Belgiannutt

I find it difficult to really have an opinion on this whole Lukaku business. A lot of people are slamming the board or slamming Lukaku based on assumptions they're making. I prefer to wait until (IF) the move actually happens and i know who it was that pushed for the move. If Lukaku wants to leave then you can't really blame Mourinho or the board for selling him. If Mourinho doesn't rate Lukaku and wants to sell him then you can't blame Lukaku for moving to another club. Honestly i'm okay with whatever happens. If Lukaka goes to another club then that means he either didn't wanna fight for his spot or that Mourinho didn't rate Lukaku. If he stays then that means Lukaku wants to fight for his spot and that Mourinho rates him.

Why would we want him to only go to an english team if the switch was permanent ? That doesn't really make a lot of sense. If we were to put any limitations on a permanent move wouldn't it make more sense to do the opposite ? Have him join a foreign team rather then an english one ?

Jerking each other ? People are criticising Torres for the miss and having a laugh. Trust me the people laughing are doing it so they can hold back the tears cause those people realise that we're going to have another year of watching this guy walking around in a Chelsea shirt doing all kinds of embarrassing stuff. Well any role that has little or no playing time is a good role for Torres so i agree he'll be excellent at it. Too bad about the 185 k we'll have to pay him each week.

Given your dislike for techno music i'd mute this one. And scoutnation video again.

Not really in depth but here's a video of Costa vs Real with english commentary. No music. Really shows his fightermentality and his clever off the ball movement, I think the scoutnation video is also a pretty good video. He really seems like a handfull for central defenders. clever runs, extremely alert and he doesn't shy away from a physical battle.

Anyone tried throwing some salt on him ? That might do the trick.

Seriously ? Players are okay with that ? What the hell.

Hmm don't think we'll see this one. If we're going to play with 2 strikers it's probably going to be the 3-5-2 we played last season at times. Courtois Azpi Terry Cahill Willian Matic Luis Cesc Hazard Costa Drogba

Because they can

They are better in terms of the quality talents they have. (and yes better facilities) Chelsea are a bigger club and has more pull when it comes to young talents. Take Musonda for example left Anderlecht for Chelsea. The level of our youth academy is better then that off anderlecht or any Belgian youth academy. Like i said before the reason why our output is lower is because the quality required to get into the first team here is a lot higher then that of Anderlecht. Players like Boga for example would get their shot in the first team for Anderlecht while here he would only be our 5th or 6th choice AM (he'll probably go out on loan though)

Oh come on that's not true at all. English youth academies are better then the Belgian and dutch youth academies. It's just more difficult as a youth player to breakthrough in the PL then it is in the Belgian or Dutch league. There's a clear difference in the quality required to get a starting spot. The problem english top clubs face is that the difference between their youth academies and their first team is too big.

Sorry mate but i'm not in to that.

He IS a legend and after this season he'll be a coach. Don't get what your problem is ?

Good point didn't even think of that.

What sponsorship deals are you talking about ?

No they won't. Let's do the math here. 15 % off £60 is £9. So for every jersey they sell they only get £9. He cost £63 million. 63 million divided by 9 is 7 million. So they would have to sell 7 million James Rodriguez jerseys to cover his transfer fee. Real Madrid's total jerseys sold last year was 1.4 million.

You think so ? I don't know he looked good in preseason and i rate him more then i do Romeu and Mikel. Also Mikel and Romeu are very similar players while Van Ginkel offers something different. I think it's gonna be between Romeu and Mikel. I first posted the second player leaving to be either Torres or Lukaku but wouldn't getting rid of Lukaku mess with our HG quota ? The fact that he counts as HG means that we need him right ? So that would just leave Torres.

2 players need to leave : 1) Romeu or Mikel 2) Torres

Ehh, didn't he complete the most dribbles in the PL ?

Oh come on, Hazard frequently tries to lay the ball off to someone and play the one-two. A lot of the times he either gets completely ignored or the backpass just isn't good enough.

Yeah true but i don't think it's a very smart decision to buy a player based only on his world cup performance. I mean what was it 5 games ? This is something that seems to happen every WC. For some reason when a player has a great WC or a poor one, everything that player has done seems to be completely ignored and the only thing remaining is his WC performance. Honestly it's hilarious how some people actually thing Rodriguez is better then Hazard or even as good as him. I feel bad for this James Rodriguez lad. He's gonna be at real with a massive amount of pressure on him to perform as he did in the WC. If he doesn't perform immediately he'll just be cast aside like Isco is now. It's just ridiculous.

That's because Mourinho's 3-5-2 is gung-ho. It's a winner takes all kinda tactic. We either score and take the momentum or concede and lose the game.

Don't really get why you think that. Why else would we have bought Filipe Luis ? If Mourinho was happy with the way it was don't you think he would have just kept Azpi and Ivanovic as his first choice fullbacks ? The fact that he bought Filipe Luis seems to be a clear indication (to me atleast) that he wants something different from that left back position then what he got from Azpi.

Think you're forgetting the fact that last season Ivanovic was constantly allowed to move forward and join the attack, even against the top teams. It makes sense that Filipe Luis would take over that role on the opposite side and Azpi then coming in on the right and taking a similar (defensive) role as he did on the left last season. We'll probably see Terry moving to the right CB position aswell so he can still get the extra protection from his closest fullback.

No lineup yet ?