Ronaldo

Or an even better prospect for left-wing. Ain't broke. Don't fix. ridiculous comment

Oliver tomorrow: Harper showed a better workrate in his 12 minutes than Luque in his entire 45

commentators are absolutely pitiful

Lots of potential, yes. Noticably better than Steven Taylor is at the moment though, and I'm a fan of Taylor. How so? Only outstanding thing he has that Taylor doesn't in my opinion is pace, both just as strong/rash and if anything Taylor is more composed on the ball, he certainly has better control. Sorry but I see little difference between the two and if Richards is worth £20m then Taylor must be, which he isn't, neither of them are. Based on what I've seen, I'd have Onuoha ahead of Richards. come on, Richards is ten times more athletic, stronger and I cannot belive you think Taylor is better on the ball More athletic, how do you work that out, 10 times mor too? Do you even know what athletic means? As for stronger, again how do you work that one out? I bet you think he has a bigger nob as well... I think even Taylor's harshest critics will vouch for his strength, did you see his performance against Drogba last season at SJP? The Chelsea man just bounced off him like he was a brick wall and had to revert to shirt pulling. Ball control, if you watch Richards when he runs with the ball he overhits it and only his pace makes this less obvious as he strides to the ball, but to a keen eye you can see his control isn't the greatest, Taylor's is very good on the hand, he's quite comfortable on the ball for a CB. I stand by my comment, they are similar players in terms of where they are at, both huge potential but a long way to go, any differences are marginal. You can believe Richards is 10 times better though, if you want he's a hell of a lot quicker and more agile than Taylor strength? yes he did very well against Drogba but i've also seen him muscled off the ball by strikers with average strength. Richards seems very strong I don't think Richards is 10 times better and never said that, I do think he's better though

Lots of potential, yes. Noticably better than Steven Taylor is at the moment though, and I'm a fan of Taylor. How so? Only outstanding thing he has that Taylor doesn't in my opinion is pace, both just as strong/rash and if anything Taylor is more composed on the ball, he certainly has better control. Sorry but I see little difference between the two and if Richards is worth £20m then Taylor must be, which he isn't, neither of them are. Based on what I've seen, I'd have Onuoha ahead of Richards. come on, Richards is ten times more athletic, stronger and I cannot belive you think Taylor is better on the ball

16 until first game of season,we need players before the Bolton game not 31st Aug yeah too right too many times we've got to late August hoping we might just be able to steal a uefa place. Things need to be in place well before the first game of the season.

shame they're leaving it so late

of course he didn't, he's built like a feather and has no engine

anyone who thinks playing Solano in any attacking role is anything but a massive step backwacks for the club..... very pissed off if true

Nobby, as much as I love him, will last 5 minutes in midfield

you obviously know politics as well as you know football then

Owen followed by Viduka and Luque

yep Owen shouldn't be anywhere near the candidate list for penalty takers. Emre or Solano (if on the pitch) for me

you've seen Shorey play how many premiership games? you can't really make a comment like that

If you are talking literally I guess that makes sense; as in we were a much better side 96-97 than in 05-06... but all in all it's a rather foolish thing to say. we were also better in 95-96 than 96-97

Beardsley by a mile, his class made up a team to be feared in those early prem seasons when the southern cunts were laughing at us Shearer does not represent a good transfer, with him in the team we went backwards, regardless of his personal achievements

with Duff injured, Luque is the best option we have in a left-sided attacking role wrote off his career here 5 months ago when Caroll was played ahead of him at Portsmouth. Hope I was very, very wrong. I still have a home shirt with Luque 20 on it

Aye, but Ferdinand was £28m. At least that's my understanding of what they're on about... yeah Ferdinand was 28 english pounds, roughly 42 million euros

considering Nesta was bought for £20m, that's a joke

Does this make him the world's second most expensive defender behind Ferdinand at £30m? surely i'm forgetting someone

tbh, Drogba only dived once last season and I watched 90% of Chelsea games haha that's the bigest crock of s*** i've ever heard, drogba wouldn't know how to play if he didn't dive and how many of his 33 goals last season had anything to do with diving?

to be honest the 'sometimes I dive thing' is a load of bollocks who on here can say 'i'm not a diver' in French, the guy retracted it straight away with 'i don't dive'

i'm not a big King fan by any means, but he's certainly got more natural ability than Carragher. Neither are anywhere near Rio or Woodgate though

tbh, Drogba only dived once last season and I watched 90% of Chelsea games

Says Mr. I love Italian football.