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Don't really care how much he costs as long as the record transfer of a certain blonde striker is fresh in memory - those kinds of deals are responsible for price inflation. We, City and Real are main culprits and we're literally paying the price now.

You do realize that's a fake parody account? http://twitter.com/#!/realparkjisung

I know, I was trying to be witty mr. Buzz Killington

Henrique Hilario as a striker could possibly work. I think he's our joker card, you nailed it!

wow, Hazard has joined our forum when will you sign the papers?

It's fantastic if we get our most important signings done before the end of August. They will have time to gel during pre-season and start the season together, perfect. We will hopefully see them destroying opponents in Chelsea shirt as soon as July.

Pretty redundant thread now, we all know where he is going to end up. We don't even need him anymore.

Add to that the deals with Sauber and Audi (both probably made in effort to counter FFP), then I think Gourlay and co. deserve some slack from the often unjustified criticism they've been receiving for quite some time.

So true. We really dodged a missile by winning the CL. I think Roman realized that and doesn't want to leave anything to chance anymore. Marin would have probably been the best we could have done, we'd be discussing Junior Hoilett and Adam Johnson at best. But with the targets we are after now, we are aiming to become the team to beat.

Good news. It's not like England are gonna win anything anyway, so it would be pointless to tire him more and risk injuries.

Sorry for calling you an inept prick

Yes, I always did. I wasn't a fan of your intelligent beginning of argument with "screw you" though, have more respect to other peoples' opinions.

As I already said, get a proper right back.

By panic tactics I mean playing Luiz, Cahill or Essien as full-back.

So you'd revert to panic tactics in big matches just to make Kane/Sam feel confident about themselves? Interesting. @Joker10 - well, ifs don't count, we didn't sign a replacement for Bertrand and that's that, no point in speculating anymore. But the difference is Bertrand had tons of professional games under his belt and it was pretty much clear that he has what it takes to succeed. Same with Sturridge, he went on loan, got actual experience, impressed and now he's reaping his rewards. Sam or Kane can start their professional careers in Carling Cup games or better, on loan, but in big games we'd have to opt for panic tactics if Ivanovic isn't available. If Bosingwa goes, then I'd rather keep Ferreira for this last year so as not get over our heads in the need for players this summer.

I didn't say anything definitive, again, I was being speculative by saying that in a world class team Ramires should not be the best player. I didn't claim any of the players to come and overtake Rambo straight away, but again - hypothetically saying that if Hulk, Hazard, Marin, KdB and whoever else proved to be(come) better players, then that would demote Rambo's status whether you like it or not. If all of our midfielders and wingers were like Rami, we wouldn't hold even 10% of ball possession against the likes of Barca. He's excellent in a counter-attacking and more defensive setup, but since we are aiming to become the dominators rather than the dominated, then Rambo's role should decrease. At the moment, in our current team, he is not mediocre, he's arguably the most important player we have, but that is because he is basically the only one with serious pace and stamina. He doesn't ideally fit the double pivot, as a result he was moved to the wing, but since we now have real wingers, his playing time should decrease... unless he somehow consistently manages to outperform our new exciting wingmen, which I frankly don't think he will be able to do. Do you NOW get my point?

You should re-read that sentence, it was written in speculative manner, hence the usage of the word "should" not "is". Let me put it into perspective for you. If Victor Moses was voted players' player of the season at Wigan, and then they went on to sign the likes of Hazard and Hulk and possibly other world class players, then should Moses still be played as much and considered the best on the merit of him being voted the PPOTS last season? No, I'm pretty sure they'd shove aside the sentiment and let more skillful players take his place, thus demoting his status as "the best player" to a more mediocre rotation/squad player and upping the team's general play by sacrificing his position.

That means I succeeded

No. Nowhere in that quote can I see where I called him mediocre.

Oh did I say that? Can you please quote me on that.

What's wrong with you? Did I EVER say that his goal was shit? In fact I voted for it as the goal of the season. Screw yourself you inept prick.

We need a right-back. Kane hasn't been trusted yet and maybe for a reason? He plays in the reserves/youth team, in whichever league he plays, it's still a massive gap between there and the premier league and champions league. Both Kane and Sam were unable to overtake the amazing pair of Bosingwa and Ferreira, it should tell you something... while Bertrand is now undoubtedly the successor to a much better Cole, which means that if the quality were there, they would have gotten their chances by now. Ivanovic is bound to get injured, suspended or forced into center so we'd have to rely on Ferreira, but if he goes then I don't really know if I want to see Kane or Sam defending the Riberys and Ronaldos of this world. In carling cup games, why not, but there are so few CC games that we need proper cover for big games. Maybe Ferreira can do it, but I'd be more confident with someone established.

WTF? This is hands down the worst derailment incident I've ever witnessed in any forum. For a moment I actually was wondering if I were in the wrong thread. Holy shiet Anyway, has anybody already dreamt about Hazard? I saw a dream this night where he absolutely destroyed opponents. I usually don't remember my dreams but his dribblings were pornographic, so it sticked to my mind.

Rambo will play winger and midfielder depending on the need. He will play less than last 2 years. It's a good thing because the cliche "in a world class team Ramires should be the worst or a mediocre player" was born for a reason.

that's kinda random