Well then. It's pretty obvious we better sign him. Why spend a fortune on a Belgian with an mop on his head when we can get a homegrown player for half the price or less. If he is 3/4 of Lampard he'll be one hell of a player.
oooh juicy debate. think Mccarthy is much closer to lamps at the moment. Josh....i'm not sure what exactly he'll become. seems like a deep lying playmaker more than a box to box. who knows how he'll develop, but i think he could eventually turn into a very good half of a double pivot. but i'll bring up someone else, Chalobah is developing into quite a box-to-box player himself. he's broken out of just a DM (according to things i've been reading, i can't say first hand observation). but he's a little ways off being ready. Mccarthy could come in and contribute right now i think. though, he wouldn't ideally be the DM that we need. he might be able to contribute with that, but he could be more of a lamps style replacement. we just have to keep in mind that KDB will be here next season, and will likely be ready to contribute serious minutes. we just need to figure out where that will be.
Well that's been the case for three years. Josh can be McCarthy's replacement! Josh has done pretty well on his loan spell right? Another two of those and if he is going to make it he would most likely ready in 2015 or 2016.
just dont ever seem him being able to score anywhere near the rate Frank does/did and he has nowhere near the defensive game as Frank agreed with this line of thinking as I see McCarthy and Josh and very different players. McCarthy is more of box to box mid who can create through the middle rather than from deeper positions while also doing a ton of dirty work off the ball. Much like Frank he also seems pretty good at winning and maitntaining possession- something many of our other mids could learn from- you know its great winning the bloody thing but not so much when you give it straight back to the opposition. I dont think McCarthy would match Lamps in the goal department (then again there are plenty of forwards who cant either) but I think he would pinch quite a few goals for us. I funny sort of way if you were to blend Josh, McCarthy and KDB together you would have a young Lamps again.
I think we can forget that happening with anyone else - forever... I still have no clue how Lamps did/does it.
I think Toni Kroos is the closest player to Lamps I've seen. They even run with the same gate and shot with the same style. Out of current Chelsea players if you mix Oscar and KDB together then you can offer something similar to Lamps.
Wow. I never saw this. Thanks...I will pay close attention to this next time I watch a Bayern match. Good shout, Okocha!
I wish we would have brought him to Chelsea...but with BvB is still in 3 competitions. Nuri knows the system and could use the depth. Bender is either getting his jaw broken, getting a rib broken, or getting his nose smashed in - hard to stay healthy and with Perisic being sold to Wolfsburg, Klopp can move Leitner higher up as an AM or on the wing as a sub alternative which is were he should be playing. The fact that he wasn't getting any playing time in Liverpool would be enough to want to get out of that shit hole of a club that is still restructuring to begin with. Also, he isn't cup tied so he gets to play in the CL...something he cannot with Liverpool.
i was high on Mccarthy last season, and took notice the season before that, and now sitting here thinking about it, i'm surprised he's still with wigan. i do think he'd really be worth the modest price he'd probably take. i know kroos has played both in the pivot and as the AM at Munich, which is be more adept at? also, glad to hear that Taison joined someone else, we didn't need him, and he's not with a direct rival. with german teams in general being so well drilled in the 4-2-3-1, i'm still surprised there aren't more links with players from over there.
Modric talk picking up lots of steam in the media not sure there is much in it but he would be a nice addition for the right price
This does not make sense. Mourinho has used Modric as the replacement of Sahin and as an alternative to Kaka, who he just doesn't like for whatever reason. I can't see Modric going anywhere. Media Bullshit, if you ask me.