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heard hes on around 25k now so thats a huge wage increase

Spend 50 million on an attacking midfielder hoping he might be able to transition to playing as a CM. How can it possibly go wrong?

So apparently, Gotze is a CM now . . . If we're going full potato, why not just buy Neymar to partner Matic?

I agree Also, as a full back, at 28 he should be in his prime, with probably at least 3 years of top football

Berardi, scored it against AC Milan. I dont know which club he played for but he was on loan from Juve

Coutinho and Willian have been better this season. I havent been watching Moura that much but against us he seemed like he can contribute more than Oscar. Scolari might start the group stage with Oscar, but i feel he will be relegated to the bench during the course of the tournament

People are making too much of a big deal out of these poor results against the smaller sides. What team doesnt struggle against parked buses? its like people think theres this one formation that will totally nullify defensive tactics. you cant expect not to lose points at all. with a better striker, wed probably get around 6-7 points more than we have now, but wed still be losing points no matter the formation

I wont be surprised if he ends up on the bench. Im actually expecting it

I guess the false 9 fantasy will never die out. We've tried it with Hazard, didn work. Tried it with Schurrle, didnt work either. What the hell, lets just spend 50 million on Reus and try it again!

absolutely not

I think he will be angling for a move in the summer

We are desperate for a good distributor from center midfield. Both Wiliian and Hazard keep dropping too deep so they can receive the ball, leaving our striker isolated

well at the bottom of that 'abysm' (abyss??) are 2 spanish teams who are still in the europa league

its over

i never have confidence in Ba

cant believe how quiet hazard was

Well at this point one of the drawers (??) takes all

go stare at the moon or something

No.

How can you not know the away goal rule?

missed some big penalties in the last 3 years

I will be very, very surprised if he ends up playing as a winger/AM I really have no idea what youre basing your expectation on.

i know people moan about play acting, but if a scumbag like Ribery is allowed to slap me in the face then im gonna dive around to my hearts content. Honestly Carvajal shouldve gone to the ground there

are you honestly implying his worth is 15M?

Exactly Kalas had 18 touches against Liverpool (for comparison, Ivan had 32). It was a conscious effort by the team not to put him under too much pressure. Also, there was no space to run in behind our defence so holding the line wasnt that much of a concern. This was a type of match where CBs thrive. No one on these boards thikns that Luiz is a CB, yet against Bayern he was absolutely fantastic. And as Spiller mentioned, theres always the case of McEachran. One game doesnt mean that much.