Tomo

Liverpool are going to be comedy gold in the Champions League this season.

The difference between Suarez and Ballotelli is while the former was an absolute nut job he always gave his all in the pitch and in training and never caused trouble from within. Ballotelli is a completely different kettle of fish, give it a year and he will have Brendan tied up to one of the Melwood crossbars.

This guy has been causing us problems since 2007 one way or another.

£25m for a 30 year old still performing to a high level would be pushing it, let alone some one who has completely lost it. Surely this isn't true.

I kept saying Eto'o was better than Lukaku last season, even before it was cool to say anything remotely good about Samuel. Guess we will truly find out now.

When Di Maria signs for United he won't be England's most expensive player anymore, might boost his confidence and make him return to form.

Fair enough.

How many regular starters in recent times were in the team as a regular starter in there early 20s? Hazard, Robben, Oscar, Mikel is all that I can think off for the Roman era off the top of my head. its what we can expect from young players, you are a big advocate of giving youth a chance aren't you? If we start doing that more often (whether thats academy or from abroad) then expect some more cases like Oscar because there will be lots.

I think Allardyce will get it personally.

A better comparison to show how far we have come would be one we fielded under AVB compared to now.

Snakes can still bite after their heads cut off.

The state of Uniteds squad looks similar to ours in 2011. Most of the squad former good players past their best or not good enough, that's a leathel combination for all the wrong reasons.

An Everton fan on 606 5 live said he was a rabbit caught in the headlights. It was a 5 minute debut against Arsenal mind so can't take to much out of it.

Not really, else there would be calls for Zouma to replace Terry.

To right, and to think we let Malouda go to accommodate this clown

No way will Cesc be in a 2 man midfield in this one.

Apologise if there's already a topic, but im on my phone so can't use the search feature. If Cech leaves, should we go back in for this guy? Im sure we can negotiate down from what Norwich were demanding last summer and if we sign him it means we won't need to register Schwarzer, also meaning any Cech departure would clear a foreign spot. Now I like Schwarzer but I think he would struggle in long run of games, like Freidel which is why Spurs went to bring Vorm in. Also with Arse signing Ospina and City signing Cabwhatits face, high quality back ups are starting to appear at every club. Even Swansea have Tremmel. Would be worth keeping Mark tho mind, as if we lost 2 keepers im sure we could draft him into the list. It would also be the first baby step into sorting our HG list out, and im not just talking about the required quota. About 3 to 4 million would be a fair price for John.

For the first time since the double season we have attackers making movements along with a top top striker and Ivanovic's form (attacking wise) from the double season returns. Coincidence im sure.

United and Arsenal we adopted the policy of try and win but also be mindful that a draw away to a title rival(or in Uniteds case who we thought would be one) isn't the end of the world, against Spurs Jose was about to throw an extra forward on but abandoned that when Torres got sent off. We approached the Ethiad game the same as OT and Emirates, only difference was City weren't as cautious which gave us space to counter.

We didn't settle for a draw in those games.

Personally I would go for a CB before another striker. We kept pace last season with a semi retired Eto'o as our only decent option, if Costa is out for a month at any point god for bid we should get by, if we have to start playing teenagers in defence for a prolonged period off time, our team stability is fucked.

Am I the only one a little bit worried that we only have five senior defenders?

If Lukaku scores the winner posts on here will be cringeworthy, will top anything said last season. I might have to template "Borini ended Jose's record, should we have kept him to?".

------------------------Thiabut---------------------- Ivan-----------Cahill------Terry---------Cesar ------------------Matic------Rami----------------- Willian or Oscar----Cesc------------Hazard --------------------------Costa-------------------------

were looking pretty open on the break, we do actually have to do some defending against these teams. Professional second half display and brilliant from Ivan and Thiabut, I can see a few changes at Goodison next week, first of them being Ramires in, Cesc further forward. Can see Willian getting the nod to.