Mikel showed that with a more defensive partner next to him, he can be good. He needs to be more consistent though and I think even though Meireles was decent today we could use Romeu/Essien/Ramires instead and our double pivots could be truly good.
No. Seriously this thread has no purpose now. Why on earth would we buy him? We are packed in the areas Hulk would play in. CF is where we need to add.
Mata, Hazard, Moses, Marin, and Oscar. We have great depth in the wings and Attacking Midfielder department. Not to mention Ramires, KDB, and Meireles can play there as well Crazy Depth.
Ummm is is just me or is anyone else confused about the reaction to Marin's Flannel shirt. It must be a European thing because in the West that's 'in' and 'fashionable' right now.
I don't think a tough game like Newcastle should be his first start. He can be brought on later in the game. RDM also obviously has shown he likes to have a hard worker/defensive type in the midfield band of three. I think this is because he knows the double pivots are quite poor so wants more more stability. If our double pivots were really strong we would see a lot more of 3 attacking players behind Torres.
If Sturridge leaves we will get another Striker. Moses would then become the 'Sturridge/Kalou' of the team. A winger/striker. Still a bit light I would say unless the CF we buy is real quality like Cavani.
We were waiting for a little while for these 2 deals and they get done on about the same day. Nice. So is that our business done for this window? Surely one more player is needed. Either a CF or DM.