Pizy

Spuds rattled after the goal. Did fuck all since then. Neither of these sides look like cohesive units yet.

Both of these sides are dreadful at the back. Hopefully United don't go for Stones...

You can tell really easily that he's trying to put on a brave face in his press conferences and doesn't want to kick up a fuss in public about being unhappy with our business. Privately I bet he's fuming.If I had to guess I'd say that he has gone to the board with a small list of targets and they've either said "we don't need players in that position," they won't pay high prices for some reason, or they'be just been poor negotiators. I just sont think there's any possible way José is satisfied with the summer we've had.

Cahill's comments sounded like they were coming from a person who thought Stones signing was only a formality. Terry's sound more hopeful. I'd have been way more pissed off with Cahill's if I were an Everton fan.

Fantastic. Now give him John Stones as a celebratory gift.

Good point.

José DID say we needed a midfielder. Think this is a player like Pogba or Varane that we simply have no chance of signing.

Since their manager has confirmed that his head has been turned, what are we waiting for to bid again? Maybe then he'll man up and demand a transfer. Just wasting both clubs' time now. Give Everton their money already. We get the player we want and they get a load of cash to buy replacements with a couple of weeks left to get the deals done.

It's insane that we STILL haven't signed a LB yet when we've known for weeks, if not months that we've needed one with Luis going. The season starts tomorrow and if Azpi gets injured we'll have no fullback in the squad to cover. We'll then have to play someone there who's totally uncomfortable and will be a huge liability. What the hell are the club doing?

As long as Cuadrado is still wasting a spot on our roster I doubt we'd even consider buying another AM.

Oh what I'd pay to see Martinez's live reaction if we buy him. Man, he'll be salty as fuck. And I hope Stones scores a stoppage time header at Goodison.

Seems genuinely delighted with the move. He'll be good for them, too. Looking back I can't believe how excited I was when we got Cuadrado out of the Salah deal. Thought we were getting a genuinly classy player who'd make our attack truly scary. Now I'd have Salah back in his place in an instant.

I sort of doubt Falcao will start the first game of the season ahead of Remy. Think that would negatively affect Remy mentally which is the last thing we need with Costa out.

Now just throw in that £30m+ bid and be done with it hopefully. If we fail to get him now he'll cost Sterling money next summer with the new TV deal kicking in and other clubs after him. It's now or never with the way our club has suddenly taken a reduced spending stance.

Never in a million years thought I'd say this a few weeks back, but he's a nice little player when he doesn't overelaborate and keeps it simple. Wouldn't mind seeing him start out wide with Willian in the #10 role against Swansea.

Exactly this.This is the exact same team that stumbled and scraped through the back end of the season. How on Earth have we not changed A SINGLE THING!? It's madness. Invest in the team when you're in a position of strength. Don't wait until we're potentially in trouble to buy and improve. We have a gigantic war chest and clear weaknesses. Why are we just choosing not to spend?

We just look stale as hell. Completely blunt in attack and don't even look like scoring. No ideas in the final third. Seems like the same story with that for years now. We get around the box and rather than showing some nice interplay or movement it's just totally static. One of our players gets the ball and everyone else is just standing around watching him like a statue. It's infuriating and it's been like that for so long. If we aren't blitzing a team on the counter we're so predictable and easy to contain. Unlike last preseason where I had a fantastic feeling and was excited as hell for the season ahead, this one feels worrying. Obviously these preseason results don't mean shit, but the performances are what's got me concerned. No fresh options in attack, weak depth in almost every area, and our best striker by far injured. I pray that we dip into the transfer market for at least 2 more players. Ideally 4. LB, CB, CM, goal scoring AM with Cuadrado sold.

Started off well enough but then faded. Central midfield totally invisible. No link between midfield and attack. Back 4 shaky as it has been all summer. For someone like Oscar who is supposed to be a big player and turn into a world class #10, he HAS to do better than he's shown this preseason. This is the sort of opposition you'd expect a top player to impose himself on. He's been totally anonymous. How shit is Cuadrado? Think José would sell him in a heartbeat if he could. Looks like he can't be bothered to even try.

Second terrible defensive header that's led to a goal this preseason.

Falcao has looked great!

Traore at LB!?

Strangely, this game is actually being shown on TV here. Unfortunately I'll probably have to listen to American commentary.

Probably. I wouldn't even do that for Hazard, Cesc, Matic, and Terry.Give Willian and Oscar another 45 minutes and play Cuadrado and Falcao for the full 90.

Nice, José read TalkChelsea! No one important risked.