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He could have done more 10 times more damage with the dramatatic ariel leap than the non tackle.

That or the Uruguayan player is the next superman.

Boom... Go On Uraguay.

BOOM... YOU ALL WERE SAYING?

Why is he still playing out of position when they are a goal down.

I'm inclined to agree with you. But if he does stay i can't see them just throwing reina aside for mignolet. Could be a situation similar to ours with Cech and Courtois.

It kinda looks like they have a thick bit of stretchy elastic on it.

FYP. I'm sure the price was right and he is a great keeper. But i don't see why he would leave to sit on the sidelines. Reina is 30 i think, so will probably have a few years left and mignolet really should be playing first team football. Would have been better of making a name for himself in a lower team as he did this season then swoop in when one of the big teams have an opening.

Yep Ba would be a very useful third choice, who as you rightly say will quietly do his job and won't make any noise off the pitch. Ideally we would go into next season with a striker of some sort (Kind off really liking the idea of it being rooney, though seems unlikely that utd would sell to us), Romelu, and then Ba. But that seems unlikely. If torres stays and we don't buy a striker then i wouldn't mind that much, provided it means we are taking a chance on our tank, as i truly believe he could lead our line next season. He wouldn't be RVP straight away but can still do a cracking job for us and progress that bit further.

No way we would have got tevez for close to that though. More like 25 if he was gonna come here.

Really liked what he said and his attitude. Hope he does really well. And i think he may surprise some people. Go on Shirley!

Thats what i was thinking.

May be the odd one out here... But it was a number which he had never wore. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. It's not like he just took lampards 8.

Finally done. 14 can hardly be KDB's number when he has never played for us.

http://sport.uk.msn.com/football/football-transfer-rumours-chelsea-agree-%C2%A349-million-deal-for-cavani-25-june Probably already been posted. But just got back today so apologies.

Will we have to call you Mrs thor, when you marry Alex? TC's first power couple.

I just saw the mikel thread... Yeah calling someone that won't help you much will it. And did volt-age cheat on you. Want me to go beat him up?

I have been away for a couple of days so haven't been able to be on here much... What happened to backstreet? Aliens?

As stated previously. Technically a 4-3-3 is a 4-2-3-1. Its about the players in the positions not the formation as there will always be problems whichever formation we pick. 4-2-3-1 seems the least awkward as it utilises the majority of the squad. In an idea world we can play 3 number 10's and not get exploited but that just isn't gonna happen. Unless we change to a 2 up top system of something more drastic it will be technically similar to what we have at the moment. It is the mentality and the individual instructions that really changes things not the formation Imo.

Never seen anyone rate kakuta that highly and last year I never even considered kakuta as a reason against signing Hazard and i doubt anyone else had major concerns either. I also think that the gap between hazard and kakuta is much larger than the gap between lukaku and cavani. And if you compute the other factors then it doesn't even become slightly close. Lukaku's age and much cheaper price tag.

Liverpool don't use statistics. Liverpool just pick a name out the hat. Then overpay for him.

Josh piazon etc are all promising youngsters. Lukaku is young but not in that bracket. He cost 19 million as an 18 year old. He is still improving yes. But last season he proved he is more than just potential. Comparing kakuta to hazard is quite ludicrous, and then saying the lukaku situation is the same is equally ludicrous imo.

He might be happy to stay. But will united really want to make him their highest paid player, if he isn't already when he won't be their first choice striker. And would have to be played largely out of position? That is the question.

Oh look. The media have no idea. What a surprise.