Sir Mikel OBE

Ouch thats harsh on Bertrand. A youth player of ours who was in the premier league team of the season. Was he the finished article? Of course not, but he was definitely capable when called upon and could have grew into the role. Just casting him out as not good enough, while spending out the ass on other players who aren't good enough, is simply poor club policy. If the youth academy can't produce squad players, then it really is useless. Not a single youth player stands the slightest chance in hell in this current setup.

Out for a month after knee surgery. Will miss the first few weeks of the season.

Bar changing manager that is pretty much what will happen. We are talking about a guy who started a champions league final for us, and just recently got into premier league team of the season. No upcoming youth player in the midfield will remotely get the chances he got to impress.

And that is the main point. If Bertrand wasn't good enough then Loftus Cheeks,Boga, or whoever most certainly will not be either. There is always going to be a "Better" player out there, and if we are going to buy just to buy then that will be the case. He was pretty much the perfect example of what could reasonably be expected of a youth player at this current stage of time, and it was deemed not good enough. Massively disappointed as this signing appears heading towards its end.

And he's already in the premier league team of the season. Even if he wasn't good enough to start, he has to be right on the edge of being good enough. He is also still growing as a player.

Even more fucked up when you realize Bertrand was off for this. A youth player who started a champions league final for us just gone like that. And people really believe Loftus Cheeks will make it here playing in an even more high stress position...

He'll have to work to start there.....

Who replaced him at Atletico?

Last match of our season

Good signing for them.

He showed something the last match...before getting injured.

God damn it hurts seeing him in the ex blues section....

Moses didnt have the name to play for us long term to be honest. I remember him being serviceable.

Oh definitely I agree. That isn't speaking against Costa though. It was a clear tactical error by Dunga.

His pace was the only thing that looked to cause danger for Paraguay when he came on. Alves getting skinned by Benitez all night, and Filipe luis getting owned all the way to the track before the cross looked much worse than anything he did outside of that god awful penalty.

He does. Boy, was I wrong. Only Miranda can hold his head high right now.

That cross for the handball should have never even gone in. Douglas Costa should have came on earlier too.

What a penalty by Falcão!!

They all are. James out there looking like Oscar

If its in the daily fail sports section there is a 75%-80% of it being bollocks. They make shit up.

Good bit of business by Arsenal.

Willian!!!!!

Surprisingly enough Robinho looks good out there.

Cheeky punch there

I doubt Dunga would get the sack for not winning this copa America with 3 starters out.