Sideshow Luiz

Yup. I was under the impression that they were going to trigger the clause when it was 20, but Zidane decided against it. But, tha'ts whakt I mean, when he was 20M, he was Real's first choice. At 80, not so much. We, on the other hand, don't have a lot of options. He was what the club determined to be the best option, then they went out and got him.

Ah, Moses. How I've missed your inability to make decisions. Zappacosta was streaming in.

I'm for this signing. But, I'm expecting PL growing pains. DDG was terrible at claiming crosses and corners when he came.

Well, not exactly true. Kepa at 20M was their first choice.

Like I've said, I try. I'm having a particularly good day though. Courtois situation dealt with. Kovacic in (okay, only a season, but okay). Had to take the dog to the vet last week to have a lump removed. Got the results from the lab today and it's just a benign lump, so no doggy breast cancer. I consider today a win.

I don't think we filled the full 25 man squad last season (might be wrong). In either case, RLC's status will have nothing to do with Fekir. Willian out for Zaha.....

RLC = Home Grown. It's about the 17 non-HG players.

Agreed. It's 1 out 1 in, not just for financial reasons.

That's what I was saying before. We gave Madrid the chance to show him some love. We said "we think you should be the record transfer fee". We want you to be a Chelsea player for life. So, let's see what Real think of you. So, Real, here's your chance to woo him and show him how much you love him. They basically sent him a dick pic and "Netflix and chill?". They want Neymar next summer, IMO.

Fair point.

There's a site I haven't been to in a while, had a look for some Sarri articles and saw one that was interesting, and I don't recall seeing it here: http://outsideoftheboot.com/2017/07/30/breaking-down-maurizio-sarri-tactics/ Edit: most of it is stuff you've all read or watched by now. But this video at the end of the article had a few nice examples of how the short passing distracts defenders and allows player to make runs in behind.

Where's @Unionjack? He hasn't started his party without us, has he?

You're not suggesting that the board would know that a player was leaving at the end of the season, then wait until the last possible minute to get a replacement are you?

Still haven't seen anything definitive on the option to buy at the end of the loan. I've seen reports saying yes, others saying no.

I remember his biggest problem at the beginning was coming out and claiming crosses and corners. I had a Utd friend who was really unsure of him at first (obviously over that). I think a lot of La Liga keepers have those issues (so courtois' biggest strength may not be important at Madrid).

But the Avg. length is longer. That % goes up if the passes are shorter. To where? Don't know. But, it's not so simple as just %.

Has no one started stalking his family's instagram to see if this is happening?

This place will absolutely melt down if it's Vecino and Butland.

She's not unattractive.

If there's no option to buy, we should just have him knock up some girl. Then he can go back to Madrid and keep talking to the Croatian press about how much he wants to move to London.

Madrid fans are going to hate him. I get the impression that they don't really care if he comes or not. One or two poor performances and they are gong to turn on him.

Yeah. The highlight reel looks like Golovin's but with the volume turned up to 11.

I'm not sure he'll be ready. Big step up to go from a championship side to a title competing (hopefully that's our place) side in a year.

Need the option to buy, or this is just teasing.

Is this actually happening? Please be a loan with option to buy. We never get the try before you buy deals.