Leif

All of us watching the youth games thought Musonda, Boga, Chalobah & Solanke would break through first. Evidently not.

& half a heart

This guy has 1 lung

I want to commit murder

His body is perfectly built, I don't know how he finds time to build his chest like he has. He's a freak next to everyone else -

There's being polite, but then there's being so nice that you have to be lying. ^^

Even with money it's a stupid move. What will extra money get him? He has his cars, he has enough money to live in the most beautiful homes for the rest of his life, his family too. There is nothing that will suddenly be attainable by increasing your wages by a few million per year when you're already on a handful of millions. It changes nothing, nothing at all, everything is already paid for. So if it's motivated by money, it's stupid. If it's motivated by something other than money, then what on earth is that, because it feels pretty stupid too.

Conte's respect isn't overdue. He's had only 3 seasons managing a top team in a top league. Pep, Mourinho, & Wenger, all have 10+ years of proof that they can manage the top teams in top leagues. Conte hasn't been around long enough to 'finally' get credit, he hasn't even been balling in the same league as the others. Whenever the abstract respect comes it'll be right on time. This here is his first chance to earn his respect outside of Italy. There is nothing overdue. He still has it all to prove.

Costa is essentially the player Grant Holt was for Norwich. That's to say we'd get the same results with Holt from that time in our team now.

If Moses practiced the 20/80 principle we'd never lose with him in the side

Why not just copy Juve's 4-3-3 regista lineup? Put Fabregas in the Pirlo hole in front of the defenders, then have 2 midfield destroyers in front of him, Kante + Friend, just like Vidal & Marchisio were the legs that protected the slow geezer with impeccable passing (exactly our own scenario). The crucial player would be whoever partners Kante & protects Fabregas, because he needs to defend for the latter and make up for the lack of passing ability in the former.* Our usual Hazard/Willian wings + a striker who's actually motivated every game, boom, not the best on paper but perhaps the best on the field. *On paper Oscar fills this role perfectly. On an actual field however, he does not. So it won't be him. Fabregas has no right to play any farther forward with his lack of legs, and he has no right playing in just a 2-man midfield with his lack of agility coupled with his priority to look out passes instead of intercepting them. He simply needs to be in a 3 man midfield and i think it'd work best how Juve did things.

they don't have the best education system in Brazil, don't blame them

The amount of hype he had one summer was crazy. It was like Essien had been put in a time machine according to whoever was linked with him

His fee isn't even a talking point. When you sell to your biggest rival, obviously inflation occurs. If he wasn't sold to Juve his fee would've been more 'normal'. This is normal though.

With the amount he goes forward we'd better have someone astute covering from behind. He's a battering ram who runs runs runs. Runs into people to disposes them, then keeps running forward before getting back in position. He looks fine, just wondering who'd partner him in theory. He dribbles a lot in his own box too. Very in his head sometimes. Luiz?

I'd sooner go for Rugani or Romagnoli. I think the latter especially under Conte could become a top 5 defender. Failing that, Sven van Beek is like Bonucci on drugs. Now I'm wondering how much Marquinhos would cost, he'd fit in well here too. We should be chasing players who fit our ideal style, not players who're simply available. Kalidou here is a lump who lumps the ball. Or like others have said, just bring back Christensen.

If he doesn't already have that risk, Leicester aren't investing enough in competition for places, which is just another reason to leave on a high instead of watching his team crumble.

Higuain already has his house in Turin, he'll be announced as Juve's player before Wednesday apparently. Again apparently, the Higuain signing is simply a sign to the rest of the footballing world from Juve that they're a top 5 financial powerhouse to be reckoned with. Considering they're paying the fee over 2 seasons, it's totally doable for them. They may try and keep Pogba now. I hope so. It'd show they're bigger than United in this era of football. On the other hand, we'll hear all about United being oh so great and their revival should Pogba return there. On that note, Juve are having by far the best summer. Who else would go out and get Dani Alves, Pjanic & Higuain? It makes our moves look laughable.

This is an emotional gush-fest, i just watched his header vs. Munich again. Better ability in the air, higher work rate, more strength, more accurate & powerful long-shots & better leadership qualities than all the following players who truly seem to be deemed better than him - Henry, C. Ronaldo, M. van Basten, Eto'o, Suarez, Batistuta, Inzaghi, Bergkamp, Ibrahimovic, Shearer, Del Piero, Baggio, Messi, Maradona, Pele, Romario, Raul, Cantona. None of them exceeded beyond Drogba's talents in any of those categories. Imagine any of those players being your captain too. The team wouldn't fulfill its potential, because they're weak in the lungs, brain and heart by comparison. Most of the players I mentioned had better finishing qualities & 'technique', I'll concede that, but they did not score more crucial goals, or assist big moments. Not at all. None of those players pushed their starting 11 to be a starting 22 like Drogba did. The only other thing they have on him is more rabonas. Oh, then consider the fact that beside Eto'o up there, the national teams these guys were playing with & improving with were France, Portugal, Holland, Uruguay, Argentina, Italy, Sweden, England, Spain, Brazil. The drop of quality when you turn up to the Ivory Coast training centers would be so evident. It makes him even greater.

I wish I realised how great he was before he left. I only know now he's my favourite striker of all time. He has it all. No other striker has had it 'all' like Drogba. He can do everything from playing as centre back, to touching the ball soft like Zola, to hammering in screamers from 40 yards & to launching bullet-headers that go through the net. Nobody else.

Well it really should be as simple as, Napoli stating their price, us either matching that, negotiating once, or walking away. Negotiating over and over again is futile, offering a lower fee than the one stated is futile, and standing twiddling our thumbs waiting for movement on their end before continuing movement on our end is futile. I think we've just done all of the last 3. Why?

I'm bitter that we're not good enough for you. Try the forum section of the official Chelsea website, that's where you'll find the locals. If you expect politeness from them though, heh.

You can find a lot of really good niche forums on here that only focus specifically on the topic you search for, such as Chelsea or whatever. It's my alternative - http://nobrain.dk. / mylazysundays.com

With Boga at Granada and Charly at Real Betis (in Seville), I might spend 3 months on the Costa del Sol pinging back and forth between games of theirs. The 2 cities has only Malaga between them. It'd be a good memory, especially if one or both actually go on to make it as household names.

OR we could be that fucking daring and sign Vidal & Dybala, or some other players that were actually just as integral to Juve's success over the past few years but didn't have the top notch marketing & abs of Pogba