Magic Lamps

His name is Schürrle. "Schü" is pronounced completely different than "Schu". Phonetically an English "Shyrrlea" probably comes closest to Schürrle in German.

shitl. i hoped the deal was off, as reported in Germany. Fuck it. This means we won't sign Hulk or another, better winger.

Great article...but Oscar 8/10? Sure? We tend to excuse his incosistency for first season and shit, but it also was Hazard's first season in English football. IMO Ramires and Lampard who have a similar rating to Oscar performed waaay above his level. would rather give him a 7/10. But agree with the rest. good job.

Bayern will be worse next season. Robery will be older and satified, their midfield will still be slow and their main striker far from clinical. Their goalkeeper will still be massively overrated and Badstuber will still be out. we will have a better striker and probably a better midfield, surely we will have a better coach. So i think the chances are pretty even.

Actually one can easily put on 10 pounds of muslce in 3-4 months. Josh has been by far borough's best player, it is a shame s.o. of his ability does not get a chance in the EPL

It's amazing how everyone thinks Oscar will play in the pivot. He is even less capable of that than KDB, both are CAMs that can play on the wing. Their defensive work is just not the standard a player in the double pivot at a top club should have. Secondly Mata is not our best player. Hazard is. We should play a 4-3-3 cos it delivers him from defensive duties.

Torres does not give a fuck if he is in the world cup squad or if he plays a single game of football again. he has won everything and just wants to stay here another 3 years to get a big payday.

Ummm..no. Draxler is a CAM, who is very slow for an attacker, but extremely skilfull with a nice shot and decent dribbling skills. He is more of a slower, taller Oscar. But I agree, we do not need him and won't go for him.

Not necessarily means you are a good finisher. Suarez also scores much, but finishing is not exactly his main asset, he wastes an awful amount of chances. Also Kiesling got Bundesliga top scorer this year and he is not exactly clinical. It is also important how you score those goals and at which time. Cavani is so great because he scores the important goals against any opposition. He can score from anywhere, with either foot and his head. He might not be as fast as Bale, as gifted as Suarez or as clinical as Falcao, but he makes things happen. This is so much more important than numbers. It's another question whether he is worth 63m €

Cavani might be twice the player Lewa is, but he also costs twice as much money. He may want to go to Bayern, but if Dortmund are not prepared to let him leave, he maybe has burned the bridges behind him and simply has to move.

Steve Harper and Richard Wright are also available on a free. But I'd also rather take a former English NT keeper (ok does not say much) over these two.

KDB will defo stay. Nice Mou put those Bayer&BVB bitches in their place. You simply don't mess with Chelsea FC.

This is the kind of attitude u want from a player. Not this "I am unhappy because I am not starting" pussying around like Torres does. Lukaku is just one unique player and a great guy, too. He accumulating a decent amount of games in the less important games will be the best for him, cos he can flourish without already having to shoulder the expectations Cavani would have to. This will come early enough

Hazard-Mata-Hulk Schürrle-Oscar-KDB Marin------Moses now that is some crazy depth. Amazing what quality even our second offense lineup would have. I doubt we sign both Hulk and Schürrle, would be too expensive, even though I'd rather have Hulk than Schürrle. Also mean that KDB will go on loan again or Marin will feature for the reserve team more often

Don't need him. We got Iva, Luiz, JT, Cahill and Kalas, best defender in Eredivise. Look at the current CL-winner's defence, Dante - Boateng is hardly worldlcass and waaay worse than Iva-Luiz. We might be a bit spoiled, having had the best defense in Europe for years, but with the players we got we are set up nicely. We conceded the second least goals in the league so far. Only real and Real got better defense and still both got slashed by Dortmund. With all this high line and shit, defense is more about tactics and fitting players and most of our defenders are experienced, fast and skilled so they can play any concept Mou wants. I am sure, Jose himself will see we got the necessary resources in that department already.

TBH, I could not stand Ballack, when he was here either, but that was mainly due to the German coverage, always overestimating Ballack's importance. I also think his arrival (+Shevchenkos's of course) was partly at fault for us not winning the league. We shifted to that dreadful diamond, so Lamps had to be played out of position and we had no width. we should rather have signed a proper winger to help out the ever-injured Arjen Robben. Anyway one has to rate him for his professional contribution here, esp saving our asses multiple imtes in 2008. He never bemoaned that he never was more than second fiddle to Lamps and sacrificed his offensive instincts for the sake of the team. I also rate him for single-handedly keeping GErman football alive in its darkest hours. He was by far the best German player of his generation and all these Schweinsteiger and Kroos bitches will never be nearly as classy and complete. Ballack was an old school box-to-box midfielder, he could defend, attack, head, was strong,great finisher and passer, expert freekick and penalty taker, the most important player for any team he played in besides Chelsea, one of the last of his kind.

Our odds have been slashed so much, there ahs to be sth in it. Sometimes, these fantasy transfers become reality, esp here at Chelsea. It was the same Hazard, Everyone and his dog had been in for him, we were only one of many clubs courting, then suddenly the odds got slashed, cos our board just as the fans knew he was the player we needes most and they did everything that was necessary. This is not a Roman signing, where we put tons of money on the wrong player, only because Big daddy likes him, it is a football signing. Often the fans simply know best.

AS much as I doubt, Torres will ever be back, Mourinho indeed could be the only manager to revitalize him again. Torres problem, besides his lost pace and confidence, is that he simply has fallen out with football. He does not enjoy the game anymore. He has won everything, he has been the most expensive player in English history, if he does not enjoy his game anymore, there is no reason for him to carry on. Only a brilliant psychologist and motivator like Jose, who gets into his head can make him his old self-again, if he is not a lost cause already.

Cavani Hazard Mata Hulk Lampard De Rossi whaaaa that team sheet would scare every opponent to death. would be the alleged 100m spent on on "two or three players" (Gourlay)... nice investment, would most probably get us the EPL-title + make us genuine CL contenders again.

Dzeko is too similar to Lukaku and Ba. If we do not get Cavani we should try starting Lukaku

Yes, like Jose did with Sahin and so many other young players. Age is the problem. He won't develop that much cos he won't play much. I'd rather have an experienced player. Rooney and Zlatan won't come. you do not pay those wages for declining players with diva attitude.

means nothing at all... they might be one of the better clubs in Germany, but their squad rather compares to a mid-table EPl club, full of average Germa players. That they finished a close 3rd with that squad speaks volumes of the quality of the league. But Schürrle is their most valuable player. I do not know what our scouts see in him what no one else sees, he is good but not great and will never be world class. Also, as his position is mainly LW/ 2nd Striker, i guess he will be a backup for Hazard, which we really need. The 17m is a bit high but u pay it also for his allroudn package: workrate, shot, striker's instinct, poaching abilites and versatility. He surely is not the perfect player, but he gives us depth in two departments where we need it. But in general, i am against this trend to sign young players as back ups. When Mourinho bought Sahin, he sacrificed his carreer and did nothing for Real madrid + you always overpay cos they are young. Experienced players are cheaper and contribute more and faster.

No hurry as long as he plays for Vitesse, we can have him whenever we want...

I think you misunderstood me. But thanks for Sturridge, who is also better as Ba as an example why Ba is surely not one of the 6 best strikers in the league. Sturridge btw scored mutliple goals from the bench for liverpool. Anyway my point was a good striker has to be able to score also with limited opportunities. Ba had shitloads of chances and tends to shoot them low and slow to the goalkeeper. Also Cisse had two amazing seasons in the Bundesliga before he joined Nucastle, Ba did not exactly set the world on fire during his time there.

would take 25m in a heartbeat., but I doubt Monace will actually bid for him. Also quality defenders are at a premium nowadays. We would struggle to find s.o. so strong and experienced as Iva.