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well mutch and jedinak are not exactly the players who haunt my dreams with their attacking prowess. But I agree, their 3 players in the middle could overrun us if we allow them to.After reading Alex's brilliant article about mikel, I could imagine something like this: -----------Tibo------------ Azpi--Cahill-Zoum--Baba ----------Mikel------------- ---Willian------Matic------ Pedro--Costa--Hazard If Oscar is fit, he should replace willi This system is a bit experimental, esp as this backline has never been there before. But IMO it could work out well with all defenders being quick enough to play a high line while Mikel and Matic offer the necessary protection. The extra man in midfield will make the space for them even tighter and as all 3 players are decent tacklers we should have a great ball retention. Willian can carry the ball forward, that's what he is best at and the magic of Pedro/Hazard combined with the finishing touches of Diego should do the rest.

So what? Am I only allowed to use synomyms within one sentence? btw that phrase of yours is the dumbest idiom ever. Why shouldn't people be allowed to link two words that are not necessarily similar into one phrase? You can say "Martin Luther King was not satan", which is a perfectly legit sentence despite having the words "Martin Luther King" and "satan" in it and both having completely different connotations. Anyway, please show me WHERE THE FUCK did I use bus parking and counter attacks synonymously? Of course you can do one without the other. But fact is we won e.g. against Barcelona in 2012 by bus parking and counter attacking. Ofc I would have preferred sth like pressing and counter attacking. But the squad did not yield that approach. My point was: The only way we could beat those teams is via deep defending and counter attacking (hint: "and" is an expression that indicates combination NOT synonymy) Back on topic: I don't think Pogba will improve the brand of football we are playing. Yes we will be easier on the eye with his skill and long shots but his not exactly the player that will transform us into a cohesive pressing unit.

Truth is, we can't compete with Barca, Bayern and Real playing "attractive" football. We can only beat them with busparking and counter attacks. Actually I somehow like that approach. If at least we would do it right.

Everton refuse 40m for Stones Juve refuse 70m for Pogba... What a rotten uncapitalistic place this world has become. Let's all become hippies again.

Most probably not. But we had lots of fun contemplating the move.

which is what we would do according to these rumours. Of course it is about money. which is why all those repetitive "never gonna happen" pessimist should just sit back and look at the facts. Juve want to keep Pogba. but as most poeple they also like money. We have loads of money. Maybe we offer them enough so that their affinity for money outweighs their affinity for Pogba. maybe not. who knows. but those people who give pogba leaving juventus this window no chance are as full of shit as all those wannabe twitter gurus who have the deal as done. everyone has a price. pogba has one, too.

If Juve want an eu-player in exchange for pogba, they can gladly have Mikel. Knew his English passport as good for something after all.

No. they are 1.64127777 nautic miles per leapyear

Yup. complete BS. why should we have to decide between stones and pogba? because of "UEFA fair money" lolz. This guy is such a clown. Doesn't matter if he is friends with ronaldo and roberto carlos. I guess they won't come up to him like "yo momo, ya know, pogba to chelsea 90%"

Now he is "chelsea must choose pogba or stones" i think that disqualifies him finally and completely. why should we need to choose? just pathetic back paddling

don't cha know pogba is that good he can be training in turin and mimicking the package tourist in kensington at the sam time?

Not saying that Pogba is on, but that arab guy said we terminated negotiations for stones. that might have led him to hand in the transfer request. Furthermore, di marzio said we were in negotiations with garay. Zenit denied that. So he is just as full of shit as the others. Also I think the word "lied" is a bit harsh here. Lying implies at least the knowledge of what you say is wrong. Most of these idk pretends don't know shit whether their guesses are true or not they are just wirting into the blue.

Now start bidding 20m again just to take the piss.

you can register as many homegrown players you want, as long as the squad of over-21 players does not exceed 25 members. blackman, ola and rlc count as under 21. under 21 players an be registered infinitely no matter if homegrown or not. there is a maximum of 17 non-homegrown players you can register.

yea, like many said, should have signed otamendi when going for a stop gap. Anyway. If Garay is cheap and the contract is short term, then ok. He is only meant to be a stop gapafter all. But we really should be doing more long term signings as our cbs are 34, 31, 29 and 21. a 28. Also we need quality in CB not just depth, got enough deadwood there already

His face no is 24 iirc

His face no is 24 iirc

Lol. Absolutely love how spike or whoever put so much effort into searching for every single second and surname of every player only because tx couldn't keep his mouth shut. Even Joao fucking Rodriguez got his name updated. Besides it is pretty informative. I now know that RLc's second name is Ira which is btw also the name of my female hairstylist.

we could hijack arsneal's deal for lars bender. for the hell of it and because benderis actually a quite useful player. brilliant dm and the mother of great back ups. So he is bascially another Mikel?

yup. belgian and german papers have confirmed kdb is a citizen this minute. medical tomorrow.

If this is true, Juve would be dumb to dismiss 99m euro for a player like Pogba. yes he is good , maybe world class, but not worth ronaldo type of money. He will only be worth the same next year if he plays a stellar season and a great euro. juve being weaker this year than last and him bearing all the responsibility i am sure he won't. If one would have bid that sort of money for Hazard two years ago, we would probably have considered it too, and we are in a way better financial situation than them. Very fair price also given the circumstances of juve not having much cover in midfield. they should take the money and run. Either pogba really wants to stay or whoever runs that club is plain stupid.

nah...he is homegrown and can do a twisted backflip....keep him.

liverpool have been a class above arsenal today. which does not mean they have been great. but they would lead by at least two goals without cech in goal for arse. brilliant fingertip save to divert coutinhos shot to the post. on the other hand if arsenal think they can win the title with this squad than they are just as deluded as liverpool believing they can finish inside the top4. well, its arsenal and liverpool. of course they are deluded. should call this the battle of the great delusionists.

yup world class stop. point blank range. but an awful finish from benteke. when 2 yards from goal you just can't miss the target, why not blast it high into the net instead of rolling it into the only place the goalie can reach when stretching across the line?

have we ever bid for isco? only third tier sources have ever linked us to isco whilst none has reported that we even bid for him. as for pogba at least some second-tier papers like evening standard, times and independent have "understood" that we bid for him.