Who weill be cover for hazard once schurrle left?

Kinda sad hes gone hes kinda essential especially as an impact sub or poacher striker...

LW - Hazard, (Oscar and Willian can cover this but not effective for me),youth
AM - Oscar, Ces, Hazard, Willian, youth
RW - Willian, Cuadrado, Hazard youth

Iinm cuadrado can play both LW and RW

The thing is Willian, Hazard, Cuadrado, Oscar, Ram are very flexible, either 1 of them can play at RW or LW.

once Cuadrado comes, our atk force is going to be more or less complete. provided everyone is healthy. maybe still need some reinforcement for CDM. CB-wise, Zouma has more than proved himself.

maybe RB is another worry though.

cuadrado used to play as RWB before,so..i guess he is more comfortable playing on right side.

Hmm, iirc willian originally a lw.

yap the next step is to find another 'Cesc' if we consider Ake and RLC as Matic's understudy.

yap, he can be a RB/RWB..but i must see his defensive quality first.

I didn't know this, maybe he will start to be more involve with the left side now after this.

such a bored game... we should playing 2 striker ...

and sacrifice a midfielder? i dont think so hehe

Remy + Drogba...

Mvg as cesc understudy.
rlc as matic understudy.

Weed mode on.

Actually, I think Ram can learn those passing skill from Fab. Imagine if Ram got all of Fab's passing skill. Plus with Ram's energetic run. He'll be a beast.

and we shouldnt field costa during the mickey cup game vs liverpool .. should just put remy/drogba .. jose learn the lesson ok

ram is good for running the ball not playmaker .. fab is playmaker like lampard

Khedira would definitely be the cheaper option alright,and it leaves space for RLC,and other younger players to come through. If pogba comes,the youngsters will be pushed even further away,since he's only like what..21 years old?

Ahh thanks i was looking for a replay of this very incident. Didn't even look like the ball had gone out in REAL TIME,and this evidence speaks for itself. Little decisions go a long way. Well you know the FA and their officials. They can't even get a simple decision like this right,yet they expect us to take them seriously.

Over-reliant on matic,just as much as we are on hazard,cesc and costa. Worried they might get burned out at the same time :sweat

Wasn't just azpi mate,i think only zouma managed to put in a commendable performance for the whole 90 mins. Terry,azpi and brana all had really poor games and it's quite an achievement to only concede a single goal!

I think the club has one or two surprises before the window closes. Various media outlets are saying the cuadrado's deal is practically done,but why has the club refused to officially confirm it until now?

I have a hunch that he'll be officially unveiled with one or two additional personnel beside him

'Kurt Zouma reminds me of Marcel Desailly' - Danny Murphy

He reminds me of France legend and former AC Milan and Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly with his power and presence, but the greatest quality he demonstrated against City was his calmness for his age - he did not once look panicked.

It would have been easy for Zouma to let adrenaline take over and make a rash tackle but he made the right decisions at the right times, and he knew when to stay on his feet.

And this was not against a lower-league team in the League Cup. He was playing against Sergio Aguero and David Silva, which makes what he did even more special.

I also watched Zouma against Liverpool in the second leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final on Tuesday night.

What I saw was a man desperate to keep his shirt and to prove to the world he is a top-class player.

Even when he was beaten, his pace meant he was able to get back and recover.

He communicates well, is a handful in both boxes and his distribution is good, in that he does not try to do things he cannot do.

Zouma certainly did not look inexperienced or short of confidence, which are the factors that might mean you do not risk a young player in a game like that, especially in such a key position.



sos from BBC Sports

This post has been edited by briantwj: Feb 1 2015, 10:41 PM

as of now, i really don't see any reason for ZOUMA to lose the starting berth to Cahill. superb performance by him and i hope his fate can be better than Kalas.

i really dont see why we should even start Cahill. put him on a sub also, straight away mess up.
the only advantage he has over Zouma is experience, but it seems like it counts for nothing.

Atsu scored twice in AFCON2015. We should recalled him since he didnt get playing time with everton