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Dyke's plan will never pass A few people have suggested the premier league's 8-player homegrown squad rule should be enforced with 4 homegrown players (eligible for England) in the starting XI of every club. At the very least, that would let the English manager have 80 English players to choose from...

The only way he fits is if Oscar or Willian sit on the bench --------------Costa------------ Hazard -- Willian -- Lavezzi

That's great news....hopefully one of the players going to Middlesbrough is Lewis Baker.

Even if PvA was to come back to Chelsea...he'd still be third choice LB Assuming we sign Moreno/Luis/Sandro/Shaw/someone-else as #1 LB....then you still have Azpi as the versatile RB/LB and then in third-spot would be PvA I like PvA's attacking skills, they would definitely come in handy against the lower PL sides

Totally agree. Bertrand is a decent squad player, generally doesn't complain about lack of football and he'll give you 7/10 performances when called upon.. However, there's no real 'spark' about Bertrand and for the sake of his career, he's better off signing permanently for Villa

From what i've read, City needs to have 8 locally-trained players in their reduced squad size of 21.....meaning that certain 'squad role' players will miss out next season...and a few of their homegrown youngsters will get an opportunity

Totally agree...he had Agger and Toure on the bench...both of them have been captains for their club/country...and maybe bringing one of them off the bench could have helped the team calm down... Oh well...LFC had their chance and they blew it

His substitutions were even more bizarre. With 12 minutes to go...leading 3-0 away from home, with two experienced defenders on the bench, he decides to bring on Coutinho and Moses

What a game. Still can't believe Crystal Palace managed to get a draw... Rodgers is clueless about the defensive side of the game..

Exactly. Saying anything negative about Mourinho is like committing a crime on this forum... At the end of the day, Mourinho is not god and everyone makes mistakes

We need to figure out how to break down the lower PL sides first!

What an awful result....these are the types of games we should be winning by 2 or 3 goals Surprised that Kalas and Van Ginkel didn't get a chance against Norwich.. All in All, Mourinho will either win a major trophy next season or he'll be on his way

He has improved his overall game this season...but he just seems too laid back to become a first team player under Mourinho McEachran's best chance of making it at Chelsea was under Ancelotti...he could potentially be a bench warmer for Mourinho (as a way of filling the homegrown quota)

Everton were only in contention for the last UCL place because Arsenal choked mid-way through the season (due to injuries, mental fragility) Nice post btw

Never said I disliked the club....just not a fan of parking the bus tactics.

The only improvements this season have been Matic in midfield and Azpi/Cahill in their respective positions. I know this season hasn't been bad...it's just frustrating that we got so close to the title yet we will most likely fall 1 win short! Hopefully Mourinho can improve our goalscoring chances and turn us into a ruthless team in the coming seasons

I think the negativity is based around the whole season, not just the Atletico game...

Fair enough, I guess it takes more than a year for the squad of players to learn how to park the bus & win games

Yes, we could...it would just mean we would concede a few more goals throughout the season Parking the bus isn't the only option Jose seems more concerned about conceding goals than scoring freely...

Stick around the forum...nice first post!

As a squad option, you might as well keep Mikel. At least Mikel thrives in park the bus situations!

Don't Liverpool/Citeh generally play the 'beautiful' game...? One of them is gonna win the PL this season

If the midfield is rubbish, the strikers can only do so much...

Hopefully one of the youngsters gets to play (e.g Baker, Van Ginkel) We should play for fun now...cause the title race is over

Congrats to Atletico, they deserved to be in the CL final