Hybrid Angel

He tops the list of the players we have had in our history at most trophies won in their career. He is only 28. He scores goals. How can I not be excited?

Really fucking good,this guy, but we're better off spending that money in a midfielder.

If I don't see Ivanovic in the starting line-up, I will ... I ... I can't even think of what I'll do when that happens. I'll just say the world will be a better place, for one week at least.

#LAD

You made me lmao hahaha

As much as I rate Willian, that is a horrendous goals per minute rate. Maybe him playing right-back most of the time has something to do with that?

Agree. Signing him if we're gonna end up making him do Ivanovic's defensive work will be pointless.

This match-week could go either way. Agent Lukaku takes points off City, Baba and Azpi start at full-backs, Pedro shines on debut and we win. Or City thrash Everton, Ivanovic will continue to start and we will be held out to a boring 0-0 draw.

Wouldn't be a proper transfer window without a good old Chelsea hijack.

Boring boring TC...

Let's take a moment and applaud Unai Emery. What a brave manager. He has proved on so many occasions he shows no fear against the likes of Real and Barca. Absolute class act. Definitely. Insane pressing and some really good attacking threat. I could see them at quarters.

Di Marzio is probably more reliable than Sky.

Not really shocking though is it. We should be used to it. I'll give it to him though, he knows how to act. Somehow he is so good at convincing people that he is some sort of warrior and a non-stop machine on the pitch. Truth is, he doesn't give a flying fuck if he is under no pressure from the bench. How he is vice-captain is beyond me. He never was a leader, and never will be. How can you expect him to lead others when he is not even ready to give hundred percent every week? Matic, Courtois or Dave should be vice-captain.

Show some balls Jose and bench Cesc. 4-3-3 with Oscar as creator and Willian as b2b. Moses on right wing. With this line-up we can win.

Even though Swansea are better than a lot of teams in the league, beating them is easy for the kind of team we have. They like to play at the back, which is why we should put Oscar and Willian in the line-up and tell them to press high up the pitch. If Costa could play it would be amazing because he is very good at pressing the opponent. If not, Remy should start. He will score if he starts. Tibo Ivanovic - Zouma - Terry - Azpi Matic - Fabregas Willian - Oscar - Hazard Costa/Remy

Literally the perfect one. As a player, and for our team. He is better than Pogba. I'm already going crazy for no reason at all. It would be a miracle if he left Atletico, let alone join us.

Maybe the more shite our midfield looks the more chance the board decides to sign a new midfielder.

Didn't Costa score 20 goals in the league? I think that penalty against Sunderland made it 20. He scored one in the capital one cup final so that makes it 21.

His upper body strength needs to improve big time. His touch isn't so good either but I hope that's because we're still in pre-season.

Wow, not one mention of Willian today? Exactly what I said about him in the Moses thread. He has made a HUGE step in his evolution towards becoming a world-class player and that is taking responsibility when the team is playing shite. He was the only player who could be arsed to do something. I'm in love.

Glorified friendly or not, this was an important match in convincing the board/Jose that we desperately need new signings. I don't know if it's Jose or the board's plan to not sign a CM, but please, sign an/a Aranguiz/Witsel. I would kill for any of these two right now. One signing in the CM position is how far away we are from going after the likes of PSG. Please, do it Jose and Roman.

Terry and Cahill are holding us back with their constant need to be protected by other players. Signing him is a must. Get him, forget the price.

Is it just me or do our players lack confidence? No Risks, no movements. Even Cesc hasn't tried an ambitious pass.

Question: Who would replace Azpi if he got injured during the game?

I'm not that bothered with Ramires in the starting 11 XI especially if we're playing 4-3-3. What I'm sad about is Zouma being benched in favor of Cahill.