I've read on this forum in a while. Lampard, Joe Cole, Essien, Drogba, Anelka, Malouda. None of these were 'world class' when we signed them! Least of all Lampard, I was amazed when Ranieri signed him over Milner.. And look how that turned out! Essien was making an impact in France but not a 'world class' one either, we gambled big money and reaped the rewards. Anelka's the biggest signing that everyone thought was average, that paid dividends. Golden Ball in 2008 rings well in my mind. Not that I'm saying Sessegnon is the player we should consider, but saying we should target already established stars is ignorant to any potential talent that could already be in the league.

Brilliant idea TX

Llorente's goal was brilliant!

Can't say he's not right though..

We'll win 2-0. #eternaloptimist

This thread is brilliants, props to OP!

1-0 win with a blood batch would be nice. A couple of spikes in Barton's leg wouldn't go a miss.. If this is Terry's last game for a while, let it be with a bang

I certainly do hope he's replacing Terry!

Therein lies the problem. If Malouda was positionally more disciplined it would make it easier for Mata, but for some reason he thinks he has the ability to cut inside, shoot from 20yard and expect to score.. Which he never can

True, but here's a different story. He's doing as much as he can with the squad how they're playing. Morale is low, confidence ain't that high and to be fair his long shots aren't as bad as usual Na, but seriously, I don't think he's been that bad. Just been expected to do things he can't.

So we're supposed to be chasing: Hazard, De Bruyne, Krasic, Willian & Jovetic all in one-window? Simple twitter-rumours. That's all it is afaic.

I definitely agree with you, I don't believe it is his fault. He's being asked to fulfil a role he's not designated for at all. Good squad player, and if we had some word-class midfield players that would be ahead of him, then the contributions of Raul would be commendable.

I wouldn't stretch as far as to say 'most' nor would I say we're 'disappointed'. We knew exactly what were getting when we signed Raul, a decent squad player. Has he disappointed on this count? No I don't believe so. The problem was, we wanted someone like Modric, a playmaker and we settled for Raul for numbers. He was never going to match the levels of Modric, nor was he expected to. If he had arrived with Modric no-one would really have expectations for Raul. He's a good player, he's intelligent and he's versatile. He can't tackle for sh*t & he's not a world-class passer. What he does give his numbers, experience & he doubles up as a DM. Not a very good one, but in a game like Norwich, it's not a bad shout. He always looks to move forward, but he's restricted by lack of play in front of him. I am not disappointed, I'm not thrilled, but I think he's arrived at a time where that position wasn't a necessity.

Assholes.

It was always a huge mistake, something political went down there. Shame. Even Carlo wanted to play him!

Clean sheet with a 4-0 win for Letico!

It wouldn't happen until we get some players who are capable of playing proper midfield positions. At the moment we have DM's. For anything with 2 strikers to work we'd need players who can play wide while keeping a good shape in midfield. Ramires can't play wide, for all that he can do, passing and dribbling aren't his best attributes. Over the other side we have Mata, who'd move to AM which means Malouda comes in. Unfortunately, Malouda's too dire to start games, so we'd need a new player on that side. Then there's the problem where we have Romeu, Essien, Miereles & Ramires fighting for one position.