CHOULO19

Come on. We're playing with half our strength and dominating the match. They only had half a chance and scored a very lucky goal.

That was..soft

Well then, I stand corrected. As I said before, I've only seen him with Inter twice and a few times with Brazil. If he plays as a right winger, then this signing is finally starting to make sense.

One word: Terry

Sorry if this has been mentioned, but apparently there is trophy and the match will go to pens if tied after 90mins.

EDIT: Marvin beat me to it

The price is inflated because he is 20 years old and still has a lot to prove. Yes he is Brazil's #10 but for a Brazil side that Heskey would probably be a starter in; after all what world-class options do Brazil have at the #10 position? None that I can think of. Besides we've bought Cahill and Marin for 7m who are two established players whom we needed. Another point is I don't think Oscar is starter material yet and I don't how he can even fit in our current formation. He can't play in the double pivot because he can't be trusted defensively (I've explained this point thoroughly in this thread a few days ago) and we already have two world-class players fighting for that spot behind the striker. We all know that Mata is a disaster on the wing judging by numerous matches last season, and Hazard has made it clear on many occasions that he wants to play centrally. I'm not saying that the boy hasn't got potential, but, unless we loan him out, this move could ruin the potential that he has.

I will probably get slatted for this post, but anyways: I just hope that his price tag does not mean that we pull out of the market and play him on the wing instead. We've had more than enough converted wingers in recent years, it's about time we realize it's not working! I get that we have to make squad signings but the price and timing (i.e. in a time when we have more pressing needs on the wings and at RB) are far from ideal. Tbh, I'm very disappointed we're back to paying these crazy inflated prices after great signings such as Mata, Oriol, Cahill, Marin...etc I hope Oscar proves me wrong, but till now, all I've seen is yet another over-hyped Brazilian youngster.

If you didn't like it then why did you read through the whole 6 pages?!

Sounds like your talking out of experience Spike...

Why do I sense you have a balls complex?!

@, Yep

Works fine for me..

@, Yes I do @, You're doing it wrong mate. If you want to mention someone, you must highlight a part a post they made then click "@Mention".

@, Doesn't work for mods either?

He was the definition of a traditional poacher striker. In his generation, I personally prefer Raul, but Pippo is still a legend, no doubt. He must have been the most frustrating teammate in football history

@manpe, I got a notification when you mentioned me but not when I mentioned myself:

@Jim, Does this work?

@, Did you get a notification?

@CHOULO19, Testing.

Yes but unfortunately I have something called annoyingly slow internet connection!

@manpe, It's probably your browser since it works fine for me on Chrome.

@manpe, You should get "Quote" and "@Mention" buttons when you highlight a text. What browser are you using?

Looks like I'm gonna miss this one, it's not broadcasted on any tv channel here

^^ Same here. Makes posting from IPad almost impossible.