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So Ramires plays on the right wing. I'm dreading it already

The obligatory Ramires appearance in every match.

The boys are trying to make up for the pitiful effort on soccer am cross bar challenge

Was that really necessary? Can't we just enjoy Oscar's performance without putting down an ex player that gave a lot to this club?

They wouldn't shut up about Luiz and his "flaws" each time he was in possession

Decent 1st half. Our passing and decision making in Stoke's final third could be better. Matic has looked very composed on the ball and beautiful goal by Oscar.

Was that Ivanovic that did the flick for the cross to lampard or is my eyes deceiving me. I thought I had seen it all.

He was undoubtedly the best powerhouse, box to box midfielder in Europe circa 04-08 and he played footie with a smile on his face and was the ultimate team player who was willing to make a sacrifice for the team and play any position demanded of him without any complaint. be it right back, DM, B2B. good luck and thanks for the great memories Bison.

This match is tailor made for Matic and ramires needs a rest for once.

He's being too inconsistent for me and not influential enough. Azpillicueta is a worthy candidate alongside Hazard for the award. He's being magnificent. but then again defenders generally get overlooked these awards.

I just spent 30 seconds in the current player section looking for the mata thread before it clicked. it will take a while to get used to him being an ex blue

Would be very embarrassing and make us look incompetent if the rumor about his reluctance to join is true. We shouldn't have made any announcement until he's actually put pen to paper. that way you avoid awkward situations like this one.

best corner ever

Honestly, I actually think some of the mata "hatred" is down to insecurity. deep down inside they are hurt that he's gone but write these negative/borderline insensitive post to mask their true feelings. overcompensating is what I call it. This is Pacquiao right now

It's not an exaggeration when I say he's the classiest player in the EPL.

You would know one since you have one on your team (Rooney) and how's Hazard a money grabber btw.

He arrived on some 007 shit. Daniel Craig better watch his back

How does the comment in bold make any sense or relevant to the original point? So a player of mata's quality and status pre mourinho should have been ecstatic sitting on the bench?. Like jose himself said back in 06 during the Sheva fiasco that there would be problem if Shevchenko was happy sitting on the bench (something to that effect) as it indicates lack of ambition on a players part especially ones that aren't used to been mere squad players and in mata's case was the club's back to back poty.

Beauty and the beast.

I wonder who made him "unhappy" in the first place

fair enough. Aboutrika was robbed of, atleast, one African poty award. arguably the best African midfielder of all time.

Except that other team is Liverpool. the meltdown would be far worse

You rate Aboutrika above Hossam Hassan?

TBF he didn't say "of all time". He was referring to the current situation. No Egyptian would ever put him ahead of Aboutrika who's a top 3 Egyptian player of all time. Abou is old and past his prime right now that's why salah is the best Egyptian currently.

Hopefully there's a suicide watch helpline number somewhere on their info page.