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That is pretty sweet looking.

I don't care if it beats it as long as it works and we see some creativity and goals. Whoever at Chelsea is responsible for making this happen -

Been following @VCFCentral on twitter which talks about all Valencia matters (didn't even mean that pun) in English. They think it's a good deal for both parties and they're glad to see Mata Sr go.

Is it ok to admit I'm as excited as a kid on Xmas with Juan new arrival?

Juan's official website www.juanmata10.com http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.juanmata10.com%2Findex.php%3Fseccion%3Dnoticias%26id%3D672

Cannot wait to see the new boys presented on Tuesday. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come - either you're part of AVB's evolution or you're a bystander.

Do any of us really think that will happen?

I love Fernando Torres and I'll defend him to the bitter end whatever that is because I don't think he turned to sh*t overnight or just because he joined Chelsea. He knows that he is measured by goals, bottom line, and he wants to score. I want him to score and I think everybody else does too except maybe DF. That's why it makes me shake my head watching him play wide or play deep to get involved when he is a striker. Not saying he should never do those things but somebody, anybody look for one of his runs and feed him the damn ball early once a half. Is that too much to ask?

Football Spy preview of Mata from the Mirror http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/football-spy/Chelsea-Arsenal-transfer-Juan-Mata-Valencia-what-fans-can-expect-by-David-Cartlidge-article788075.html

It is official, hell has frozen over. @johncrossmirror Torres subbed but thought he had decent game. There. I said it. #CFC's best quality right now is their spirit. WBA unlucky to be pointless.

It's People so don't know how accurate. http://www.people.co.uk/sport/2011/08/21/mata-set-to-join-chelsea-after-torres-bombarded-star-with-text-messages-102039-23359860/ "Chelsea’s case was given a huge help by record signing Torres being in regular contact with his Spain team-mate. He was desperate for the Mata deal to go through, so has been calling and sending SMS messages to his pal." We're desperate too.

Not you.... I had to edit my post. I know we all post some clankers at times but ... smh.

Don't know the answer to that but can they hurt?

The team came back and while it wasn't pretty and there's a lot of work to be done, they got 3 pts. That's about as positive as I can be.

Read it somewhere that its the Chelsea time warp. Time advances but nothing really changes. I'm still hoping for the evolution of change to occur under AVB but a lot of things still look very much the same. I hope for a Mata, a Modric, or players like them. I hope they are incorporated into the team and we can see something positive moving forward. Not expecting huge changes but to see the game end with the exact same lineup as last year except for Bos was weird. Still the same issues as last season.

I was watching the game in the first half and my daughter came in the room. She asked if I had the tv on slo-mo. I said no. She said "then why are they playing so slow?" No words for that.

There's no point in arguing with that. Drogba forever.

Not Torres best game, not his worst. I think he kept trying to make something out of nothing because he couldn't get involved in the game. Some teammates clearly can't or won't see him on the pitch.

What act of God is it going to take to bench Lampard? I'm not a Lampard hater but he's been bad. I have a hard time believing Josh or Yossi couldn't do a better job.

Thank goodness. I hate to rain on the parade though that a win will paint over the cracks of what was a sh*t team today.

The more things change at Chelsea the more they stay the same. How different is the lineup right now than it was last season? Where is the bang your head against the wall emoticon?

No but we appear to be Lampard FC

My sincere hope is that AVB is screaming at them in Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, whatever because that was just not good enough. It was slow, apathetic (apart from a very few) and just bad. The only positive is they can't play any worse. Can they?

Before I read any of the posts my quick thoughts: That was not good in so many ways. Kalou must be freakin' amazing in training is all I have to say. At least AVB took him off before half. Anelka is slowing things down too much. Team passing is too slow and too awful.

I'm going to go watch FoxSoccer pre-match show (ignoring Liverpool/Arsenal match) and then Chelsea. They better show Mata in the crowd or else I'm spamming the hell out of Brad.