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I cant see us going for an inferior player to Mikel tbh. Mikel isn't even getting minutes for us yet so I doubt we'll be signing Matic any time soon.

Has the half naked Thor display photo phase ended?

Hes playing the #10 role for Everton this season. We along with United were linked with him after that game vs QPR. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-are-ready-sign-everton-wonderkid-1701468

Why does everyone think Willian is a winger? He played AM at Shakhtar for god knows how many years....

If Moses continues his pre-season form for Liverpool then he will be a massive player for them this season. He'll get a lot of games on the right now as they really lacked a right winger.

Barkley is going to be one of Everton's best players in the future. What a talent he is. Looking at him now in comparison to the first time I seen him play (game vs QPR 2011/12 season) hes bulked up a lot, hes got himself fit and over his injury problems. Being fit for England's u21s and Everton is a big plus for the both of them. Big plus for himself being fit too. Still 3-1 Chelsea is what I reckon.

He sounds like Lamps.... so much

He played minutes against Cardiff because I remember seeing him put this brilliant ball in across the 6 yard box and Everton had nobody there haha, I think its fair to say what Martinez said about Deulofeu is 110% correct, he needs gradual minutes to get used to the physicality and pace of the league.

Naismith is one of the least talented players I've ever seen come out of Scotland lmfao. Should have kept McFadden and his dodgy injury record as opposed to signing Naismith....

Out of the members in the poll, I chose hjperdeath who posts a lot of great analysis stuff on here that is very interesting. All the rest that have been nominated are good posters and good people so it will be tight!

He should have just named it Zlatan: I fucking despise Guardiola

I believe to have spilled some pepsi on my last avatar... what is this

motherfucker jones

Isn't Ruben Loftus-Cheek not meant to be getting some sort of crazy wages and bonuses despite not playing a competitive game?

Is he the young guy playing at PSV? Scored a hattrick on his debut? Sounds a good talent, obviously not seen much but I'm hoping that he will play against us tonight at some point so I can get a look at him!

Lampard was top scorer in the league for us that season... People like myself who don't particularly think Sturridge is that good don't go around supporting Torres saying hes amazing etc etc, we just don't think Sturridge in particular is the player we need to lead our attack. I'm not saying Torres is but still. What has Sturridge done that Rooney, Falcao, Cavani, Zlatan or Eto'o have? Sure he won the Champions League here (not featuring much after the group stages and that Napoli game) and the FA cup but players like Rooney, Falcao, Cavani, Eto'o and Zlatan have won a shitload of titles domestically and in Europe. Players like Rooney, Falcao, Cavani, Eto'o and Zlatan have also scored a shit load of goals where ever they have gone, they have established themselves where as Danny is still in the process of doing that. There is more chance of a well known goal scorer like Zlatan, Rooney, Falcao, Cavani coming to Chelsea leading the line scoring 20-30 goals as opposed to a 22 year old English man who had a good half a season loan spell at Bolton, a decent half a season at Chelsea and a good 15 games at Liverpool.

Probably the difference in our style of play and the fact Newcastle effectively built around Ba. Newcastle play much more direct than what we did under Rafa as well.

Hes in the CL squad, Essien isn't. Surely Jose is gonna give him some fucking games!

Can't see us moving for him this season. Maybe next year, but not this year.

It gives Arsenal a much needed boost even though they are still short in defense, central midfield and upfront. Ozil is one of the few players who you can say is world class these days. Last season he was very disinterested at times in games for Real Madrid but hes very much in my opinion the best and most unique number 10 in football right now. He has 92 assists for club and country since 2010, more than anyone else. It wont make them title contenders I'd say but they will have more chance of top 4 if Ozil has a productive season.

Good to see people aren't just thinking hes a back up signing. He was signed to start, still has that pace and excellent first touch hes always had. More experienced now than he was 5 or 6 years ago too.

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I feel that Everton don't have enough quality players in the center to hurt us bar Osman and Barkley (depending on how he plays). They will attack through the wings, from what I've seen they seem to prefer to play through the channels as opposed to wide areas. We can do two things I feel: 1) we can look to counter against them (typical Jose) 2) take control of the game and make them do all the hard work (which I'd prefer to see us do) Since we are away from home I'd expect to see us go and play on the counter which will suit us due to how high they get their fullbacks and that their wingers usually come inside making them very vulnerable in wide areas defensively. We should be looking to pick up all 3 points here though, no matter who they play or who we play.

Typical Martinez side, nice on the eye but will struggle defensively due to their full backs being so far up the park.

We weren't desperate to loan him out, but we did? Yeaaaaaaah..