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I think lampards experience is very useful but the issue is fitting him into this system. We all saw the lampard and mikel partnership did not work close to what the rambo mikel partnership did. Lamps playing off the striker is also something i am not too sure about, in the sense i would rather someone like mata or oscar be in there. But that is where i would put him. He still has the legs and can cover the ground, also could be pretty useful with his shooting considering torres is likely to be misfiring as always. IDEA: LAMPS UPFRONT. As always though i will never complain if lampy is in our team, as long as it doesn't result in Rambo on the RW again.

My apologies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZja7Mlk3_E&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkuA6OJ6JyY&feature=player_detailpage WHAT WERE YOU SAYING?

I like it, i would probably go with: --------------------CECH------------------------- AZPI ------BRAN-------CAHILL--------COLE -------------RAMI-------------MIKEL------------- --------------------OSCAR------------------------- MATA------------MOSES--------------HAZARD Simply because he had played striker (all be it a long time ago) and is a bit more if a target man for cech especially from GK's etc as otherwise he will be booting it up to hazard which seems a bit pointless. Also we could chuck danny on and put moses back on the right.. Of course alternatively we could just start danny up top.

Yep sounds good to me. You drive him to southern france, ill meet you there with torres. We will do the exchange, put a couple of masks on them no one will be any the wiser.

I know Juve has a lot of talented players and the striker department is one that needs strengthening, but tbh, saying "the bold bit" is an understatement. He hasn't been clicking for 3 years. I would 100% swap him for vuninic right now.... Or quaglierela (can't spell it lol).

I have to agree with the first bit. We need pure striking class. We don't want a bloke who can do this or do that if needed. I want a player who is a striker, whose whole purpose in life is scoring. However signing joevitic wouldn't be stupid....

LOL, 2 OF THEM WANT TORRES, IF THEY COULD PICK ONE OF OUR PLAYERS... not mata, hazard, oscar, ramires, JT, etc, BUT TORRES. By all means Juve, discounted price of 20 mil and he is yours...

Defensive 4-3-3 without mikel? I don't like that tbh. No torres up front looks good but the rest i am not too sure on.

Buffon used to be the best in the world no doubt, but to say he is currently the best is a bit of a stretch.

I would honestly 100% rather have david luiz up front than Fernando.

He isn't the best keeper in the world... I think if you look man for man we have the better team but we are lacking a striker and that is obviously one of the most important positions. It will obviously be a tough game and we should in no way play for a draw. But if we go for the win i believe we can win, but i would take the draw right now as that is all we need.

HAZMATCAR, sound any better lol.

Playing defensive for the draw would be very worrying for me... Go out there with our best team, and go at them. If we let them dominate, and back off then we will be in big trouble. This game won't fifnish 0-0 and i will be highly surprised if they don't score. If we are up by 1 with 20 mins on, then he can decide he wants to add some protection in there, but i would rather have to do that late on than have to go the other way and chase it. Over 90 mins they will break us down eventually if we sit back. Play our most solid defence, mikel rambo, hazmatcar, and danny (it will be torres but anyway). Or put lampard in there for his experience and because i love him...

Yep mikel often goes under the raydar in this team which is a good thing in many ways as the ones who get the most attention are generally the ones who have played the worse. He is solid, dependable and does his job well and when coupled with ramires looks like a good partnership... It did make me laugh when the fox commentator said the massive understatement mikel "doesn't score that often"... lol, but that is in no way his job and is extremely important in the setup of our team.

Ok, fair enough, many apologies.

I prefer going to the pub too. Too many people, and drinks are crazy expensive and it takes half an hour to get one.

Cole didn't play vs shakhtar.... Cole hasn't exactly been spectacular this season but i would take him over bertrand every day of the week.

HE IS JUST GETTING US A LOWER PRICE LOL.

LOL, we don't need a striker who can drop deep or do some great passing, or is known for his scholes like through balls. We have emense creative quality in the 3 behind, I just want someone who puts the round thing over the line. I am not too bothered how he does it just as long as he does it.

Daily mail don't even know what his release clause is so i wouldn't read to much into it but it is promising news.

You are not the only one.

I don't know, cech makes more sense because of his experience etc, but i personally don't like keepers as captains as they can't influence the game and do what JT does so well. I would probably go Gary cahill if he is on the pitch, or even someone like mata, but out of the choice you have given us i suppose it would be A.C. No one is close to JT, or tbh frank lampard in captaincy terms.

Danny offers a lot more, and makes runs in... His shooting leaves something to be desired, but i would rather have him there to create a chance and maybe miss than to just lose the ball... Also lets not forgot torres has played 10 times more mins than danny, he has hardly been given time to have a run in the side. This means that every time he is on the pitch he feels he has a short time to prove himself, so probably trys to hard and snatches at oppertunities as he feels he has to have a great performance otherwise its the torres show for another 4 games.