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[Milan 17,955]

lol yeah that game was incredible

Loved how Deco and Gio were sitting together after their reds lol.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Brazil forward Neymar's desire to learn English sparks talk of Chelsea move

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8166901/?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=twitterfeed_Chelsea

[Hutcho 8,443]

Bit of a nothing report tbh... Will most likely go to spain but we are in the running.

[Jase 43,479]

Brazil forward Neymar's desire to learn English sparks talk of Chelsea move

http://www1.skysport...terfeed_Chelsea

Gotta admire your dedication in posting the news almost everywhere in this forum.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

i rember

"Mascherano learning italian......Inter in the cards?"

ended up in BARCA. hahahaha

[Jase 43,479]

Bit of a nothing report tbh... Will most likely go to spain but we are in the running.

He's probably gonna do a Hazard now, trying to tease up people.

[Hutcho 8,443]

He's probably gonna do a Hazard now, trying to tease up people.

Thats fine with me, especially if he says i am going to the only team to have won the champions league twice in a row.

[Jase 43,479]

Thats fine with me, especially if he says i am going to the only team to have won the champions league twice in a row.

C'mon now. Let's not go too ahead of ourselves here.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

i rember

"Mascherano learning italian......Inter in the cards?"

ended up in BARCA. hahahaha

Mascherano wanted to go to Inter with Benitez and Benitez wanted him too just pool refused to sell and he ended up at Barca!

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Mascherano wanted to go to Inter with Benitez and Benitez wanted him too just pool refused to sell and he ended up at Barca!

:banghead: my bad i forgot about the fat waiter....where have you been as of late?

[Rmpr 8,977]

But like I said, you don't need superior strength or you don't need to be a target man to play against Stoke. You also don't need to be amazing at heading the ball or cutting a cross to be a striker either.

Forget Neymar as an example. What about someone like Guisseppe Rossi who used to lead the line for Villarreal so well before he got injured? He's a great striker but isn't exactly known for his strength or heading ability is he? Tevez, Aguero, Messi etc. etc.

But I do not have a problem with Rossi, Tevez, Aguero or Messi. I have a problem with Neymar.

He would lose his upsides inside the penalty box. He would lose his flair and drible (since it is more crowded). He is not strong, I mean, Rossi is a monster close to him (Stoke was just an example of a strong team), a lot of his dives are just because he falls when he gets touched. They all have a decent header, Neymar has none, look at his miss vs China.

You gotta admit, as a striker, you must be able to stand and head the ball.

For me, Neymar loses 20-30% of what he can deliver as a striker. He just is not a target man!

I see where you are trying to get, I think I made my point as well. There is no wrong view here, people see football diferently, they can all work,

[Rmpr 8,977]

I agree. But nonetheless you will agree that Messi is not an outstanding aerial threat. You can attribute that to Barcelona's style of play or Messi's strengths etc but the fact is hes not a superb threat in the air and Barca don't seem to have many problems breaking teams down.

This isn't directed at you but I feel that the argument that says "So and so won't succeed in the Premier league because of his size" really has to stop now.

Mata, silva, oscar, cazorla etc they're all fine. I think Neymar would be too, and I for one would love to see him running at Stoke. The back four would have a nightmare...

Mate, they are not strikers. I said it in my first post, I have no problems with height or strengh in midfield.

The front man is in 4-2-3-1 to offer diferent qualities to the midfiled. Strength, aerial threat, ability to do pivot to upcoming players, etc. Neymar would be just an adition to what we have with Hazard, Mata and Oscar (an unbelivable adition, but would not open the attacking options).