Johnny Kills

He told the press it was Rooney or bust in the transfer window.....he signed Eto'o and Willian. Not to mention the guy said he doesn't know if he'd be coming in January or July.

If it's the same match I'm thinking of, he really looked disinterested in attacking or was strictly told not to.

I think this is the most diplomatic way of putting it. We had 69% possession in the 1st half according to the broadcast I was watching. He cannot penetrate a defense with his dribbling or pinpoint passing. These are the games Mata needs to start behind the striker, end of story.

Haha very funny

$25

Shipping to the US costs more than a shirt....

That is...outstanding.

I MOTHERFUCKING MISSED IT?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Azpi for Luiz and potentially KDB for Willian after 60

From my club's #10, I like one that is a driving force behind the team's attack - a player that can control the tempo of a game with his ball retention, superb passing and vision. Oscar has yet to have a game for this club where you can say he's done that, opposed to Mata where he's done it countless times. I believe Mata creates chances that Oscar does not, which is why I believe points will be dropped while we wait for Oscar to grow as a player.

We have scored 4 goals in 4 games because Mourinho prefers a vastly inferior offensive player with superior defense in an OFFENSIVE POSITION. Our 'savior' is the idiot. I prefer a wake up call.

I hope for another loss if it contributes to the greater good of Mata being put into the xi

1 good month > 1 good and 1 great year? Really?

I just got chills up and down my spine watching Eto'o warm up. A truly magical player in his time - I still can't believe he plays for us.

This deserves a bump

I'm sorry but this just seems like a big waste of time. It's impossible to use the horrific media as sources for ANYTHING football related. How often do we see discrepancies in transfer fees? Almost always, and these are widely reported once a transfer goes through. Now let's discuss something secretive like players' wages, it's impossible to be accurate. I wish there was transparency, but there is not and this has not helped anyone understand the truth.

If the 50k per week thing is true - I hope we double his wages, offer him a brand stinking new 5 year contract, and the option of changing his number to 25 if he so desires!

Has anyone else noticed his lack of crosses?

I wish some of the video magicians that are on here make a Ramires goals vid

Are people forgetting about the Bayern game as well? Along with the international friendlies? We know we need Oscar and Hazard to start vs Utd and Bayern. If they start vs Villa then that means they will be playing 5 games in like 15 days, not including the WC qualifiers in the beginning of September! We say we love the depth we have but now no one wants us to use it!

An African striker who's past it that was unplayable at their peak and loves Jose

How? BVB, Madrid, Barcelona, Juve, Bayern. Our back 5 is in the same tier. So is the creativitiy. What is it then? Our strikers? Bayern and Juve don't have world class strikers, not at all. Matri, Quag, Matri, Gomez are nothing to rave about (I don't wanna put Mandzukic's name in here because I wasn't watching Bayern when he was playing this season). What is common with all of these teams? Their strength with their central midfielders. The pivots of Bayern, BVB and Madrid are the best in the world. Juve have Marchisio and Vidal and Barcelona has Busquets. We have Mikel, Ramires, MVG, and Essien. How is this not fact? Because you don't want it to be?

You don't appreciate people throwing sarcastic remarks at you, but you're allowed to say I look stupid, I'm doing something I'm not supposed to be doing because normal people learn the difference at 5 years old. You're insulting someone who you've never spoken to in your life, but I'm the one that's offending you? Thank you for wasting my time, arguing semantics instead of engaging in a discussion how I'm wrong football wise.

Our MF has nothing to do with Mikel? Yea, you're right.

I feel like whenever the anti-Mikel people make points about how/why Mikel is so bad and it's the truth, the Mikel supporters just choose to ignore the thread or just say "i can't do this anymore, you just don't get it" until it's time for someone to mention a bad point as to why Mikel is bad and then they jump all over him and say "SEE! LOOK AT HOW DUMB THIS ARGUMENT IS! YOU'RE SO WRONG". Someone wrote up a beautiful analysis, season to season, about how Mikel was involved in the squad since he's been here and fucking NO ONE came in here and said anything about (referring to the regular, big posters). The hypocrisy of both sides when it comes to the use of stats has also been bad. Not because the stats themselves are bad but because the stats don't agree with their own agenda... until they find stats of their own. Some came in here and posted SeB's great analysis of PL midfielders and how Mikel stacks up against them. Having Mikel works if we're trying to win the PL because the PL is easily the weakest of the top 4 leagues when it comes to that area. We really only have Yaya Toure and Fellaini, and even Fellaini gets debated as to how effective he is when he plays deep. We are not just trying to win England though, are we? We want the motherfucking Champions League every single season. We want to win the UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup. We are not a top 5 club in the world presently because of our pivot. That is a fact people. Even if we switch to a 4-3-3, Mikel will still need to be replaced.