OneMoSalah

No it isn't. Power? Why have power when you can have power and vast creativity in players like Matic and Cesc?

Personally this would be brilliant. I'd love this. There's talk they want Boga and Charly Musonda on loan. Also other guys who's futures aren't so sure like Piazon, Kalas and Atsu could go there and further develop to be sold/come back to the club in the future. I think this would be brilliant. France in my eyes is up there with Holland as probably the best league to develop young players. If Marcelo Bielsa stays at Marseille next year too, hes a good coach with a great record for developing players and encouraging attacking football. Its a win-win for everybody.

Well its either foul him or let him run past him and there is a more probable chance of Lallana creating a goal than us conceding one from a free kick in my eyes. I think 9 times out of 10 we defend it very well.

Personally think Juventus should be desperate to sign Verratti. Hes not exactly the same as Pirlo but he possesses similar attributes, mainly finding space making himself available to his team mates, very good long/short passing with either foot. Juventus-Barca what a final. If they go with a back 3 vs Suarez, Neymar and Messi then they are fucked though. Busquets, Rakitic and Iniesta v Marchisio, Pirlo and Pogba will be great.

Based on that game, never really did anything of great note other than a knock down for Morata. He tried a few flicks and that first half that didn't come off, see what I mean, when they come off they look good but when they don't they just needlessly give possession away. Not worth 40m never mind 70 or more.

Terrible performances from both him and Ronaldo.

If he manages to suck against 34 year old Patrice Evra two games in a row then I am inclined to say we shouldn't sign him... but again I would take him here, just hes not as good as everyone thinks but he'd be an upgrade on the right then Willian can play 10.

Sure he gave the foul away but the players we had in the box are big enough and bad enough to defend a set play better than that, especially Mikel who was beaten by the slightest bit of movement, it was really poor that. Hardly as if it it was mainly Branislav's fault, even when you say partly his fault I feel inclined to disagree with that. Everyone commits fouls... and 9 times out of 10 we would of defended that set play better.

He was sold because it was a good deal and the fact Azpilicueta and Filipe Luis are better players. If anybody is really disappointed we sold Bertrand to play Azpilicueta LB, when hes arguably the best defender in the league (Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville think he is the best)... then I am shell shocked in all honesty.

Glorified Salah? Fuck off I've seen it all now.

Youth integration will come but there is no way it will be forced down Jose's throat from the guys above him, he still knows he needs to win games and titles, he knows what we need to improve on, what the squad needs for depth. Hes saying Ruben will be a part of the squad next year, hes said Izzy Brown will play vs West Brom etc but these games are dead rubber games. He won't get rid of experienced players and rely on kids unless they are exceptional talents (like the sort of level Varane is).

Sure it really wasn't Mikel's fault, who lost Gerrard far too easily but actually Ivanovic's fault.... ok

Hardly. Mourinho's first season back in charge he was our most creative and consistent player then he disappeared after new year. Again he has scored goals and got assists this year but hes hardly played better than that Juve game here or even played consistently. Brazil are still carried by Neymar a bit as well, so to say hes a creator ? Not necessarily true. He hasn't even been called up for the Copa America which shows how backwards hes really been this season, considering he was a regular for Brazil ever since 2011.

Just me that is upset at signing a former West Ham and QPR player? Even if he is English and gonna be a back up?

Naaaaaaaaw, two years in a row somebody beats me to nominating themselves for everything, christ all fucking mighty maybe next year.

The fact about their ages doesn't matter. These guys are big game players... How many times has Bale altered a big game in Real's favor other than the that Copa Del Rey final? Please don't say the CL because Ramos was the guy who scored that vital goal that tipped the scale. Hes not a big game player. Or a big game for Spurs other than Arsenal and Man United? The Inter game is hardly altering it in their favor they were 4-0 down.... If people think hes a big game player that shows up when he needs to then I don't agree.

All aged but all proven winners with that mentality? Bale's won 4 trophies after going 7 years without winning one. Drogba 17 trophies in his career, Lamps 13, JT 16, Cech 15, Ivanovic 10.. talk about age all you want but they were and still are big game players. Bale? Wouldn't agree that hes as hugely influential as made out or a winner.

Drogba inspired us to win a CL, when I see Bale make that sort of same level contribution to any side (he scored 2 cup final goals but he was hardly the star player in both finals or dragged them there like other players who you consider as winners have done) then I'll change my mind but hes not a winner or somebody who can lead or influences others around him. I'm not saying he isn't a good player, just somebody called him a 'winner' where I disagree. Sure but he scored like 18 goals in the CL that season, his goals got them there. He is a winner. A team of scrubs? Look at our CL winning season. Kalou, Malouda, Lampard, Bosingwa, Torres... all played in the CL final, we got battered for most of the game but after our goal it was clear to see which way it would go, ever after Drogba gave the penalty away. Big games, big goals, huge winner. Cech, Lampard, Terry, Ivanovic as well... all winners.

A winner? He won no trophies at Tottenham. Fair enough he won the CL, Fifa Club World Cup, Super Cup and Copa Del Rey at Real Madrid in 2 seasons but a 25 year old who has won 4 trophies in 9 years, two which are pretty meaningless and are really just exhibition trophies, hardly say hes a really winner (although he did score two goals in those two cup finals), he couldn't inspire a team to win a trophy by himself, inspire others around him in the dressing room to win, I mean he couldn't even get Spurs back in the CL? Winner? Not really in my eyes. People who are winners, are people like Jose, like Drogba, like Messi, like Ronaldo.

They are too big a club to do that. Too proud as well imagine their people telling Diego Simeone they are going to be a little bitch to a club like us, taking all our young promising players on loan haha. Courtois was different, they wanted to sign him from Genk originally.

Smart move. Sign a young player for a nominal fee, loan him out to Vitesse or Porto for a year or two, if he ever becomes good enough use him and if not sell him for a profit. Just need to get rid of the likes of Moses, Marin etc, players who are over 24 and have no chance here. That's why we are always doing well under FFP regulations.

John Stones isn't going to play for Chelsea because he will never be good enough.

10M and Salah.

Cmon one game and hes already should be ahead of Mikel and Ramires who have maybe 600 career games between them? I think hes a good young player but one game... too early to say he should be ahead of any of those boys. Nobody mentioned his positioning at times yet though? Only thing I feel that he wasn't great in, a few times out of position but that's a thing that should improve because Jose being Jose will tell him but other than that hes tidy on the ball and made a good couple of tackles. But its true, we get a wee bitty excited about young players too soon. Remember Josh McEachran, 'the English Xavi' or so you'd think reading half of this forum after a game against MSK Zilina and then another one against Marseille, few years later hes playing for Vitesse's reserves more than their first team. Gael Kakuta? Paddy van Aanholt? Jefferey Bruma? All thought to be parts of this clubs future at the time, built up based on u21s football and the odd first team game then nothing. These guys don't necessarily need the pressure of being hyped up as the next big thing to come out of our academy since JT. Not Ruben, not Boga, not Brown, not Colkett, not Christensen.. no point building a high expectation for them yet.

He doesn't need to be rushed. Fuck the golden boot and all that. Would be nice to see Solanke start up top if the possibility arises. Golden boot means nothing anyway. He is the best striker in the league because of everything he brings to the team. Sure Aguero could be better in tight spaces but what else does he really excel at that Costa doesn't? Also was great to see him sitting with the fans again.