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Yas get a look at Eto'o, Mata back in the team too. Great choice by Jose. Also great bench to choose from.

he wasn't much a goal scorer was he aha

I feel he will be a big success for Vitesse, he had a very good footballing education at Porto. Their players get good exposure in Europe as well as a decent standard of league football so he should cope pretty well at Vitesse. Probably be one of their better players this year. Not saying hes going to have a future here for sure due to the overload of players we have in the band of three but he could become what Shaun Wright-Phillips should have been for us.

I think Jackson Martinez is passed the point of being considered a prospect, he's like 27, hes hitting his best years, hardly a prospect anymore.

Can't see Barkley playing as an AM in a few years so if we are to sign him I'd imagine he'll be playing a bit deeper.

or just plain stupid at times, posting that Mikel needs to be sold or Mikel is shit....

Chelsea winning the CL all day. Couldn't stand to see England win the World Cup, they would probably think they are world class again even though they never have been and fuck up every major tournament before going on a downward spiral managed by Gareth Southgate.

Lol go do one Roberto Carlos.

A bit. Na its only Spurs, fuck Spurs.

Courtois must be a Chelsea player next year, fuck a record fee, the guy is an exceptional keeper and hes 22 or 23, we must keep him. We aren't a selling club.

In the Carling Cup? Yeah he had a shocker that night haha.

Englands problems are in midfield and defence I feel. Lampard - Gerrard just doesn't work and it hasn't done for nearly 10 years or so. Wilshere cannot carry that midfield by himself. Carrick must be included, hes been the brains of that United midfield for however many years now, he's more or less been the best central midfield player they've had recently but still can't get a look in. Absolutely shocking. If Hodgson wants England to improve in possession then they need to play Carrick, who we've all seen how good he is on the ball, picking passes and controlling the tempo. I think England should go for 3 men in the middle of the park, something like this: Wilshere - Carrick - Lampard/Gerrard/Cleverly/Milner/whoever Sure Hodgson likes to play 4-4-1-1 with a #10 but perhaps a 3 man midfield wouldn't hurt. Or just picking Carrick in general and playing Wilshere slightly further up where he isn't going to expose his partner as much. Don't even want to speak about the English defence, sometimes it performs well but then there are just nights where it is abysmal. Need someone to take charge in there and fast.

Not just Oscar, Hazard and Mata can be blamed for us shipping goals when they play together. Take into consideration how bad the pivot is sometimes, especially when Lampard played there next to Ramires and Mikel was missing from the team in general. Also Luiz's nativity and lack of positional sense in the pivot was clear to see in some games.

Delighted that Scotland beat Macedonia! Got there eventually despite controlling much of the game. Strachans done well so far.

I get your point. In a 4-2-3-1 you don't necessarily need a DM but there are going to be times where we play with a DM and 2 midfielders in front of him, as Jose said he sometimes likes 2 in front of the defence and a #10 or a sitting player and 2 midfielders. If we do stick with 4-2-3-1 which (we probably will based on our squad personnel) then signing Matic for 40m or whatever would be useless as he wouldn't really feature again because you don't always use a DM in a 4-2-3-1 and then if we are to play with a DM why spend 40m a player who is inferior to a player we already have in that position?

No. He was totally different from Lampard. Most complete midfield player of the last 10 years in my opinion.

Matic is a decent player, playing in a decent team in a decent league. Mikel is a better player plus hes one of the best DMs in the PL. Matic still a bit to go before we can consider him better than Mikel.

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.

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....