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Well if it were CAM's we have a collection of them Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Willian, DeBruyne... If the reason we aren't scoring goals is CAM then I don't know what else can be done to address it. Falcao is a match winner. We need to grab a clinical WORLD CLASS striker. I really think it has to do with transition speed and passing range in the pivot. We lack a good link both in speed as in passing range and vision. Also: this forces our am's to drop deep, enabling the opponent to organise. Hence: we rely on fast counters, set pieces and/or individual brilliance. No Falcao will completely (read 'completely') settle this issue. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

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Try Il Principe then from Machiavelli. Funny thing he was actually a democrat 'avant la lettre' just writing that book for the De Medici's. It reads like a guidebook on how to fool the masses and manipulate your way into power as a royal/rich/powerful. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

The lasts stats on him in the media were quite on about him being efficient. I think he is despite being a tank. But there is perception. Guys like that do not look elegant. But do they have to be flair kinda guys? He is more than you and some on this forum give him credit for, i tend to believe. Technically he looks a wreck, efficiency wise he outdoes RVP according to those stats (goals/played minutes). And the kid performs (Anderlecht/WBA/Everton). I have seen the argument on this thread he 'doesnt progress' and that is just a hoax. With him: technique is always going to be a worry, but he might be Tha Shit too. Charmootahs Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Nope. Not hip anymore We have to wait till he scores in the EPL again Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Ow fuck .... Blackberry. Damn. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

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Would that be on loan? I heard Simeone is also very keen on Liverpool's Coutinho a month or so ago. Press says it would be a sale .... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

I dont know if you are reacting to the strawman made of my argument, but nowhere did i say or read anything about 18 year olds with nailed on first team places, really.

They don't compare to you anyway matey! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

I said almost the exact contrary. Only, I believe we should have refrained from wanting to win it this year because it would pay off in the long run.

Rmpr, really just chill, take a deep breath and reread what i said at first: Seem to .... as in I get the impression. Also a hybrid as in betting on two horses (some youth and still wanting the succes already this year).

What? You hoped Mourinho would have gone for a 'dynasty', what does that fucking means? Who said that creating a dynasty is playing unexperienced (and even doubtful) teenagers? It fucking means that sometimes it pays off to fucking go for a fucking policy wherein you don't necessarily want to fucking win the league straight away, but try to build something with consideration. All in due time in order to create a dynasty, a team that clicks, has identity and can fucking win the league year after year while it povides us with stability, enough stability to unbloster all those unexperienced and fucking doubtful youngsters you talk about. At this moment we can't even play KDB Lukaku, ... While having to resort to old timers like Eto'o and buy extra am's to fill it all up. Great vision , also our play sure is sexy as fuck, innit? Ps: chill on the fuck. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

This exactly!! We took a very different route then thought/expected. The danger lies in NOT getting results now, because then there is zero net profit (not in terms of mobey of course). This was my initial desillusion a bit with Mou ... I hoped he went for the dynasty on the long term, but he seems to have opted for a hybrid (some already bought youngsters with crazy talent such as Hazard/Oscar, older players such as Eto'o for the succes here and now) to get sort of a long term thing and still get the succes now. As Myagi from the Karate Kid said: you walk on one side of the road! Safe! You walk on the other side: safe! But if you walk in the middle of the road sooner or later you get squashed like grape. Hopefully all works out and our hybrid isn't sterile ..... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Came into the squad after 65 minutes. Played as an AM with lots of freedom, from the right wing but drifting to the center most of the time. Had a much better performance then his Colombia-game. Actually changed the game, before he came in Belgium were losing possession all the time, were lacking skill, passing and movement in central midfield. De Bruyne was asking for the ball all the time, kept possession and played the ball forward well. Had a nice, but difficult, chance in the last minutes, but his volley was too central in goal. He finally looked a bit like the De Bruyne we know, appeared to have much more confidence. Maybe Mourinho's attendance at the Colombia made him feel too much like he had to prove something, I don't know. Yup, i had the same feeling. Maybe he is really easily starstruck .... He played well though. Should have started as a 10. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

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Honestly I think that's a bit off when you look at what was said. It's a very English thing to mock people's nationalities. We call the Welsh sheep-shaggers and it's nothing but banter. Again, this particular mod has a blind spot for blokes just having a bit of banter - he can't take it, he can't judge it and that's not necessarily his fault but on a forum about an English club I think you have to allow for a bit of leeway with cultural differences. A bit of leeway only goes so far. Me, I have abso-fucking-lutely had it with the fact that I have a 90% chance of being called a belgian biased fanboy from some ignorant asshole on here whenever I say something about a belgian player. It even goes so far I regularly refrain from posting on this forum in the players threads. I do NOT see people do this with the brazilians, nor with the english defending, say, Cahill. I was referring to the belgian situation on here, which goes beyond banter and is intended to derogate the opinions of posters more than mere mocking. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

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Yup. What can you expect from such a tank anyways. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

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Oh come on, how can anyone say Lukaku is a technical player and keep a straight face. I didn't. I was referring to your authority argument saying: 'nobody saw Lukaku play more than I did' Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

I would be very curious of that combo for sure. Still, for all that creativity to unfold I do believe we need something extra in our pivot!

Yup. Love this player. He is class! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD