Jype

Luiz has definitely been one of our best players in recent months. When Benitez arrived, people were saying he would do something Ancelotti, AVB nor Di Matteo could and that is making David Luiz a better and more consistent player. If there's one thing I give Benitez a lot of credit for, it has got to be this.

Not necessarily the ones I would choose but I'm guessing Mourinho would be looking to bring Khedira and Coentrao with him.

They are just slowly accepting the fact this beast isn't going to be there anymore come next season.

Have you even read the posts at this thread? There aren't many who are saying he would be a realistic signing, most are just admiring a great player and telling how well a player like him would suit our team. And would the idea of Gündogan wanting to leave sometime soon really be that absurd? We all know how well things are at Dortmund now with the team, the fans and pretty much everything but still their best players seem to be leaving all the time. Sahin, Kagawa, Götze all gone already and now Lewandowski looking likely to leave as well. Seeing all their team mates and best friends leave on a regular basis can make a player think whether it would be good for them to look elsewhere as well and should Gündogan ever doubt his future at Dortmund, we should be the first club to show interest in him. With a certain spot in the starting lineup and his compatriot Andre Schürrle looking likely to arrive at the club shortly, Chelsea could well be a more appealing option to him than say one of the Manchester clubs. I don't believe for a second that Dortmund are having a huge fire sale and letting go of all their best players within one transfer window, but what's wrong with a little speculation?

Like hell you are.

Bale won both awards. I have always known that most footballers aren't exactly the most sharpest pencils in the drawer but who on earth would vote for the same player in both categories? Having now won the adult version of the POTY twice, I'm sure Bale is most ecatatic to have won the 'young' player of the year award as well. What a fucking joke, in my opinion players shouldn't even be able to get nominated as a young player when they're already mentioned up there with the big boys. Also, 23 isn't exactly that young anymore either. How many seasons has Bale been playing in the PL, is it six or seven already? Should make the YPOTY strictly for under 21's only, I'm sure someone like Lukaku or Benteke would have appreciated the award much more than a seasoned veteran like Bale.

PFA awards today, pretty sure the choice will be between the rapist, the diver and the cannibal. Hoping Lukaku wins the young player award though.

I hope United still win this, though I wouldn't mind a draw either because it would mean United couldn't break our record of 95 points even if they won the rest of their games. Would probably make our job next week easier because United would have even less reason to show up for the occasion.

Valencia's always been a one trick pony, all he can do is run down the flank and cross with his right foot or pass backwards if crossing isn't an option. I guess the other teams have simply found him out.

Valencia's Brazilian goalkeeper.

Former midfielder scores with a nice penalty!

Lampard's first assist of the season?

Helps Chelsea win the Champions League, then moves on to get QPR relegated and laughs when walking down the tunnel after the final whistle that sealed their fate. Massive respect, a true Chelsea Blue.

Once we get Lukaku back and have him banging in goals left and right, people won't even remember we once had this guy what was his name again, Danny something?

Fair enough, I respect your opinions even though I don't agree with them. Feels nice to have a proper argument with someone on this forum for once without it simply turning into personal insults being thrown at each other. Should probably stop though, because this has little to do with Marco Reus and the mods don't like thread derailing.

Why are people still talking about Sturridge? He's gone, get over it. Here's another fun fact for you: Romelu Lukaku has only one league goal less than Torres and Sturridge combined. Why dwell on the past and moan about the sale of Sturridge when you can focus on what the future will be like with Lukaku as our front man?

And where would a commentator get such info before anyone else? Probably just telling about the rumours that have been circling around for the past few days.

Would love it if someone could change this semi-random nonsense of a name to my real life nickname, Jype.

Good friends with Hazard too.

1. To be known as a good team you have to win matches and titles? That's ironic because Dortmund have won more trophies in the last three seasons than Chelsea. Just because Bayern of this season are an even better side and no doubt the best team in the world right now, that doesn't take anything away from Dortmund. Despite Bayern being a top3 team in the world for the past few years, Dortmund still managed to win the two league titles in a row as well as the DFB cup last season and this season they are likely to reach the Champions League final after first winning a group consisting of Real Madrid, Manchester City (need I remind you that's a team against who we stood no chance in the four meetings this season) and finally Ajax who are a decent team too. If that's not a sign of a quality team then I honestly don't know what is. Compare that to our team in the last two or three years and there is not a single objective football person on the planet who will suggest that Chelsea have been the better of the two. And I sure as hell don't rate Dortmund just because they won Real Madrid earlier this week, I have been watching quite a lot of their games in the past couple of years and I know what I'm talking about. They are winning more games than us and their play style is maybe the most entertaining in the world, not that the aesthetics of the game really matter but still. What's even more remarkable is when you look at how their team has been built. Players from their own academy and cheap players from other teams turned into superstars. That's what every team should be aiming at and with a capable board and a classy manager we could do that too. Players like De Bruyne, Chalobah etc. are very much capable of being world class but does the Chelsea management give a fuck? No, they are more busy thinking which manager they want to sack next and which player is the latest flavour of the month so they can go bidding £30m for him and ignore the great players we already have. 2. Why does that matter? My point was that the best German players generally stay in the Bundesliga, doesn't matter for which team they play. How many players in the Spanish national team first XI play outside Barca / Real? Of course most players prefer to stay in their home country if the money is still as good as elsewhere and the team they play for is good enough to challenge for European glory. If the choice is between an English top4 club or Bayern Munich, I'm pretty sure 90% of the German players will choose Bayern. Reus will probably go there too within a couple of years, his best mate Götze is already going. 3. Ironically, the player whose name you came up with is a player suffering from chronic homesickness and much like the Germans is a guy who surely prefers staying in his homeland. Even if he has gotten the better of his condition, I'm fairly sure he still won't leave Sevilla, let alone sign for a club outside Spain. And even if he did and the choice was between Schürrle and Navas, I would choose the former 100% of the time. Navas was supposed to be the next big thing a few years back but hasn't really improved. In 2010 he was one of the best wingers in the world imo, but whenever I have watched Sevilla this year or the last, he has been mostly shit. £20m for Schürrle is much but he's a great young player who's versatile enough to play most positions in the final third of the pitch, making him much more important to the squad than a player like Navas, a pure out-and-out winger who only plays on his own flank and whose tricks are pretty easily found out if playing against a proper defense.

1. We certainly are and it's not even up for debate. Their centre backs are better than ours, their CM's are better than ours, their wingers and playmakers are probably on the same level as ours and their striker is much better than Torres and Ba combined. Cech is better than Weidenfeller and I rate our full-backs higher than theirs but overall they are much better. Also, their managers is one of the best in the business right now. 3. Oh, you can name three players good enough for the national team who have left the Bundesliga in recent years. Looking at how many quality players they got over there, it's fair to say 90% of them stay in Germany. 4. Why shouldn't he be? A regular in their national team and there aren't many better players for his position at the moment in the Bundesliga. Sure, there are a few who are better but they wouldn't be realistic signings while Schürrle is a player we have scouted for years and it's his dream to play for Chelsea.

Just seen the chances he got, should have scored at least one. Great movement to get those chances though, also heavily involved in the build-up for the first goal.

Why the hell would Reus leave Dortmund for a team that's worse than Dortmund? Also, the best German players rarely leave the Bundesliga so buying Schürrle is as close as we can get to having one of the star players of this generation of German football.

Who would've though Roman seems to fancy the latest flavour of the month after this week's game. All along I've been saying that the idea of losing De Bruyne wouldn't suck so much if we got something good out of the deal too. 15m€ cash sure as hell isn't good enough, but maybe getting Lewandowski in a KdB + cash exchange would somewhat make up for it.

An amazing player, would love to have him. Unfortunately I can't see Dortmund sellng him for any price.