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Yeah, that was my favourite move of the match, other than the goals of course. Threw away Phil Jones to the floor like he was nothing and just made mince meat of Rafael.

No I don't mean to say you are pro-Mata and I wholeheartedly agree with your entire post, it's spot on imo. My point was simply that in general the whole argument about Mata kind of lumps one side of the argument automatically in that Mata FC bucket right now because Mata at his beast doesn't mean Chelsea at their best anymore. We are winning now and for the first time in 2-3 years actually building a team identity. Unfortunately, the simple fact is that Mata FC and Chelsea FC are mutually exclusive, they weren't in previous years but they are now and it won't change.

He may not be as effective but it's Chelsea FC and not Mata FC. If he wants to play either learn to press like Oscar, which will never happen because Mata is limited physically, or do your best to influence the match from the wings. Mou isn't going to change his defensive philosophy to suit Mata, especially since it seems to working with the entire team except Mata. Plus he's played on the wings for us a lot when he first came here and has been very good. Of course he won't get goals and assists like last year but as long as he's able to help the team win, that's what he and we all want. I don't care if he gets stats or not, as long as he plays well and we win and this goes for any player.

Yup, he's a lot more intelligent than people give him credit for. I mean, Mou let him play the full 90, he trusted him and he repaid his trust. He's just a super aggressive player and I think he was ok yesterday. I just think it was mistake starting Luiz and Ramires together because they both lack positional discipline and go chasing after the ball.

The problem is Mou's defensive philosophy is to press high through the centre and force the ball to the flanks and win the ball on the wings. Pressing high through the middle is crucial, which is why whenever he does start Mata it's on the wings to hide him as much as he can.

Come on Chelsea! Gotta win this. More nervous than in previous years because this is a must win and I expect to win. Anything less than 3 pts can't be good enough.

I wouldn't trust his displays in Eredivisie. Offensively he'll be fine but defensively I want to see a loan in the PL before I'd place any trust in him. <br />

um, he posted jose's quote

United tactics are simple, get wide and fire in low crosses blindly into the box and hope it falls to a united player. That's all Valencia and Evra do. Januzaj is the only one that can actually disguise passes but he's too weak to really impose himself on us imo. Shut down the wings and we'll be fine.

Oscar will take care of Carrick.

If we're bringing in Shaw then I'm sure Cole will get an extension. I don't see how we can go into next season with Shaw and PVA as our only two left backs, considering we play around 60 games a season.

That's the chant right there! Not sure if that's you meant it to be when you posted, but I like that a lot. Nemanja Matic! So good we signed him twice!

He must have handed in a transfer request or threatened to do so, otherwise no way they part with him so fast without what seems like even negotiating.

The centre midfield doesn't have to be our biggest strength, as long as it's not a bottleneck, which this signing definitely helps.

David Luiz is at the game! Just got interviewed by Benfica tv

Lol Wtf was that post above? I don't like Matic, why?, I just don't lol<br /><br />Anyways I'm not going to judge Matic on just one game but he's looked decent. Big and strong, half mikel half Ramires. <br />He'd do OK in the prem because a few fouls called on him probably won't get called here<br />I am so desperate for a good midfielder I'll take anyone at this point, he's not world class but he's a def improment

Can we buy the Porto DM too? Fernando, dude looks good.

I can't think of any clear penalties he's been denied other than the one against Liverpool. Fouls he's def been denied a lot though.

any links to his post match interview?

Must win game. Jose's tactics have been to get a point away to all the big teams. Which means he must win all the home games and this is a must win. I'm actually glad United are winning today cause I was scared our players may become complacent if they thought they were going to win against United without even kicking a ball.

since when do "massive" clubs request loans for reserve players from just a "really good" club? haha

To me, KDB and Mata are pretty much the same players. Not exactly same of course, but they offer the same skillset to the team (especially in Jose's system). So if KDB is leaving then we should def keep Mata and I think that's what Jose is thinking as well. There are things KDB does better than Oscar, but those same things Mata can do even better. We know KDB or Mata aren't becoming first choice under Jose, it's going to be Oscar. So really KDB is competing with Mata for that backup CAM or RW position and that's just not ideal for KDB. He's not winning that competition anytime soon, probably not even if he realizes his immense potential.

Why shouldn't he seek first choice designation? Dude is one of the best GKs in the world. He'd be stupid not to want to be first choice. And, if he can't be first choice at Chelsea then he should go to a team where he will be first choice. The only reason to not strive to be a first choice GK is if he starts performing poorly. At the very least he should expect a first choice GK position which will be his to loose, not a second choice GK fighting for first choice position.

If Ryan is happy being second choice and competing with Luke then I wouldn't mind keeping both. Especially cause we need homegrowns.

I hate Arsenal but Walcott's always came across as a great dude. Def feel for him, not only is it a bad injury but he's going to miss the world cup too. Very unfortunate.