Pizy

Much as it pains me to say this of a Liverpool player, he's a fantastic little footballer. If Bale or Griezmann are no-goers Sterling would be a great signing. London boy as well, yes? Should give us a leg up on City should we go after him.

Out of his depth? What match were you watching?Looked perfectly able and assured. Didn't panic and didn't give the ball away once. Clearly he didn't take any risks and played it safe, but that's to be expected of a teenager making his debut against a heated rival. Had a nice combative side to him as well. Got after them nicely.

Looks like we can definitively rule out the sale of Oscar, then. Which in turn means we're unlikely to sign a new CM because it would mean Oscar is on the bench. *sigh*

True. And also because Matic and Cesc have almost no pace and struggle against those who have pace themselves.If we changed our formation next season to a 4-3-3 we could have another top class player in there who can be used to outnumber opponents and control the game. We need to step up and become a bit more like the top 3-4 clubs in Europe and be more aggressive with possesion. No more counter attacking and letting the opponent have the initiative. Not saying we play tippy tappy nonsense like Bayern or Barca, but with someone like Koke in our midfield along with Cesc we can take our side to the next level.

I was all for this signing but fuck me...

I'm Filipe Luis' biggest fan, but you could see that match why José prefers Azpi. Luis gets exposed when he's caught out on an island in one on one situations often times. The thing that Azpi excels at. As for the match, great first half for the most part and then coast mode in the second half. Like someone above said, our midfield gets carved apart far too easily. This is why we need another top class and athletic player in there. We need to control the midfield. Hazard had a few flashes here and there but most of his attacks fizzled out. You can tell he's been through a grueling season and is cranking his level down recently. Willian and Cesc were very good I thought and JT was JT. Don't think anyone had a poor match. Just the usual brain fart from Ivanovic that gifted them the goal.

Imagine if Iva did that in a match of importance... Dominated them for the most part. One lapse on a set piece and we concede.

I personally want us to sign Koke. Pogba seems like a pipe dream at this point.Koke can play in a midfield 3 along with Cesc and Matic.

Mikel goal inbound. Have we seen the last of Cech in a Chelsea shirt?

Awful was perhaps too strong a word.He certainly found it hard to impose himself in matches in the new year, that much is unquestionable. Can't remember the amount of bitching I've done in match threads about how easily we were bossed in midfield even by terrible sides. Much of that was down to Cesc being as slow as a tanker and getting blown past.

The new midfielder would replace Oscar in our first XI, not sit on the bench.RLC can play in the secondary competitions next season like the FA Cup and League Cup. Maybe the occasional PL match as a sub. Now that we've seen Zouma can fill in as a DM Mikel has become redundant and can be moved on. There's a reason we've been linked with all of these world class CM's. We certainly need one.

Are you serious? We've seen this season how our form and quality has plummeted along with Fabregas'. God forbid one of Matic or Cesc got a long term injury because the quality of their replacements drops off massively.Also, as much as I hate to admit it, Cesc is was pretty awful against the biggest sides and gets exposed by top quality midfielders who are athletic and have pace. We 100% need a new midfielder.

Hopefully this will be the last time we'll see QPR in the PL for many years.

What if we don't even buy a midfielder this summer and the plan is to use RLC instead... I'm sure there will be some here that would love that but I really hope that's not the case.

You have to admit that it is a bit stupid to tip the lineup off hours prior to a match. An opposing manager can then know what to expect and change his game plan.

Knowing José, he'll have found out that Ruben posted that and scratched him from the lineup.

You dream of a midfield with almost zero creativity?

He just looks like a giant strolling around the pitch. Like those pictures of Lukaku when he was a youth player towering over everyone else.

Wonder if Brenda will sit Stevie Me out to spare him having to clap us on the pitch.

Eh, that could go either way. Cahill has gotten away with that same thing a number of times this season, though.

What did he say? lol

Great would be an understatement. Koke, Griezmann, and Clyne would be an absolutely phenomenal summer. We'd surely be installed as favorites to retain our title regardless of who our rivals sign.As long as we make at least one "wow" signing the rest is honestly icing on the cake for me. Let's hope our board is as ambitious as we all are.

The next Gaalactico? Wouldn't surprise me at all if they throw some ludicrous truck load of money at them for Pogba. It's the one ultimate muppet signing that will make the media and sponsors jizz themselves uncontrollably for the entire season.

City are clearly SUPER desperate to sign him. Almost like they're putting all their eggs in the Pogba basket.

Can play on the wing effectively, yes, but I wouldn't call him a pure winger. Does most of his damage through the middle as sort of a second striker.Seems to be best mates with Koke as well. All the more reason for the double swoop!