Magic Lamps

Yeah to sell Ake for him was another bad decision. But tbf neither are our level. Both Ampadu and Clarke-Salter are superior talents imo. We are fine with regards to centre-backs, we just need to get the selection right. It is not Cahill's fault he is a mediocre player and defo not a ccb. it was Conte who made him captain and who played him.

why would he admit that? even if it is obviously true i doubt he would come out and openly say that in an interview or so. Anyway, our attack was not splendid either today. In defence we have lots of talent so no real need to splash the cash. Play Rüdiger and we are fine.

they had 11 days rest and have cramps. ofc they are playing out of their skins against us and will be back to shite when playing spurs or pool

No. courtois has not been the problem. they have been clinical and cahills inability in ccb has given them 2 clear cut chances.

ref doing his bit too of course

we are 4th now due to goal difference

One of these days for the umpteeth time this season. can just turn it off now. will end like it stands. how was that not offside

Welcome. Looking forward to commentators banging on over 'Olivia' Giroud all the time

Nah it was a lot of luck too. They ousted us (Germany) twice at the narrowest of margins and we did not really have vintage teams, almost lost against an average Dutch side. I think because of that annoying tiki-taka they were greatly overvalued. Lampard and Gerrard did not win anything with the NT because England never gelled as a team. But individually and at club level, esp Lampard will be considered the greater player than Xavi or Iniesta and rightly so. But back to Hazard. We must at any price make him sign this new contract. That will enable us to keep him for another year or two and then he is basically useless for real cos he will already be 28,29

Neither Max Philipp nor Yarmolenko are recognized strikers.. Also both are out injured. The only other central forward they have is 18y.o. talent Isak. In short. Dortmund are putting their season in the hands of Michy. But I can see him succeeding there. Dortmund focus on fast transition and commit many bodies forward early other than we do we only attack with a few players at once. This is why we need a striker with good hold up play and michy is not optimal for us. Dortmund however try to break the defensive lines by committing people forward thus causing havoc in the opposition so the striker gets the space to play on the shoulder. This should fit Michy more and that is why they are gambling on him. It is no coincidence that Michys goals have always either come when the opponent's defense was in disarray because we were going all out to score a goal, or a ball over the top or a fast counter attack caught them out. If he succeeds there I do not see him coming back tho.

No Arsenal played out of their skins to beat us and were sub-par against Swansea. It is the opposite of how they used to be when they were flat track bullies and lost all the big games.

Hazard false nine defo. Pedro and Cesc have not played striker since 2011. So my guess is 3-4-3 and cesc on the right in the front 3. But could also be a good first start for Barkley.

His little beard is dope. He is a few months younger than me and I can't grow a beard that dense on the jaw in years. He looks a bit taller than 176cm too.

Player that has a back-up out for a few weeks. No probs, buy a new one for a club record 68m. That's the spirit.

I really like the prospect of having Barkley next to Kante but it is far too early for this I have to agree. I think Barkley has more potential to become a complete no.8 than a no. 10 cos lets be honest his contribution in the final third has never been that great. He creates the most danger coming from deep whether this is from his excellent dribblings, mid-and long range passing as well as shots from distance. He has shown he can overrun the pressing line and set of counter attacks with early balls through the lines. But to become a true creative/attacking midfielder he is simply too big to turn dribble past players the tight spaces around the penalty box. Once Barkley regains some fitness he should have the legs for more defensive responsibilites.

Wait...this fucking collapsed after all was said and done because a perfectly fine offfer had expired? No wonder no one wants to do business with us.20m € sounds reasonable. Arsenal accepted. The only reason for us doing such a conditional offer with an expiry date on it is to give us enough time to buy another target but who are we kidding as if we are able to get a new striker within a few hours or secondly to unsettle the player in order to re-enter negotiations at a lower price which is a far too high risk at the very end of the transfer window. It always feels like the club is run by a bunch of amateurs.

That might be a bit OTT. When he is fit, he is handy that is true. And he is the type of striker Conte loves big, slow, great hold up play like Pelle, Lllorente or a fit Carroll. Remember how he decided the fa cup final last year when he laid it on a plate for the 2-1 with a great run and cross? He is capable of some sublime goals at times. At loan will be perfect. In summer we can then find a proper striker that is better than all these washed up names we have been linked with including Dzeko .

Why can't why fucking once get a 3rd tier team or something like that.

He is definitely slow. Got thoroughly outpaced by Höwedes in this one and Höwedes is already slow.

Alonso scores goals, that's what he does a nice slogan if he wasn't a defender. Being good at scoring goals but at nothing else is not even good enough for a striker as we see with Michy. The only way I see Alonso being a really valuable player is If substitution rules got loosened such that you can sub on and off players as often as you want so we could bring him on for every 20-25 yard freekicks central or right to the box and subsequently sub him off again.

Exactly. Dzeko is not on such a high level that he should be earning like those two combined. They were bought as squad players and so would be Dzeko. You think a 32 y.o. would start over our club record signing? Get outta here! Morate is no.1 and Dzeko would be used about as much as Michy has been, maybe even less because of his unavailability in the CL. Dzeko used to be a great striker adn is still showing glimpses but he is decline. We made a reasonable , not cheap offer and his demands exceeded that so it was the right decision to move on even though I would have loved to have a classy backup just as much as you.

I think ‚ operation is meant in the sense of deal and not surgery in di marzios tweet

Danilo is shit. Sandro was unavailable. Bd for walker we could not financially compete with city. Yes we overpaid for those player but that does not justify overpaying for Dzeko. I am disappointed Marina fucked this up too but if it was happening who is to say that in a few months people would not gonna moan about slow he is and that he offers nothing when he does not score goals. At some point we have to acknowledge someone had to make a decision. And if dzeko really wanted 7m net of taxes I would have told hin to fuck off werks before Marina did.

Hudson odoi looks class how is he only 17? Has the build and confidence of a grown up and drinkwater is shit offensively

Zappcosta has been immense today