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Yes, but I would argue that he's done all that already. Starting at Anderlecht, who are not exactlly a "Micky Mouse" club, it was a decent standard. Then on to WBA who were a struggling PL side, and finally to Everton who have managed to become a regular top six outfit. His next logical move (even if he wasn't a Chelsea player) would be to a club like ourselves..if he's good enough. I think where we differ is in how we see his development. Although Lukaku is still only 21, he was an early developer. That probably has a lot to do with his size and strength at such a young age, he was playing against men at 16 years old. I agree he's not yet the finished article, but he's already played a hell of a lot of football at the top level (top UK level anyway) I know some (on other sites) were suggesting he should be have been our number one striker last season. I'm not saying that. But I do think his learning curve should now continue with us, on a level footing with Torres as our number 2. I believe he's close to the stage where we have to decide that he's either good enough or he's not. Perhaps Jose has decided that already, but given our options if Costa is injured or needs a rest, I'd like to see Lukaku on the bench. |
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Starting line up for the friendly now:
Delac; Azpilicueta, Cahill (c), Zouma, Luis; Fabregas, Matic; Salah, Boga, Brown; Costa Subs: Cech, Ivanovic, Ake, Terry, Christensen, Chalobah, Van Ginkel, Romeu, Baker, Swift, Solanke, Bamford, Torres. Costa looks strong so far. Still the oldest looking 25 year old I've seen in my life. |
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Lovely pass/finish from Fabregas/Costa.
Torres.....lol |
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Lovely pass/finish from Fabregas/Costa.
Torres.....lol |
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Costa and Fabregas looked good. We may finally have a striker in Costa, though don't want to get my hopes up. Torres looked miserable sitting next to Drogba, he might be competing with him for third striker spot if Lukaku stays. If he'd stood still and let Ake's cross hit him rather than spasm like a mad man he would have scored.
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I didn't see any of Costa, just a replay of the goal. When I tuned in my stream had no sound, so I couldn't tell who some of the players were, but when that cross went in and the player sent it over the bar....there's only 1 person who could do that.
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Bamford and Chalobah both heading out on loan this season. No mentions where, but I really hope it's low level Prem teams. A 3rd season in the Championship won't do Chalobah any good.
Speaking of, bit surprised Omeruo ended up back at Middlesborough. |
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I've only read the reports about the game. Apparently Fabregas was impressive, along with Costa and Zouma ? I've seen the Costa goal on YouTube, he showed strength and pace and finished well.
The Torres miss is already doing the rounds. It would be laughable if he didn't do it so often. This was another classic, almost like a defender making a last ditch clearance to keep the ball out ! |
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I only saw the goals (and Torres miss) on youtube too, but it's good that Costa scored in his first match for the club - hopefully he will hit the ground running when the season starts. Quote:
Speaking of, bit surprised Omeruo ended up back at Middlesborough.
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Costa and Fabregas looked good. We may finally have a striker in Costa, though don't want to get my hopes up. Torres looked miserable sitting next to Drogba, he might be competing with him for third striker spot if Lukaku stays. If he'd stood still and let Ake's cross hit him rather than spasm like a mad man he would have scored.
with cesc pulling the strings around hazard, schurrle and willian, taking the pressure off oscar (who i still think is tremendous but overplayed) its looking good. Thank goodness our rivals have forgotten that you need defenders too, should be a good season |
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Thank goodness our rivals have forgotten that you need defenders too, should be a good season
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You do realise that the transfer window hasn't closed yet, yeah?
Its difficult for players, say two brand new central defenders new to a club and the league, to bed in straightaway. Im very happy our new players have played for chelsea and already scored - thats how it should be done imho. |
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I do realise, but i see teams leaving it late.
Its difficult for players, say two brand new central defenders new to a club and the league, to bed in straightaway. Im very happy our new players have played for chelsea and already scored - thats how it should be done imho. Circumstances dictate when players can be brought in. It may be that the potential selling club is waiting for a replacement to become available, or perhaps the player has been on holiday. There are lots of reasons why it may not be possible to bring the players that you want in early. |
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That's different from saying that other clubs have 'forgotten that they need defenders'.
Circumstances dictate when players can be brought in. It may be that the potential selling club is waiting for a replacement to become available, or perhaps the player has been on holiday. There are lots of reasons why it may not be possible to bring the players that you want in early. Do you think you will get the two or three international quality centre backs in before the start of the season? |
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I see that you are worried about this in another forum here.
Do you think you will get the two or three international quality centre backs in before the start of the season? As for their quality, I'll leave that up to Van Gaal. He seems to know what he's doing. |
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I have absolutely no doubt that we will make some defensive additions.
As for their quality, I'll leave that up to Van Gaal. He seems to know what he's doing. Not sure you could have done with ed saying you could break transfer fee records though - just adding more money to the price, and the prices are going up the closer you get to the start of the season. |
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Fair enough. There must be reasons why he is leaving it this late.
Not sure you could have done with ed saying you could break transfer fee records though - just adding more money to the price, and the prices are going up the closer you get to the start of the season. Woodward didn't reveal any secrets. FFP is not a concern, so if we have to over-pay, so be it. |
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Fair enough. There must be reasons why he is leaving it this late.
Not sure you could have done with ed saying you could break transfer fee records though - just adding more money to the price, and the prices are going up the closer you get to the start of the season. The manager had to at least talk to the players and see what players he wanted (and needed). Unless you think someone else should that picked the players? Then you would have said that Utd are not allowing the manager a say |
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Doesn't really make any difference. Clubs know that we're minted and that we need players.
Woodward didn't reveal any secrets. FFP is not a concern, so if we have to over-pay, so be it. Overpaying for players is only a concern if you have a set amount of money. Not even sure whats classed as overpaying anyway, The cost is what ever you willing to pay for a player and if you willing to pay it then you cannot be over paying |
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Doesn't really make any difference. Clubs know that we're minted and that we need players.
Woodward didn't reveal any secrets. FFP is not a concern, so if we have to over-pay, so be it. |
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It's not as if we've never been fleeced when buying players either. We've paid over the odds on many occasion and I doubt it will change any time soon.
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Have to say its good to see Adam Gemili do so well yesterday, I think we could be seeing a future World Champion
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Have to say its good to see Adam Gemili do so well yesterday, I think we could be seeing a future World Champion
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Actually amazing to think we are less than 3 weeks to our first premier league game against Burnley, time has flown past this summer. I guess World Cup summers always seem like that though! Commonwealth games keeping me busy at the moment too.
Looking forward to the next season, our squad has improved and with Jose as manager we are real contenders. Man City probably still favourites but Suarez leaving Liverpool and Utd yet to make their mark means we have to be around their at the top by the end of the season. |
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Actually amazing to think we are less than 3 weeks to our first premier league game against Burnley, time has flown past this summer. I guess World Cup summers always seem like that though! Commonwealth games keeping me busy at the moment too.
Looking forward to the next season, our squad has improved and with Jose as manager we are real contenders. Man City probably still favourites but Suarez leaving Liverpool and Utd yet to make their mark means we have to be around their at the top by the end of the season. Our rivals have had a mixed closed season. City havent done much, but did they need to? Im sure they will be our closet rivals. Arsenal have added a quality striker and will have their absent players back - but they are still quite soft underneath when teams done allow them to play. Liverpool have lost their best player and have replaced him with half the Southampton team. They have a stronger squad, but a weaker first 11. I think they will struggle with the extra games and teams parking the bus. United are, well, i have no idea what to expect. Some people expect them to win the league, others to finish 7th again. All i can see is that their team has not changed that much - and their new star signing is hardly a world beater (and is currently training alone for being unfit!). |
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