Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:01 pm  

According to Rodgers in his presser this afternoon all paperwork has been completed with regards to Sahin.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:24 pm  

John_D wrote:

Yeah, it'll take a while before all those tricks and flicks and ball retention are forgotten and kick-and-rush becomes the new mantra. I don't buy it.
There have been plenty of internal transfers that haven't worked out and nobody bats an eyelid. But take someone from outside the league and suddenly it's a huge deal. Nope. Not having it.

Point taken about Sahin's lack of football recently, but he's come from one of the fastest, hardest pressing teams in Europe. If you want ridiculous industry, Dortmund are it.

Absolutely agree on the first point, I've said before that signing from England represents just as big a risk as it does from signing abroad. The point is, I think Sahin is the type of player that will take a while to adjust. He's a top player, of that there is no doubt, but I think it will take him time. Get over it.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:29 pm  

McClennan wrote:

http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/chelsea-emerge-from-jose-mourinhos-shadow-at-last-the-jonathan-wilson-column/

Hazard's looked excellent so far, but we're only two games into the season - Games against Wigan and Reading. Hardly the right time to say we've moved from out of Mourinho's shadow.

I think Di Matteo has Mourinho's shadow still over him, along with Roman's and Guardiola. If Di Matteo comes close to Mourinho's PL record, playing "good" football then he'll be out of anyone's shadow and hopefully secure in his position, but he's patently not there yet.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Fri Aug 24, 2012 7:50 pm  

Moses has signed for Chelsea. Hope he enjoys sitting on the bench.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:16 pm  

Conroy wrote:

Moses has signed for Chelsea. Hope he enjoys sitting on the bench.

Do you not think they might play him up front instead of Torres? It's a very strange signing, I just can't understand why they've signed him. The previous signings this summer had all been following a pattern of excellent technical players, players who could arguably play a similar way to Barcelona. Moses doesn't seem to fit that and seems if anything too similar to Daniel Sturridge, very pacey but still very raw.

Talk on twitter tonight that Everton have also signed another player. Unprecedented scenes if that is true.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:38 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Do you not think they might play him up front instead of Torres?

Sturridge has pretty much never been given that chance, even when Torres was stinking out the place.

I can't say I've seen anywhere near enough of Moses to begin to judge him, but I think he might be a small insurance policy against Torres misfiring again. Just having Torres and Sturridge isn't enough, we didn't get close to signing any of the bigger name strikers we were looking at, so we opted for Moses, who has the benefit of being home grown.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Sat Aug 25, 2012 8:19 am  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Sturridge has pretty much never been given that chance, even when Torres was stinking out the place.

I can't say I've seen anywhere near enough of Moses to begin to judge him, but I think he might be a small insurance policy against Torres misfiring again. Just having Torres and Sturridge isn't enough, we didn't get close to signing any of the bigger name strikers we were looking at, so we opted for Moses, who has the benefit of being home grown.

Strange signing still, he's a decent player from what I've seen but I can't see him ever being good enough to start every week for a top 4 club.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Sat Aug 25, 2012 11:09 am  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Sturridge has pretty much never been given that chance,

Off back to City.......according to The Kenyan Daily Post

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:32 pm  

Goochie wrote:

Strange signing still, he's a decent player from what I've seen but I can't see him ever being good enough to start every week for a top 4 club.

Agreed. You need two feet normally to play with champions not one peg.

Re: Football Chat Thread - Euro 2012 edition : Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:41 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Sturridge has pretty much never been given that chance, even when Torres was stinking out the place.

I can't say I've seen anywhere near enough of Moses to begin to judge him, but I think he might be a small insurance policy against Torres misfiring again. Just having Torres and Sturridge isn't enough, we didn't get close to signing any of the bigger name strikers we were looking at, so we opted for Moses, who has the benefit of being home grown.

Looks like Torres is getting his goalscoring instincts back recently.