francozola

JFC 13 million?!?!?!?!?! like someone said, it sounds too good to be true. How much did we pay when we bought him?

I'll be absolutely over the moon if we get both him and Modric

What kind of a player is he? Does he play on the left or right? And does he cut inside or is he a genuine winger aka run at players and cross the ball etc?

I really don't get the point of this signing... 26m pounds is an awful lot to pay for a utility player

Some people need to calm down, this is getting ridiculous. I'd rather have a struggling start and figure out our problems as we go along -- the disappointing Stoke & WBA displays probably convinced the club & AVB that we simply had to get Mata & Modric in. Things will get better imo. Yes, the Manchester clubs are looking strong but honestly, Spurs & Arsenal are absolutely dire right now and would probably have gotten beaten by Norwich. OT but can we please stop with the AVB-bashing because he doesn't play youngsters. Give it some time, will you? Can you imagine if he had played 3/4 youngsters on Saturday and we had gotten beat? Jeez, let him settle down first and if 6 months from now he still hasn't given Mceachran, Bertrand, etc playing time then have a go at him

:lol: the best part

TBH right now Sturridge deserves to play as the CF more than either Torres or Drogba. It's just not working for Torres and Drogba has been atrocious and doesn't give a fuck anymore.

Isn't he supposedly already released from hospital? I highly doubt it's that serious

Modric is a must, after yet another piss poor performance by lamps

Hilario 6 Bos 6.5 Bran 6 Terry 7.5 Ash 6.5 Lampard 3 Mikel 3 Ramires 7.5 Drogba 3 Torres 4 Malouda 0 Anelka 7 Mata 7.5 Lukaku 6.5

Fair enough. But he was decent, nothing more. We still have to stick with Torres. With Mata he'll have more opportunities. And a pointed out above, Norwich were a man down and trying to equalize

Come on guys, lukaku was decent, nothing fantastic. His strength was good, but touch was average and he still doesn't seem to be match fit. He's nowhere near ready to start a match for us. Mata was absolute class. What a cameo!! Should be the first name on the team sheet in terms of attacking players. Malouda... Fuck off.what a fucking joke. He has the worst attitude of all our players

It is SO obvious in this match that Malouda simply does not want to pass to Torres

Interesting... No Alex No kalou at all :D

Has he said he wants to leave?

Hmm if it's not Petr then I'd like it to be Bran. I love his passion. And possibly luiz in the future.

Hmm if it's not Petr then I'd like it to be Bran. I love his passion. And possibly luiz in the future.

Don't think 25 + malouda will work. They don't need the money after selling Eto'o

Haven't seen Mata play so can't judge him atm but from the current crop of players I'd go for Petr.

Wasn't he willing to take a pay cut? Down to 70k or something like that?

I still despise the way our board treated him

Love it!

I'd like one really tough team, one average team and one easy team. We've had some really easy groups and it makes the group stages less enjoyable. The majority of our games are boring as hell and the players hardly get out of 2nd or 3rd gear.

Throw in a couple of mil as a thank you gift

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