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And even when teams did defend deep with Drogba we had most of our scoring coming from our midfield.. Drogba was a Hybrid striker could play in close quarters as well as in behind defenses.. You will be pressed to find another like him-- to your hissy fit point if Mourinho benched Mata or Hazard in an important champions league clash and they were fit I am almost positive they would be upset as well due to the fact that they know their qualities would make a difference in the match...Rooney appears to have lost respect for SAF and that can explain his actions.. If he comes he would def. make our team better and if he doesn't i will still support the team like I always do

you say you watched him for a long time and when played as a striker 2 seasons ago scored 34 in all competitions.. just because he has the tools to drop deep and collect to start plays does not necessarily make him a"10".. I'm all for your analysis of Rooney but if Jose can see that he would be missing piece to our puzzle to make us serious threat for prem again i'm going to have to go with that.. And watching Rooney of last season in a SS role he still was able to produce in the 26 matches he played in.. we have far better attacking/creative players than United he could only become a beast again working with players like Mata Hazard Oscar and De Bruyne

not according to mourinho who said our current strikers lukaku included are all the type that need space behind defenders.. ronney is the kind of striker that doesn't require space so when teams park the bus he is someone with our attacking mids that can break it down and get a good shot off..

only two players you mentioned are actual midfield players the other two are centre backs.. they have all been playing in middle to get professional games under their belt.. if anyone should be worried its guys like romeu and mikel

roma is already in us while we are playing friendlies

That is it exactly nail-head... both for the footballing federations the game takes place and fifa

Its not just mata and azpi that will be effected our whole squad pretty much all full internationals and majority will be called to play in their nations friendles Hungary - Czech Republic 14/08/2013 -- Belgium - France 14/08/2013 -- Sweden - Norway 14/08/2013 --England - Scotland 14/08/2013 --Belarus - Montenegro 14/08/2013 -- Estonia - Latvia 14/08/2013 --Finland - Slovenia 14/08/2013 -- Austria - Greece 14/08/2013 -- Azerbaijan - Malta 14/08/2013 -- Poland - Denmark 14/08/2013 -- Switzerland - Brazil 14/08/2013 -- Romania - Slovakia 14/08/2013 -- Kazakhstan - Georgia 14/08/2013 --Ecuador - Spain 14/08/2013 -- Germany - Paraguay 14/08/2013 --Wales - Republic of Ireland 14/08/2013 -- Luxembourg - Lithuania 14/08/2013 -- Japan - Uruguay 14/08/2013 -- FYR Macedonia - Bulgaria 14/08/2013 Skopje Friendly Ukraine - Israel 14/08/2013 Kyiv Friendly Albania - Armenia 14/08/2013 Tirana Friendly Liechtenstein - Croatia 14/08/2013 -- Italy - Argentina 14/08/2013 -- Iceland - Faroe Islands 14/08/2013 -- Portugal - Netherlands 14/08/2013 -- Bosnia-Herzegovina - USA 14/08/2013 -- Mexico - Ivory Coast 14/08/2013 -- Uzbekistan - Turkey 14/08/2013 -- Korea Republic - Peru 14/08/2013 -- Tajikistan - India 14/08/2013 -- Moldova - Andorra 14/08/2013 -- Algeria - Guinea 14/08/2013 -- Chile - Iraq 14/08/2013 -- Panama - Venezuela 14/08/2013 -- Colombia - Serbia 14/08/2013 -- South Africa - Nigeria 14/08/2013 bolded all games where we may be effected.. anyway I believe I got everyone

If he is coming I don't see it happening until after United game.. We should lock the thread until then or until official transfer request from rooney is handed in. We keep seeing the same chelsea to rebuff offer, moyes saying not for sale then some new chelsea player talking him up..

in other news radamel falcao subbed off at half time in preseason debut after being booked punted the ball into the crowd..

A lil relativity is needed right now we had players who were fantastic in last season preseason and did nothing throughout the season for us... Kevin does look like the real deal but the comparisons to mata and hazard and to a lesser extent oscar not needed as yet give him a season in prem under his belt then we can judge everyone after first seasons in england

read that he was walking without support on his own so doesn't look too serious he should be fine lads we have some great physios.. really great to see him get on score sheet though..

to me not for sale..true blue you don't just sell those.. the only way we sell luiz is if the player asks to leave.. at least thats how i feel about it

The kid played well 3 misplaced passes.. in a variety of short and long balls.. But someone like KDB whom we all love gets voted man of the match and he had more misplaced passes than MVG... He is technically sound with both feet and still only 20yrs old.. I guess people would rather look at the glass half empty than half full..but to each their own

Foe a guy who had his leg ripped open beginning of the season to being in and out of the side I can see why people do not want him here... to their point it did seem like a lack luster season.. and you may want to listen to the media about rooney having fitness issues in the past.. but a fit rooney which usually happens by week 4 or 5 of the PL season is an animal.. I know people have beaten the workrate thing to death but for a centre foward playing out of position to get as many goals and assists he did in less then a full 38 league appearance is pretty impressive.. not only that but he did a lot of link up as well his defending from set pieces and open play was very good.. for the right price even though he has been united for last 8 seasons would welcome here into our squad.. like some fellow forum members I do not believe he his finished yet and could be very good for us with the team we have now assembled

MVG showing off a bit of deep laying playmaking today.. couple of skewed passes but otherwise was very tidy... seems to be getting a lot of slack from some ppl on here for no reason

Controversial!!

35 minutes remaining until the official game return of the Special One.. so excited :blue scalf:

guys i dunno how you could think any part of the players being added to be truth just because bbc and sky said so.. and they are reliable because if so cavani would not be in paris right now about to wear PSG #9 shirt.. cause if memory serves both those "reliable" news outlets said we had signed him

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is he really i did not know you think there is any video of him you could find and post in his thread that would be greatly appreciated

that will come in handy im sure of it during this season..

Looks like kalas has some serious leaping ability

this doesn't look like someone suffering from homesickness

i love the fact that on his website its all about chelsea.. he is in the kit he could have done a generic kit like the other ppl in the photos but he looks to be a proud blue.. kick on andre wish him the best this season and the years to come