Barrettinator

Pickford is a real talent, isn't he?

Has to be Hazard vs Arsenal. That was a Messi-esque run. Big man Coquelin got treated like a rag doll.

That would sound weird. "Mercedes Stamford Bridge"

That would be a catastrophic decision of epic proportions. Have you not learnt from the sales of De Bruyne and Lukaku? How's Mere a bigger talent than Christensen? Especially considering Christensen has been playing in a midtable German side who even played in the CL this season vs one who plays for a relegation side? What's the point in selling our own 21 year old CB talent who'd cost us nothing to put in the team and going out to buy a 20 year old CB 30m+?

Thought I posted this in here earlier. Interesting to see his own perspective on his transfer to Chelsea. The fact that their club tried to vilify him despite all of this is laughable. https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2017/04/fernando-torres-on-his-anfield-exit-a-complete-chapter-from-ring-of-fire-liverpool-into-the-21st-century-the-players-stories/ (Warning: It's sympathetic to Liverpool fans - still an interesting read though)

Even going by your stupid sarcasm, Salah doesn't even have better YouTube videos.

Arsenal will give Sunderland a pasting. And if they don't, they don't deserve to be anywhere near Europe next season.

"So according to you, we can only speak about players we've watched hours an hours of match footage on. Correct?" "Did I say that? At least watch a few games or just admit that you don't know sh*t." Mate, you deny saying that and then go on to say EXACTLY that in the next line. Are you okay? Give your head a wobble. 1 game = 1h30mins. "A few games" = at the very least, 3 hours (if it's just two games). Do you love to contradict yourself or is English not your first language? How is singling out the best parts of his game from various matches "restricted content"? You lot even posted one of such videos on the first page in here. Why post it if he was such a world beater and the video was useless? Your Pogba-Modric example is just silly. If you're looking for a box to box midfielder, then OF COURSE Pogba is far better than Modric and YouTube will prove that. If you're looking for a deep lying playmaker, however, or a CM who can control the game with distributing passes, then Modric is your man....as YouTube will also prove. If all you're looking for is a speed merchant then Adama Traore is your guy....as YouTube will also prove. It's really not that hard to grasp, unless you're deliberately ignoring context for the sake of your argument. Maybe your guy Keita really isn't the best performed midfielder in the Bundesliga? Maybe? Crazy thought, I know, but think about it.

People who parrot this "it's because they had no Europe" nonsense act like we didn't win it in 14/15 while being in Europe. Or 09/10. Or 05/06. Or 04/05. Absolutely silly excuse for their own clubs being sh*t. Wenger for one is one of the most deluded managers I've ever seen. And it's funny because he's only fighting for a spot in Europe now because he changed to Conte's 3-4-3 over the past few games and has stuck with it, the old c**t. What will their excuses be next season if we retain the title?

Pep: 'I would have been sacked if I was managing Barcelona or Bayern' http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39926264 Never seen a manager repeatedly slag off his own club throughout a season like Pep has with City this season. Funny though that he's not exactly lying.

League title, FA Cup, deep League Cup run. For the CL, it would depend on how our summer goes. If we bring in what I perceive to be the right players, I'd expect us to win it. Otherwise, I don't think the CL should be do or die just yet.

I think the point is that in the semis, you're very likely playing the best of the best and there's no shame in losing to such teams (though we should be aiming to beat them and win it).

United. The only English team to win a treble. Trebles are very rare. Even Real Madrid have never done it. I think only 7 clubs in the history of European football have done it, with Barca doing it twice in 2009 and 2015. Juventus might win the 2nd Italian treble this season though (first by Inter Milan courtesy of Jose). Tough to expect a treble. I'd be happy with a league win and CL semi final tbh. A CL win would be a bonus.

Fully agree with @TheChelseaBlues on this. Youth trophies are meaningless versus having a few youth players become first team regulars. I don't think Marcus Rashford ever won a youth trophy or even Harry Kane, yet they've become regulars and that is a great achievement. THE great achievement.

So according to you, we can only speak about players we've watched hours an hours of match footage on. Correct?

One for the avatar hunters.

KING CONTE!

You do realize Aguero is City's greatest ever player, don't you? Why on earth would they want to sell him to us? You've listed examples of players being sold to recoup stadium debt or surplus to requirements, etc. Aguero may not be front and center of Pep's plans but I'm sure City (who don't particularly need the money) would happily sell to one of the new rich Milan clubs or somewhere abroad. They'd be strengthening us by selling Aguero to us. Oh well, stranger things have happened. Just don't count on such a scenario.

This back and forth is funny. Lukaku apologists streaming into the Morata thread in glee when he underperforms. Morata apologists streaming into the Lukaku thread in glee when Lukaku underperforms. Do you lot not get tired of it?

WorldofFootball and ScoutNation make countless scouting videos on countless players on pretty much a weekly basis and they both have videos on Keita. I doubt they have an agenda for some CM from RB Leipzig but if you want to go ahead and make all the excuses in the world for the lad then go on. Read your post again and ask yourself if he's REALLY worth the twisting and turning you're doing trying to find excuses though. Listen, at the end of the day, it's just my opinion. You have a right to think he's a world beater and we should throw a club record fee at him. I also have a right to think he's okay but nothing special and we can do A LOT better. Off the top of my head, Tolisso from Lyon is miles better and would fit much better in our system. There's probably 8 other CMs I can mention that would make more sense but aye!

There's more than 5 minutes of footage of him on YouTube, don't be silly. Tell me, when we signed Alonso, where did you go to get a good idea of what he's like as a player? Did you go on YouTube or did you go watch hours on hours of Fiorentina matches? Really couldn't care less how you take the post mate. If the lad can't look good in highlights then I have better things to do with my time than go watching hours of Bundesliga matches. As has been pointed out, that IS the point of highlights on YouTube. So I don't have to sit through unnecessary footage. I don't know why that's hard for you to understand.