Luka Modric

[Justin_3d 1,140]

We definitely can. All down to the smug, bald prison warden Levy that's keeping him locked up.

We should come in at £30m and test his resolve. If Modders sees that we really want him, he could the force his move.

I thought he did?

[The Skipper 20,609]

Toure is excellent at moving the ball and Milner is fine and Mikel is nothing like Alonso. Mikel is good at making short, accurate passes in tight space but he's not a creative midfielder in the least. His ball movement is actually a little slow and he rarely passes the ball more than few yards. That's fine. He's in the lineup for his defensive skills and intelligence. In the last two years, in 109 league games, Ramires and Mikel combined for 2 assists. They simply are not good enough to create chances with any sort of regularity.. Toure and Milner combined for 11 assists last year alone.

Agreed on most points, but I think Ramires is down for 9 assists on the official CFC website for last year? So that's 10 assists all together if I'm correct, which isn't too bad. We'd be relying on the likes of Hazard, Mata, Torres and potentially Hulk to come up with the majority of the assists, which is fine.

[Pizy 18,848]

@Justin- LOL

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Dont want him. Id rather see us buy a strong and young DM with some ability to link the defense with the offense, meaning decent defensive ability with decent passes and distrubiton of the ball. And NOT a huge star, maybe someone in the price range of 15-20m who can slowly take over after Mikel and even lamps now.

[Pizy 18,848]

Dont want him. Id rather see us buy a strong and young DM with some ability to link the defense with the offense, meaning decent defensive ability with decent passes and distrubiton of the ball. And NOT a huge star, maybe someone in the price range of 15-20m who can slowly take over after Mikel and even lamps now.

Yann M'Vila?

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Agreed on most points, but I think Ramires is down for 9 assists on the official CFC website for last year? So that's 10 assists all together if I'm correct, which isn't too bad. We'd be relying on the likes of Hazard, Mata, Torres and potentially Hulk to come up with the majority of the assists, which is fine.

Wiki has Ramires with 6 assists and Soccernet with 5 in 44 matches in all competitions (and 1 or 2 in the league). Either way, I don't think it matters. Ramires simply isn't a creative force. He's good at opening space for other players and making key runs, but he doesn't have the skill-set to replace Lampard. We don't need a Lampard replacement this season, but when we do, it will have to be someone who can open up the other team. It's not just the direct assists that Lampard contributes, it's the probing balls that open up the other team's defence. You need that creativity from midfield, otherwise the offence becomes too stagnant.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Look at that, suddenly Hazard, Marin and Mata are not enough for the 'Creative game', when we saw 0 games of them playing with Lampard, Torres and co...

Sorry to say, but this forum is so pathetic sometimes.

[Chelsea? 892]

Look at that, suddenly Hazard, Marin and Mata are not enough for the 'Creative game', when we saw 0 games of them playing with Lampard, Torres and co...

Sorry to say, but this forum is so pathetic sometimes.

I don't think Marin and Hazard are good enough to make up over 25+ points.

[themightyblue 443]

Modric Mikel

Hulk/Whoever Mata Hazard

Torres

This combination is capable of taking us to the PL title next season assuming they all gel and if we get them of course. Have to say Modric's defensive game is severely underrated here, he really puts in a shift in the deeper role and snaps at the heels of opposing players (think of a much better Meireles in terms of defence). Next season i can guarantee that 90% will sit back and defend when they play us and it'll be our job to break them down. Having Lamps in that role for 60+ games is not sufficient purely because we need a player capable of controlling a game, dictating the tempo and linking attack and defence. Moutinho did this effectively for Portugal the other day too, but currently Lamps isn't the man to do this. If we were playing a defend deep and counter attacking game then Lamps would be perfectly fine, but if we're really going for this 'attacking' game then we need that player who's going to keep hold of the ball and spread the play from deep with Mikel doing the dirty work. This is something i hope KDB and Mceachran can do in future but we need someone for now and if available at the right price we'd be mad not to go for him

[silviupastean 135]

i heard that real madrid want him. don't understand those guys. WHERE WOULD HE PLAY? they're stacked with players

[Zinedine Iniesco 172]

Rumours: Madrid are going to go on search and conquer mode for luka modric.

Alonso-Sahin-Modric

Ozil-Benzema-Ronaldo

OMFG.

[Spike 12,049]

Rumours: Madrid are going to go on search and conquer mode for luka modric.

Alonso-Sahin-Modric

Ozil-Benzema-Ronaldo

OMFG.

Ozil on the wing? I don't see it happening. Also who is going to defend in that Midfield? surely you can't expect poor Alonso to do all the dirty work?