OneMoSalah

If we lose Mikel I honestly expect us to get De Rossi. Cant see us selling him without an adequate replacement already signed/more or less signed. I can't see us starting Romeu this year or using Lampard regularly in the holding role as he absolutely sucks there.

Players who play in the double pivot are meant to mark a zone and shield the back 4, they don't necessarily need to cover a lot of ground but can still do an effective job. Its their positioning that is more important. If Mikel is in a decent enough position to make a tackle it is better than him running 20m and not getting there in time isn't it?

Isn't that not his wife?

Stop being wankers to each other guys

Amazing strength? Remember when Mata knocked him over in the 4-2 game for Studge's goal? Hardly say he is really strong.

Fuck no. Positioning is shit Awareness is shit Crossing is shit Defending in general is shit I'd rather play Bosingwa. No joke.

Decent signing, hoping he is worth the cash.

Really hoping Jose doesn't get rid of him. He may not be great but Mourinho got nearly 20 goals out of Jose Callejon (Callejon is really average) in the season where Real won the La Liga, maybe Moses won't get 20 but I'd like to see him get games and score a few more goals as well as set more up.

top top players can play in any system. or so they should be able to.

If we use 2 strikers we either lose a MF player or a defend and revert to 3 at the back. If we were to go 4-4-2 that means we'd be outnumbered in MF by most teams in the PL and I have concerns about us playing 3 at the back.

I assume your on about Mata and not Hazard who would probably excel as a LW in 4-3-3 tbh. Mata could perhaps play RW or LW like he did under AVB but I suppose he suits the central role better as he can have a greater effect on the game in central roles. Tbh Mata did quite decent on the LW until AVB got sacked and really it wasn't until the start of this season that just finished that he played better as an CAM in comparison to LW under AVB. He didn't really stick out as much when Robbie was interim manager in the central role as he does now.

If we are going to continue playing 4-2-3-1, we need a player of his ilk and quality, well to be a top top top team we do. This team has so much potential so getting a playmaker and a striker is the next step now that we have the coach we want.

4-3-2-1 won't work in the BPL. Lower teams will stack the MF against us and have a numerical advantage and our wide areas will be vulnerable as we won't proper wingers who will track back as Mata and Hazard will play as attacking midfielders in the formation. I'd love to see us use 4-3-3 again at some point for a few reasons: - formation has a better defensive shape than 4-2-3-1 - easier to create passing triangles in midfield and attack - Suits some of our players better: Ramires will be able to play like he did under AVB as an explosive box to box MF player. Mikel would be better suited to 4-3-3 as well as he was under Carlo and Jose in the past. So would Romeu suit it better

Hazard, Moses and Schurrle if we get him, will be the only direct players we have. De Bruyne is basically another #10, don't sell Moses to replace him with another #10... we need variety as much as depth.

You don't see the hype? its because your a cunt.

Craig Gordon is more than likely to retire I think. Haven't heard much though as hes been working on his fitness the last year or so but yeah.

No you don't necessarily use stamina to win the ball back, you have to tackle to win the ball back. He used his stamina to cover a lot of ground, like Ramires, to get up and support the teams attackers as well as work back so he COULD make tackles. His main assets were that he was able to tackle and intercept passes so he could win the ball back very easily for the team.

double post.

Essiens main asset was his ability to win the ball back and cover a lot of ground. He and Boateng are about as similar as Drogba and Cech though. Boateng is mostly an attacking midfielder. Hes played on the wing for Milan last season because he doesn't fit a MF role in 4-3-3.

Di Maria and Hulk are on different pages. Di Maria is miles better than Hulk.

If Milan get a good offer they will any of their players. They aren't as stable financially as before.

Average but would make a decent squad signing.

SCOTLAND HELL YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH Despite Strachan being a ginger wank with no idea like the last guy, we managed to win against someone who isn't fucking Moldova, jesus, the apocalypse is coming.

What? Nothing to show for it? So 3 trophies under Mancini and gradual improvement on league positions is nothing to show for the investment? He was the only manager who was giving time to build a team there. They aren't trying a new project, its the same, they are just trying to do more stuff like blood more youth players through and instill a philosophy through out their whole club like at Barca/Ajax. Europe was their short coming but still you can't exactly say that when we got dumped out of the competition last year after winning it. If anything we were just as bad as them in Europe this year, if not worse. Our project as such is really only just started, its a year into development. City are better than us right now, as proven in more or less every game we played against them this year except one.

A tough choice you say? Silva and Robinho both turned us down to move to City in recent times. It is a tough choice. We had a better squad on paper than City in both years when Silva and Robinho turned us down to go to City so yeah, it doesn't matter who you have.