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Sheva.

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  1. Saw this on the independent: I was fortunate enough to go to the Carling Cup games at Arsenal and Chelsea this week. (Having been to see Manchester City last Wednesday and Sunday, this made four matches in eight days, which would leave a sickly and shaming taste were I not an open-eyed addict). The expectation would be that one would see the future of football at the Emirates, whereas at Stamford Bridge Drogba, Lampard and Terry – the Mourinho core – would roll over the opposition by rote Of course, this is a cliché, and, for my purposes a straw man. But the best youngster I saw this week, by at least two categories of footballer, was Chelsea’s Oriol Romeu. Signed from Barcelona for £4.35m this summer, the hope that he should become Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas is not undetectable. For now, though, he is a different player. He was deployed just in front of Chelsea’s back four on Wednesday. He took the ball from the goalkeeper at every possible opportunity, always comfortable in the space he made for himself, always confident of his ability to manage the complex interactions between himself, his space, the ball and his opponents. In the attacking phase he started most of Chelsea’s attacks, spraying the ball out to his full-backs and wide players with ambition and precision beyond that of his team-mates. (The previous night Francis Coquelin distributed the ball very smartly for Arsenal, but was not on the same level as Romeu). Defensively Romeu was also exceptional, making crucial tackles from Matthew Briggs and Pajtim Kasami. His one mistake was, when moved to centre-back, a trip on Orlando Sa that ought to have been given as a penalty http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/22/romeu-shows-off-his-expensive-education/
  2. Lol not laughing about your English, found that part funny
  3. I think Alex is suspended for this game ?
  4. I won't say he's on form, but he's been better than normal in the past 2 games. And all we can hope for is that he keeps it up! That's what i heard also.
  5. AVB: "Petr went for a scan but he is okay. He felt a little bit dizzy with a head injury and he decided it was better not to take risks. He can play the next game"
  6. Luiz's pen was class. And credit where it's due, Kalou took a great one too
  7. They're playing really well at the moment, but i think we can go there and get a win!
  8. Anyone else nervous when JT stepped up? lol And the fucking commentator started talking about Moscow
  9. Really great pk's except from Lamps. AVB was so happy at the end lol
  10. There you go. Stamford Bridge coming alive
  11. Basically what I expected, with the exception of Sturridge.
  12. Rooney made 77 apps for Everton. Lukaku 98 for Anderlecht, Henderson 79 for Sunderland. He's played just 4 games, how exactly can you judge him and say he's worth 20m or anywhere near that?
  13. :541:- 20m for a player who has played just 3 games in the premier league. *4 games in his whole senior career
  14. I don't really have a problem with what Utd fans did. Let's be honest, most Chelsea fans at the bridge would have done the same - especially if it's someone like Rooney who loves scoring against us. And also, almost everyone on here will keep going on and on about it
  15. 1 game, 1 goal? *this is the first game he used those boots right?
  16. Actually i think he passed because he felt sorry for Berbatov
  17. Torres has been judged on that since he's been here. Even when he plays well "meh, he still didn't score"
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