Rumours is that Atletico Madrid wants Mata on loan, Everton and Liverpool wants Moses on loan. I don't mind Moses to go on loan. But Mata? Last season best player for Chelsea on loan? You got to be kidding me.

I'm sure Torres will get the nod instead of Lukaku. Mou will play it safe with Torres. Lukaku will be sub~

Shurrle as false 9...Mata not starting...this is interesting...the key battle will be cahill and terry vs rvp. As long as we can kip rvp quiet, we have a chance to win.

My heart pounding so fast when rvp get d ball around our penalty area. -.-

Ramires today seems to have forgotten to wear his killer-pass boot, his final balls are a bit disappointing. Lamps not helping Ram with those through ball and killer pass. Would like to see Lamps getting more of the ball and trying to provide some through ball or killer pass to Schurrle.

And 1 thing i notice about Hazard. He has the skill and dribbling ability. But he lacks body strength. That is what separate Hazard from the likes of Ronaldo and Rooney. When Hazard dribbling, some defender with strong upper body strength bump him then he lose the ball dy. Hazard needs to build some upper body strength like Ron!

Mikel ready to be subbed in? Wth? I thought Lukaku should be sub in and with 2 striker we go for the win? Typical Mou...defensive minded...

Dun think so. Essien is injury prone and mvg is still yet to adapt to epl. Mou needs an experience bak up in cm position.

0-0 seems like the talking point of the game will be Mata and Rooney. Why Mata wasn't involve and is Rooney leaving?

Oscar and Hazard is sure starter in the attacking trio. The 1 position left Mou is still finding for the best player to start. Shurrle/KDB/Mata? Mou needs some time to tinker and find the best combination. So we have to be patient guys.

On Mata leaving us, I'm sorry, I don't really see that happening. Moses leaving I can see it happening since Moses has yet to feature in any part of our 3 pl games. At least Mata played some minutes already, but Moses none!

On Rooney, I still think we don't need him. But Eto? He is a different story. A proven goal scorer. That is what we need. Rooney is too good playing in many positions, I have doubts that if he can supply us with 25 goals per season.

And I read from some where that Bale is back in Spurs from Madrid. Spurs seems to have u turn decision on Bale since the replacement Willian signed for us. AVB seems to wan a replacement if Bale is to be sold. Now it seems like Man Utd are joining the bidding for Bale too.

Once Bale is signed for Man Utd, I can foresee a chain reaction. Bale to Man Utd > Rooney to Chelsea/Arsenal > Moses to Liverpool > Suarez to Real This transfer market feels like fantasy football manager. lol

Diz season's transfer market feels like fantasy football. Neymar to Barca, Bale to Madrid, Negredo n Jovetic to Man city, Eto to Chelsea, Soldado to spurs....and now Mata or Ozil to Man Utd? Omg...

I think the attackin trio is startin to form...Hazard, Oscar and Kdb/Schurrle...if Oscar grab this chance to perform...i can only pity Mata for being injured..Mou will hand the starting role to Oscar if Oscar really performs well. Just look at Madrid, Casillas was captain and had been in Madrid for so long, he got injured and had some bad games, then Lopez performed quite good as stand-in gk...in the end when Casillas is fit, Lopez still get the nod to be in the starting 11.

This proves that Mou's policy is 'i dun care who are you, superstar or not, but if u work hard and perform, u will play'

This post has been edited by briantwj: Aug 29 2013, 01:24 AM

Please don't get Juve. I still rmb they beat us in Group stage last season I think. The midfield of Pirlo, Vidal and Pogba. Hard to penetrate mang.

+1. Eriksen is a good and promising player. Try to youtube about him. A complete midfielder I would say, a bit disappointed he chose Spurs. He would be a superb addition to our future generation of midfielder. Too bad we already have enough future midfielder in Mc Eahren and Chalobah.

Ya, agree with u that we have too much talent in the midfield area. This is an area that we can be immensely proud of. The future looks bright with Mc Eahren, Chalobah, Romeu. Let's not forget we have Hazard's brother as well for our reserve/youth team, forgot dy.
Now just looking for a suitable replacement for Ba. Our squad is strong enough to challenge on all front.

2 group of death imo. Group F and H.
Group F: Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille, Napoli.
Seriously, any 2 team in this group can progress to the knockout phase. Marseille is good with Gignac and Valbuena.
Group H: Barcelona, Milan, Ajax, Celtic
4 top dogs in their own division.
Good draw for Chelsea, teams like Schalke, Basel and Steaua are just mediocre. With Mou, I can see us steamrolling into the knockout phase.

Torres starts instead of Lukaku..seems like best chance for Lukaku is FA cup and Carling Cup. Good news is that Luiz started the match

Looks like Torres kept his form in european games. Duno y he cant perform in epl though. -.-

Why np substitute from Mou yet? Put Mata and Lukaku on!

I got a feeling Iva will score from corner again to bring us the trophy.

Gg la...need to sacrifice 1 attacker (shurrle) for mikel