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Fuck the ref what a prick, it only the CS. It was not masisve intent to hurt him and Savic was the last man and deliberately fouled him

Exactly if United and City have llike four quality strikers then why don't we add another quality striker. Torres knows he is at a top club, he has not been consistent and we have every right to buy another WC striker. The people who back Torres are same ones who criticize Sturridge which annoys me

Looks like a 3-4-1-2 lineup for City. Turning to Italian style of play for Mancini looks like. I reckon we definitely can exploit the wide areas especially on the RW, where Ramires is very useful

On paper IMO having only Torres and Sturridge as recognised strikers looks worrying for us. However I do expect us to buy, if we don't there are other alternatives. Maybe not as fluid play as Barca but a 4-3-3 style playing Hazard in same role as Messi. Hazard said himself he could see himself doing this in the future, the role as a trequartista and I reckon he could do well in a shift here. He played the same role for Belgium against England and maybe RDM has this consideration up his sleeve

This would be a perfect game for Sturridge to come on in the CF role and show what he can do if Torres gets subbed. He says he wants to play here and maybe he has a point.

Are you serious or being sarcastic?

We don't need that pressure on him just yet. Most of us have only seen him in the olympics, it is a big fee for a youngster yes but the Premier League is a total different propisition where your decisions need to be quicker and wiser and much more physical. Exerting pressure on him will put him under pressure. But I agree with you, he looks very talented player but we havent seen any of him in the PL yet

Hopefully, I still remember when he scored 2 goals for the NT when he was at 16, thought he was going to be a WC striker, I still am hopeful for him

Wigan will do their best to try make sure we don't complete the move for Moses before we play them

Sad thing is that when Lukaku was at Anderlecht he was a first team starter for the national team

Well it didnt quite work out at Swansea and just look at the case of Bertrand who spent a period in the Championship. The idea that Josh is going to be our next star and pushing too far with him etc looking for solely premiership clubs is maybe pressuring him. He is still young and the Championship would be good for him to get some good first team action and improve. The league is quite competitive and he would get more game time there

Agreed, like a few seasons ago at this stage most people would of laughed their heads of if you said Tevez and Mascherano would be joining West Ham and what happened on the last night of transfer deadline

Bright future and a lot of people on paper may think, guaranteed starter because he is an £18m player coming from Chelsea to West Brom but Long and Odemwingie IMO still may sometimes be Clarke's preferred starting strikers. That will really piss me of though, because I know he can get starts at many other premier league teams. Anyway Steve Clarke hopefully believes Lukaku will be a vital addition to his squad this upcoming season. But considering Long's injury problems and Odemwingie's uncertain future hopefully he has a very successful season there and has mentioned already I hope he is not in the same scenario as Kakuta where he is looked to be loaned out season after season

I wouldnt mind Lukaku going to a premierleague club if he is going to get games every week but I still think he is capable of going on loan to a European team who are competing in either the Champions League/Europa League as well. Maybe it would be more beneficial that he stays within the premier league but I look at most of the Premier League teams and I am surprised that Sunderland have not been mentioned. They are crying out for a striker and he would be ideal down there

Have you also heard of the likes of Borini, Sinclair and so much others who you would of said the same thing. IMO as the years go on Kane will develop well but like the rest we have released or sold, I think he will end up moving on

Don't no anything about this guy tbh but find it harsh that now it seems Kane will be overlooked for the future. He is a decent RB who I thought had a bright future at us, considering he travelled with the squad to the US. Him and Wallace are the same age so I gues sthat means Kane won't ever make it as future RB

Yes, returned to training yesterday. Spain were knocked out olympics early lucky for us

Moses is younger than Kalou as well and watching the two player in a few years Moses will be a much better player than Kalou and Moses certainly impressed against the big teams last season

So Whelan confirms Moses wants to join us and he will not stand in his way, good for him. This signifies to me RDM will not buy a striker until January if not the whole season and therefore we will see Sturridge more centrally this season and Moses perhaps replacing him on the wings. Hope he will turn out to be a success here if the move finalises. As he develops he can have the full package if he lives up to it, pace, trickery, strength and hopefully more goals

Watching how we have shaped up pre-season I am definitely in favour of a move for Moses for a different dimension. Ramires is one of my favourites but sometimes is useless on the RW unless we are counter-attacking. He is very direct and can play both wings wnd judging by the amount of fixtures and injuries we may pick up, he would be a useful addition. Not only that, after N'Zogbia left he took over the main man role there and was brilliant and at a team like us surrounded by better players he may not play as much but he will definitely improve as a player IMO

That is why it is labelled "wishlist" mate. I doubt he would come here but it doesnt stop me wanting to see him here. Dortmund recently said they would consider if it was a very good offer, United have heavily been linked with him

2 goals for Dortmund in their 60 min tournament today. What a quality striker he is, sure he is going to be banging in the goals for fun again this season. Would love to see him at the Bridge

I don't think you have seen what I have posted then. "Three games lost in a row, does this look good going into the season, NO. Remember just before beginning of 10/11 we lost three consecutive friendlies against Ajax, Frankfurt and Hamburg. Oh, the guess what, we had the community shield a week later against Man United. What was the score, 3-1 United. Did we go on to win anything that season? No we did not, so we can't just ignore pre-season games, judging by what I have seen a lot of work needs to be done and as shown in previous years as I have mentioned, we need to look at these games and see where we went wrong. Because judging by our defence pre-season, even against the likes of Seattle was appalling and imagine against the likes of Silva, Tevez and Aguero. Hope we improve starting from next week"

Look at my previous posts mate. 10/11 and we lost CS and finished trophyless

I am fucking pissed off with the result have to admit. Regardless that it is a pre-season game we are the Champions League winners, fielded a very strong team and would like to see some pride at least for god sake. Three games lost in a row, does this look good going into the season, NO. Remember just before beginning of 10/11 we lost three consecutive friendlies against Ajax, Frankfurt and Hamburg. Oh, the guess what, we had the community shield a week later against Man United. What was the score, 3-1 United. Did we go on to win anything that season? No we did not, so we can't just ignore pre-season games, judging by what I have seen a lot of work needs to be done and as shown in previous years as I have mentioned, we need to look at these games and see where we went wrong. Because judging by our defence pre-season, even against the likes of Seattle was appalling and jsut imagine against the likes of Silva, Tevez and Aguero. Hope we improve starting from next week