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Defensively he is better, but I am not sure if his passing is as exceptional as Fabregas.

I watched him against Leipzig today. He plays really deep, right n front of his centrebacks. That's why I don't think its fair to criticize him for lack of assists and goals. Under pressure he can open up the game nice and quickly unlike Matic. My only concern is that he might have trouble in a more physical league.

Today he will play against Naby Keita. B.Monchengladbach vs. Leipzig starts in 10 minutes. I will watch it as I also haven''t seen many games of Dahoud.

I like this report more. http://outsideoftheboot.com/2017/01/05/scout-report-mahmoud-dahoud-gladbach/ He has shown capabilities as a ball winner, averaging 2.9 tackles and 2.3 interceptions per 90 minutes in the 2015/16 season. However, he tends to excel primarily when functioning as box-to-box midfielder or as a deep-lying playmaker and has also shown qualities that could make him into a quality no.6. One asset of his which stands out in particular is his incredible close control and dribbling ability. He shows all the characteristics of a so called ‘needle player’, a player with great ball control and an ability to function in compact and crowded areas of the field almost as well as in spacious areas of the pitch. It serves a great purpose when in the crowded midfield area as it allows him to evade challenges and keep possession for his side, making him a very press resistant player which is essential in the build-up phase as the team aim to keep possession and build attacks.

You mean running behind the defense, right? I think this is causing the disagreement. Like the one Suarez does here

also more space for our opponents.

When we upgrade the winger/striker player on the right, our opponents will be less bold to go forward and automatically we will push forward and our front three will get more balls.It is harder to find and sign a hardworking/creative box-to-box, playmaking CM that some fans think our system needs to work than upgrading Willain/Pedro imo. We still need to upgrade both Matic and Willian/Pedro. All I am saying is a slight improvement in central midfield will be sufficient when we have a creative/goal scoring player on the right.

If we can replace Pedro/Willain with a much better player the creative deficiency of central midfielders would not be a huge problem. Then if we can find midfielder who decides&plays faster than Matic we'll be fine.

Only good thing about tonight.

This referee will have a good time in Dubai next time he visits. The Sheikh will make sure of it.

In case you are wondering who this guy is. He is the one that sends female drivers and human right activists to jail to keep the country in stone age. This administration just like its predecessors is full of shit about fighting terrorism.

It doesn't surprise me that you think so. You are always too pessimist.

City won't win tomorrow. I just know it.

City and Arsenal build their teams as if they are going to play tiki taka in La Liga, retards. After everything is over and we win the league in May Aguero will start scoring hat-tricks and Ozil will start giving assists.

Per 90 minutes Matic has more forward passes, more successful passes and creates more chances than Kante. Also on average his passes are longer than Kante. You guys can repeat saying the same bs that Matic is a headless chicken, but these are the facts. I would also like to see Kroos or any better player than Matic but how he is underrated here is just unbelievable. http://www.squawka.com/comparison-matrix#premier_league/2016/2017/nemanja_matic/641/641/9284/0/p|premier_league/2016/2017/n$golo_kanté/641/641/14999/33/p#total_forward_passes/successful_passes/chances_created/pass_completion/avg_pass_length#90

He is natural.

This type of refs are the biggest problem in Britain. They turn every football game into rugby matches.

Gestifute = Drama queens. We should avoid the toxic culture of that agency.

No more Gestifute players or managers please.

If I were Mourinho I would tell him to find a club for Diego Costa. It is a win-win for everyone except us.

Who is his agent?

Or he could play in one of the Southern European countries for a year to take some ped.

Older competitions do not bring more revenues by default. So we don't have enough reasons to risk our first eleven players. Whether you guys like it or not this is how the world works pal.

I would like to win another cup but now Chelsea is more like a global brand with global ambitions than a local London club with local ambitions. Sometimes traditions must die for progress.