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Everton's Mirallas? Hazard wipes the floor with him in terms of dribbling. A fit Ben Arfa is definitely one of the best dribblers in the league as well.

lol no way in hell was our board going to refuse that £40/50 million offer, still cant believe we sold him for that much.

"Losing patience.... a top striker should have looked at their back 4 today and been licking his lips at the prospect. As our record signing he is bound to get over analysed, but I think we are entitled to ask for a lot more than what we are getting at the moment." "He is what he is. Someone who struggles to control the ball, lazy at times and barely looks like a footballer. Then in a month or two he'll score 6 in 7 and we'll be saying how amazing he is. I suspect he'll be this way all his career, he might be young but I dont think you iron out those flaws, you can either control a ball or you cant." "I dont know whether to bring out some "I told you so" quotes or cry at the fact we have spent 28M (near enough our whole budget) on a striker who cant trap or control the ball, and has average at best technique? Help please. Some will still try and make excuses though as they just don't want to face the facts sadly." "Lukaku... Terrible first touch, offside or miles away from the play today and in many other games recently too. I mean, why isn't he in the box all the time, he's our centre forward for gods sake. Wide left or wide right isn't the place he should be playing, he's technically not good enough in those areas." "You can’t coach a player on how to control a ball.. This are abilities you are born with so u either got it or you don’t.. He hasn’t got it sadly and saying his only 21 is just refusing to face facts that we have spunked our 28m up the wall.. He can still be a decent player for us but he won’t be the world beater many on here keep going on about. Wonder if Martinez still thinks he was a bargain, who is he kidding costa is a bargain." http://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/lukaku.67134/page-568

Cesc Fabregas has elevated himself into an elite group of footballers and will be the architect of Chelsea's success In Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea have a player who is not just a provider or a goalscorer but a midfield architect comparable to the likes of Pirlo, Scholes and Xavi http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/players/cesc-fabregas/11139632/Cesc-Fabregas-has-elevated-himself-into-an-elite-group-of-footballers-and-will-be-the-architect-of-Chelseas-success.html Garry Neville' article about Fabregas, fantastic read.

It funny how quick opinions change on here, during the WC and pre season he was the man of the moment, now because he had a few bad games he's gone back to not being good enough...

What i love about Cesc is that he isn't afraid to pass it forward when the opposition are defending deep. It may go unnoticed but remember last season? Lampard, Mikel and at times Matic would never risk passing it forward when opposition were parking the bus, instead our attacking players had to come deep to collect the ball. Now Cesc is passing it to players when they're in that pocket of space, it allows Hazard and co to collect the ball on the half turn and do what they do best, run at players.

How's he been at wolfsburg?

Rodgers is basically the new Kevin Keegan.

I love Oscar' relentless pressing and aggression in tackles, what a fighter. Hazard was a beast in the first half as well, he was playing with Sporting at times. Very good half, though we need to work on our finishing.

I still cant believe he's only 25, he's got to be one of the oldest looking 25 years old ever

He's like a throwback striker, big, strong, fantastic movement and plenty of goals. The modern striker is more technical and nimble, they drop deep to collect the ball and rely on their dribbling/technical ability to create space and chances. i love the fact that he's an old fashioned striker, on saturday he wasn't having his best game but he still pops up and gets a goal, just brilliant.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Not in a million years.

A few posts on the Everton forum, interesting reading.

? We've been good, in total control.

Oscar has been a beast today, is it me or does he look so much faster today? Willian on the other hand has been pretty poor.

What the hell is wrong with some people on this forum? fucking slating a player after 1 start....

IMO some people are overreacting way too much, i cant help but laugh at some of the stuff thats been posted here, far too melodramatic and ott for my liking.

Term-x rant incoming....

Come on bring Baker on...

lol Mikel... so poor going forward.

Why does Torres have this cult like following? it's beyond cringeworthy.

This is the perfect time to introduce some of the youngsters, Baker should start imo and hopefully the likes of Ake and Boga gets some minutes to impress.

Watch at the 3:50 mark, this is Gary Neville, the same one who played under Fergie his whole career, he knows what it takes to win the league, and it's not by playing attacking football every single game.