Felix_Vainer

Has Azpi been sacked from his translator job??
On a side note, Courtois looks like the Belgian version of Bamford.

"When I arrived at this fantastic club 13 years ago I would never have believed that I would be fortunate enough to play so many games and enjoy sharing in so much success.



"This club has become part of my life and I have so many people to thank for the opportunity. Firstly, Ken Bates, who put his neck on the line to sign me as a young player and without him I would not have even begun this experience.



"Roman Abramovich, the man who saved our Club and took us all to new levels. His desire to push the Club to the top of the football world has rubbed off on everyone.



"All the managers and coaches who have helped me develop my game during the time I have been here. I have learnt from every one of them.



"All the brilliant team mates who I have been lucky enough to train and play alongside for so long. Not just their football qualities but also the friendships I have gained along the way.



"I'd also like to give a special mention to all the staff and people behind the scenes at the club who do not receive the glory but without them the Club would simply not function.



"The club will move forward, and as a Chelsea man I have no doubt that with the quality of the players that are there, they will continue with the success that we have all enjoyed over the past seasons.



"Finally and most importantly, I would like to thank the Chelsea fans. I believe they are the greatest fans in world football. You have supported me from the moment I arrived. Not only on the pitch, but in difficult moments in my personal life off the pitch. I will never forget.



"I feel honoured to have shared so many special times with you. Bolton, Amsterdam, Munich, the list goes on and on. I, and we as a team, could not have achieved those moments without your support.



"Whatever the next challenge is for me I will always be amongst you and have Chelsea in my home and in my heart. Hopefully I will get to see you all soon to say goodbye properly. In the meantime thank you for the memories and keep making history!"




Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper super frank, suuuper super frank, suuuuuuuuuuper, super frank, super frankie Lampard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anybody thinking about Courtois' feelings?
How happy he would be to miss such an important match, perhaps the most important in his career, he worked so hard to experience?
The fact that he is our player doesn't make it better if we deny him opportunity to be there for the club he played the last three years for.
It would be honourable from us to let him play regardless of that clause, considering this may be his last season there?
You feel very confident he would sign new contract if we make him miss this game?
That clause would be propriate for group stages, but semifinals, I don't think so.
It's unfair to Courtois himself.

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fucking come on.... fucking get in!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes yes yes yes yes yes.... oops we did it AGAIN.................
my voice is totally gone after all the shouting, my hands are sore after all the clapping. thought the napoli/barca/bayern experience could never be topped but i was so wrong. and i could not be happier.
now first things first, fuck eligius, fuck duoblue11cl and fuck all the naysayers and gloryhunters who cant support the team in a bad moment. fuck u!!!
now the performance was spirited. it was not a brilliant performance where we controlled everything, but it simply was a spirited performance full of character. we wanted to win more than PSG. it was as simple as that. we started slow, with PSG too being cautious and simply playing on moura/lavezzi's individual runs. hazard was always double marked. if that was not enough, jallet's only job seemed to be sticking very very close to hazard. but hazard's injury turned the match around. schurrle was a delight to watch (take that henrique). he has shown again and again that bigger the moment, the better he plays. the game was very much in the balance and we needed a goal before half time to get give us something to play for. the timing of schurrle's goal was just brilliant. the 2nd half, was all us. with ba and torres coming on, we thru the kitchen sink at them. BA again showed that he can be a very very useful player to the role he has been given this season. still 7 more matches to go and i would rather see BA than torres in them.
cech - a very good performance. dealt with the set pieces perfectly. seemed to be in control and it seeped into the defence. his shot stopping was a delight to watch today too.
azpi - good game. a lot of interceptions and dint let moura have a lot of say in the game.
JT - CLL. that describes him. injures himself and what happens 5 seconds later, he bloody slides in for a block. IRREPLACABLE. brilliant display.
GC - good performance. but was very cautious against cavani. let him win a few air balls without challenging him, should have scored a goal and the other end. but nonetheless, a good solid display. needs to be more assertive against good strikers though.
iva - that interception in the last minutes. fucking hell. just brilliant. even the header where he dint let the ball bounce for cavani. defensively he is a WALL. one of his best performances this season.
lamps - very disappointing. a lot of poor passes, people running past him, and what the hell is wrong with his delivery. corners hitting the first man over and over again. only player who simply dint seem in sync with the team.
LUIZ - MOTM. what a performance. amazing, fabulous, fantastic. i seriously am at a loss of words for the performance he put in today. 2nd half specially after the lamps sub, controlled the whole mid. full on running, tackling, interceptions. his ball winning is amazing as we all know and today he simply was on a different level altogether. i am not the staunchest supporters of DL, but he DOES up his game for every fucking big match. and him as a DM is simply fantastic.
oscar - good performance. in the first 30 mins, he seemed to be the man who would do something for us. ran past a few players but that final ball was missing. good energy and workrate.
willian - pretty much the same as oscar. drove us forward, specially in the 2nd half. but that final ball, that moment of magic is missing from his game or rather too few.
hazard - i hope the injury is nothing serious. would be a massive blow specially in the CL as we dont have any cover whatsoever.
subs-
schurrle- brilliant performance. very well taken goal. ran past players and most importantly, tried to run behind the defence. his positioning and reading off the game is fabulous as shown by that ba head down. he will be very crucial if hazard is unavailable.
ba - what a substitution by mou. probably forced but i would have killed myself if he had put torres on. changes the game massively. gave us a perfect outlet by letting defenders play the long ball. almost had an instant impact when schurrle ran onto his head down. what a well taken goal. MASSIVE MASSIVE MASSIVE. he should be ahead of torres in the list. gives us way more of an option up ahead and simply put, is a goal scorer.
we deserved the win tonight. the players gave it there ALL and should have been proud of themselves if the result had gone either way. KTBFFH. :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

I voted for Matic as the man of the match, but well, I was divided between him, André and Azpili, all of them were amazing in different things. Oscar also had a great match imo, but a step down from these guys.
I think André had the best match for us, it never ceases to impress me how his surrounding, movement and space awareness is top class. He's really one very smart player positioning himself and getting into the right spot, at the right time. That's instinctive and really, something we should cherish and explore more effectively.
Matic is absolutely a giant! I mean the guy has it all. He's strong, big, technical, tackles like a boss, passes like a maestro. His assists were out of this world and he even has a great finishing. I think the partnership with Luiz is PERFECT and I'm happy we gave them 60-70 minutes today, we'll need them to be in synch when we play PSG in a couple of weeks.
Azpili is a monster. Really. The guy is the kind of player that you just love to have in your team. Technical, with a lot of clutch and heart in his presentations, he's the perfect player imo. His tackles - one of them in what could have been a deadly Arsenal counter (don't remember who he's tackled) was beautiful, stuff of legends.
Oscar really played well imo which will shut some people for five minutes about two very stupid things: 1) Mourinho doesn't play him in big matches 2) Oscar doesn't play in those. He's been really good today, and not only the goals. I have to concede it to remains of the day. She killed it in Oscar's thread saying that Willian and Oscar are too much of the same to play to together and they end up worsening each other. She's absolutely right.
I think Luiz had a good match too, and the partnership with Matic is my fave given the options we have - both for EPL and UCL
Eto'o is absolutely a genius, I hope for everything that is sacred that he's ready to play at least the next home match we have. Torres wasn't half bad as he uses to, sort of filled Etoo's shoes, but it's still a letdown. As long as he continues to play smartly while Samuel is off, I won't be too much on his back.
I think Hazard didn't even need to play his usual and that's how it should be. We shouldn't overload the boy to carry us. Don't take me wrong, he had a good match (who didn't?), but he didn't need to create his usual magic for us to slam them. I think it comforts him and it gives a lot of confidence to the other guys.
The defense is really good again, Cech was proved and was there for us.
I'm so happy for Salah's goal. Words can't express how happy I'm for the kid. He looks so cute in our jersey and his pace is unbelievable, my eyes almost can't catch up with him.
Perfect day, amazing feeling for the remainder of the season, I think the win against Gala sealed everything for us. We're highly motivated and we're a force to be reckoned with. If City wants to have a chance here they better step up, we aren't dropping any points anymore, not even to Liverpool.

His wife is pregnant, the kid isn't born yet. I think Hazard was a father at age 19 or 20... being a father makes you mature in a lot of aspects in your life, your football isn't one of those, so this argument isn't really a valid one imo. He's a kid in the curve of his football development. As for what you are implying he's a man way before he's a father. He's been affording his mother and sister since he was 15... his first more significant amount of money was to buy his family a house, not get himself a fancy car while he was living in a big city. So this kind of maturity he has for a while now. It influences little or nothing in his development curve as a footballer.
I was thinking earlier today... when you look at a guy as Oscar, you know he'll only get better and better and be a top10, top15 player in the world because of the class, talent, flashes of amazing skills. It's about waiting him to mature. When you look to a guy like Piazon or Schurrle, you know they're good and they have some nice things about them, but as much as they progress in their game (and they will), they won't ever become one of the big stars.
That's the difference about Oscar and some nice prospects. We can't look to a 22yo and think he's ready, the final product or something near it. He's far from it and I think he's been amazing the past couple of years given his age.
Right now he's at most very good (if not just good) in most of the aspects of his game - except work-rate, which he's great. But he's showed many times before (but also quite far and between) that he can improve his vision, his dribbles, his passes, his finishing based on key passes, outstanding strikes, movement, sprints, etc... We can see when he does those really well isn't just a coincidence, but rather the conscious decision. It's a matter of him practicing them (in training sessions, but also executing them in matches) until he improves them. Some he might become better than others, but the prospects about this kid are great.
Could we be wrong and he never live up the expectations? Yes, we could. But as some of us keep repeating, very few players in the world were able to do some of things he did at age 21-22, and then when they were 25-26 which is about the time players peak, those other guys were great. So if Oscar was better than them at age 22, it's only natural you expect him to be better than them at his peak. We're very lucky to have him and also Hazard. I have no doubt they'll be two of the biggest names of this generation in 3-4 years from now. Oscar is very technical, tactical and smart. He isn't anywhere nearly talented as others, or maybe he isn't that far behind and his simple talent compared to flashy talents just pales in comparison. But those three aspects of his game makes up for his minor talent compared to others. With Oscar and Hazard for the next few years with us, we'll be one of the most difficult teams to play against because they compliment each other ridiculously well given their characteristics.

Made the right changes today and altered the match. He's done that a few times this season and turned draws into wins so he deserves plenty of credit for that win.

Drinking cans in Eel Brook Common because we were too young to get into any pub before the majority of matches, no matter the weather.
20 of us getting the District Line to West Ham away from Wimbledon, even though there was quicker routes so we could sing and drink.
My mate needing a piss so bad on the same journey that he went in a Sainsburys bag on an absolutely packed train and didn't realise it had holes in the bottom until it leaked all over him.
10 of us bundling each other in the middle of the square in Zilina and having about 30 photojournalists surrounding us taking photos.
Getting stoned before Arsenal and falling asleep in the ground.
Driving up to Burnley away and stopping on the hard shoulder so 5 of us could have a piss. Would've looked hilarious for people driving past.
The various free train journeys that the club put on that always took double the time they would've if you paid and having incredible banter on the way up. Stoke, Everton, Barnsley, Sunderland, Wigan to name a few.
After losing to Barnsley away singing whilst waiting for the free train back at the station with Barnsley fans looking on in disbelief.
My mate losing his virginity to a prostitute in Amsterdam.
Walking on the sea in Copenhagen because it was frozen over.
The same mate that lost his virginity in Amsterdam, touching up a certain "female" in a strip club to later find out she was a transexual.
Various escorts to Tottenham and West Ham games from Liverpool St.
Going out clubbing in stupid places after games such as Bolton and Wigan.
Finding a dildo on a hotel roof in Glasgow..
Setting off fireworks and bangers in Marseille.
Getting friendly with bar staff in Milan, who end up giving us free pizza and pasta and free drinks all night.
Playing a football match on the beach in Valencia with some Spaniards
So many, many more as well. Football times, are the best times!

Performances like these are vital to the evolution of the team. This result will make players realize that what Jose is doing is working and instills a winning and fighting mentality amongst the ranks!
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I watched the match same as you guys but if you watch this;

it pretty much looks like a highlight reel and that's from one match.. his (full) debut match in fact! Mourhinio referred to Matic as his 'Spiderman' because he gets his legs and his body in and gets the ball and i can see where he's coming from, really really happy with this signing i don't feel like i can say that enough lately!

Love JT jumping and clapping like a little girl

BTW, I'm a huge fan of Chelsea since 2004, signing Salah makes Chelsea the number 1 here in Egypt, now everyone here looks like a Chelsea fan, and that's annoying me alot, cuz supporting Chelsea was always making me feel special!. anyway, i wish him a good luck

I thought it was a joke, but I still can't understand it (but I want to, hahahaha).
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There aren't classier acts than Juan Mata in the world of football. I think for his frustration taking over when he was subbed off against Southampton is because things were already in a level that was unsustainable. We should keep in mind that's a human being with feelings just like us. He felt hurt, he felt he wasn't good enough (for the system, which is true, but also painful). I think he was taken by surprise by how things went. There's the part where we coldly analyze the facts, but we should also remember how difficult it must have been for him to be in such a position and he's acted like the gentleman he is through all this - except in the Southampton gate, that everyone here knows how I feel and even then I understand it was just too much for him to handle. So while I think he misbehaved, I think it was because he's reached his limit.
The press will be pushing for the reaction they've got from some of us simply because Mata's good boy reputation doesn't sell as much as mercenary, traitor, weak Mata sells. It's very simple and it's a shame some people bait it. I've seen few players show as much respect for their former club as Mata did through all of this. When I say I'm inclined to think he's left because he realized the battle was bigger than he's first assessed I don't blame him because although I said in this thread many times I wanted to give him more time to adapt, I'm also inclined to think no matter how hard he's tried, he wouldn't outplay the competition for the position in the aspects Mourinho considers important. Yes, he may have given up, but we need to put things in context. How much of a chance he's had to start with? Very little imo and that's why I'm not offended, hurt (can't even find a word that would describe what I was entitled to feel, as I think any professional player should make the decisions that work better for their career without being criticized and scrutinized for it, that I in reality ain't entitled to have a say at all, just feelings).
He did what was best for him and let's not pretend any of us wouldn't do the same. I'm positive the last thing he took into account was the money because it was very clear for me through all his time here he didn't mind being paid much less than many other players we had. I think it was just a big deception for him to become a squad player and when he's realized he had enough and when Mourinho realized he was hurting as much, they both agreed easily to let him go. I really believe it when he says he was surprised the club let him go easily. In all seriously, I got teared up when I read it because I think he must have felt unappreciated by 'the power to be'. I think he understands why Mourinho wouldn't be a bump, but I think he was deeply hurt the board seemed so willing to let him go without even requesting more money. Again, that's a human being with feelings, and from afar I'd say he's a very sensitive person, so it must be even worse for him.
Another thing I suppose must have hurt him is that the fans aren't that vocal about his departure in general. Yes, there's a lot of buzz from internet fans, I'm sure he's read some comments around on his blog, and probably other places, but I felt the fans that went to the Bridge were dismissive or to say the least unattached with very few manifestations of discontentment. Sadness yeah - even though I saw only one sign - but it seemed like most part of the fans are behind Mourinho (and that's the wise thing to do imo because we're proving to be better now than we were in those past two years). It must hurt him a bit too.
I'm always harsh on Mata - but that is looking in a team POV. I think he's a fantastic player, that would be competing for Balon d'Or a decade ago, but not now because of the way the sport's changed in the last five years. But more than a fantastic player, that's one of the most beautiful human beings I've see in the world of football and he let it show. So when I say Oscar works better, when I say Mata exposes(d) us, when I say he can only compete and give stats such as last season if the whole system is built around him, that's me analyzing coldly what's best for the team and I tend to be cold a lot of times. But he has my respect, my love and my admiration for his skills as a player, but even more as a person. I really think he deserved more than a United in shambles managed by a guy that is completely clueless. It has nothing to do with them being our rivals. Actually in a cold perspective it's better to sell him to a manager like Moyes who doesn't know what to do with him, rather than a manager - even from another league - that could use him as a lethal weapon against us. Not sure if I could express it, but I think he's going to have less impact at United - because the team is currently still weak and because they have a dinosaur managing it - than he would have in other teams around Europe that have better structure to make him shine. That's why I think he deserved better. Does it leave a bitter taste in my mouth to know he's going to a club I absolutely hate? Yes, it does and if I was more attached to him in a personal level, I would be disgusted as many of you are. But business wise and being very cold about it, we sold him to the one team I think won't make us regret this decision and I won't be surprised if when both Rooney and Robin are back if he won't be deployed in the wing again. I'm not sure Moyes will be stupid enough to move the one player that assured they're where they are right now and not even worse. Rooney's been saving United ass from the beginning and even if Moyes wants to move him around, I think the powerful people inside the club - including Fergie - will stop him from doing it. The first name to play behind the striker in United right should be Rooney (if he isn't the striker himself) and that may detract Mata's chances even more. Another reason for me to think he deserved better.

Seems like we have a song for him already if the game yesterday is anything to go by
The dirty scouse, they bought his flight
But Mo Salah, he saw the light
He got a tour round Merseyside
He ate a rat and nearly died
He hates scousers
He hates scousers
He hates scousers and he hates scousers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upJYu_z9NhQ

The main reason Bayern is dominating everyone right now is because even their most offensive players know how to defend. Ribery, Robben, Muller and Mando (soon Lewa). And those players not only track back, but they are world class attackers who punish you for every mistake. Their pressing is unbelievable and when they dont score or dribble, they still track opponents and play extremely big part of victory.
Hazard, Willian, Oscar and potentialy Cavani (wankfest) would equal them in WORKRATE and QUALITY. With one difference: Hazard is 23, Oscar is 22 while Robben and Ribery are 30. Its amazing potential and cant imagine how fantastic this team could be in 2017 when most of our young players (Hazard,...) reaches their peak.
And evolution of Hazard from last season to this is just unbelievable. Becoming complete player, he is going to be realy big in football. The main question is if he can be game winner.