The College Dropout

He can be banned for violent conduct. Debuchy is from the Cabaye school of petulance.

He also had the most assists in the PL during that time. Daft point tbh. Interpret as you please. 2005/06 is part of that time to be fair which he did point out the following post. Not that it really matters to anyone other than TCD This is the comment I am referring to. He scored 10 goals and had 5 assists in his first season, they won the league at a canter. They'll win it again imo.

Giggs you know. But in his first season with 5 assists was that top? Of course not. Then Ronaldo is wrong. Again.

Giggs you know. But in his first season with 5 assists was that top?

He also had the most assists in the PL during that time. Daft point tbh. I'm Drogba's biggest fan. This is just a direct reply to Mole saying Chelsea lack fire power up front. Drogba can't have had the most assists either in those years. He had 5 and 11. Mata has had 16 and 17. He 100% had the most PL assists in one of his first two seasons. Total across the 2 years... maybe. He didn't top it the first season with 5.

Agreed. Should help in the old humility stakes too As much of a decent pro I thought Simpson was - his off field antics lead me to believe he was distracted in some way. The shit app, the WAG girlfriend et al.,

They're as close to a one-man team as I've seen TBH. Where would they have finished without him? I know there's no such thing really, but if there was one they'd be it. AVB denies it anyway. Would agree. AVB built the entire team around him.

Better Spurs examples are Caulker - who played full seasons for Yeovil, Bristol and Swansea. And to a lesser extent - Naughton. Caulker seems to be an excellent prospect though but they've handled it superbly.

Meanwhile, Danny Rose has been getting regular first team minutes the past few years on loan. Better player than Ferguson mind. He hasn't. But that may be down to injuries.

He's 22 and has had less than 40 competitive games. Wow.

Great move IMO.

He also had the most assists in the PL during that time. Daft point tbh. I'm Drogba's biggest fan. This is just a direct reply to Mole saying Chelsea lack fire power up front. Drogba can't have had the most assists either in those years. He had 5 and 11. Mata has had 16 and 17.

Owen had good fundamental football skills man. As do most decent L'pool graduates. But he excelled in the poacher category. That's the difference between Owen and Bent/Cisse. The latter sometimes look truly woeful with the rest of the game. Owen just didn't excel at that. Not to mention Owen was better at the poaching stuff too like.

Not good enough..... Mourinho isn't going to make up for no midfield, lack of width and no reliable goal scorer. Not good enough? They've won an FA Cup, CL and Europa League with weird management situations. Didier Drogba scored a total 22 league goals in TWO seasons when he first went to Chelsea, the years they won the league. 12, and 10 goals. Mata hit 12 last season. Honestly, the PL is bereft of great CM's. It's the biggest weakness. Carrick and Cleverley aren't much better, if at all, than any CM partnership Chelsea can put together. Width? They're not blessed with it but they have great pace, power and skill. Don't think it's much of a weakness for them. Having the only manager that has won the EPL (with a team that can win it) is a massive advantage. Think Pellegrini will take City further in the CL, challenge for the league definitely but win it? It's Chelsea or Man Utd. Spurs also look legit but the best they can hope for is 3rd.

The game has changed a fair bit since then. There's not many central midfielders of that ilk anymore, more specialisation.Although the "shuttler" is increasingly popular which Rob Lee would be playing today. Great energy, getting forward and back in the mould of Vidal/Marchisio/Ramires.

That Bigi lad sure seems very mature.....

Chelsea.

He's nee slower than Simpson like. He does seem weaker though and we are already a brittle team.

I don't hate him. I'm putting it down to PL inexperience. Santon on the other hand. Aye, he's so young he has plenty of time to learn how to defend. But at the moment, I think our fullbacks look very suspect defensively.

How can I defender be good but get caught out often? He's hardly Roberto Carlos either so don't even try.

Majority where saying he was the best of the new lot before the Liverpool game, funny how one game changes perceptions Especially when he wasn't even close to being the worst of the lot that day. Lots of idiots tbf, I didnt even watch the Liverpool game, my opinion was based on everything before that and it was average at best and f***ing hopeless at his worst. He made Simpson look a player when he came back in to the team. Exactly this. I was fortunate enough to miss the L'pool massacre. But Debuchy was alright/shit when I saw him. Simpson looked stronger and knew how to defend in this division. I am certain Debuchy will be better this season than Simpson ever was but honestly, Simpson played better than him for those 5 months whenever he was back in the side.

Davide was terrible for the second part of the season. Many goals where directly his fault. Debuchy is adapting to the league and I reckon those months will benefit him greatly this season. But he was as poor as anyone in the second half of the season.

Really like Bigi. Fantastic technique.

Simpson was better than Debuchy while both were at the club. IMO our weakest link last season was a full-back but it wasn't Simpson.

Aye, ridiculous the shite some people come out with.