On July 31 2014 00:20 TriZen wrote:
Chelsea are now officially the most stupid team in the world.. (if they weren't already - eto'o, drogba)

Grats to Everton - a top 8 team has the best striker in the prem.

Sturridge, Rooney, Bony, Dzeko, Aguero and Van Persie for starters?

TriZen

England219 Posts

July 30 2014 17:59 GMT

#1002

I'm a Liverpool fan, Sturridge is a good player but he did rely a lot on Luis last year.. hopefully he can keep it up. Lukaku is only 21 and will improve every year. For Chelsea to sell him is outrageous, especially when bringing in Eto'o and Drogba in the last two years.

Maybe not the best, but Lukaku can easily be compared to those strikers at his current age and within a year or two has the potential to be even better than them. For Chelsea to not even give him a chance is just terrible management.

http://www.squawka.com/comparison-matrix#premier_league/2013/2014/romelu_lukaku/64/64/897/34/p|premier_league/2013/2014/wilfried_bony/126/64/5574/0/p|premier_league/2013/2014/edin_dzeko/126/64/558/0/p|premier_league/2013/2014/robin_van_persie/126/64/195/0/p|premier_league/2013/2014/daniel_sturridge/126/64/441/36/p#attack_score/goals_scored/assists/key_passes/total_shots/shot_accuracy#avg

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

July 30 2014 18:12 GMT

#1003

Horrible defending. What a surprise lol

kyllinghest

Norway1607 Posts

July 30 2014 18:13 GMT

#1004

I agree he is a fantastic young player, I just dont agree on him being the best. I think Sturridge will thrive on not having Suarez around, he also actually scored more often than Suarez last season, he just didn´t have the crazy three and four goal games.

Chelsea are insane to sell him though, but I guess Mourinho isn´t the guy to trust young players.

Edit: scored in more games, not more often.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

July 30 2014 18:18 GMT

#1005

On July 31 2014 03:12 Ysellian wrote:
Horrible defending. What a surprise lol

Feyenoord?

sixfour

England11061 Posts

July 30 2014 18:27 GMT

#1006

On July 31 2014 02:25 Mensol wrote:

Besiktas is terribad, terrrrrrrribad.

You guys would've won easily with Janmaat etc.

idk, i watched your friendly vs mainz this time last week and you looked half decent, at least able to handle eredivisie sides

have booked for gladbach/stuttgart and bochum/union berlin next month

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts

July 30 2014 18:29 GMT

#1007

Chelsea beating Chelsea B atm :3 (Vitesse)
Fabregas freekick and Salah tap in from Costa break

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

July 30 2014 18:40 GMT

#1008

On July 31 2014 03:18 Greg_J wrote:

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Feyenoord?

Jup pretty poor so far from Feyenoord. Going to be a fun season this one

Twisted

Netherlands13554 Posts

July 30 2014 18:49 GMT

#1009

Ugh. Hope Feyenoord gets some better players otherwise my team (Ajax) is just gonna win the league unopposed.

Micro_Jackson

Germany2002 Posts

July 30 2014 19:10 GMT

#1010

On July 31 2014 02:52 kyllinghest wrote:

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Sturridge, Rooney, Bony, Dzeko, Aguero and Van Persie for starters?

Is it just me or does Premier League lack good strikers?

Pantagruel

United States1427 Posts

July 30 2014 19:13 GMT

#1011

Bah. Didn't have high hopes for Feyenoord in this but I still find this disappointing. I hope we can sat least make Europa league but watching this I wouldn't be one bit surprised if we miss out once again.

I don't really like Rutten but considering we sold almost out entire defense and Pelle can't really blame him.

kyllinghest

Norway1607 Posts

July 30 2014 19:13 GMT

#1012

On July 31 2014 04:10 Micro_Jackson wrote:

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Is it just me or does Premier League lack good strikers?

I kinda agree, especially after Suarez left. I still think Sturridge, RvP and Aguero can hold their own compared to most strikers around though! Its not easy to stand out as a striker in such a physical league.

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

July 30 2014 19:22 GMT

#1013

On July 31 2014 04:13 Pantagruel wrote:
Bah. Didn't have high hopes for Feyenoord in this but I still find this disappointing. I hope we can sat least make Europa league but watching this I wouldn't be one bit surprised if we miss out once again.

I don't really like Rutten but considering we sold almost out entire defense and Pelle can't really blame him.

Yeah, the way we have been playing I feel doubtful we'll even make the Europa League. I just don't understand the hurry we had in selling our best players with the new rules concerning the preliminaries.

edit: Oh jeez this is just comical. Clasie is going to want to leave as well.

Mensol

14536 Posts

July 30 2014 19:31 GMT

#1014

Feyenoord

Well at least Besiktas got another chance to improve their CL record+ Show Spoiler +

, hope they meet with Arsenal or Napoli.

Pantagruel

United States1427 Posts

July 30 2014 19:55 GMT

#1015

Well... 2-1. Doubt it will matter much based on the play on display but who knows.

Twisted

Netherlands13554 Posts

July 30 2014 20:18 GMT

#1016

Can players bought in the next week play in the second leg? Maybe they can get 1 or 2 players. Basasicoglu or whatever seems a certain new addition in the next few days?

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts

July 30 2014 20:26 GMT

#1017

Pretty sure they can yes Twisted. You don't (afaik) register a squad for the qualifiers.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

July 30 2014 20:31 GMT

#1018

Ivica Vrdoljak has missed two penalties for Warsaw against Celtic. But Warsaw are still winning 3:1 after Efe Ambrose was sent off. 5:1 and this tie would have been over.

Oh scracth any Celtic hopes its 4:1 now. They're going to struggle to get back into this one.

Mensol

14536 Posts

July 30 2014 21:23 GMT

#1019

Everton sign striker Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea for £28m