Everything posted by MetsajCFC
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Hahah, imagine though if it did happen. Would be RAWK meltdown of massive proportions again... chopper theories, pictures, fans burning shirts... good times
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That'd surely mean we'd offload Ba atleast?
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Don't mind that argument, they are mixing up Football Manager 2014 and real life.
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You're talking as if selling players is the only way to balance the books. Wrong, big money is made behind the scenes with sponsorship deals, merchandise (mind you, in that Mata plays a big role with his well known name) and so on. Chelsea aren't a selling club and never will be. The argument of us selling in order to balance the book so we could buy a striker or any other player is just wrong. Might add up to clubs like Atletico and Porto but not us. He might sit around now, true. But what if Oscar / Hazard / Willian get injured? What then, Schürrle can't replace them all and I rate Mata alot higher than Schürrle.
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We might not have any say in this matter but isn't this whole forum concept built on opinion and all of us sharing our views on Chelsea related matters? They might strengthen in the summer, of course, but seems odd that we would sell them Mata, twice player of the year for us, in January. I'd rather keep Mata at all costs and think long term in the summer with proper replacements and so on. I'd love to see United drop out of top four, crippling them in the transfer market to some extent also in the summer window, which again benefits US next season. Can't deny Mata was the game changer for us last year, so influential and and at some point of the season we couldn't create any chances without him being a major part in it. Jose won't build around Mata because he isn't exactly his type of player, which is understandable. Doesn't mean we should sell to United, even if its 40 million. Money never been a problem, only way I'd take this deal is if we get Rooney. That's it.
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This season perhaps so but doubt he would be signed on a 6 month deal. He'll be at United for years to come and try telling me United won't be a threat next season, especially if they get more quality players in. Selling to United just doesn't make sense to me. Can't even compare to the other deals we've done with direct rivals (Benayoun -> Arsenal loan, Cole, Sturridge, Borini -> Liverpool and so on, Mata is a world class player, World Cup and European Championship winner. He is literally a game changer) Money or not, I'd rather loan him to Atletico Madrid and see what can be done in the summer.
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Totti impresses me even at the age of 37, thought he was brilliant today. Credits to Pjanic for setting up that defence cutting pass for Strootman who set up Gervinho, was joy to watch that build-up.
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Sad it didn't work out for him here, probably for the best for both Chelsea and especially him to seek better fortunes elsewhere. All the best to him if it does get finalized. Oh man, your avatars make me laugh everytime, you're like the mascot of TalkChelsea
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Welcome back Matic
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Brilliant victory, the first half in particular was amazing. This was one of those classic matches, had everything - goals, drama, controversy, physicality, trickery and lots of pride to play for. Hazard was once again amazing
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Happy and peaceful holidays to everyone!
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Tomo is one of the pioneers of XpertEleven from this TalkChelsea community, his old team was The Fookers if I remember correctly Tomo, hope you'll come back at some point, alright?
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Taking no credit away from Term, it was a hammering, but I didn't focus for the tactics, didn't even buy tactics reports etc, just no time/motivation with all the uni stuff..
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Well done to the staff for keeping this community going. Not only keeping it running but also constantly improving, freshening it. Happy birthday
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Woah, what an ending. OUTSTANDING GAME
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I'd go with smaller league. We've got 5 solid teams in the Premier League, if that means having 2x5 team leagues then fine, atleast you can't auto-pilot smash someone 7-0, that's what killing the fun for me at the moment.
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With up to 30kg barbell you can do loads of stuff: skull crushers, elbow raises, regular biceps curls, back rows, shoulder presses. Heck, even slow-motion bench presses. TONS of stuff you can do with that. NB! Form has to be clean on any of those exercises in order for them to work and minimize injury risk. Work hard but work smart, alright?
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Any decent streams? Mine just went down
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http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8957603/premier-league-romelu-lukaku-asked-chelsea-boss-jose-mourinho-for-move
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Wow, X-Rated losing at home to Sinised JK. Shock of the season!
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Great performance, couldn't ask for more
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When he scored 20 for Chelsea, there's a difference.
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That's right! We don't have the quality available like RVP, Suarez and Agüero. Torres was on par with them on his prime, Eto'o aswell - but for Chelsea they haven't been on that level. So what makes you think Lukaku can reach that potential at the age of 20? It's like deliberately making him fail. Rather give him time in Everton to develope and adapt to English league. It might be frustrating for him, for some fans but in the long run it is probably for the best. Some players should take note of Kagawa, who instead of sulking or saying stuff to national media, wants to improve and sees the positives in even his situation: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11667/8950832/premier-league-manchester-uniteds-shinji-kagawa-admits-he-needs-to-improve
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When we signed Torres, for most people it seemed like a great signing, there was lots of excitement and hope around. It didn't work out, no way of predicting that. But you need to keep in mind it was a major investment, contracts were signed. And those contracts aren't that easy nor cheap to terminate. But that's just a guess, there's no way of knowing the full story behind this as supporters. Fact of the matter is that there are players in Chelsea blue who get credit for anything they do, while their mistakes are overlooked, and there are players who keep getting criticized no matter how good or bad they do. Same story goes about Benitez situation. He did great giving the atmosphere around him. His achievements can not be downgraded. Statistics do not always show the full picture, just bunch of numbers. It's not only the strikers for Chelsea that do not score, Chelsea as a team can't score at the moment. It's clear radical changes were made internally when Mourinho was appointed so it's unfair to judge the team based on what? - 6 games? The Premier League isn't the only competition we're in. Torres scored 22 goals, 7 assists last season for Chelsea, not bad for a flop! You think I wouldn't like to see Lukaku play for us? Of course! But the club, might seem the other way around, put Lukaku's interest before their own. They knew a 20 year old will hit a rocky patch of form at some point - might it be after 2 games, after 10 games, and will lose his positiong to another striker. Everton was the perfect club for him to go to, and it shows with the performances he has been producing the past couple of games for them. He can afford to make mistakes and still have better shot at getting games than in Chelsea, which is normal. We should be happy Chelsea striker is doing great and offers promise for us the seasons ahead. Football is a business not a charity...