Kojo

Theirs only one Didier Dogbreath!

Board are idiots, and I don't want to hear all the bull shit about it's harder than it looks and signing a player is much harder than it seems, no It's never stopped City, but we don't seem to want to challenge for title anyway. Instead we will end up playing Torres upfront and Mikel as our star midfielder in the year 2016 whilst battling in relegation... In league one.

This guy would've been brilliant about 5 years ago especially, seems to have very good direct passing, and we where physical to move the ball up the pitch without needing space then. I don't think this Barcelona thing will ever work in the premier league, i think we should go back to the old days, our play was much better.

They'll be a force let me tell you that, if they manage to pull through, it always happens a team adapts like that, however football is a game with little patience. So it's inevitable that the Villa manager will get sacked then someone will come in and buy new players, if Villa manage to actually pull through with all these youngsters give it 5 years and they will be a great side, obviously not top 4 side but a very challenging side they once were again that's for sure.

Yeah cause our board is going to buy a midfielder.

I wanted his last game on this world to be with Chelsea, shame there is no football team on Mars

Exaclty, i was always dreading the day Didier would leave, but after what he did, i was delighted when he announced he was going to leave. Best legacy in football history, he will always be known for the best big game player ever and the king of wembley.

McEachran is nowhere near ready now, he should stay at Boro for another season, Mikel is crap, Ramires is a good but not great, KDB we aren't too sure yet, we can't just assume he will convert to a great CM and Essien is finished.

TBF i think a lot of people know that, but i don't see how this gets in the way of signing a young midfielder for double pivot, their is loads going on in the french league. Obviously things will have to be taken under consideration, as it's a new country and all sorts, but that doesn't hinder the fact the board are making stupid mistakes, lumbering themselves with Benitez just proves it. It's evident we need a midfielder, and no one is even bothering.

Henrique is a supa cool guy, he should be your friend, especially if you're brazilian, i just feel so insulted. And yes i do, everyone who is british i like. Lewis Holtby to Spurs confirmed, FUCK SAKE

Hey that's mean!, all fellow brazilians should be friends.

What about Henrique is he better? i want to see Henrique play football so bad man.

I've always found that one sick, I've never made a status about anything like that, but people do anything for likes. Some lad has a head injury from sledging, most people who don't even know him just grafted the hell out of it like making two statuses for some reason, it's just stupid.

But...but Coutinho has 17 Flair and Creativity in football manager.

Fuck sake so much other clubs around us doing business and we aren't doing a damn thing, Liverpool grabbing up Coutinho also.

So you're saying we shouldn't get anyone in the double pivot because it will affect there lives?. Ok lets not make anymore signings at all, we've destroyed as much lives as it is.

The fact of the matter is, even though Robbie might not of been a world class tactician, there is no doubt we would of had the spirit and fight to come back and win more games, we can't even do that for Benitez, we just crumble and play like shit when the other team scores. Yes we managed to come back this game, but what's good about that exactly? we shouldn't be losing to Bradford in the first place, i don't care if other teams drew and lost to league teams, we played almost a full strength team out there and drew. I know if we had Robbie this wouldn't be happening.

Haha get in!, should be able to easily go to this one, the Riverside is only round the corner.

Well I'm no fool, and most members on here would know that, you also need intelligent and hard working players in your team rather than world class skilled ones.

Why post something like this? you think i don't find that obvious?. It's clearly obvious you need strength in all areas, world class players for your spine, John Obi Mikel couldn't get into any other team in the top 4, hell he couldn't even get into the liverpool side, I'm being honest, if Sahin couldn't then he certainly wont. Just think about that one, name one team Mikel would get into which finishes in top 6? There is no way we will win things if we carry on with someone like him in our midfield, he's wasting a vital space which is needed for a good player. He isn't anything like a winger where they can pass with there work rate now and then or inside forward.

If that's what you think then so be it, but Ramires only has better pace. Well you just said it yourself, because I'm sure you would want us to challenge for the title?, then you know we must go for better than Mikel.

Spot on, that will always be Ramires's problem, as not been good enough to actually establish himself as a key player. However we need him in our team, because i admire his passion and desire, all those vital goals he has scored and wonders he has produced now and then. He's also been excellent in big games in the past. Mikel, we all know my opinion on him, in ways i admire the support the Chelsea fans on here give him regardless of them being to delusional at times when he makes mistakes. But the fact is and you summed it up perfectly, he will never be as good as Makalele or Essien, look at his age, he's hardly going to improve, he's never shown signs of being world class either for me as he's never flourished or took his position and actually made it his. The bottom line is, we need better, we can't settle for 2nd best if we are to compete with the top teams. However people can't accept that or let it go, they keep the faith, which i admire but they are also blinded at times, when he makes mistakes they try to pin it on other players, or when we have losses he is never at fault. Romeu, I still have faith in this one, not now but i think he's the one in 5 year time will end up being excellent, unfortunately not at this club, or Barca either. He seems to be dropping constantly, but he's a good player and he will pick himself up in the future, however it's a lot harder for him to pick himself up here or at Barca, so maybe he will have to move to fulfill his potential. He's having so many injuries, especially when it's his time when he will get played, as Benitez loves Spaniards and shown that he wanted to play him.

Not really, i used to want Tiote in but not to replace Mikel, i wanted a better ball winning midfielder into the team than Ramires. However now coming to think of it, Ramires would be a good squad player allround and rotation option, Tiote is better in the role however he isn't the strongest when it comes to passing the ball. Mikel is the weak link of the team, and we have to do much better. If we are going to build a team and Mikel is in the starting 11, we will never be a force to be reckoned with, reason being is he is wasting a space. Don't try and tell me within a few year Mikel will be one of the best passers in europe, he does have a decent long passing range but it's hardly special. It would be good to have a ball winning midfielder and a good central midfielder there who can pass a ball and cover. That's what i think anyway, though Mikel offers very little as he's terribly inconsistent with things, when Essien was injured he couldn't flourish and never has. People feel sorry for him and that's were the support comes from. It's a shame Liverpool gotten someone like Sahin, because i think Sahin would've made an excellent addition in our squad, it's strange how things work out. Even look at Arteta, what a player he is and can dictate the game, despite not being a great defensive option he does a great duty, be class to have a player like that, and Mikel is no where near.

I keep seeing these African and French kids who have the big names, sorry if i can't narrow it down a bit more. However we should start going for players like that, but instead we want to play like Barcelona. We need physical players, offloading the players like Essien, Alex, Drogba and Anelka and not replacing them with similar players was a mistake. Especially Essien, we really lack an Essien, however i doubt we will ever get another one of them. It's a shame i think we where blessed to have Makalele and Essien, two of the best Defensive Midfielders i have ever seen in my life, gutted that they are gone. Compare our current midfielders to the ones we used to have... It's quite sad thinking about it really. Though it seems we aren't even bothering about signing anyone, once again it's going to be a huge mistake.

Can someon tell me what the fuck is going on please? It's the 26th of January and we aren't even linked with anyone. We DEFINITELY need players, look at Newcastle they already had a huge squad in the first place and there still signing about 5 players. What the hell is going on? Why is our board stupid?.