Pizy

In my head I'm dreaming of Lamps scoring a couple and doing an over the top, AVB-like celebration right in front of him.

This is why I never get my hopes up.

To be fair, Ake is getting garbage minutes either in Europa League games or when games are basically over.

I agree with others here. If the deal includes KdB on loan to Dortmund only and not a sale, I'd be delighted with that. We may see Lukaku-level development with him and we'll have a first team ready player when his loan is up.

City is the team I'm most worried about next season. We've had United's number this season and I think with just a couple of additions in the right areas we can finish above them. With City, they already own us in midfield every time we play them and now there's talk of Fernandinho already heading there. Him, in addition to almost certainly bringing in another superstar striker and a healthy Silva and they'll be back to their best from last season in my opinion. Wouldn't surprise me if they got Isco either.

I'd probably take him over Falcao at this point. It'll be one hell of a title race next season if he goes to City. On their day this season they were just about unbeatable, so with Cavani playing up top with a healthy Aguero is bad news for the rest of us.

Credit where it's due. Done well with a thin squad and fucking Torres as our first choice striker most of the time.

Exactly. Rooney, Kagawa, Carrick can come off of their bench. We have fucking Benayoun and Torres.This is essentially their second team with 3 first choice players against our strongest side bar Hazard and we look toothless. Fatigue or not the players should be desperate to win this one and look like they don't care.

Has Webb awarded us a single free kick yet? Looks like we're dead tired and not up for it. Ramires and Lamps almost invisible, Moses having one of his shit days, and we clearly miss Hazard. Ba is all on his own up there and can't do anything.

We look completely useless going forward. Painful to watch.

I'm gonna be depressed for days if we lose to United's 2nd team with an almost full strength side.

So if Moses has one of his completely ineffective days who are we gonna bring on? Zorres to play up top with Ba I suppose.

Hazard probably left out as a precaution so he's fit for Spuds.

I'm now nervous as hell. Need Ba to go HUGE!

I'm very uneasy about this one. If they played their full strength side and won then I'd be upset, but if they play a weakened side without RvP and others and we lose I'd go mad. I have a feeling that we'll play well and on the way to victory and the get robbed by poor refereeing again. I'd take a draw if offered right now as I'm pretty confident we'll beat Spuds.

Just can't believe how many times Bale has carried Spurs. Was saying it last season about Arsenal, but Spurs would literally be midtable without him. Constantly wins them games single handily. Annoying as fuck. Guarantee you that he'll end up at United soon too.

This could end up being a nightmare week.

I know it's just a 1 match example, but did you see him against Arsenal a couple weeks ago? Completely bossed their midfield playing in a deeper role.I really believe he can do a great job for us at DM. He wouldn't be forced forward like he is now at Everton because we have many other players to do that job.

Buying a much cheaper and much younger Lewandowski would free up quite a bit of cash to invest in midfield. I like the sound of that rumor. Only downside is potentially seeing Falcao at City or United.

80% isn't quite high enough to ease my nerves. Don't wanna get my hopes up.

Can hold the ball up well, is a big body to disrupt play in midfield, is a ball winner, extremely dangerous on set pieces and corners, and can do a job going forward if necessary.Sounds like just the player we're missing to me. Plus, it's not like we're a club like Everton or Arsenal where if one player has an off day the entire team looks like complete shit. Fellaini wouldn't be asked to do as much for us as he does as the featured player of a team like Everton. Wouldn't pay anything over 30m for him, though.

Really!? That bad?Depending who we'd have next to him I think he'd flourish.

I really want him. For many tangible footballing reasons, but also because I'd dread United or City getting him. Or even Arsenal.

Definitely feel Shaw is good enough to start for us now. Completely agree with what was just said that we should buy Shaw and loan him straight back to Southampton and he can be recalled a year from now. Bertrand isn't good enough to be first choice for Chelsea. Shaw has world class potential.

I'm seeing people now say that MARCA are reporting that he'll remain at Madrid for another year. I hope that's not true.