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Think is, Jack is a centre mid.. He plays in the kind of Essien position.. Imagine it.. Rodwell Clifford - McEachran They'd work very well together. Jack can pass, he can shoot, he can dribble! Proof? Check this goal vs United when they drew 3-3 with Everton.

Haha I've watched enough England u21 games and seen him for Everton to know he's a future England star! If we can sign him, the centre of our midfield is sorted for the next 15+ years. He and Josh already know each other and Sturridge too. In fact throw in Bertrand there

I predict an Arnesen bid

Please let that be it from Arnesen's Raid. Tore has a bright future ahead of him! Hope he makes it in Germany - Lalkovic is our winger future!

Exactly. The role of the manager in top clubs, with big stars is so important. And so Grant can't walk into Barcelona and replicate Pep's success

So annoyed about this! I was so sure Tore had a future with us. I hope Lalkovic is much better and we're keeping hold of him. Smh.

Of course quality of players matter. But so does the coach! The coach has to get tactics right and formations and line ups and man management ect. Pep made this squad a team. Instead of individuals. Avram can't do that, just ask Scotty Parker.

Because Avram taught them Total Football didn't he?

Yes. Definitely worth it.

Old post here, but I totally agree with all of it!

YES, YES, YES!! Please let's bid for him!!! An outstanding talent, future England captain! Yes please! But we won't sign him. He's English.

So now you know why I can't take the moderator's job! You must now be silenced

Goal = banned

Now now, let's not go down this road :eyebrows:

Fair enough mate On a final note on the first point though; I don't think it matters what league/country a player's from. If scouts think the player is good enough, then I trust them, not just ours, Real's, Arsenal's, Tottenham's ect. Kompany came from Belgian leagues and now he's one of the most promising defenders around

Haha oh yes. Hope Tortilla9 let her down gently

Fair enough haha, I just think sometimes he can do better. Not that I'm ignoring our creative problems, by any means

Thank Zolayes. Commitments like these can not be ignored. As you say, taking on this role wouldn't have been fair on the staff here already and those other responsibilities I have externally. Hopefully everything will work out how it's supposed to.

Confusion over Chelsea bid Apparently there was talk over a €50million bid. Been denied by Palermo boss. But questions remain over if an original bid was even made now..

Agreed, fair point. But I remember Jimmy did it a lot. It's why we got to be so good at counter attacks, because he'd come back and win the ball, link up with the midfield, then run through, with pace. It's something I always look for strikers to do, because it pays better dividends. I think in the Premier League it's better for a striker to do this.

Nah that's not what I'm saying. Of course we need a better, more creative midfield. Can't deny that. But the fact is, Torres needs to put in his shift. He's a great striker, one of the most deadly in the world when on form, but he's lazy. He can't expect to hover around the last defenders shoulders, expecting the perfect ball each time. Even David Villa, for Spain, will help the midfield by helping the team play through. Even if we had an amazing midfield of the likes of Pastore, Hamsik, Fabregas and all these other great creative players, I'd still expect him to support the midfield and put in a shift.

Yup, I'm sure everyone remember how Feyenoord have "reported" us over the Ake transfer

Yeah, I've learnt to ignore the money now. I just base a transfer on the actual player.. I give up on this club's ability to negotiate . Based on the merits of Lukaku, I'm convinced this is a very good transfer.

Let's hope our new manager does something about it then :\ All great strikers get involved in the play.. Just look at Rooney (though I hate to). He'll link up the play in midfield, defence and attack. A great player on the pitch, he really is. Even Drogba does it. Anelka does it too much though

Yeah, the book was really attacked The good thing about the film was they had good insight from his wife especially, but it's still a film that doesn't impress many people. It's understandable why they'd be angry, I'd imagine much stems from the original book.