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I will be sad to see Reus leave Dortmund. I really like watching that team go, but then again, they will find a suitable replacement. Still sad to see such a brilliant team fall apart with the departures of Lewa, Gotze, Sahin (yeah he's back), Kagawa and now Reus (if he's leaving). That aside, it's a great thing for him to go to Atletico because he will avoid our rivals and I do bloody like that. He will fit brilliantly there and I do hope Atletico kick both Barcelona's and Real's arse again. I would also be very happy if he was our player, but we made our move with Willian, Salah and Schurrle so we should stick by those. Perhaps in another life

I really hope Oscar comes in strong this season and gives a better end product. I really like the lad, but I'm a bit afraid that his starting place in our squad is really under threat. Not by other players, but by Mourinho. Sure, he can field Oscar in number 10 and Matic and Fabregas behind, but the moment our team starts looking shaky and we leak a few goals, I believe Jose will switch to 4-3-3 and either bench Oscar or play him on the wing. That aside, I do believe Oscar has enough quality to make the midfield trio of him, Matic and Fabregas work due to his tracking back and work rate. Big season for the lad, and I really hope he does well. As for shirt numbers, I'm against retiring numbers from 1-11 simply because they are so often used and requested from players. Frank is not only a Chelsea legend and one of the my favorite players, but he is also something much more to me, an idol and a role model. He is someone who has shown to me that despite a little lack of talent you can write a fucking legend by working your guts of and believing in your purpose ! Honestly, I am not overly happy to see Oscar wear a number 8 shirt, but I will wait and see how well he fills the big boots he has and then judge him.

I agree but it's ugly how fast fans start supporting a player who actually still hasn't done anything great for their club while they go and slate someone like Oscar who has been here for 2 years already and worked his socks of almost every single minute he was on the pitch. Let Schurrle play for 2 straight years almost every game and see will his lever of performance drop from time to time, but then again, people would still say he has great attitude and determination. Yeah, Mikel has that too and support he gets is microscopic. I hate that from fans, it's not fair towards players. And how do you know Andre is a Chelsea fan? Yes he has worn Lampard shirt, but he never said he is a Chelsea fan. I idolized Henry, Ronaldo, ZIdane, Carlos as a kid but I was always a Chelsea fan. My favorite player was always Ronaldo back then. I do like Schurrle, but he will need to do more to impress me then get a few goals and assists coming on as a sub and playing against jaded players who were dying foe 70 minutes on the warm Brazilian sun after a very tough season.

I was impressed with him at the world cup but I don't see the point of bringing him here. He isn't that good for us to sacrifice someone else and spend more money.

Sadly I see him going. It will almost break my heart, but deep down I know it's the right thing Hopefully we can at least make a good player swap deal with the buying team and bring another quality player.

Bloody hell! The hell is happening with all Schurrle love? His first season with us wasn't anything memorable except a few games. He wins a world cup while not even being a starter and suddenly people are talking of him like he's the best player in the world Don't get the wrong, he has done well at WC and well in pre season, and his work rate is brilliant, but I'm amazed at how quick people have starting wanking over him like he is the god who came down and decided to play some football

I want to see this lad starting Cup games and some CL ones. He has great potential and could turn out to be a great midfielder.

Funny how people are suddenly wanking all over Schurrle but slating Oscar even though Oscar played much more last season and lots of times looked 2x the player Schurrle is. Give the lad a break and a good run of games and see how's he gonna do. Especially look how's he's gonna do when he has a dangerous striker ahead and less pressure to create chances on his back. Schurrle is also a year older so he kinda has 1 season over Oscar

In training Schürrle has been running for fitness (in which, he admits, he struggles to find pleasure) and working with the ball (which he loves). The most inspiring element, however, is clearly his time with Mourinho; the boss is said to be personally fond of Schürrle and the protégé returns the feeling with something resembling bright-eyed hero worship. ‘It’s his thinking,’ he explains. ‘There is only one way for him and that is to win. And with his psychology, the way he talks… he gives that thinking to you. The hardest thing is when you feel tired in training and he’ll push you, but it makes you better as a player. It’s why I wanted to play for him.’

This guy... He just does and scores however and whenever he wants while still looking like he's gonna kick your ass. I can't wait to see him tormenting defenders COSTA SMASH! COSTA SCORES!

If he's available for a reasonable price, go for him. He'd be a good backup option and certainly able a few with all the creativity in our squad.

Actually this is not a first time Rambo pulls out such a screamer just like that. I remember a couple of goals like that when he just scorers when nobody's expecting it and usually goalkeeper just watches the ball blast the net Good game for him.

I watched City and Arsenal yesterday. Arsenal impressed me, but it was City who made them look that good. Sanchez did well for them but I noticed that he's more of a showman and runner then a technical football player. There were a couple of attacks that Sanchez screwed with bad decisions even though he should've only passed the ball and every coach would scream for him to simply pass the ball. I expect Arsenal to have a really good season, but their defense is nothing impressive (as always) and I would expect us to beat them with the likes of Costa, Hazard and Fabregas with no problem. As for City, they just confirmed what we all knew. Without Kompany, Aguero and Silva, they are just a mediocre team. Damn it's going to be a tough season!

Eden needs to entertain him, otherwise Costa will turn into Hulk for being on the bench and do COSTA SMASH!

Because he is the German Messi and maybe just maybe he'll start playing like one?

For me, Eden is the 2nd best dribbler in the world after Messi. And I really mean this! It's just amazing how incredible he is with the ball at his feet. FFS I can't control the ball like this even in FIFA after a number of years ! You could see it in his eyes yesterday when he was getting ready to come in, he really wanted to enjoy a game of football

His general game is fine and I'd expect him to do much better along a partner like Terry rather then Christensen like in the last game. He should've cleared that cross for their goal but honestly it was a brilliant cross. He has the talent, he has amazing players to learn from and he has José to work with him if needed also. All aligned for him to make it to our first team in a few years. His jumping is absolutely incredible xD needs to work hard on his heading technique and he'll start scoring like crazy

He definitely works hard and that can only be a big plus. He could play an important part this season in the cups and when we need more versatility or when we're chasing result. What disappoints me game after game with Salah is his football intelligence and decision making. Sadly they limit his game and throughout all of our pre season I believe I haven't seen a single genius move from him. Best part of his game was his explosive running into empty space. He even disappointed me with his dribbling, but I guess I may be spoiled after watching Eden for so long with that glue on his feet and fifa humiliation of opponents xD Mohammed can be really good when we need counter attacks or as a late sub when we're chasing result and that's what's he's gonna be doing this season pretty much. If he does that well and we win PL or CL I'd expect his general confidence to grow and that next season he does much better, bur this season from him I expect a hard working pacy mediocre squad player who needs more time, experience and games.

Still over the moon Cesc is our player now. I am not lying when I say that I can pretty nicely guess who will we try to sign but I never would've expected Fabregas transfer to happen. Not that I thought we couldn't sign him, but I simply forgot about him since he got overshadowed by Barca stars. Amazing player, I expect him to become our most important player easily and what's much more important is that other offensive players will get much more space and better passes with Cesc in the team. And damn he was brilliant in the last game. That goal - take a bow son !

Damn injuries... I really hope we bring in a secure backup striker, injury to Costa and we can pretty much say goodbye to the PL... I hope big D is going to be fine, but if he's gonna be sidelined for some time, then I'd expect us to bring in another striker.

Jose will assign Diego Costa to iron Eden out. Once Diego is done, Eden will eat lighting and crap thunder while not even trying !He also needs ball boys to kick! [emoji48]

Arsenal bring Cavani and they suddenly have a very very dangerous squad. Hopefully Cavani stays in PSG...

Not that they ain't saints, they are among the dirtiest and cheapest CBs in the world xD Ramos is the brain and Pepe is the muscle...

Well a bit, but not that much. They certainly made him a much better all around player, which is of course great.

He needs a team that's gonna put him up front and feed him with crosses and through balls. Instead bunch of times it was Ibrahimovic who was on all those positions where Cavani would've wanted to be. You can see how well Higuain did when Napoli put him up front and stared giving him chances just like they did to Cavani. It seems dumb to sell Cavani with Ibra not getting any younger.