ellmo16

Luiz is passionate, Conte is passionate, I think if you put the 2 together that is a lethal combination. Also if Conte can smack his head against the wall and teach him how to defend properly, then great! I'm all for it. Luiz is 29 so still has a couple of years to offer as well, he want's to come back, he had a great relationship with US. The celebration against us in the champions league was more aimed at Mourinho than the club so I've never looked at him with red mist. I'm all for welcoming players back IF they really want to wear the shirt, AND HE DOES... I think we are all going to have to accept that we don't know what state Zouma is going to come back to. An ACL injury is never easy to recover from. My point being we need a CB for cover NOW. If Cahill gets injured for England for e.g., then we are up s**t creek as it stands...luckily with Luiz coming that is a problem sorted. We can't recall Andreas Christensen, and tbh none of the younger defenders bar Aina look good enough (annoyingly but that's a different story...) I'm not saying this is the transfer I wanted! I would rather have had one of the young guns from Seria A but the Italian Clubs aren't stupid, they know we have a lot of ££££ and have priced us out of any move. Reality is this is the best value transfer for a CB we can get in this window. And of course he is a liability, this could be the worst transfer we've EVER made. I don't believe there will be an in-between, Luiz will either be amazing, or he will be s**t. BUT I'm a glass half full guy so I'm looking at the positives more than the negatives. I will also add that he can play in CDM, imagine Kante, Matic and him in a midfield 3 away to Stoke on a cold wet Wednesday night...I think we can all admit he is a versatile player and will probably be a useful member of the squad...

The 3-2 against them when Eidur scored the overhead kick...one of my favourite memories when I was younger

First time poster... Being from Surrey/Hampshire border means I grew up surrounded by glory supporting United, Liverpool and Arsenal fans for most of my life. Abramovich taking over meant I was suddenly labelled a glory supporter by the same United, Liverpool and Arsenal fans! Most had/have never set foot in a football stadium at that point in time let alone actually gone to Liverpool or Manchester etc. Bloody cheek My father and Uncle have hated Liverpool long before I was even on this earth, so for me it started with them (they were at the Bridge when the bin men won the league in 1986? at the Bridge) and their fans really seem to hate us, linked to us beating them on the last day of the season in 2003 maybe? It really hit home for me on the night they won in Istanbul...less said about that the better... West Ham annoy the hell out of me as well...crappy club in a crappy part of London, always claiming 1966 as theirs and the recent Olympic Stadium have really hit home what a bunch of....you get the picture. Tottenham, Arsenal are just jealous off our recent success, I never let them get me down, on the line of the you have no history (and this applies to ALL teams), least we are making it! Since winning the Champions League that old chant has died down big time... Don't like United - get the feeling that the rivalry/hatred is going to go up a notch now though... Surprised no one has said Millwall? I know most of our attention in the old days was Leeds but both surely deserve to be listed?