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I would hate to see Courtois leave but I really can see Barca willing to spend big on him to get him. I would not be surprised if they offered around £30m for him and I am sure our board would find it hard to resist an offer like that. It works both ways as it would be good business but on the other hand you are losing a GK talent who is up there amongst the best already and could be our no.1 keeper for the next 2 decades. Will be interesting for sure.

Mata's goalscoring record since joining has been brilliant since joining us. Despite not hitting the net yet he is probably the best scoring attacker in our attacking midfield. Mata got around 20 goals last season.

We don't need him. He scored tons of goals last season but he does not suit our style and he is not an out and out centre forward. A no go for us.

Look, Cole is a better defender but not a superior defender as Baines is not a weak link in defence. He just loves going forward but is superiority going forward outweighs Cole's better defensive ability. As a fullback it is good to defend but in the game nowadays the fullbacks get forward much more and it is an added bonus. England would be much more of a threat with Baines in the team. I cannot even recall that much games where I would say Baines was a weak link in defence. Cole was the best LB in the prem if not the world but now I reckon it is time that he gets replaced by both club and country imho.

Yeah but this has nothing do with Lukaku. We already know he is a top talent but at 18 years old Lukaku never could get a start at us. Januzaj was obviously considered good enough to start in a key game for United which shows he obviously has a lot of quality. LOL and Oscar has proved a quality addition to our team, that makes no sense. What Januzaj done was exceptional. Clear talent and I don't think no one is overrating him. Moyes clearly sees the quality hence why he is starting him, considering the fact that he is not actually playing because others are injured, it is because he is playing on what Moyes has seen of him.

Fully agree about Cole but Shaw is not going nowhere in January and possibly next summer as well. Southampton have no need to sell. They are doing well financially. There chairman, Cortense is highly ambitious and Shaw signed a five year contract not too long ago and Southampton are a club looking to reach Europe. Shaw is getting regular football there. Something he will not get if he moves here but I would love to see him here as our LB in a few years.

He won most duels and was excellent in his anticipation and creating attacks for us. I really do not remember a time where he actually exposed us. I thought Cole was average once again. Gets skinned by players far too often and is very fragile. Just look at the first half when Snodgrass easily bullied him off the ball and skinned him but thankfully Cech made a good save. No denying we deserved the win but we rode our luck as when we went with the 3 man defence they had many counter attacks they culd just not take advantage of. Result even more sweeter now that we narrowed the gap on Arsenal and we got Cardiff next at home. On Mata, not his strongest game but he was not poor. He displayed some fantastic ranges of passing and just needs regular starts to be back to his full best.

Oscar MOTM for me. Luiz was also a rock at the back as well!

We will use him. Big season ahead and if he can score goals like that changes the game I am not complaining.

That is why

This is a time we really can do with Hazard on the pitch. Wake up Mourinho ffs!

Don't get you. Lukaku is 20 while Januzaj is 18......

While we all may agree and disagree on his loan at least we know one thing. That we have one of the potential best complete strikers in the world in Lukaku, no doubt about that and hopefully we have years ahead to watch him play at Stamford Bridge.

Overrated my ass. Does that at 18 years old and 2 excellent taken goals. Can only give the lad credit. Clear he is going to be some player!

He was not much more of a handful than Lukaku was today. Also what was the main thing that was missing? A goal. My point is when we play City none of our strikers do any better than him, especially when playing at City's ground. Our strikers are isolated most games we play against them and if anything Lukaku should be happy with what he done today.

First half he was an absolute handful but second half faded and is general passing throughout the match was poor but let me ask you something. Everytime we have been to the Etihad as there been one striker for us in recent seasons who done better than what Lukaku done today? I don't think so. He was playing against a very good team and overall he can be happy with his performance. Never easy against City. But to say his performance is a reminder of why he needed to go out on loan I totally disagree with. I agree that he was not excellent but certainly was not poor. There are not many strikers who even score at the Etihad besides put in a better performance than Lukaku. RVP and Rooney come to mind but not many I can name so I don't agree to use his general performance today as a general reason why we should have loaned him out.

I use to think your comments were actually sensible but you seem to be splurting out absurd stuff. Enough chances? Only sub apperances and about 1 start in the league his first season and take the fact that he was bloody 18 and obviously was no way near ready then. Be serious please.

They finished 6th last season. Not quite midtable and I really think they are a contender for top 4 this season

Well we can only judge that if he is given a PROPER chance and not just short cameos.

Drogba against Arsenal in almost every game

4 goals in 3 PL games already

He started more games for United the following season than he played at Sunderland. According to he ESPN statistics he started 23 PL games for United that following season after his loan while he was a sub/rested 7 times with the rest probably being through injury so he clearly was an important player for them. SAF integrated him into the team and he reaped the benefits because he was playing with better players and since that he has gradually become a better player. That is why while Lukaku will get goals on loan, playing for us would have done him good because he is around better players and would only get better and he would learn from his mistakes. But he came back here and could not get a start in 4 competitive fixtures so he obviously wanted to go out on loan which he thought was best for him. I am just disappointed that he never got a real chance to show what he could do this season at us. But I am confident that Mourinho sees Lukaku as an eventual key player for us in the oncoming seasons. I hope so anyway.

I think you are confusing Di Maria with Ozil. Di Maria loves to dribble with the ball and take on players. Also Mata and Oscar does not dribble that much, especially not compared to Di Maria. Di Maria is like Hazard IMO as they always look to take on players, cut inside, sometimes look for the killer pass but Hazard is right footed and Di Maria left footed. But yes, you have definitely got Ozil confused with Di Maria even though he actually does like to dribble.

He got into double figures the following season and while he has not scored much recently he is actually a good player. But what I am saying is our strikers are actually no better than Lukaku. Anyway he is not coming back for this season so will just have to support him on at Everton and hope our strikers hit form while he is on loan once again.

This. I hate how people believe he cannot hit it at us just because he scores at inferior teams and there is theory that he will struggle at us because teams defend deep. Look when Welbeck was loaned out to Sunderland 3 seasons ago. He done well in that season and only got 6 goals that season before he got injured but clearly done enough to convince Fergie to make him part of his plans the following season and he became an integral part of United's team, getting into double figures. I am sure teams defend deep against United right? Yet did that stop Welbeck from scoring? No. I hope he has another excellent season at Everton but he really should be here. Compare what Lukaku done at WBA and what Welbeck done at Sunderland. Lukaku scored much more and there would be no doubt once in his stride he would get goals here.