Leif

Best striker in the world (if you discount Messi) from the best league in the world as proven this week.

Subotic >>> Luiz >>> Hummels (in general, currently, IMO) For our club - Luiz >>> Hummels >>> Subotic

If Dortmund reach the final it's something incredible for football. You have to admire their club. I believe they have 7 Germans on the field at the moment (unless I'm shit at maths). Good for them. Gotze is a dickhead for leaving though I must add and Lew too if he's pushed the move to Bayern at all. They could have created a dynasty.

DAT HIGUAIN WORKRATE

I just laughed harder than I should. You bastard

Alonso is the most handsome footballer in the history of football. I envy him.

I actually think he's a better passer than Xavi. Xavi will always complete more passes and make more passes in general, but the amount of accurate long-balls, long-passes, switches of play etc. which Benat often does far surpasses that of Xavi. Only Xabi Alonso has the same range from what I've seen.

This guy is a leader (not Terry-esque, but a leader nonetheless) which is what our defence really needs. Pepe plays better when Ramos is partnered with him at centre-back as opposed to his original right-back position. This makes me feel that either Ramos makes the players around him better, or he does actually have decent leadership and communication qualities. I get the feeling the same would happen with Luiz; a young(er) leader beside him with more stamina and agility than our ageing Terry would probably do him the world of good. Luiz - Ramos would be quite an attack-minded centre-back pairing, but a very scary one for the opposition too. Ramos loves scoring from set-pieces while Luiz loves taking set-pieces (which he seems to be improving at game by game.) Sure, we'd all love a playmaker to be deployed deep, which is why as soon as "Jose will bring a Madrid player with him to Stamford Bridge" popped up almost everyone thought "Modric", but even if that deep position is a concern, I've had fears for a very long time about our defence and Ramos would go a long way to lowering my fears and tightening up our defence-play in general.

Looking at this from a neutral view and pretending he bit someone else not associated with Chelsea, all I've been thinking is the following:- He was found guilty (if I remember correctly) for racial abuse towards Evra. The F.A. are clear that they have NO TOLERANCE towards racism. He's now clearly been found guilty due to undeniable video proof from several angles that he's committed assault on a fellow professional. The F.A. are clear that they have NO TOLERANCE towards abuse & assault. So my question is; If the F.A. have 'No Tolerance' like they claim, why is he just getting a slap on the wrist and a 12-game ban? I assume Liverpool will still pay him his wages throughout that time unless they specifically try and make an example out of him to try and prevent their club's image from falling any further, meaning he'll basically be getting an extended holiday!! After 2 high-profile incidents in this league already and the Premier League clearly slowing down in terms of quality and being quickly caught up by the Bundesliga, surely, as harsh as this may sound, Liverpool should be forced to either sell Suarez to another league or release him from his contract? He is single handedly bringing down the league with; 1: Racism. 2: Assault. 3: His well documented diving. (Oh, and a few deliberate hand-balls along the way.) That would be 'No Tolerance' and prevent other players from doing as he does as it would cut-short their time in the most watched league in world football. As we all know, I guess the F.A. are just a joke, aren't they?

This message is encouraging, definitely. The last 2 or so days I (with the help of my mum) have been spending hours looking at houses (online), making plans, finding out where it would be best to be located etc, and it surprises me that it looks like it's actually about to get done. I thought this would end up being a 'wish' of mine to move which would never materialise. We're getting the train down to properly view houses within the next few weeks. It will feel odd moving, considering the house I live in won't be topped at all by anything in our price range, but in the long run it should be worth it. I'm currently looking at a place with a "shag pad" (or in other words, a small wooden building in the garden) just in case I get any cute Kent lady friends Anyway I turn 18 in June! Celebrating it by hitting a few CoffeeShops in Amsterdam

That sounds like Dragonball Z music

Sanchez is an absolute spitting image of my cousin. Cool fact. (Or a shit fact, rather.)

Alba is now a player I despise more than any other.

So we're either getting a huge Bayern - Dortmund rivalry in the final (less likely) which will be fueled even more by the Gotze transfer, or Bayern - Madrid, clearly the 2 best clubs in world football at the moment (in my opinion, anyway). I'm happy with that! Incredible how many finals and semi-finals Bayern make these days.

Messi is surely only still on the pitch because of his name. I've always thought Tito was a crap coach. Tonight confirms it.

So... Muller is probably going to go down as a Bayern legend, isn't he?

hahahahahahaha. hope Iniesta cries himself to sleep tonight with Jordi Alba drinking his problems away.

THATS OUR BOY!

I just ate some Basel with my dinner, and my prediction is that our players will eat these Basel players in a very similar manor.

I have to say, Feruz doesn't excite me as much as he initially did. He's become really wasteful, and opportunities to score look like they're becoming hard to come by, which is more down to the wingers. To get the most out of him and to get him firing again, I'd try lining up the attack like this next season: Feruz; Cuevas*, Boga, Quintero* That will give him proper wingers to work with on their good feet, with Boga doing the business through the centre and not being wasted out left like has been happening recently. *This is assuming they get slotted into the same squad. This would also be good for Musonda (the good one ) as he'll have top players around him. He can rotate with Boga. I think, on paper, that would be the strongest attack in the country, with these young players even better than some 21 year olds at 'youth' level! The players I've mentioned there also prefer to play crosses along the ground which is better for Feruz considering he's 5'4". Kiwomya is always floating in crosses far too high, as does Boga when out wide.

Wrong thread.. again.

Forgot Messi's playing. Heh.

I have to give more credit to Dante than Muller for the goal, if of course he actually meant to head it to Muller. Amazing awareness and decision-making.

FINALLY some action!

Just watched all his goals from 2010 up until now. One thing which is evident is that he often tries to do too much, kinda like Torres. Too many swerves, touches, turns etc. He seems to be at his best when, like Torres, he breaks the offside trap and just has the 'keeper to deal with. I think he'd be an upgrade over Torres though. He seems mentally strong, even if he has choked a few times. (No that's not a joke about him being gay(?)). His link-up play is better than Torres, his finishing is probably equal, but his positioning and awareness is leaps and bounds better than anyone we have at the club. Gomez/Torres/Ba/Lukaku (maybe) does look tasty even if history suggests he'll 'flop'.