BlueLyon

''significance of Thiago at munich and his greatness'' By that you mean him being injured there all the time or what? You seriously missunderstand potential and actual displays on pitch through career. Only flaw Cesc has is his inability to perform on top in big games, elsewhere he is better player, until Thiago actualy completes season without spending 6 months on sidelines.

Obviously not, but everyone will want Reus. If we miss on him and Schurrle wont improve, both are interesting options. Cuadrado is fantastic dribbler and Turan is quite some leader in attack, something we lack. He knows how to dictate tempo, only Hazard, Costa and Matic did that for us in big games this season. Also Arda and Cuadrado have tons of stamina and are work horses. Something Mou appreciates alot. That said, if Schurrle improves, we obviously wont even need another winger, not even Reus. But I have my doubts over Schurrle as his allround play is quite poor and his tracking back is terrible. Neither is he inteligent as Turan, Reus or Cuadrado in attack.

Carvajal, Azpi, Moreno, Gaya, Bernat, Alba. Spain has shitload of quality fullbacks for next 10 years. It will be interesting which two make biggest legacy there.

If not him, there are always alternatives like Turan, Cuadrado,...

I dont get why the hell we have 20-23 years old 5th choice AM, who needs playtime more than anything else and when he actualy comes in play, he cant offer almost nothing because he has no form, no play time and no experience or whatsoever. I understand if there was youth project and Salah (or whoever) was part of future, but I dont see Salah anywhere near first 11. We will probably buy 5 more AMs if required before giving Salah a real chance. Neither is he homegrown to fill that quota. I must say, I have nothing against Salah, but its plain waste of his potential and space in squad to have him here. An experienced, 30 years old proven AM who is ready to get a game once in a month would be better choice in those games, because he has experience how to act. Not to mention such player can help defence and attack better in crucial game, rather than someone like Salah who wouldnt even know what to do in those situations.

I didnt say we should sign Pogba, but that I think if we sign another CM, it will be Pogba. And if that happens and why, I leave that to Mou.

Lol. We just signed Cesc and people already talk about his replacement. Not to mention, Oscar just signed extension. If we sign another midfielder, it will be someone like Pogba IMO.

IF we get one of Reus, Bale, I will be more than happy. We dont even need both.

Would be nice to get back to get big win, like 3:0 or 4:0, but I can see quite opposite. Their GK will have game of his life and we will concede from stupid counter attack, then rescuing points in last 10 minutes. But come on, just trash them, its been too many tight wins recently for us, we need to get the job done early.

I know, my point was that even if we get Ibra, he will be past it and not the real Ibra of last 10 years. But yeah, would be interesting to see him at SB, indeed.

Heard he also started playing poker. I want from our defenders 100% commitment and Pique isnt that. Hopefuly we dont sign him; Hummels, Godin, Varane, Laporte,...all would be more promising here.

I wouldnt go that far into injuries, BVB is slowly reminding me of Arsenal. You just cant have 5 players injured all the time, come on. Its not just players, but also club. They rush them back too soon and thats why Reus, Hummels, Piszcek, Kuba, Subotic, Gundogan, Bender get injured all the time. Im sure if Reus comes here, he might be injured sometimes, but certainly not as many times as he is now.

Even if he does, he will be aged 35 or sth, a pointless signing realy. Drogba is at least our legend.

No. Van Gaal is one who fucked up, he spent 150m on attack, while ignored defence. And he bought players like Falcao, Shaw, Rojo who are completely unnecessary. I bet my head Jose would improve that team much more if he had 150m to spend. Van Gaal, despite being good manager was simply terrible in summer market.

If Reus actualy goes to Real, Bale would actualy be possible. But not for less than 60m, and I dont think Mou would pay that.

Eva's number maybe?

I think that also depends if there will be certain player available in january for decent price. Mou might buy him then. If not, he will buy one in summer when prices drop.

Nothing with rumours realy, but I just wanted to point out that Bernat is certainly one of most underrated signings of summer. He was brilliant for Bayern, improving every game and very tacticaly sound. To say, he is just 20 and already broke into bayern lineup after few months... We are stacked with full backs, but he realy impressed me at bayern, shame we didnt try to get him for 10mio only.

As fullback, maybe. But as a player, he has a long way to go. Lahm is also great at passing, vision and ball control, better than most midfielders. Azpi, I think will never have such control on ball, but he can become world class FB (if he isnt one already).

I like him but I would love to see more from his shooting...his goals against stoke, sparta, manchester etc...cant wait for him to start shoting with more power and precision.

That said, Azpi didnt play single game in CL yet (this season)! It will be interesting when we enter final stages, who will Jose prefer; Azpi or Luis... I think this is very difficult decision, because all three are quality FBs and each has its own advantages, as well disadvantages.

If we fuck up, it will be our fault. That said, there is still long way and lot of work to do to win title in the end.

I like him, but like said before he isnt big game player and cant realy control game under pressure. This is where Modric is better. But Cesc has better vision and chance creation, resulting in more assists. But when big game comes, you would prefer Modric instead. And physicality should be no excuse. Modric or Iniesta are smaller, but they put more work, running and have better ball control under pressure than Cesc. Cesc problem is mentality, and he has worse balance and field vision when under pressure than Modric, Pirlo or Iniesta...

If any, Pogba would be my pick. He is basicaly young Yaya 2.0

We are unbelievably bad with possession under pressure and I dont understand why we give opponent so much time and space when we are only one up? Its not like Pool forced us, but we just let them to attack, jesus... Where the fuck was Cesc in this game? Terrible performance, he just walked all game and did nothing to control the midfield. On bright side, Matic was world class, several players did fantastic at tracking back. We won against pool. But then again, this could backfire again, that penalty was luck for us and we could easily draw again because of these terrible tactics...and again, we are so shit when we are under pressure. Cant pass; apart from Matic, Costa and Hazard, no one can step on the ball and set tempo. Cesc is awful and everyone just kicking ball away from our goal.. imagine when we play Real or Bayern who are much more efficient than Liverpool, United or City... I know this wont get on forum well after win, but come on, we need to start to finish such games, not hold on one goal advantage. Mourinho, Mourinho...