CHOULO19

Here's a wacky idea that apparently no one has thought of yet: What if the reason we don't move Azpi back to RB and start Luis at LB is because Luis is no where near as good as either Azpi or Iva?! Even compared to Iva with all his brain-farts, his inability to stop crosses and his often non-existing sense of tracking back, Iva is still a more solid and reliable defender who is difficult to beat 1vs1 and is a major asset on set-pieces. Iva also offers A LOT more when he goes forward. Actually, apart from his ability to cross from deep, I've found that Luis's attacking abilities are mostly imagined. I often find that even Azpi in a couple of forward runs per game can do more damage than 10 runs Luis does. So yeah...I think that Iva and Azpi start because they are our best two fullbacks...Too obvious to be true?

Because Zouma is a CB and naturally doesn't have the technical abilities nor the positional awareness to play in midfield. He can come on with 10 minutes to go to win headers in midfield and around the box, but he can't play as a midfielder.

I thought he said something like that but didn't make sense to me

Here: It was dramatic in the sense that it would have been the last kick of the ball had it gone in, but it's not a "horrible miss" as the title suggests, Lavezzi over-hits the pass and Higuain just couldn't get there quick enough. His penalty was indeed horrible but as you said, why in the world did they pick him with his pen record?

It wasn't even a 'sitter' it was a very difficult angle and he was sliding in at speed. Pretty difficult to control where the ball ends up. But social media 'trends' practically decide the popular opinions in football...

For me, Willian was on par or at least very close to Hazard in the final third of the season. For some reason, it's very easy to forget that....

I have absolutely no idea what he's trying to say. Not sure that's even 'Arabic'!

Very happy for Chile. Would have been incredibly boring if Argentina had won it.

What a frantic start! Looks set to be some game.

Shut up, whore, I'm trying to defend your honor!

If we're looking for a backup LB, why not just give Ake a chance instead? I really don't understand. All this Baba talk reminds me that I should call my dad! If Jose taking advice from Avram Grant I think I'll stop watching football and take up golf instead...

Look, we all know that Jason is a pussy magnet, but calling him an Italian whore is a bit too much. He's not even Italian!

Technical ability on the ball is not even close. Oscar is one of the best in the league in that department. Oscar is also superior in footballing intelligence.

A small reminder to all our members: Please not that use of .GIF format images for both avatars and signatures is not allowed on the forum. They slow down the forum and drastically increase loading times, especially for our members with slow internet connections. So, if you have a .GIF for an avatar or signature or both, please remove them or replace them with a simple .png or .jpg image. Thanks. Nour On behalf of the TC staff.

It genuinely pains me every time I click on this thread. I hope we can just get it over with and sell him so I can move this to the ex blues and not think again about how he threw away his career.

That's all true (apart from the last sentence) but that's exactly why the irony in your first post was glaring. Torres is the prime example in football on how how class is NOT permanent because he had a lot of class but lost it all halfway through his career.

Oh FFS Locked until people learn how to act like adults! @didierforever, you always seem the common suspect when insults start getting thrown around in any thread lately. Be careful, you are VERY close to a few days suspension. @LAM09, and the Egyptian boys, this is a forum for discussion and that includes criticism for all players including Salah. Learn to live with that because this ganging up on whoever makes the slightest criticism of Salah, even inadvertently, is getting beyond annoying.

Am I mistaken or is this first player we've had on loan since Quaresma and Maniche before him? Literally the only two player I can remember we got on loan...

Best of luck, Mario!

Done. Login remains the same.

Welcome, Radamel. You have my full support as long as you are wearing the shirt with that Chelsea crest, but please don't do another Torres. Cheers.

Quietly?! I wouldn't want to see how you'd be vocally optimistic!

Agreed. Now, get back on topic!

I think the best way to describe Palace is that they basically make Stoke look like Barcelona... At least Sunderland usually play decent football the two months of the season. And I honestly thought that Newcastle had gone down. They definitely deserved to!

And you're the only bean counter I count on!