OneMoSalah

In my opinion normally I'd say rule one of defending crosses... don't let the cross come in!! Although in all fairness fair play to Carles Gil for throwing Oscar to create the yard of space, was great skill but a bit easy, mentioned that he could create something for Villa in the thread before the game. Ivanovic at least said in the interview he wasn't happy with his performance so he knows he could do better.

I've missed almost every game this season due to sleeping on the toilet. Stupid bowels. I hope I'm not the only one. Na missed a lot of the games this year that have been mid week and that in November-January period because of work and stuff. Work should come first and foremost no matter what it is I feel, I mean if I was to be asked to work Saturday and had to put off watching the game on TV or going to a game, I could easily do it.

If there was a burger van near by, I'd probably be there for 90 minutes. Joking I'm not Harry Redknapp.

I don't see what the issue is, Ryan Davidson is a major upgrade. The difference is like the difference between one of those Nokia phones from the 90s with snake on it to an iPhone 6 plus. Last two pages of this thread is just mind bending shit though imagine all the people that were potentially confused.

Having to pretend? Cmon man your used to being ugly what you on about having to pretend about it for....

Na I'm quite comfortable with who I am now, its almost like I've done what Bruce Jenner has done albeit online and changing usernames not quite changing sex but still, there is no way back. ^ That, what I've just typed, is probably the gayest post I've ever seen on this forum too. Ok maybe gay isn't the best word to use to describe that post, I'm no trying to offend gay people before someone starts. All that happened was I asked for my username to be changed and Sam went and confused everyone. What a mess hes made of this thread. Lets all blame Sam.

I'm loving the fact someone - or in your case some cunt - is struggling to put up with the demands of being Ryan Davidson.

Look at you slagging yourself and me off at the same time. Cunt. Ryan has a sister in law?

They should have done one just on Costa: 'They hate you because you square up that stupid nonce Stevie G'

It was also chosen to confuse people who might come on and have no idea who Mo Salah is

I don't want to be that fucking guy. He is cool as fuck but One Mo Salah is cooler...

I did it for him.... na I did it for me. Tbh if Arda Turan played for us and threw his boot at that lino in England it would be OneArdaTuran.

You can't be Scottish with a fucking name like Sam, seriously mate.

Unnecessary buy? How the fuck was he an unnecessary buy.... Sorry but people were complaining about us playing Azpi at LB for near enough half the season, so how was signing the best LB in Europe from the last 2 seasons unnecessary? Left back was one of the places we needed to strengthen due to Azpilicueta's limited attacking play on that side along with a central midfielder and a center forward. Seriously some people are never happy are they? Sure Bertrand was a decent player but he would never reach the level to be a regular here and I've said it numerous times. He wasn't even better than Cole who many considered to have seriously declined although he still managed to put in top performances when needed.

Unnecessary buy? How the fuck was he an unnecessary buy.... Sorry but people were complaining about us playing Azpi at LB for near enough half the season, so how was signing the best LB in Europe from the last 2 seasons unnecessary? Left back was one of the places we needed to strengthen due to Azpilicueta's limited attacking play on that side along with a central midfielder and a center forward. Seriously some people are never happy are they? Sure Bertrand was a decent player but he would never reach the level to be a regular here and I've said it numerous times. He wasn't even better than Cole who many considered to have seriously declined although he still managed to put in top performances when needed.

Mourinho didn't want to sell Mata as far as I remember but he did because Mata wanted to play more for the World Cup. To be fair De Bruyne was shit for us after that Hull game and was demoted to the u21s instead of heading to Bucharest for a reason.

To be fair shit loads of players do it.

Seriously One Mo Salah / We're All Mo Salah whatever fits! The guy is a hero

Hahaha someone want to change my name to OneMoSalah ? or is that too long? We are all Mo Salah btw

Jose? Variations? It will be the same team but Cuadrado for Willian.

And some people think he'd be good enough to sit on the bench here when Ramires is a much better player. Its laughable really isn't it? Again since I'm in this topic, would people have preferred we spent shitloads more money on someone like Sterling or Barkley than got Cuadrado just because they are English and we don't have a lot of English players in the squad? The days of signing good English players for a relatively cheap price has been over for years and will continue to be until English clubs start producing very very talented players regularly and in batches like Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Argentina and France have all been doing, then they will stay expensive. People want lots of money for players like Barkley and Sterling partly because English teams aren't producing young players at that level on a regular basis and want to have top young English players. When Guardiola said that in Spain they have hundreds of players like Wilshere he was right, they are producing lots of talented young players at a certain standard especially in midfield positions. The Spain U21 side that won the European Championship included players like De Gea, Illarramendi, Bartra, Inigo Martinez, Koke, Rodrigo, Thiago, Tello, Moreno, Carvajal and Isco who have all gone on to get international caps, in fact some had them before the tournament too. All talented players, who came through at around the same time, all having improved and some having gone onto better things. The development methods and coaching of players in England (and Britain as a whole) is wrong, as well as distinctly average football players there are too many distinctly average English coaches. The Premier League wouldn't be anything like it is billed to be without all the top foreign players and coaches that come to play and manage teams.

Wasn't that last season where he was easily one of the best CBs and most improved players in the PL. Sure hes not great but when we rolled our sleeves up, sat off and made it hard to break us down, he was more than reliable when needed, big games against City x2, Liverpool, PSG, Arsenal last season come to mind in particular as well as various other appearances in his Chelsea career. I've said it before hes nowhere near world class but you can't say when he was called upon in the big games for Chelsea and he didn't deliver, you'd be lying. Everyone goes through a tough spell, nothing is easy for any footballer every week. People who were saying he isn't good enough this year were saying last season he was easily one of the most improved players in the PL. Just wait for the week Zouma makes a mistake and everyone will be giving him the same treatment as Cahill.

I also forgot Ake who can play as a LB as well as DM. Zouma as well, capable of playing as right full back, in defense we are pretty much covered for depth. Having players who can play different positions is useful and also means you can get other players in the squad. There's no point having 2 LBs and 2 RBs if you can have a player like Azpilicueta who can play both positions as well as 2 other top full backs (Ivanovic and Luis) and when you look at all three of them, who rarely have been injured over the last 4 or 5 seasons and have a pretty good record in their full careers in terms of physical condition and how often they are injured in their careers, it makes no sense to have 4 full backs when you can have one who can play both sides if it means you can get another CM or CF in your 25 man squad, 4 fullbacks for 3 options in the 18 man squad? Bertrand would have been left out every week. There was maybe a slight slight chance in a future but once again as we've seen with Lukaku and De Bruyne with their loan spells, playing good for Southampton when your undisputed first choice, in a good rhythm of games, playing regularly, is one thing mate but for Chelsea where your not even first or even second choice, competing to get a shirt, with a huge pressure on you each game, it is even more difficult. This may sound harsh but I don't think he was ever good enough to take over from Ash, if Jose could have not spent 20M on Filipe Luis because Bertrand was good enough then I'm sure he would of gotten a chance to play but he is in nowhere near the same bracket as Azpi or Luis.

Hes been out of the team for maybe 2 or 3 games and people think that's him as good as done at Chelsea? Wake up, Zouma is a young guy who will eventually make mistakes because hes playing for a top top team as a center back. He might get a run in the team but there's no doubt Cahill-Terry are gonna be Jose's first choice and most used combination this season at center back.

Well considering hes nowhere near good enough to be first choice at Chelsea I am 110% behind and always have been behind the clubs decision to sign the best LB in Europe from last season despite him being 28 when we got him and loaning Ryan out and then selling him this window. If Bertrand could get into this Chelsea team ahead of Filipe Luis then I reckon I could get in ahead of Diego Costa. Whats the point in keeping a LB who isn't that great in comparison to what you've got when you have Ivanovic who is rarely injured or suspended and Luis who is rarely injured/suspended along with Azpi who can play both full back positions with incredible ease and good performances? Just a waste of a a squad place.