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Gündogan is a very good two-way player.

Smalling is much better than Jones, so replace him there.DDG will hopefully piss of to Madrid. They'll concede a load more without him unless they go out and steal Lloris.

I think they'll make at least one mega, superstar singing this summer. They'll want someone to excite the muppets like Di Maria last year.Bale is my guess. Hope De Gea leaves.

Not going to be bothered about this singing until I see him stay healthy for an extended spell in their shirt.

Still, Gündogan plus the inevitable signings of Depay and Hummels. Some side they're building with their infinite funds. Next season's title race should be insane.

That's them out of the running for Pogba, surely? Good for us. United fans acting as though they're signing Scholes in his prime all over the internet.

Pedro actually has end product unlike Navas.

So it's pretty much 100% certain that Drogba starts again. I'd be surprised to see Costa on the bench regardless of what José says. Best to just save him for midweek and give him a bit longer to get fit. Still absolutely puzzled and even a bit mad that Remy is still fucking injured. How the hell has NO ONE in these pres conferences asked José directly what happened to him? What was at first a knock on his calf in training was then him having a good chance to start against United and is now "no chance" against Arsenal. Wtf?

You're right.Heavily linked with Barcalona, where sophistication and passing ability are absolute necessities, but he's got none of that. He's basically Charlie Adam.

That I'd agree with. I just think that Koke would be the easier target to obtain. We've seen time and time again that if you stump up the money Atleti will sell. We can do a Costa or Fabregas with him and just buy him early and be done with it. The Pogba saga you just know will drag on all summer and will be an absolute pain in the ass to conclude.

His reported wage demands are pretty insane. Even on a free transfer would we really pay a squad player those massive wages? Plus, he's not exactly young and seems to get injured quite often.

Koke is a significantly better passer and is significantly better with the ball at his feet. Especially in congested areas. He is also a brilliant set piece taker.Basically, he's not that similar to Oscar. Agree that he's not a £50m player but he's definitely an upgrade on what we have and I hope he's on our shopping list. Think a lot of people will come to love him if they see him play for a while in our team.

Agree that we shouldn't play Ramires here and definitely no Zouma. Play our early season XI who should all be well up for this. Hope José instructs Oscar and Willian to annoy the shit out of their frail little midfielders and not allow them to get comfortable.

You clearly have an agenda here. You have it set in your head that Koke isn't a great player so you're actively looking to shit on him.I thought he was fine today. It doesn't help him that Griezmann and Mandzukic were absolutely useless and Arda was more interested in fighting and fucking around than playing football. Kind of hard for a creative player to assert himself and play well when the players in front of him are shit. I reckon he'd be brilliant with our attacking players in front of him. Such a tidy player.

I absolutely despise Sergio Ramos. Such a disgusting player and a cheat. The ultimate fake hard man. He's so quick to deal out terrible tackles and get in the opposition players' faces but when he feels the slightest contact he rolls around like a little bitch who's just been slashed with a sword. He's constantly trying to get players sent off. Can't stand him or anyone on Real Madrid, really. Such an unlikable club. Hope they get Barca and they get spanked.

He'll inevitably be sacked after a season or two.

Won't have to worry about him leaving any time soon. We won't be bullied like little bitches like Liverpool or Spuds. Real Madrid can't offer anything that we can't other than the allure of their "history." We compete for domestic and European honors, we pay him huge wages, have a top manager, a highly talented squad, we continuously add quality to our team, and we're in a glamorous city just like they are. I can only see him going there if we were to win a bunch of titles and he seeks a "new challenge." And by then his value will be more than £100m.

Iniesta...goddamn.

I think at this point in time he's better than Robben. Suarez, though, I'm not so sure. That's a tough one. Still laugh when I go to ANY opposition forum or any football related website for that matter and everyone but Chelsea fans say that both Neymar and Bale are better than Hazard. I've even seen people say that Neymar is "in a whole other league than Hazard." I know which one I'd have.

Seriously, what the fuck kind of injury did Remy get? Nearly 3 weeks since getting a knock by the time we play Arsenal and he still may not be fit? José made it sound like he had a great chance of playing against United and now he may miss this one too.

Lotus-Cheek will play some COC games, some FA Cup games, and maybe a few PL matches if we're cruising or have injuries. No way will he be an important player for us or anything like that next year.

It certainly won't be as easy for us next year. Crucial summer. A few clinical signings like last summer and we'll be favorites going into next season as well.

As romantic as it sounds to bring him in as a squad player next season, I can't see any way it happens. Would anyone be shocked at all if Drogba is back again? I wouldn't. I love him, but we need to go younger and more versatile up front. He just doesn't have it in him to play considerable minutes at his age. Think we'll certainly buy a new striker. If the same situation we're in now with Costa & Remy both injured I can't see any way José would trust a 21 year old kid with no experience against top opposition lead our line.

Disagree with him being great yesterday. He was significantly better after Shaw was taken out. He can't deal with pace. It's not that he's slow, it's that his positioning is so poor. When he's able to keep his man in front of him he's a beast. When he allows his man to get outside of him between the touch line and his body at pace he gets destroyed often times. Or when a midfielder plays a cross field ball out wide behind him like Rooney kept doing yesterday. He doesn't have the pace to recover. Still stand by what I've been saying throughout the season and that's that Luis should be a regular starter. Ivanovic can be used plenty still but our team can reach a higher ceiling with Luis starting.

Late reply here, but yes I'd rather have seen Liverpool (a side who will be absolutely no threat to us any time soon) win it than having Arsenal win back to back FA Cups and seeing them getting used to winning competitions.There would be a wankfest regardless. A Rodgers/Gerrard wankfest or a Wenger/"Arsenal are back!" wankfest. Liverpool are going nowhere. Arsenal will probably be our biggest threat next season. Arsenal are also my most hated club. I don't want them getting any joy at all.