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He also preferred Morata over prime Diego Costa so I'd take his judgement on strikers with a grain of salt.

I believed that the reason he shunted was because he had the misfortune that in his most important formative year he was at A. Madrid where brawns and exceptional hardwork was valued over creativity and talent. He never could match up to the exacting physical standards demanded by Someone and this lost his way. Same thing happened to Mikel Obi who had all his attacking instinct coached out by a Jose Mourinho who are that time needed a destroyer not a creator. I remembered Arda Turan's interview when he left A.Madrid. He said his body could no longer cope with the physical standards demanded by simeone.  I think the resentment btwn Felix and Simeone started from both not enjoying each other's attributes. With the kind of creative players we have now in the team, I don't expect Felix to struggle so much. If he can rediscover his confidence, we might have a 'gem' of a player in out hands

I believed that the reason he shunted was because he had the misfortune that in his most important formative year he was at A. Madrid where brawns and exceptional hardwork was valued over creativity and talent. He never could match up to the exacting physical standards demanded by Someone and this lost his way. Same thing happened to Mikel Obi who had all his attacking instinct coached out by a Jose Mourinho who are that time needed a destroyer not a creator. I remembered Arda Turan's interview when he left A.Madrid. He said his body could no longer cope with the physical standards demanded by simeone.  I think the resentment btwn Felix and Simeone started from both not enjoying each other's attributes. With the kind of creative players we have now in the team, I don't expect Felix to struggle so much. If he can rediscover his confidence, we might have a 'gem' of a player in out hands

I believed that the reason he shunted was because he had the misfortune that in his most important formative year he was at A. Madrid where brawns and exceptional hardwork was valued over creativity and talent. He never could match up to the exacting physical standards demanded by Someone and this lost his way. Same thing happened to Mikel Obi who had all his attacking instinct coached out by a Jose Mourinho who are that time needed a destroyer not a creator. I remembered Arda Turan's interview when he left A.Madrid. He said his body could no longer cope with the physical standards demanded by simeone.  I think the resentment btwn Felix and Simeone started from both not enjoying each other's attributes. With the kind of creative players we have now in the team, I don't expect Felix to struggle so much. If he can rediscover his confidence, we might have a 'gem' of a player in out hands

... We lost predictably to Man City yesterday... But I must say, we played well.. and the movement of the ball, combinations, and slick passing was impressive. My concern was Enzo playing in the number 10 position. To be honest I have not seen what the hype was about him.. he was poor playing as a ten yesterday both in the defensive and offensive part of his play. I believe Felix will be a better option to him as a 10 with Latvia and Caicedo playing in the pivot

Lollllsss @ Murdyk running at tremendous pace...

Hey, hey, hey! leave my name out of the f**king. f**k them somewhere else 

I can see it now.  After standing around looking important for 60 minutes Felix final gets the ball and produces a lovey looking flick to nobody.  The ball falls kindly to Jackson who get his feet tangled and trips over the ball knocking the ball into the path of Mudryk who run at a tremendous pace straight into the opponents defender.  The ball then ricochets kindly to Sterling who runs into the exact same defender this time the ball loops over the defence and Neto connects with a beautiful volley right into the back of the net followed by his leg which fell off in the process.   Wild celebrations at Stamford bridge as Neto is stretchered off the pitch.  An Incredible goal the kind only a billion pounds could make! Clearlake’s vision of total football is complete.
 
 

Why rush??? They can complete the deal if they want.. then they will have Oshimen in their hands on wages they can't afford and a disgruntled player to boot. Worse case scenario for us is to sell Lukaku to Aston Villa or on loan till January... Or send him to Turkey to reunite with Jose. It's a game of brinkmanship that I think we are in a better position to win

Why rush??? They can complete the deal if they want.. then they will have Oshimen in their hands on wages they can't afford and a disgruntled player to boot. Worse case scenario for us is to sell Lukaku to Aston Villa or on loan till January... Or send him to Turkey to reunite with Jose. It's a game of brinkmanship that I think we are in a better position to win

Why rush??? They can complete the deal if they want.. then they will have Oshimen in their hands on wages they can't afford and a disgruntled player to boot. Worse case scenario for us is to sell Lukaku to Aston Villa or on loan till January... Or send him to Turkey to reunite with Jose. It's a game of brinkmanship that I think we are in a better position to win

As you mentioned, physicality. I haven't watched Serie A for years, I have watched a fair amount of Barca and Real in recent years though, referees protect the best forwards in La Liga as is well known, they're generally not as well protected up here, I detest that, as I've said before I want the culture of English football changed, most of the people watching football here should be watching rugby league, rugby league should be the most popular sport in England, only slightly more popular than football but more popular nonetheless.  It's one of the reason why I don't want to see England win the WC or Euros.
As Giroud has scored more goals in Serie A I guess referees protect strikers more in Serie A than the PL, even with the case of the reputation Italian defenders have gotten.
I want referees up here to protect attackers far more from certainly, sociopathic, I would say psychopathic defending at times.  

He created one big chance which came in his first minute IIRC (Hall's bad miss at Fulham).
Could argue he was technically our best attacker but being the best attacker for Chelsea that season was the equivalent of being the friendliest crocodile.

100% agreed and it’s a completely different team to the one he played with. He was pretty much our only creative attacker that time. Now we are absolutely stacked with creativity, it really could bring the best out of him.
I genuinely believe there is a world class player in him, he’s just never had the right club. He really messed it up for himself by joining Atletico Madrid, there really wasn’t a worse club he could have joined.

Happy about Samu not coming here.
Also happy if Felix does. He was one of the few players when he was here who was creative and actually tried to make things happen. People were saying he was a luxury player - but for me, he was one of a small humber who tried and never downed tools. A big fan. 

Read this morning that we are looking to bring Felix back to the bridge. I totally support this idea and I believe he will thrive more under Enzo. With the way we want to play and the technical qualities we now have in the midfield to complement him,  we can make this work this time around. Unfortunately that would mean the end of Carney. His position is already under threat with all the options available. Getting Joao would put an end to his dreams as a Chelsea player. But Joao is a better player than him and this is a decision I can live with however difficult 

Sterling can .. and is actually better coming from the left to his strong right foot. I for see him been used in that role for often as soon as one of Noni, Palmer or Moreira secures the RW spot

More chance of me doing a cheeky swap deal for Margot Robbie and sending the misses the other way.

Also, talking about Diego Simeone in conjunction with attacking football is the same thing as calling a Tony Pulis Stoke United prime Barca

Madness

Also, talking about Diego Simeone in conjunction with attacking football is the same thing as calling a Tony Pulis Stoke United prime Barca

Well I did not see any evidence of a high octane style in the second half against West Ham. The funny thing about high octane football is that you need players that can progress with the ball fast and at the same see  attacking options, passing lanes, and possesses the ability to put all this information together and make the right decision either to pass quickly, dribble around an opposition player  or run with the ball into dangerous areas to hurt the opposition. Kindly refresh my memory .. how many players we have in the current Chelsea squad that can do this??? 

Well I did not see any evidence of a high octane style in the second half against West Ham. The funny thing about high octane football is that you need players that can progress with the ball fast and at the same see  attacking options, passing lanes, and possesses the ability to put all this information together and make the right decision either to pass quickly, dribble around an opposition player  or run with the ball into dangerous areas to hurt the opposition. Kindly refresh my memory .. how many players we have in the current Chelsea squad that can do this??? 

Well I did not see any evidence of a high octane style in the second half against West Ham. The funny thing about high octane football is that you need players that can progress with the ball fast and at the same see  attacking options, passing lanes, and possesses the ability to put all this information together and make the right decision either to pass quickly, dribble around an opposition player  or run with the ball into dangerous areas to hurt the opposition. Kindly refresh my memory .. how many players we have in the current Chelsea squad that can do this???