ryan bertrand instead of meireles on the left wouldn't be bad either. he can sit just in front of cole and go up and down the flank all week by the looks of it. shame he isnt even on the bench
i said IF he is behind the club policy decisions that have been bypassing the manager over the last year. although now that i think abt it, i think u are being sarcastic
how is that clown bosingwa worthy of a place on the bench while bertrand sits out? essien has played RB enough times before so we dont have LB cover in the bench,
Our scout Guy Hillion said that he has scouted Hazard a number of times and has given 100% positive report each time. Looks like he's a target allright but the club is stalling to look at cheaper alternatives i.e Adam Johnson, Willian etc
the scouting system is not useless or anything. scouts like guy hillion and piet de vissier(spell check) are good scouts. its the way the club go about the transfers. look at the kdb transfer, avb did not particularly want to sign kdb but was forced to because of "club policy". that is where we are getting it wrong. the manager should get free control over signing players. he will have the best idea on how to incorporate players in to the team.
spare us your "this is not how football shud be played" speech. defending is criminally underrated. football is not just abt attacking. defenders are almost never given enough recognition. when has a defender won the world pplayer of the year award? (except Cannavaro - Who wouldn't win it if Italy hadn't won the WC - there have been NONE) Chelsea executed their gameplan well and given how good barca are sittin back and countering is the only way to play them.