33 minutes ago, coco said:

I like the fact that when he scores goals, it will be great to shout MORATAAAAA !  You can really drag out the MORATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ! for the really big goals.  I like it when our strikers names end with an 'A'.

Or O? Shevchenkooooooooooooooooo

Now we know why we apparently weren't in for Aubemeyang. AUBEMEYAAAAAAAAANG doesn't sound right. These things matter, you know!

Edited July 20, 20178 yr by Valerie

Morata saying 'chelsea the best club' to sky haha, redcafe is making some brilliant reading, clutching at straws galore, just admit it to yourselfs utd, We've mugged you off again! £100m+ for a young hesky with an awful touch or £58m plus some add ons for a genuine worldie?! No argument! 

Edited July 20, 20178 yr by Bigthrobberus

36 minutes ago, coco said:

If we were all honest about it, most would admit that we hardly ever know who these new players are, let alone watched them on a regular basis, so i just go on the name and try and imagine martin tyler screaming it out.

Tbh I am just pleased that our new striker is not called Lukaku.  I pretend that I think Morata is better but I haven't got a scooby really!

25 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Now we know why we apparently weren't in for Aubemeyang. AUBEMEYAAAAAAAAANG doesn't sound right. These things matter, you know!

We'd just call him Steve.

I don't think Moratta can really be deemed a worldie yet. He's not played regularly for either Juve or Real and he's coming to a new league. Let's wait and see if he turns out to be or not.

As for Lukaku I think the pressure is on with him now. Is he simply a striker who scores 20+ goals a season or is there more to him. Stepping up to a team where the pressure is on massively is gonna be interesting to see with him. I have my doubts about him and so far I think he's a more talented Darren Bent but I'm not gonna say for sure until I see how he gets on at Man U.

My only concern is his goal scoring record at Juventus wasn't great, so I'm not sure he'll be able to get the 20 goals a season that Costa could, but that was a few years ago, so maybe he's improved since then. Will be interesting to see how he acclimatizes.

You can never be sure about something until you test it. But seeing what options were available I think we have got the best striker possible. He may not have a killer instinct like Costa, or he may not be a prolific scorer like Lukaku, but he is technically better than any of these two and I think could fit well playing with 2 up front. I also think that he will link up better with Hazard/William/Pedro and Fabregas than Lukaku would. Besides, if it is true that Morata is the striker Conte wanted all along, I have no doubt that Conte will be capable of making him a top striker in this league. 

51 minutes ago, Bigthrobberus said:

Morata saying 'chelsea the best club' to sky haha, redcafe is making some brilliant reading, clutching at straws galore, just admit it to yourselfs utd, We've mugged you off again! £100m+ for a young hesky with an awful touch or £58m plus some add ons for a genuine worldie?! No argument! 

Redcafe is in butthurt mode. I remember yesterday when Di Marzio reported that Chelsea was close to agreeing on a fee for Morata and then it was agreed some poster created a thread "Lukaku vs Morata season 2017/2018" I was laughing so hard. Even today they are still going at it.. Never seen such delusion... HOLY sh*t. 

 

Some of his goals are bloody brilliant. They showed one of his goals on sky sports and he shot from outside the box with his right foot and curled it into the far left bottom corner. He scores headers, lobs, outside the box, inside the box; he really can score from wherever. 

36 minutes ago, Beerqueen said:

We'd just call him Steve.

We most certainly will not call anybody with even a tentative Chelsea-connection Steve. Too much of a reminder of Wotsisname.

4 minutes ago, Valerie said:

We most certainly will not call anybody with even a tentative Chelsea-connection Steve. Too much of a reminder of Wotsisname.

Well I was going to say John but there'll only ever be one John in our minds.  

So, Bob then?  But that's Luiz.  Bill?  Garner.  

What blokey name could we use?  Stan.

Just now, Beerqueen said:

Well I was going to say John but there'll only ever be one John in our minds.  

So, Bob then?  But that's Luiz.  Bill?  Garner.  

What blokey name could we use?  Stan.

Hank?

9 minutes ago, Valerie said:

We most certainly will not call anybody with even a tentative Chelsea-connection Steve. Too much of a reminder of Wotsisname.

Good thing Steve Holland moved on then 

Think of the interesting battle for the starting spot for Spain in the WC, Costa vs Morata......

Next point if you want to witness the c**t red media, check this one out, we got by far the best deal, yet when comparing Morato, Lukaku and Lacazette it gives the UTD transfer fee as 75 mil but his value at 93 mil, Lacazette transfer at 46 mil but he is worth 49 mil, and Morata transfer fee 60 million but he is worth 54 million,  so everyone else got a bargain and we overpaid, f**king unbelievable...

Edited July 20, 20178 yr by DonAntonio

Hasn't Morata been consistently chosen ahead of Costa?  TBF I don't really follow the Spanish national team but every time I see them it's always Morata, never Costa.  

1 minute ago, TheChelsRVA said:

Hasn't Morata been consistently chosen ahead of Costa?  TBF I don't really follow the Spanish national team but every time I see them it's always Morata, never Costa.  

Not recently no been a mix 

14 minutes ago, DonAntonio said:

Think of the interesting battle for the starting spot for Spain in the WC, Costa vs Morata......

Nect point if you want to witness the c**t red media, check this one out, we got by far teh best deal, yet when comparing Morato, Lukaku and Lacazette it gives teh UTD transfer fee as 75 mil nut his value at 93 mil, Lacazette transfer at 46 but he is worth 49, and Morata transfer fee 60 million but he is worth 54 million,  so everyone else got a bargain and we overpaid, f**king unbeleivable...

f**k em. We will see on the pitch next season.

2016-17 league stats	Romelu Lukaku	Alexandre Lacazette	Alvaro Morata
Games played	37	30	26
Minutes played	3,267	2,408	1,331
Goals	25	28	15
Assists	6	3	4
Min per goal	131	86	89
Total shots	110	84	55
Shot conversion %	22.7%	33.3%	27.3%
Touches in opp. box	189	196	111

1 hour ago, DonAntonio said:

Or O? Shevchenkooooooooooooooooo

I don't remember him scoring enough goals to hear it on the commentary!

Just now, MissouriBlue said:

I don't remember him scoring enough goals to hear it on the commentary!

That was the point, was a bit of a cheeky one 

Just now, DonAntonio said:

That was the point, was a bit of a cheeky one 

Ah you have outwitted me once again Tony... Normally I pride myself on the subtlety of a good English mug off. I guess I've been stateside too long!

Alvaro getting the Heathrow ambush treatment from Sky.