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On loan in Russia? Fuck that, loan him in the PL if hes going anywhere.

In my opinion saying defensive FB isn't necessary because fullbacks are defenders first and foremost and he is the best in England. If someones judging a fullback on the attacking side of his game ahead of the defensive side there's something wrong.

The curse of being the best full back in the premier league it seems.

Good player but he clearly lacks ambition, he's had numerous chances to leave France but he doesn't because he wants to 'rival Ibrahimovic' for the golden boot or thats so according to various quotes on twitter and news sites. What sort of bullshit ambition is that to have? If he had the chance to leave France and further his career, he should have done it. He will always be a good player but to become a better player it's necessary you have to make a move if you are say at a club like Lyon. Even Ronaldo left Manchester United to go to Madrid and hes gone from strength to strength a goal a game, more than 250 goals there. Not saying he will go to that level but if he had the chance to step up from Lyon, he should have taken it.

Why would someone who has won everything at Real Madrid and is on his way to becoming their next captain as well as a Real Madrid cult hero/legend want to reject a new deal? Fuck knows. Real just won the Club World Cup, he was part of a group of players who won the historic 10th CL title sfo maybe he feels he's achieved everything considering he's won every trophy he can on the international stage as well as on the club stage with Madrid but honestly, I can't see it, he will be their next captain, hes been there for close to 10 years already. Its not like Madrid are exactly going to regress either, fuck knows though it is interesting. I'd take him right now as he is vey comfortable playing on the left side despite being right footed, in the same way John Terry is, in my eyes he'd be a long term replacement for John but would also be able to play for so many years with him. Also in terms of defending set plays and attacking set plays, hes one of the best defenders in terms of attacking the ball be it in his own box or the opposition box, something Cahill doesn't fully convince me with every match as well as when he is one on one against more mobile strikers who will take him into the channels if they get the chance. Ramos is very quick, very strong and reads the game much better than he is given credit for. 20M would be a steal. If hes unsettled we should throw our hat in the ring.

If we sold Rami and he would sit on the bench I'd take him, no way he'd start over Matic or Cesc though. Think hes probably not even as good as Ramires but hes a bit more rounded in comparison to Rami.

Hes a good player but I can't believe Jose thought he'd be ready after one season on loan last year. Hes not at Chelsea quality yet and he still needs another loan spell where he will play at least 60 or 70% of the games as opposed to sitting on the bench at a club that will get relegated then needs to have his situation re-evaluated again. I'd rather have seen him playing at a club like Watford again or Reading or Cardiff - someone who's challenging for promotion or even just a mid table club as opposed to trying to avoid relegation in the PL which usually prompts managers to go for more experienced players.

His positioning is dodgy, its not too bad being a box to box midfielder as the sole responsibility of protecting the back 4 isn't on him and Juventus always have 3 central midfield players but imagine him being used as a holding midfielder? He has a lot to improve on positionally.

Re the whole goals = performances argument thingy. Hazard's individual performances weren't an issue as much last season. Eden said himself he wants to score more goals, make more assists and Jose has wanted him to 'decide' games more and his father (or step father whoever it was) wants Jose to get Eden to have some sort of ruthless side in him on the pitch. If he is going to be nominated for a top 3 place in the Ballon d'or shortlist in the next few years he needs much more goals and assists because Messi and Ronaldo are scoring 40+ a season each and creating at least 10-20 goals and hes not gonna win while they are still at a very high level it if he can't match those numbers lets be realistic.

Hes a bit poor positionally in all honesty, he's a great athlete and has great technique but hes 21 or 22, when you're 21 or 22 you are still learning and can improve on various aspects. I can't see him being a holder.

In a midfield 3 where he has a holder behind him and another player to share responsibilities with him yes maybe hes fine but in a midfield 2 considering we play with a #10? He'd be a liability in my eyes, very much like Toure with Fernandinho last season.

Medical staff should be ashamed of themselves, could they go any fucking slower at one point? I mean when two professional footballers have to go get involved to speed things up as well just shows that some of these people, who are being entrusted with professional athletes (who are people with families first and foremost) health and wellbeing if they need their assistance, need to have a long hard fucking look at themselves. Sure it was only a cut in the mouth and many might feel I'm overreacting a bit but imagine if it was much much more severe say like what happened to Fabrice Muamba when he had heart issues on the pitch or even something like Petr's head injury. These guys need to be fucking quick and quite frankly I'd be embarrassed if the med team at the Bridge took that long to get on the park to see to an injury. Good to see Kurt's ok and its nothing major.

Really? Ask Choulo what he thinks of Pogba potentially playing as a sitting midfielder, or other Juventus fans who watch him regularly.

Mikel and Matic gives Cesc even more freedom I feel, he obviously has to muck in and do defensive work but with two number 6's in the team I feel we have an even better platform to build on.

Sure since he made his debut when he was 16 or 17 years old, he has been injured frequently for maybe a combined total of 7 months out of 5 years? So yeah is he 'injury prone' then, is he really? No he is not. It is a bullshit opinion and I think I also seen you post in the Reus thread that Reus is also injury prone too when in reality he really isn't.

Disappointed because he isn't a similar sort of player, its like saying I want to replace Hazard with Mats Hummels. Pogba plays box to box or sometimes as a more advanced midfield player not as a holding midfield player.

It is but I think also the structure of English football doesn't help managers as much as it could, teams in Spain, Holland, Germany have B teams which play in a lower league which is at a higher level of football than say U21 football and give their players more competitive football and makes the step to the first team a bit more easier. Obviously Jose obviously isn't the best manager in terms of introducing youth either but there aren't very many managers in England that actually introduce youth as much as say Pep did at Barca or van Gaal did at Bayern.

Just get the job done first then we can talk about using youth from the bench. We have other players to use as well who haven't been as regular as they would have liked (Cech, Zouma, Salah, Schurrle, Ramires, Mikel, Remy) before even considering using youth. I'm all for introducing youth in gradually but we have to rotate the team and give those who could be used in the next month or so minutes so they are in a good enough condition and performance level to come in/start if needed to. Obviously after seeing Loftus-Cheek v Sporting I'd like to see a bit more of him but I can't see him being in the squad, Ake should hopefully be in there and get some minutes be it as a LB or CM.

When we announced we were signing Diego Costa. Ok its not exactly a 'moment' in the same way Mikel's backheel is or his goal against Arsenal is but the guy has been a brilliant signing, winding everyone up, playing for the cause and ultimately looking like he doesn't give a fuck who it is he's squaring up to. When was the last time we had that in a player???

I have to be honest, I had a problem with what you said because quite frankly it was bullshit. Hes not injury prone, hes had a bad year in terms of injuries but he was injured by OTHER PLAYERS not himself - which can happen to anybody, not by overtraining or being too fragile like Wilshere due to an excessive amount of muscular injuries due to his dinosaur of a coach's training techniques and methods. Jesus some people.

When people say they we someone who can fill Matic's boots when hes not in the team and then name Pogba I am bitterly disappointed to be honest.

Na I think the same as what Bir_CFC just posted, he does force it, making wrong decisions too often. Oscar's is a bit inconsistent still too but he makes the right choices more often than not. I think Oscar's a superior player in terms of his all round game and in the final third Oscar is better.

3 top bracket CM players when you play 4-2-3-1... pure disaster waiting to happen. I mean we couldn't keep Mata, Schurrle, De Bruyne, Oscar and Willian in the same squad because all 5 were more than good enough to be regulars but yeah lets not learn from our mistakes. Although Ramires is still a classy player and one of the better MF players in the PL, lets sell him to Juve and sign an up and coming great player who is probably marginally better but not exactly an upgrade on one of Cesc or Matic... yeah man seems like a waste of money.

Kompany being world class is a myth to me man. I mean some of the shit Demichelis was being blamed for last season was his fault but some of the goals they conceded trying to play an offside trap, everyone except Kompany at times where stepping up and playing the same line, or the back 4 was in a decent line and he was stepping up and trying to intercept it (ironically enough like David Luiz at times) exposing his partner. Its a funny world, players like Demichelis were being made out to be a weak link playing next to Kompany but when Kompany was out of the team injured like the game against Norwich in particular, Demichelis was exceptional and he was marshalling the back 4 and they successfully caught the Norwich striker offside so many times by all being in sync and stepping up when he did. Not saying Demichelis is great but he's hardly shite, although I did say last season I thought he looked pretty awful numerous times.

Well I don't want to come on and post 3 billion swear words but I might just do it one fucking day. Anyway yeah being injured because of other professionals injuring you doesn't make you injury prone. Totally agree. Still dont get why people think otherwise.