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  1. I almost can 100% guarantee he will be a PSG player next season. Cavani will probably come out and state that he will like to play more games in his favoured position but he is happy to do what asked and he has no intention of leaving. The fact that he still has 21 goals despite playing numerous games out wide shows how good of a player he is. Just imagine where we would be with him in our team. But too valuable for PSG to sell. Not going to happen.
  2. One of the most ambidextrous players you can get. Excellent to watch. You would struggle to guess which foot he is.
  3. PSG were not much difference to us. Not belittling any of us but saying PSG was no one before their owner came is untrue and quite hypocritical. They were similar to us really. They have been in the UCL without their rich owners and have always been a big team in France. Like us though, since we have got rich owners it has improved our success on the field. Nice way to put it. We are just throwing stones in glassed houses if we criticise each other's history. Let's just talk about the game.
  4. I hope you done the same when Luiz took those long shots against Fulham and Basel last season
  5. Would not make sense for him to join Real unless he wants to enjoy the nice weather out there. Like the situation here, he will be playing second fiddle to Marcelo.
  6. What a potential title winning save he just made! Saves like that might prove the difference between whether Atletico win the title or not. Fantastic save!
  7. It could have been worse but I don't really see it as a positive as City have gained a point over us and now are only 2 points behind with 2 games in had over us.
  8. While it is good to see him having another season of goals and developing well it is also reasonable to say that loaning him out as proved to be our downfall in probably falling short of the title. Lukaku would of made up for our strikers profligacy in front of goal in many matches this season. Today is just one of a few. But there has been Stoke, West Ham, West Brom and Everton and there are matches where we have just about won thanks to an individual brilliance from Hazard or other midfielders. Really frustrating to see how the lack of prolific strikers has let us down time and time again and while he would not of had as much playing time as at Everton he would of been useful at these sort of matches ahead of useless Torres. As much as Eto'o has improved and would be happy to see him stay another year, I hope it is not at the expense of Lukaku because next season Eto'o will probably naturally decline and will not be able to play on a consistent basis whereas Lukaku will be fresh, improved and a player who most importantly will get us goals.
  9. Majority of Everton fans love him and believe he has been a revelation. The minority of Everton fans will say that because he certainly does not play for himself. That is weird that they said he does not fit into their style unless they play direct as Everton like to play on the floor and most of his goals have been from counter attacking play of on the floor. Martinez is a very much possession based manager and he highlighted how important Lukaku is to Everton. Interesting read btw: http://eplindex.com/51588/chelseas-lukaku-dilemma-daniel-sturridge-redux.html
  10. They are extremely unlikely to drop points to Southampton at home. If they had to play them away can side with you but at the Etihad I reckon City will give them a roasting. Especially with Southampton's open style of play.
  11. So far yes but you are writing him off to early. He only joined them in January who have been poor all season under a tactically inept manager who is unsuitable for them. He has age on his side and when they realise they need a new manager you might just see a different Mata. I think many people believed Mata would not been an automatic solution to United's problems. They need a serious revamp first which starts from defence to central midfield and then we can start taking them seriously as title contenders again.
  12. I agree. I reckon Azpi has done enough to convince him he deserves the LB slot. I reckon we still have strong interest in Shaw but he won't be an automatic first team starter possibly if we buy him. Ivanovic has his flaws and some don't want him as the RB but I feel Mourinho wants Ivanovic as his no.1 RB next season as well. If Shaw comes I think he will have to bide his time or we possibly loan him back because even though Azpi is not a natural LB he has performed exceptionally there and defence has not been a weak point for us recently so next season I still believe with everyone fit and new signings our preferred four will be Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry and Azpi.
  13. He is 20 and might have areas of improvement but we have the chance of winning the league this season with strikers who are inferior to Lukaku IMO. Eto'o has turned up in big games but he has been rather inconsistent in many games himself. Lukaku has 12 goals in 21 starts this season and he is likely to beat his goal tally which he had for WBA last season. That is rather impressive and I believe there are many games where if he was playing he would have proved a decisive difference. People keep mentioning his flaws and as someone else pointed out, they seem to ignore his strengths. He is absolute handful for most defenders. His hold up play is not even as bad as some think. He has 6 PL assists for a reason so he has many elements to his game. In the summer he will have 2 full seasons of playing PL football. He deserves a chance. Maybe he is not ready to be first choice striker but maybe he is. His goal tally will suggest he is and he has proven he can score and make an impact in big matches as well. Every year as shown his goal tally looks to get better and I think that also helps when he has played with better teams. WBA to Everton is a better loan because Everton are a better team so surely when he is with us he will get goals. I think any world class striker who joins us may struggle. They might not but over the years the striking position apart from Drogba has not been one we have looked at with success. He is doing what ahs been asked of him which is scoring goals. Yes, his first touch, defensive awareness may need improvement but he is a striker and scores goals which is what I want and has provided assists for his teammates as well. There is a reason that Martinez described him as an "irreplaceable footballer" earlier this month and how he believes he is a complete no.9 and btw he is the manager who has been working with him this season and got Everton competing for the CL top 4 so I would be aligned to trust what he says. Just think people should give him more credit on here. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11671/9189398/premier-league-everton-boss-roberto-martinez-praises-romelu-lukaku
  14. This was how I was like when I watched MOTD highlights
  15. His form has been so good that I think regardless of whether we buy a new LB like Shaw in the summer he will still be the no.1 left back. Like Lahm who is a RB but has played a majority of his career at LB for club and country and performed brilliantly there. Can put Azpi in that category now. A very accomplished LB. Contrary to what some may think, he is also very decent at going forward on the left hand side. His stamina is second to none and has been a complete revelation this season. He is a certainty to go to the world cup for Spain. He has a good shout for being the first choice RB and will also make a good back up option at LB for Alba. Have also realized in many games that his positioning in one on one situations is excellent. Rarely gets beaten and is excelling every match. Appreciate the way BT Sport acknowledged his improvement and how good he has been this season.
  16. Another phenomenal game. 2 assists. His first tackle to win the ball back from Cazorla in the first place was magnificent and set up the brilliant counter attack goal from which Schurrle scored. His second assist for Salah was tremendous. Pirlo-esque. To spot a pass from there and execute it like that is top class. Fantastic player and the complete holding mid we have been requiring for years
  17. Perfect game for Torres to get on the scoresheet. Brilliant so far but we can be a bit more relentless if we choose to. We are biding our time. I don't want to spare no sympathy for them and want a battering!
  18. Should be a really good game. There is not much difference between from us 2 apart from they have 2 clinical strikers who will score if we slip up in the slightest but on paper we are both evenly matched. They are a much bigger force compared to the team we beat 3-0 at Paris a few years ago. Ibra against Terry should be an excellent battle though. Look forward to it. But there is something about us that when we play in the UCL I believe we can get past anyone. Just look at some of our historic matches in the past. Second leg at our ground hopefully is a bonus. Has helped us a lot of over the years. Liverpool, Barca, Gala, Napoli... and most of the times the games have been absolutely epic and thrilling to watch.
  19. Strike is right. It is Alex and Silva the preferred two. Marquinhos gets the odd game but in a big game, most times you will see Alex and Silva. Marquinhos gets a lot of game time though. He is rotated in a lot but for the game against us expect too see Silva and Alex if they are fit.
  20. IMO, that is where they are lacking recently. Last week when they edged past Spurs, they were lacking in the pace department. When Walcott is unavailable they have to rely on the flair and technical ability of their players. Pace is not a problem which we should be concerned about on Saturday unless they play Chamberlain on the wings but he is no Walcott and when Walcott is not playing Giroud is more ineffective. I see no reason as to why we can't win on Saturday. Hope Mourinho goes out positive and we beat them because they have more to fear of us than we fear of them.
  21. You can't appeal against two yellow cards so Willian is definitely unavailable.
  22. Got to disagree with you there. We went OT earlier in the season and drew 0-0. They went OT and completely destroyed them. While I agree we deserved the win at Stamford Bridge against Liverpool we were very fortunate in the fact that 2 of their key players in Gerrard and Sturridge were out injured and they should of had a clear penalty. If Gerrard and Sturridge was playing you could easily argue that the result may have been different, who knows. Liverpool will strengthen in the summer, especially with the lure of CL football and I think Rodgers has done an excellent job. He is improving them and with him in charge are going in the right direction. I think it is quite naive and oblivious to right of Liverpool looking at their fixtures and the fact that both us and City are playing Liverpool at Anfield.
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