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I'd take Muller over Ronaldo.

Spartak Moscow's doctor Viktoryia Gameeva is clearly an adequate replacement if she does leave.

Costa's technical ability is underrated. There's nothing to complain about. If you want to discuss his antics, that's a different issue. Falcao scoring was big for his confidence. I thought he had the right mindset and made good runs and decisions with the ball once subbed on. That being said, I don't think we should be trying a 4-4-2. I don't think we're the right team for that, as it'd require Hazard to be much further back than he would like to be.

He's got to play against Everton, assuming Oscar is still not healthy. If Willian starts that game, I'll be severely depressed. Put Kenedy on the left, Hazard in the middle, and Pedro on the right. His pace, his power, his footwork, his workrate, has been phenomal in that one preseason game against Barcelona, and also in the 15 or so minutes against Palace. He must have been consistently good in training for him not to be loaned out as well. I really hope that Mourinho goes along with the words of his post match pressers, and is willing to give some run to the guys like RLC, Baba, and Kenedy. They could be the difference makers for us this season. Obviously, if Oscar is healthy, my starting 3 in AM would be Hazard - Oscar - Pedro or Pedro - Hazard - Oscar, but still - we need something changed from the past three matches, and he could be that gamebreaking talent we've lacked so far this season.

Again, not a bad buy, not a bad player. I just don't think think it's the RIGHT buy.

I expect things to happen then. For me the issue is that, unlike city did to us last season, we will find it hard to close that gap by then. We have little room for error rest of the season.

It's my mistake. He turns 28 in January. He's 27.

He's actually a good defender. The problem for me with the transfer, is that he is 28. The second rate league stuff is nonsense when referring to a central defender. Adjusting to a different league, that is a better way to put it. Squad player, not a bad buy, but not the right buy.

The chances of us getting Verratti are literally ten times lower than getting Pogba. PSG will keep players hostage as long as their contract is with them. I remember reading Verratti would only go to Barcelona and that would be a perfect fit after Iniesta leaves.

I think for me, pogba is a necessity because we're not rumored with anyone else. Like, I have no expectation that pogba is a chelsea player, but we need world class players to compete with city.. and right now there's only two rumors for us that both seem longshots at this point.. Chelsea should sacrifice Willian for Pogba in any deal if it'll push it through.

So uhh.. Zhang Linpeng?

Happy to see anything Vancouver related posted when I check this thread. I think the travel itself sucks, but when you look at the schedule.. it's very favorable. The away games we play, Porto is surrounded by Newcastle and Southampton. Kyiv away is surrounded by Villa and West ham. Maccabi away is surrounded by Bournemouth and Leicester. That was the worry for me when I initially saw the draw - the fear of possibly having to play in Ukraine or Israel three or four days before playing one of Liverpool or Arsenal, etc.

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That's a worrying issue if Brana is playing RB again. For some reason I thought it was usually two days before matches