Ilya

imo everyone overestimates Spurs. They will do much worse than last season.
And I don't see why Arsenal would do much better...
:))

This one is currently looking more likely to come in than any of the others we are linked with. So may time to start looking at the bright side? :)
He's done two full seasons in the first team of a pretty big club - presumably on merit - and he isn't even 20 yet. They must have seen something that doesn't easily translate into youtube highlights. So achieved a lot for his age, still young enough to develop and get better - sounds pretty good to me.
Just for a bit of a tongue in cheek slightly silly comparison - Hazard's stats looked very similar at the same stage of his career.
 

I want to see Dele Alli cry

I do not get this metaphor. I mean, I assume you meant "Beatles", but don't get it either way.
I think we should replace Elvis with AC/DC.  And Guns Roses playing in domestic cups.

This keeps coming up everywhere - striker thread, Morata thread, etc: "where oh where will the goals come from?".
We are joint 2nd for goals scored. They seem to be coming from somewhere. And the benefit of not being over-reliant for goals on a couple of players is aptly demonstrated by the fact that both Liverpool and Spurs have score fewer goals. A player's form dips a bit - and suddenly the whole team is f**ked. We may be (potentially) over-reliant on Hazard for general creativity, but specifically goals are nicely spread around.
Which is not to say that I wouldn't like a striker who converts more chances. :) But we are doing alright overall. 

This keeps coming up everywhere - striker thread, Morata thread, etc: "where oh where will the goals come from?".
We are joint 2nd for goals scored. They seem to be coming from somewhere. And the benefit of not being over-reliant for goals on a couple of players is aptly demonstrated by the fact that both Liverpool and Spurs have score fewer goals. A player's form dips a bit - and suddenly the whole team is f**ked. We may be (potentially) over-reliant on Hazard for general creativity, but specifically goals are nicely spread around.
Which is not to say that I wouldn't like a striker who converts more chances. :) But we are doing alright overall. 

This keeps coming up everywhere - striker thread, Morata thread, etc: "where oh where will the goals come from?".
We are joint 2nd for goals scored. They seem to be coming from somewhere. And the benefit of not being over-reliant for goals on a couple of players is aptly demonstrated by the fact that both Liverpool and Spurs have score fewer goals. A player's form dips a bit - and suddenly the whole team is f**ked. We may be (potentially) over-reliant on Hazard for general creativity, but specifically goals are nicely spread around.
Which is not to say that I wouldn't like a striker who converts more chances. :) But we are doing alright overall. 

This keeps coming up everywhere - striker thread, Morata thread, etc: "where oh where will the goals come from?".
We are joint 2nd for goals scored. They seem to be coming from somewhere. And the benefit of not being over-reliant for goals on a couple of players is aptly demonstrated by the fact that both Liverpool and Spurs have score fewer goals. A player's form dips a bit - and suddenly the whole team is f**ked. We may be (potentially) over-reliant on Hazard for general creativity, but specifically goals are nicely spread around.
Which is not to say that I wouldn't like a striker who converts more chances. :) But we are doing alright overall. 

You had us all at "creaming their Levis over another team".

This keeps coming up everywhere - striker thread, Morata thread, etc: "where oh where will the goals come from?".
We are joint 2nd for goals scored. They seem to be coming from somewhere. And the benefit of not being over-reliant for goals on a couple of players is aptly demonstrated by the fact that both Liverpool and Spurs have score fewer goals. A player's form dips a bit - and suddenly the whole team is f**ked. We may be (potentially) over-reliant on Hazard for general creativity, but specifically goals are nicely spread around.
Which is not to say that I wouldn't like a striker who converts more chances. :) But we are doing alright overall. 

You had us all at "creaming their Levis over another team".

This keeps coming up everywhere - striker thread, Morata thread, etc: "where oh where will the goals come from?".
We are joint 2nd for goals scored. They seem to be coming from somewhere. And the benefit of not being over-reliant for goals on a couple of players is aptly demonstrated by the fact that both Liverpool and Spurs have score fewer goals. A player's form dips a bit - and suddenly the whole team is f**ked. We may be (potentially) over-reliant on Hazard for general creativity, but specifically goals are nicely spread around.
Which is not to say that I wouldn't like a striker who converts more chances. :) But we are doing alright overall. 

This keeps coming up everywhere - striker thread, Morata thread, etc: "where oh where will the goals come from?".
We are joint 2nd for goals scored. They seem to be coming from somewhere. And the benefit of not being over-reliant for goals on a couple of players is aptly demonstrated by the fact that both Liverpool and Spurs have score fewer goals. A player's form dips a bit - and suddenly the whole team is f**ked. We may be (potentially) over-reliant on Hazard for general creativity, but specifically goals are nicely spread around.
Which is not to say that I wouldn't like a striker who converts more chances. :) But we are doing alright overall. 

This keeps coming up everywhere - striker thread, Morata thread, etc: "where oh where will the goals come from?".
We are joint 2nd for goals scored. They seem to be coming from somewhere. And the benefit of not being over-reliant for goals on a couple of players is aptly demonstrated by the fact that both Liverpool and Spurs have score fewer goals. A player's form dips a bit - and suddenly the whole team is f**ked. We may be (potentially) over-reliant on Hazard for general creativity, but specifically goals are nicely spread around.
Which is not to say that I wouldn't like a striker who converts more chances. :) But we are doing alright overall. 

You can just start calling him "Ruby" - no one's gonna judge.

I know Sarri has converted players before and that it does occasionally happen in general in top football, but it still has such an amusing uni football feel to it. 
Yesterday we were talking about trying Moses as a striker, today it's RLC. :)
Giroud would make a decent center back I think. And Morata could suddenly flourish as a children's TV presenter.

I know Sarri has converted players before and that it does occasionally happen in general in top football, but it still has such an amusing uni football feel to it. 
Yesterday we were talking about trying Moses as a striker, today it's RLC. :)
Giroud would make a decent center back I think. And Morata could suddenly flourish as a children's TV presenter.

Seems like that Hazard bloke has been holding us back. Sell in Jan. 

What if a team of 11 Kovacices played a team of 11 Barkleys 38 times? What would be the total point tally?

I know Sarri has converted players before and that it does occasionally happen in general in top football, but it still has such an amusing uni football feel to it. 
Yesterday we were talking about trying Moses as a striker, today it's RLC. :)
Giroud would make a decent center back I think. And Morata could suddenly flourish as a children's TV presenter.

I know Sarri has converted players before and that it does occasionally happen in general in top football, but it still has such an amusing uni football feel to it. 
Yesterday we were talking about trying Moses as a striker, today it's RLC. :)
Giroud would make a decent center back I think. And Morata could suddenly flourish as a children's TV presenter.

I know Sarri has converted players before and that it does occasionally happen in general in top football, but it still has such an amusing uni football feel to it. 
Yesterday we were talking about trying Moses as a striker, today it's RLC. :)
Giroud would make a decent center back I think. And Morata could suddenly flourish as a children's TV presenter.

I'd love to see Jimmy Floyd in a pressing side, he'd be stood in the centre circle with his hands on his hips, looking bemusedly at all the other players running around - 'in pursuit of what?' he wonders.