calculatingInfinity

Yeah. She's not bad at all. Now that De Bruyne girl that Courtois also nailed... That is puzzling.

Will give it a try once I finally buy a kindle.

We all hate them! But for once I am also kind of happy about it, with Costa and Fabregas getting two weeks off.

It's the same typical bullshit as always, the headlines are not close to what he's saying or showing the whole picture.

He would be fantastic for Chelsea, but the price would no doubt be way too high, will probably end up going for Reus or similar instead.

Yes Moyes, YES

He certainly has to get better at finishing, the good thing is he's also painfully aware of that himself and so is the whole Chelsea coaching staff. Hopefully that will get better with time and he will also get better composure with age.

Injuries can very possibly. While the main starting 11 is great and a good bunch of the bench is too, it doesn't take many injuries for the current Chelsea team to look fairly thin. Meanwhile a team like City got pretty much a competent replacement for each and every starting 11 and will probably not have as many matches to play, when they crash out of Europe. If you meant a single team... Ehm, probably some shit like Sunderland yeah.

Because of English employment law allows 16-year-olds were allowed to sign contracts, which he wasn't in Spain. So basically he moved as soon as he could get a proper contract and Barca didn't have much of a say in it/couldn't offer him a contract like that. It was hardly getting rid of him.

When Toure was at his best he was a crazy force going forward as well as defending. Matic is amazing and I love him, but Toure used to be quite a bit more dangerous going forward imo. Currently though? Not even a question, Matic is much better.

The whole Milan side is pretty shit, but Torres is kind of the icing on the shit-cake. He scored a great header against Empoli but other than that I don't even think he has scored, and he still has the hopeless attitude.

I think they can finish in top 4 too, but their match schedule has been by far the easiest of any teams too, gotta keep that in mind. They played two top 6 teams from last season and lost both (liverpool and spurs)

RIP Yep it's a stupid rule, but it's the rules that it has to leave the box.

They wouldn't have been able to blame it all on Mikel this time though.

Clearly? I don't know about that. This is coming from a racist, proven liar before (remember he told Liverpool he would shake Evra's hand) and overall just terrible person. He might just be making this up, or a Chelsea player might just be saying "whatever, he told us to" to try and get Suarez to shut up.

No matter how many times I hear this isn't possible in the deal, I still fear it.

In the first one too?

It's on thepiratebay and probably lots of other places, if you search fourfourtwo

A few quotes, it's a good article interviewing several people around Costa, if anyone picks it up. By 15, he was training with professionals every day.” But, frustration building, Costa punched an opponent and threatened the referee. His 120- day ban meant he would be suspended when super agent Jorge Mendes was visiting to run the rule over him. “ "Thankfully our appeal was accepted and he could play in the game.” Costa only played a half, but it was more than enough. His personality immediately endeared him to Mendes, who had an agreement with Portuguese club Braga to provide the primeira Liga side with young talent from minor teams." "There was a load of old guys and this overgrown kid who was fighting everyone. He wasn’t scared of anything – an incredible personality. Technically, he wasn't brilliant; he just needed to understand his body better because he was slightly uncoordinated. But just look at him now. He’s a beast" “I fought with everyone. I couldn’t control myself. I insulted everyone, I had no respect for the opposition – I thought I had to kill them.Boys who grew in academies are taught to control themselves and respect others, but no one ever told me otherwise. I was used to seeing players elbowing each other in the face and thought it was the norm.” His influence grew, as did his notoriety. Across a two-week period against Real Betis, he was almost Spain’s most wanted man. In the Copa del Rey in late January 2013, Betis defender Antonio Amaya’s errant back header presented Costa with an open goal. “Thanks for the present,” shouted the devilish Costa, running towards the tunnel, to spark a huge brawl. “Doctor Diego, Mister Costa,” read Marca’s Jekyll and Hyde headline. “If my team-mates had not held me back, I’d have killed him,” hissed Amaya after the game. “That shows what kind of person he is: he has no heart and no shame.” When the opportunity to join Chelsea arose this summer, Costa nearly refused, as he had done to Liverpool in August 2013. For the first time in his football career, even his life after his cousins’ bullying, he felt at Atletico like he belonged. “I don’t like moving house,” he has said. “I want to feel important.” Also apparently Ramos convinced him to play for Spain... Despite how much they usually fight and spit on each other on the pitch.

From Decembers month of FourFourTwo. Proof he has been a kid once!

I love how different sites gets wildly different things from those quotes. Some say that Mou is taking a dig at Liverpool, and dailystar is saying he's calling it a potential masterstroke lol

I think they are just over the moon having a semi competent central midfielder. Which he is, although not much more than that. But considering the rest of the rest of their players in that position, it doesn't surprise me they are very happy with him.

One of the few sensible posts in here, thank you.

Not even Dowd thought so to be fair. He gave a yellow.