Strike

Don't fancy JT vs Chicharito

The media has inflated this story to the point that if Jose eventually does not come, then I would be very disappointed.

that's true but i hope his crossing improves from here on. He often gets past his man and delivers a poor cross

@Madmax, wrote a good piece on his first game as a deep-lying midfielder - vs Sunderland in December. Was never used deep after that I think? atleast not from the start. http://desaijaimin.blogspot.in/ I think he's ideally suited for a Midfield 3 but since we have Mata at CAM, there's no ideal position for him

Needs to get his crossing sorted. Would add a great weapon to his wing-play. His dribbling and ability to past his man in a 1 v 1 scenario is good but he's still lacking the final ball. Great squad player!

A bit of perspective on Oscar: The guy has played a ridiculous amount of games and that too most of them in awkward positions. Many people are forgetting Oscar is a central player because the club has used him wide more than in the centre

tbf, it will be a welcome change from the "Yes" men running the club. Looking at the high-profile incidents over the season, Mourinho would have been all over Clattenburg in the aftermath of the Chelsea-ManU game. He would've questioned why the ball-boy was sleeping on the ball in the Hazard -ball-boy-gate. He would've questioned how did the ball come out of the other side, if the boy was kicked? I was really pissed that Rafa and the club did not try and defend Hazard when he did not even kick the ball boy and the media shitstorm painted Hazard as the bad guy Jose will use the press/media to his advantage to hide his players' bad performances. That "devil-may-care" attitude was not there in any manager we had after Jose and I hope the Spanish media has not softened him

OPTB already nominated so i'll go for Spike.He was buzzing all through the month actually. Created few fun threads as well. Or Lucio Brazil Avatar Guy. made great posts in the Transfer Section. edit: Cheers for some of the mentions!

In terms of taking chances. Falcao is the kind of striker who will convert half-chances or score from tight congested situations. But Lewandowski would be my pick because Lewa - Lukaku is good enough front-line and it will be much more flexible than having just Falcao.

Ah. yes. memory refreshed

I don't get what everyone's moaning about. Torres has been brilliant in the Europa League. Better than great strikers like Samuel Eto'o, Dirk Kuyt, Papiss Cisse, Jermain Defoe, Obafemi Martins and Radamel Falcao Torres has scored 5 goals in the Europa League this season - Falcao has only 1 - and Atletico have been in the Europa League forever. I don't get why fans want to replace Torres by paying 50million for this Falcao. What's so special about him when he can't even score more than Torres in same competition

Conversion Rate 87.27% (48/55) 1 miss - FA Cup Final vs Portsmouth 6 saved - Carson, Schwarzer, Krul, Given Hart and ....i can't remember

In the same way, Falcao's high price has led to fans playing him down, Lewandowski's low price has made him more appealing. Falcao is better than Lewandowski. Only reason the club might go for Lewa is if they are serious about pushing Lukaku next season itself

Will the Benfica fans invade the forum again? Too bad there's no Raul Meireles this time. He really shut them up last year

Avoid defeat in the next 2 games and top 4 is in our hands

Fernando Torres - Best Striker in the Europa League

This summer will be crazier than last summer. Imagine that.

Mourinho is the best in a limited number of available candidates. You're surely not pegging for Moyes over Mourinho?

A mention for Demba Ba. He has made a good impression in the big games - vs Man City, United. Playing the long ball to him is an added option when the team is struggling. vs Man City (in the league), he got the penalty after being played in over the top. vs Man United, he scored that beauty first-time volley and vs Man City in the semis, another long ball, another conversion. Great backup option for next season, someone who can add a big presence up-front .

referring to BleedsBlue's comment about how we will waste young talent by loaning them to meaningless clubs. He'll make more appearances for Vitesse than Chelsea with the competition for the attackers places

Pros: DLP. Stop gap before we consider KDB, Oscar and McEachran for the role. Experienced. Great passer Cons: His massive wages has not been brought up enough imo. I know Lampard leaving will create a vacancy but 100k p/w is 5.2 mil per annum and with other marquee players are bringing in, I'd like someone who's yet to peak but I wouldn't mind (at all) if Xabi Alonso comes to the club also, The "ex-Liverpool player" argument should have no bearing in this imo. It's not like Chelsea fans hated him when he was at Liverpool edit: Styles brought it up

It is no coincidence that the club's best league performances have come under stable club environment

Nemanja Matic 2.0

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/xabi-alonso-can-be-part-of-cheap-jose-mourinho-deal-8599978.html The Independent is reporting that Xabi Alonso maybe the player that Jose will smuggle out of Real Madrid. At 31, he's not exactly in his prime but he's a classic Deep-Lying Playmaker who keeps ticking the play over to the attackers. He has vast experience in the Premier League and could be available at a bargain price. Would you like to see him here? Or would you prefer younger, perhaps, Beñat or Moutinho?

why, what does it mean over there?