BlueLyon

I would take Arsenal Song everyday. But he was so much mobile and dynamic few years ago. Hardly the player he was. But I guess he could do Mikel job.

He is one of the few true warriors in our team and I like him because of that. I value passion in football alot because when shit gets tough and things dont go that well, you want players like Costa in the team.

The word you are looking for is sarcasm. I thought the word ''seriously'' in second paragraph will be enough that everything before that was a joke. Lovren is a brilliant CB though, he somehow managed to convince Liverpool he is a 20m player. P.S.: thanks Kezza for such a deep explanation and that you took it this seriously

I wont get excited about any RW we bring until he proves himself. Players that come into consideration are Sterling, Griezmann, Turan, Bale, Pedro, Reus depending on situation and how much we are willing to spend.

Well I havent seen him that much, but from what I did, he has way too much talent to be DM. He is something similar to Yaya when he goes forward and dribbles. He doesnt score much though. But neither did Yaya back in Monaco days. Imbula could most probably play as DM and he did play DM in past, but I dont think thats his best position or ability. He seems to enjoy to play more with the ball rather than just destroy opponent play. And finaly, he is a talent, not finished product, I dont think he would just step in our team and boss it like Essien did. Far from that. But he has potential to be quite good. However I wouldnt buy him for holding mid here. Either use him as b2b or dont buy him at all. If we plan to sell Mikel and Ramires for some reason, we should target a top CM and Imbula as b2b. Mourinho will want someone to instantly improve us and I dont think Imbula is that guy. More like one for the future like Zouma.

I was getting a bit excited about this Barca as they play quite great football, but just remembered about that 2009 semi final again. Fuck them. I hope Juve wins just to make them cry. Pricks. But it will probably end like that euro 2012 finale between spain and italy

We should not sell him ever. If he becomes one of the best (even better than now) and we manage to keep him, it would cement our status as one of biggest teams in world. When player becomes too big for club he leaves. But no player is bigger than Real or Barca. If Hazard stays here, despite his quality, it would tell alot about how big we have become. But I have this sad feeling at one point he will move. Like CR did. Unless his love for Chelsea becomes too big. I hope for the later.

He is quite a prick tbh. Rodgers literaly gave him everything and he is turning him back like that. Not bad for us though.

No more squad rotation RWs please. Either go big or go home.

Kolo Toure-Lovren. However Blackett-McNair comes close too. Seriously, I think our defense is fine for PL for at least one more season, but in CL we wont get far with such passive defense. Two years ago, United bought RVP despite they had many strikers and needed to strenghten other areas. But they only brought RVP and he won them the league. Thats why sometimes, someone like Yaya Toure (just throwing example) could give us more than several star players.

He should come only if we sell Ramires. There is no need for two similar players who dont even have regular spot in this team. Imbula is b2b and would not replace Mikel in any sense. He is nothing similar to holding midfielder, except that he is tall and quite strong. But that doesnt make you DM right away. He can play next to Matic like he plays next to Romao in Marseille, but he cant be the lone DM next to Cesc for example. Just doesnt have the positioning sense and loves to go forward alot. Plus his talent would be massively wasted as DM unless you want Mikel 2.0.

Well I said that However in 2012, defense was no better than our current.

While Courtois is definately great gk and has potential to be even better, i doubt he will be as good as prime Cech. Cech came to chelsea in 2004 and broke record without conceding for over 1000min, he needed least games to reach 100 clean sheets and is on path to set record of most clean sheets in history of PL. He had awesome defense back then too, but to me, he still looked like more reliable and stand out player than Courtois is atm. Records aside, Cech is one of main reasons why we won CL in 2012, several PL titles and Fa cups. And Messi never scored against him. How about that. Despite he not as good as he was, if we sell him to United or Arsenal, I can bet he will make them serious title winners for next season. He is exactly the kind of gk for it. When team is deep in hell, he will pull some unbelievable saves and rescue the team.

He did well but IMO Ake is the one that should realy get the chance right now. Technicaly and intelligence wise, Ake is above Rlc atm. But by no means was RLC poor or average. He did very decent job, but his character will tell how far he will go. If he is a fighter, he can suceed here big time. If he is passive just like Mikel, then...

What if I told you that Hazard is playing shit recently because his head is already in Real Madrid?

FFS this is a clear red card. Stop comparing to that tackle on Matic. That was a red, but Cesc shot is a red too. Simple as that. You dont just shot the ball in people's heads.

If Drogba and Cech leave next season, I hope they start and get subbed of at certain point because they deserve a massive massive applause for what they did to our club.

I dont think that would be great move for him unless Jardim has serious plans with him. Atm Monaco has Silva and Carassco on wings with Moutinho behind them and I cant see Charly getting ahead of any of the three. It would be pointless to loan him only to play as sub. Im sure there is club where he has more chance to start.

People that are actualy compare Isco with Oscar based on youtube videos...I guess based on that Nani, Hulk, Quaresma etc are equaly good to Hazard just because they have great videos on youtube and do little tricks all the time. Comparing Isco with Oscar is impossible. Completely different players even if they play in #10. Isco is better in attack, Oscar is better in allround game. But you have to know we play Mourinho way and when a key game comes, he will close down and tell everyone bar Hazard to do extensive defensive work. I for one wouldnt want Isco probably not even Oscar, but someone like Koke who can do all the defending he is asked for, but still deliver what is expected from AM. Im not even sure what are you people even comparing. Who is better player (which is truly waste of time) or who suits our team better? Isco doesnt suit our team more than Oscar in any way. And yet people find Isco as someone who would be better here than Oscar based on his trickery. Well football titles are not won by trickery. You should know that. There is a factor of efficiency, presence on field, team play from individual player that help the team much more than just his dribbles and flicks and tricks. But I would somehow understand if we were barcelona. But we are not. This is Mou Chelsea, so I realy dont know how can people rate Isco over Oscar in tactical terms. I dont even think Oscar is perfect, Pogba, Koke would be much better, but Isco isnt either. There is a reason why Isco doesnt start when Madrid is fully fit and they dont win games when they are missing James, Modric and if you watched Real Madrid games, you would know that without posting silly youtube videos and stats. Isco is someone who attempts alot and thats why he is visible every game with his individual skill, but he doesnt do alot. Mourinho is all about efficiency.

Considering we already have Hazard, maybe we could add Reus or Isco but certainly not both as some pointed out (even if only wish, it would NEVER work out).And I didnt say Reus or Isco dont work. Oscar works too, but they are not in same category as Koke, Verratti, Turan because they dont have enough sheer power to do cope against certain opponents. A hint; Verratti is capable of dissposesing Matic, while Oscar or Cesc wont dissposes Yaya. Hard work has nothing with sheer power and we lack that in midfield yet people want to add someone like Isco there. In key games Costa, Ivanovic, Terry, Matic, Hazard did very good job. Cant say the same for Oscar or Cesc. Or Mata in the past. Also Mou bought Cesc and while Cesc has good vision and passing, he is average in key games and one of two reasons (other one is Oscar) why our midfield gets overrun. A key player such as Cesc shouldnt have such weaknesses because it affects whole team then. My bold prediction is that Cesc will suffer same fate as Mata in few seasons. But I hope he proves me wrong.

He is like poor man's Toure/Pogba. But IMO lacks what we would need most from those two; goals.

If Muller is realy available we should go after him ourselves for that RW spot.

AT LEAST HE CAME BACK IN STYLE. Stop complaining.

The amount of afros is too damn much in this team.

Cuadrado to the rescue