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Thing is we have a couple of more phenomenal players in his positions. And to be honest he seems to me like the less talented one (with Schurrle, but Schurrle is a different player from the rest so he gets to play).

I cant understand, why do you all seem to care SO MUCH about this guy? i mean more than other player in the squad it looks like the all forum is behind this boy like he's born at the club. What did he do to deserve that kind of support?

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Every pass from this guy is a good pass, even if its not a dangerous pass or a pass forword, its almost always clever. I always thought he's a genius, i hope he'll keep show it more. And what a display in defense.

I'll ask the same question as after the Swindon game - why he's not playing?

Fair point, but i think Luiz is better when we play more attacking football - which shoud be the way we play most of the time. Unless we play a very low line, Cahill will make us suffer i feel.

We could make a 3 to 5 mintues video on goals like today that Cahill gave. Frustrating, keeps happaning almost every time he's facing a quick striker.

I think Willian should be a starter instead of Schurrle. I feel that we lack some 'magic' and techniques with the current starting AM's against top teams especially, a lot because Oscar is quite busy in working in the midfield. We dont create enough chances from those 3, and i think Wiliian will also give us more position on the ball. Lampard, Ramires and Schurrle are not players who keep position so well, i think we need this 3rd 'flashy' AM, and Willian is just a brilliant passer that always finds the smart and unexpected pass in midfield. And he also able to give some width on the right like Schurrle.

Wanted Eto'o and Willian..

3-5-2? or 4-3-3 with Garcia in the midfield? I think both good for us.

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Why look for a direct Lampard replacement? we are playing different system. Im not impressed too much from Paulinho, and anyway we need a DLP not a box to box CM like him. To handle Toure-Fernandinho midfield and be the dominant side, we need Oscar to play deeper imo, and yes a good game from Lamps, from deep. I think we can do that, esp when its an home game for us.

Im defentley havent seen him enough, my post was realy an invitation for someone who knows him better to say if my view was right. But when i saw him, i thought he isnt a DM who also build the game and give too many key passes, i mean not a De-Rossi/Pogba type of midfielder. I'll be glad to hear how he realy is.

Yes but it shouldnt be a pivot of two VERY similar players. We dont need Matudi when we have Ramires, and it definitely shouldnt be our "Big Signing" for the pivot. BlueLyon, "his importance at Psg is similar to Yaya in ManC" How can you say that? they are very different. Matudi doesnt contribute in goals and assists on regular basis, much less technical or creative than Yaya. although he's better defensively than yaya.

The issue about a CM being 'creative' in the pivot is not about creating the goals, its about picking out smart, quick passes to the dangerous positions, where the AM's will create the goals. Its very important, a lot of times - almost in every game in the last few years - you can see that we're too slow to give those passes from midfield, and our build up is predictable and not very clever. There is another thing, playing with a pivot that runs by someone like Gundogan or Schweinsteiger, against a midfield of two CM's that non of them is a world class DLP (Ramires-Pogba for example) will always win in possession and in giving the most dangerous passes, and therefore- most of the times that will make them the best team on the pitch. There is no way you can control a game with that kind of midfield against Gundogan or Schweinsteiger or Barca or Alonso. So i think we need to go for Gundogan himself first, if not him, just not native DM's like Strootman. Pogba is possible, i dont say it would be bad, but we can find better fit i think.

Its not them, i know where you saw it but they just gathering all rumors from the web to one article. Its the Mirror.

Idk, i thought its just Spain who wants him but maybe youre right.. i havent followed.

What a progress he made, and this season he realy shows he's top class. Got to be Brazil's no.9 in WC or at least compete with Fred.

When we're seating deep and waiting for the opponent to come to us, Cahill is wonderfull, but in the way we want to play most games, he's not working for me. Just not sophisticated enough when he's outside the box and has to realy think quick.

I thought Lampard was very good, sat deeper than usual (deeper than Rami in attack), controlled our attacks, got the ball forword and for the wings- exactly what we need from him. I want that to happen in every game, he should play deep, not run to score goals like he does in most of our more "easy" games.

Hazard-Oscar-Schurrle were pretty terrible for most of the game, so inaccurate and kind a apathetic but it was obvious the first two will get something out of those counter attacks, and they did which gave us the win together with some great defending from everyone. I thought Lampard was very good, seat deeper than usual (deeper the Rami in attack), controlled our attacks, got the ball forword and for the wings- exactly what we need from him. I want that to happen in every game, he should play deep, not run to score goals like he does in most of our more "easy" games.

thats possible actually... well so ok.

Why not Eto'o? dont like it.

No, he's the more 'creative striker' between the two strikers in Juve's 3-5-2. Not a no.10 at all, Juve are playing with 3 CM's in the middle with no AM's, so unless they change their tactics a bit, Mata doesnt have a place there.

I think Imbula looks more suitable for what we need. When i saw Matic he seems to me like a pure destroyer and not much beyond that.