OneMoSalah

Some of his movement since coming here has been promising to say the least. I think he will score goals this year, just need the guys who create to start creating for him because he is pretty much a poacher, he relies on through passes and crosses aimed for him more than anything.

Arsenal did to us what we've been doing to them for years. Soaking up pressure, not being particularly good and winning. We need a top LB to push Azpi and also another central midfielder, big fan of Ramires but think its time he goes or plays less frequently. Selling Filipe Luis, a Brazilian international and top left back and looking to sign some 20 year old Ghanian who had one decent season in the Bundesliga is so stupid its unbelievable. Azpi was poor today but if we had another guy like Luis, who is a top player, he could of replaced him. Cech had a good game but still not as worried about selling him as much as Luis. Verdicts still out on Falcao. People can say it was a glorified friendly or not but at the end of the day its another trophy and I would of preferred we won it and not them. Simple as that.

Coentrao, Kurzawa, Rodriguez, heck even Baines..... guys who we could easily go after but no we are spending 17.5M on a guy who is prone to defensive errors and dodgy positioning? I don't like what we've done in this window... at all.. just replacing what we've lost as opposed to sorting out right midfield or a number 10 and another central midfielder for depth.

Campbell, Gayle and Wickham have lots of PL experience which is also Bamford's biggest issue. I doubt he'll get in ahead of them straight away.

I seen Denayer play regularly for Celtic last year and despite winning the young player of the season award thing, which anyone who played for Celtic in that age bracket would normally win, he didn't impress me one bit. Even his distribution at Celtic at times was shocking, he gave the ball away a lot and his reading of the game isn't there as such, he relies on his pace to get back in to position far too much for a center back. John Stones, as much as I don't rate him as highly as others, is easily a better player and from what I have seen is better on the ball. Although he did score 5 or 6 goals for Celtic last year, which is always decent to have in a defender but still not that impressive. Celtic tried to play openly, with the ball a lot last season and Virgil van Dijk was really the standout CB there, Denayer was being carried at times, especially the start but eventually found his feet and played at such a level but hes not that impressive, anyone could really of played next to van Dijk at Celtic and done just as well if not better like previously under Neil Lennon... if he is Belgiums next big hope in defense (or even Citys) then I feel for Belgium (don't feel for City). To go from a Kompany, Alderweireld or Vertonghen to a Denayer is bad.

This is gonna be a tough game, no Messi and Neymar makes it a bit easier for us but still very very tough. Barca were outstanding last year.

Used to be very highly rated and I understand he still is but think he was Juve's second or third choice after being knocked back for Gotze and possibly Oscar. Think he needs to play centrally more, he was jigged about from in the middle to on the left and then managed to get a lot of injuries. Juventus will be ideal for him as they need a 10.

If Roma sign Salah, they can't buy him due to having their non EU slots full. I think Telles could be a better buy for us though.

It isn't exactly necessary as much when you look at the fact Matic and Fabregas are good on the ball as well. Also for every Luiz pass like that you have to also remember the several others that were forced and didn't come to anything, surrendering possession needlessly. I get ball playing CBs being important sometimes but honestly defenders are there to defend first and Luiz couldn't defend... Okay please enlighten me where did I say his distribution is better than Luiz's? Its more accurate because Luiz would always play needless long balls at times... I said Luiz's sloppy passing not Cahill's distribution is better than Luiz's.. I don't see who is better than Cahill, that is English and in the national team at CB? And well if you want to think Stones is better than Cahill on the ball that is up to you but really there's not much of a difference if there even is. I wouldn't take Stones ahead of Cahill right now.

What about the fact Everton move the ball much faster than we do a lot of the time too? Sure Stones okay he moves it faster maybe but we don't play a really really expensive game anyway, we play to such an extent but we don't mind slowing it down and taking the sting out of the game either. I don't think theres much difference in their distribution, I've seen Stones enough times to know one of his biggest assets is when he has the ball at his feet as opposed to his actual defending.

Hes in the because he is at the club but yes don't think Jose is that keen. Players form? Cmon he didn't drop Ivanovic or Azpilicueta once when they played poorly. He dropped Cahill for a few games yes but still Mourinho hardly changes his team. Having Costa, Remy and Drogba all out injured was a one off. Stones can play RB yes but still 34M for a player who in my eyes is really average, has to play every week anyway if he is going to be a 30+M buy and has to play to improve? JT is not going to be done this season...

We have enough defenders really after we get a new LB. If we sell a defender then yes bring another one in but its not an urgent need. RB: Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Zouma has even played RB before. CB: Terry, Cahill, Zouma, Ivanovic, Ake perhaps although hes quite small physically. LB: Azpilicueta, new LB, Ake. Azpilicueta, Ivanovic and Zouma aren't all going to be injured at the same time. He is a center back, does he need to be a playmaker now or do what Luiz used to do and do needless 40-50 yard passes trying to force something. Hes more than comfortable on it, he will take the ball, hes neat and tidy keeps it easy which center backs should really do theres no point over-elaborating when your building from the back. Might as well resign Luiz if we want someone like a midfielder to play center back. Our issue was always in midfield with the ball, no deep lying midfielder with the brains or vision to make the team tick, now we have that and we are back again complaining about CBs on the ball?

Poor distribution? Cahill is just as comfortable on the ball as Stones if not more so. There is some sort of myth that Cahill 1) can't defend at all 2) isn't better than Stones and 3) has poor distribution where he can defend, is Englands best CB after JT and has always been an asset for us in terms of playing out from the back along with JT. Remember the days of David Luiz and his sloppy passing when he would play CB at times? If Cahill played for Everton and we had Stones it would be the exact same. Why aren't we happy with Terry, Cahill, Zouma and Ivanovic? Because JT is 35? Some of us thought we should of replace him when he played piss poor under AVB but now hes back to his best and despite being 35 needs replaced by someone who is inferior to all our other center half options for a hugely ridiculous fee? I don't think so. I'm all for buying a long term successor but not John Stones who's only England caps have come at RB, where at club level his competition is/was Phil Jagielka, Alcaraz, Distin.... like them, he is bang on average and not worth half of what we are meant to pay for him never mind 34 million. English players prices are ridiculous. I would have Phil Jones or Chris Smalling based on last seasons performances over John Stones. That is how inferior he is to our CBs and the other English ones in my eyes.

He never done it in a Chelsea shirt. He played shit against Swindon and was sent to train with the u21s, I don't care if hes the best attacking midfielder in Germany now or not he made an absolute mess of his chance here. Wolfsburg aren't a top top club, Chelsea is. I still don't regret selling him, the only guy who I am gutted we sold is Robben because although he wanted to go he turned out to be amazing.

£24M/£26M bid apparently been made, well thats going round on twitter anyway even BBC is running it in their gossip bit but its all just gossip and rumors. Not sure what I make of that, for that money we could buy Pedro or someone at a certain standard to play in the middle of the park.

Exactly Fabregas also improved us but if we didn't sign Costa and went with Torres or went with Drogba or Remy upfront to start? Fair enough Remy is a good striker but hes not in that bracket that Costa is. Its not even Costa's finishing/ability that I find most pleasing, its his attitude and willingness which people sometimes question, hes willing to push his luck to win, he chases lost causes, you can tell hes had to work hard to get to where he is, hes hungry.

Are people seriously doubting him after a few misses in a pre-season game? He is class. He has everything, hunger, power, pace, not to mention sheer ability to go on top of it. Goals will come soon, pre-season is pre-season.. its not like hes looked horribly out of place. His fitness and conditioning looks like it is better than at times last season where you could tell he wasn't fully there, hopefully he gets into top shape and stays fit for the whole season. Hes such a big miss, as big as JT, Fabregas or Matic if they weren't in the team.

Or has anyone actually thought hes not good enough yet to take this chance? He looks out of sorts as a deeper midfielder in a pivot in my eyes and also as a 10 he looks pretty useless. In the u21s he is good, he steamrolls everybody, he is a huge presence in that age group but size and power isn't enough in the first team. Players like Nathan Ake, Palasic, van Ginkel... are all A LOT better than him. Stoke wanted to loan him, instead we gave them a guy with nearly 200 career appearances and a Netherlands cap... why? I think Jose rates Ruben too highly, really do.

If Roma were so desperate to sign him why are they wanting a loan deal. Why are we even discussing a loan deal tell them put their money where their mouth is and sell him if thats what we are looking to do. All these loans like with Kakuta, Marin, Moses... just sell them if clubs are that interested.

Look at the difference with United this year, similar to what we did last year in the market.. we really could do with getting the finger out an trying to hijack this deal. If this was Spurs trying to get him not United whats the bets we'd hijack it.....

Going to be a pointless buy in my eyes. We need a LB, another CM and a wide player or new number 10 urgently. Really hope we can get the LB and another CM at least anyway then this window wouldn't be so bad but even then we are just replacing what we've lost instead of actually improving the first 11. If we can get one top player in at least to improve it then its fine as well as improving the squad.

Are you joking? Its not like he intentionally gave them back the ball instead of playing the pass so he could tackle the guy and win it back or whatever. He didn't play the pass because either he couldn't (probably) or he didn't see Remy's run (doubt it). Holy shit.

Are people honestly just wanting us to sign him after conceding 4 to a MLS U21s team basically? For the stupid fees mentioned? Jeeeeeeeeeesssssssusssssssss christ please no

Was it just me that was impressed by Moses, Cesc, Oscar in bits and thought Azpilicueta was really poor? And if anybody thinks John Stones is the answer to sort out our defence then I am losing hope... was only pre-season but some guys surprised me by looking really poor but they need match time to get their rhythm back. Oscar was half decent to be fair as well in the first half but he still holds onto the ball too long and didn't go for another clear killer pass which you'd expect a number 10 of his supposed ability and talent should instead deciding to hold onto it and let Remy go offside and shoot. Frustrating as he could of created those another potential goal.. but two assists not too bad. Needs to get that into him, that bit of arrogance and ruthlessness to pick that killer pass. Begovic had a dream debut too huh?

They are basically both box to box players in their teams though. So it would only make sense for Pogba to take his place. For Pogba to take Iniesta's role, where he has more of an influence regarding control of the game and tempo would make no sense.