Madmax

The Express link that started this nonsense here is ridiculous. If you look at their pieces about Bale in the 5-6 days before the Chelsea story, they have tried every permutation possible - swap with Di Maria (yes, really), straight sale to Man U, etc. Why even post this shit? They're obsessed with the guy.

Stopped reading past Liverpool.

Yep /r/soccer is excellent for news, links etc. Although they did brand all Chelsea fans Nazi worshipers last year after some trouble in Paris ahead of the CL game.

Classic case of applying Football Manager to actual football.

Have these been posted before? http://www.gfycat.com/MasculineAgedBlowfish https://gfycat.com/VelvetyCrispBass

12-13 nos. will have been padded to an extent with all the deep cup runs against average opposition we encountered that season (2 x Nordsjaelland, Europa, LC semis, FA semis and Monterrey). We were more defensive last season and he also missed a few weeks from injury towards the end. I don't look at assists because they're difficult to draw conclusions from. More pertinent parameters for the numbers would be chances created or key passes. Use sqawka or whoscored, not ESPN.

It's about the 5th time he's said that but scoring is not his natural game and he doesn't have the instinct for it. You can see it in his play and his numbers over the years, even in a 1 team league like Ukraine. I'll be happy if he just improves his overall attacking threat and final ball a couple of notches.

Neuer, Lahm, Robben, Muller, Lewy; Ronaldo, Modric, Bale; Messi, Suarez; Vidal; Aguero; Hazard; Di Maria; Ibra for me. Reus would probably make my top 20.

Moyes at La Real. First signing ... Fellaini?

Haven't watched much at all this season but Rafa Honigstein termed his season so far as "Subotage". Probably tells you what you need to know.

I wonder who'd come second in a poll of Chelsea players we regret keeping.

I doubt we'd go after a major addition in January and even more that it'd be a player exchange. Schurrle is settled, likes it here and is clearly ahead of Salah. Reus would be unavailable for the CL. He has nothing to play for in the league so would want to impact the CL knockout rounds. Plus, the article mentions it's a straight swap with no cash ... which means BVB value Schurrle at more than 20m, which I find very hard to believe. The only reason I can think of for getting him in Jan is to get him settled for next season.

Read the City manager's comments post QPR. "We will play this way ... we must not lose faith, this is our style blah blah". Sounding dangerously like Wenger. Also has a pop at Allardyce. Real classy from Pellegrino.

What about Belgium NT?

13 in 14 for Chelsea before this season.

Liverpool. Look at these cunts : https://i.4cdn.org/sp/1415457555452.webm Special mention to the guy doing a chinky gesture. Bellends.

Entire FourFourTwo December 2014 article on Costa : Plus bonus video interview of Mourinho and Costa pre-Liverpool : "I wasn't educated in an academy ... I learned on the streets. I like to win. I hate to lose."

5 PL titles and another CL, this time with him starting the final, would be epic and very well deserved.

Starts working the moment Mikel gets off ... typical

Yup, posted it a couple of months ago.

Lovren, Lallana, Lambert, Chambers, Shaw, Pocchettino ... seems everyone who left Southampton in the summer is under a curse.

I kept hearing pundits and commentators gushing over him being such a wonderful 'quarterback' last season. Now admittedly I know nothing about American Football other than that they play in a helmet and massive oversized shoulder pads with an overgrown egg for a ''ball'', but is quarterback the equivalent of a midfielder whose legs are gone and who's actually quite shit the moment someone gets within 5 metres of him?

And Liverpool in 14-15 are even worse than that Chelsea team, I'm sure you'll agree. Ox is also a couple of years older. Next.