Sad to see Rami leave us...but now give chance to RLC...

Better ask rami leaves...

Hes space can b use to nurture rlc or even musonda

Atsu joins Malaga on loan

I think loaning Pato for 6 months is a good move. With falcao out with injury and remy no longer interested to play, we really need a reliable back-up for Costa. Based on Wikipedia, he played quite regularly for Sao Paulo so I guess, he is quite sharp and hopefully not that fragile.

I think Mikel + last season's Matic is solid. Mikel as we know is the bus driver, last season's Matic is doing everything right, tackling, intercepting, marauding runs from deep, playing box to box. In short an anchorman + box to box at pivot sounds perfect imho. I always think of it like this. Anchorman - Mikel. Box to box - Matic, Ramires.

Fab to me is more of a deep lying playmaker. He likes to do long passes up front for strong and direct runners like Costa. But 1 scary thing is he also likes to play tiki taka when deployed at pivot. A bit dangerous imo. And his upper body strength not good enuff to hold off players. Which kinda explains why sometimes he is played as AMF.

Not sure how to categorize RLC yet. Hopefully he can develop into a box to box type of player.

Against team with good attacking midfielders, Mikel + Matic. Against team with less than average attacking midfielders, Matic + Fab.

This post has been edited by briantwj: Jan 26 2016, 12:40 PM

we need a new Essien, midfield will be solved

RLC?

RLC sign contract extension already or not??

Not yet bro...

while waiting for pato's transfer, let's see how he plays in 2015

I still have my doubts on Pato. i dun wanna be like last time when Falcao comes and i go, oh not bad, he will be 2nd or 3rd choice, someone proven and can be relied on, some temporary fix for 2nd or 3rd choice striker.

But I really hope Pato can prove the doubters wrong and have a major impact on the team.

remy might go to newcastle on loan. i say it might be good for him at this point. since last season he had minimal game time.
lacking form and passion for the game. some game time there might shake the rust off his feet

This post has been edited by yokoloco: Jan 26 2016, 04:35 PM

finishing macam not bad... but then again its scouting via youtube

apparently it will be announced next week. should be a loan deal with option to buy. safer than buying straight, later end up like cuadrado

Happy birthday to our best ever coach, Jose Mourinho

Doubt whether he is too good or the team he played against is that bad...

Rami has always given 110% whenever he's on the pitch,and if I remember correctly,Carlo and RDM got the best out of his tireless running and deceptively accomplished finishing.

Unfortunately he looks quite out of place in our formation these days,when he should be good enough to start in most teams who know how to utilise his strengths.

25m is crazy money to turn down,and his departure will hopefully accelerate RLC's integration into the first 11.

A 6 month loan move with a view to signing him if all goes well can only be a win-win situation for all those involved. We get to see if he's good enough,and the player will be eager to give his all in order to secure a permanent move. If he decides the epl isn't his cup of tea,both parties can go their separate ways.

Yep his fragility should be our biggest worry,and there have been reports that Guus insisted on a loan move instead of a straightforward signing. Good on him for looking out for the club's interests,even though he's just an interim appointment. Could've easily gone down the 'yes man' route with roman but didn't,good ol' Guus

Hopefully we don't go for stone this window. I think he average at most. Always delay when he got the ball. Not worth the massive price tag.

Varane is much better imho. The reason why stones had such a huge price tag is because he is English lol

I second this

def Varane much better. Stones cos English + HG and RM wont let Varane go for no reason