LDN Blue

The team shouldn't need such shake ups like this. Last season we went trophyless, a phenomenon we're not so used to after the succession of silver for the last decade or so we've come to enjoy. Not to mention half this team aren't even title winners and should be hungry as anything for it. To be 2-0 up and then concede 4 goals to a club who are two leagues lower than us is simply unacceptable. The team put out today was more than capable of holding a 2-0 or even 2-1 lead without inflicting any serious problems. Not good enough. After making Liverpool look like Real Madrid last week, something's got to change.

It's beyond ridiculous how we fall apart in these situations. When we lose now, it's not through the other team stealing a goal or anything. We get torn apart, a collapse of basic traits of defending and attacking. When these players lose their bottle, they really fucking lose it. No professionalism, no saving face, no effort. Disgraceful and embarrassing. José wants to talk about lack of fans support? How about looking at lack of player support for our fans turning up to these games.

My mistake then lmao

I'm surprised we're even chasing this money lmao. With Mutu retiring, I guess there's no point in this litigation.

Rumours suggest it's a temporary tatt

I'm sure Real were, Zidane being a known admirer. Perhaps not Bayern back then, but I wouldn't rule Barcelona out.

Eden?

Didn't watch yesterday's game - But I do reiterate what I've said before in this thread. I would love to see if Sterling could solve our problems on the RW, he's got more end product than Willian. But he's simply too expensive, shame really..

I do believe it was a tongue-in-cheek joke

God that save felt good!! We know Courtois has been brilliant thus far at the other side of goal keeping, his commanding of the box, catching the ball, organising defence etc. But it's so good to see these superman saves that De Gea always gets credit for lmao.

All hail Reus and his disciples

Another to be sold for profit in 2-3 years

The Reus obsession on this forum

FB, what has Mourinho told you about this!

Yep, World Cup year is almost a killer for players in that kind of bracket.. Unsure if they'll progress. I'd like to think if it was this year then he would've stayed and fought.

I think the problem regarding De Bruyne was lack of patience. Clearly he wasn't willing to wait around for his opportunity.. I guess that's up to him and it has worked out. Though I'm sure when he looks at our deficiencies on the right-wing he may think "what if.."

That's a shame to be honest. He could've had a good run playing Liverpool then Bradford, I do imagine he'll play the latter though.

You could take that to get Hazard printed on the back, couldn't you?

We did. Then we got Ballack and Essien and won more than Gerrard ever has or will

It's pretty outrageous mate. We're secure at the back, while you say Cech has 5-6 years the point is that Courtois offers us double that and then some. To let go of one our finest players to fill a position where we can find talent elsewhere isn't good business. Especially when Reus costs £20m.It doesn't matter about Real. We're very good at player negotiations. We prized Hazard away from the biggest clubs in Europe with our direction and vision.. The same can be done for Reus. If he really wants to go to Madrid then let him go. He'll be surrounded by competition that he may not even be able to get past, but it's his prerogative. We shouldn't negotiate with Real to get them to back off from Reus. Offering them Cech makes more sense tbh, but we shouldn't even entertain such ideas.

As did I xD I loved when he took Joey Barton apart on Twitter

Yep, I think only an offer too good to refuse will force Mourinho to sell the lad and bring someone in as cover (not Reus as some members insist on). Salah has to bide his time. We're seeing Mourinho use Remy now as one of 'automatic substitutes' and Salah could do the same if he continues to bide his time and work well in training. If that won't happen then I'm sure Mou won't have any complaints about letting him leave in summer.

Tapatalk is also a good alternative - Despite my detest of their latest update lmao.

I think 'sinking ship' is a bit harsh. They've still got a good team, players like Baines, Coleman, Besic, Barkley et al are very good players. They're low on confidence at the moment and seem unable to create goals which they were very good at last season. Martinez is being tested big time this season - He must prove he's a level above what he was doing at Wigan. That Wigan side infuriated me because they would cost along every season in a relegation scrap and then put together good performances at the end of the season to survive by a whisker. Martinez must not let the same happen to Everton.

The fundamental difference between the critiques of Oscar as compared to Willian, Salah, Mikel etc are that no-one is saying that Oscar should be sold or dropped indefinitely or anything of that nature. Most of us really do want Oscar to do well and no-one has taken anything away from the goals and assists he's provided to us this season. The critiques are calls for improvement, not resting our judgements on him never to look back. As I keep saying, Mourinho is probably working on all these negatives aspects and helping Oscar become the world beater he should be. It may not even take long. When that happens, praise will go to Oscar for consistent class.