Norn_irish_stu

I love winning the FA cup but i want to be the champion of England again god forbid even the champion of Europe if we could do all three then id be very happy but i dont see it and everything has its priority.

Wouldnt get into the Bayern tram though as a central midfield player.

Because Pep like to play out from the back and i guess he see the technical ability of Luiz and thinks he can do that for Bayern. I personally like seeing him in our midfield not too sure he has the right mentality for a centre half.

We are on the right track so far might not be amazing but we invested in a young squad and a great manager so long term we can do without too many big signings. Also im prettysure i read somewhere that there is no actual penalty until 2016 though i could be very wrong on that score.

Maybe that is the problem Jose see layers like Willian putting that kind of effort in and Mata seemingly isnt so he need to work harder to get into the team.

Not sure we are in transition we havnt hit all cylinders but id hardly class us as being in transition. I do however understand your point about having something to fall on if the CL and league go amiss but frankly i would not be satisfied even if we did lift the cup. The CL could be a step too far this season but i still think we should be at least fighting in the semi final. The league is anyones guess based on the first half of the season. I think that we are in as good a shape if not better than everyone. City might be mighty at home but they are not the same on the road. As for the cup game Schwarzer Cole - Bertrand if he is fit Luiz Cahill Kalas Ramires Essien Schurrle Mata KDB Torres (he did well against Southampton want to keep that run going by keeping him playing)

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9097702/premier-league-mourinho-says-mata-and-essien-can-leave-chelsea-if-they-wish Jose saying he wants to talk and keep mata but if he wants to go its up to him. Not the most confidence inspiring thing iv read. He is an amazing player but right now Oscar and Hazard are performing and doiing the dirty work at the same time and that is how Jose likes his players to operate, remember the same thing was done to Joe Cole during his first reign at the club. we may not like it but that the lay of the land Mata needs to more defensive work and more running or he is stay on the bench.

He came out to the bbc saying that once he had seen it that it was indeed a dive anything else need only be said in private.

Mata was not happy bout being subbed today

we have good option at centre half why not just make Luiz the new DM, has the technical ability to move the ball and is good in the air and obviously can tackle. Im really against this bigger nastier midfield because what the hell good will that do us in the current climate of refereeing what your describing is Cattermole who see's more cards than game of texas holdem. Makelele was the best we ever had and i9n my opinion the best in that position ever. We need someone with composure on the ball and a good sense of position. Mikel is a big nasty lump and for me is an incredible limited player not someone i want in a pivotal role on the pitch.

He wont bring back terry because the media and lefty backlash he wil get.

JT should walks into that side easily but hardly helping England long term.

He has been scoring a lot of our goals too recently as well so unless we are going to put Mata in behind torres i think we could struggle.

Its true we get rinsed blind when we try to sign player why are we not doing the same, robben was a perfect example we should have took Madrid to the cleaners just like Man U and Spurs did. Still think Jose will need to do something massive to convince him his future is with us because if us not playing him cost him a WC place you think he will stick around because i dont.

He isnt going to risk missing out on the world cup just to sit on our bench no matter how much we would all like to believe he would.

Slowly but surely he has improved and i agree with dkw next season is when we see the best of him.

Well done sir if that is the level on this forum im in the right place.

Good result also managed to nab me 92 quid though was on the edge of my seat for almost all the second half. Keeps us in the hunt but im still convinced we need a front man who can hold the ball up a bit better thought nice finish by Eto'o.

Courtoise - Cahill - Hazard - Lukaku I can see these guys being he mainstays of the team in the years to come......hopefully

Hey all new to the forum I know our striking options at the moment are quite woeful but surely we would never consider that lunatic more hassle and crap than he will ever produce on the pitch.