francozola

Agree mate. I think we've done really well this transfer window. And people should remember how shit our squad was last season. Everyone thinks because we won the champions league and FA cup our squad wasn't that bad, but it was. We won those cups purely out of determination, etc etc. we had a good first XI which got us through the two competitions. When we rotated in the prem we did pretty badly which showed that the replacements were simply not good enough. So seriously everyone needs to lower their expectations. We replaced a lot of shit/past it players like Kalou, Bosingwa, Anelka, Malouda (to an extent even though he's still here), Essien. All our replacements are young and inexperienced so there are definitely going to be a lot of hiccups along the way. Just keep the faith ffs. Think about where we'd be now if we hadn't won in Munich! You think any of those players would have joined us?!

agree.. the complaining irritates me. "We didn't sign anyone on deadline day" are you fucking kidding me?!?!?! we signed Hazard, Oscar, Marin, Moses, Azpilicueta in this transfer window and people still aren't happy? yes we shoulda tried for a proper CM but jesus...

I'm pretty happy with this draw. Not as easy as I would have liked but we aren't Utd so can't expect that sort of 'help'. Really looking forward to those Juve matches. And jesus some of the posts here after the draw was made...

How dare you!

IMO he's still not nearly as fast as he was at Liverpool. He looks better now because he was awful in his first season here. Last season he showed decent pace and now he's better. He was a beast at Liverpool. I agree that the confidence thing has a lot to do with it but he's still lost pace due to benitez fucking with his injuries. "Don't know if you've actually watched our games or not" And nice sarcasm. If only you could post things in a non-condescending manner

Yeah, when he gets the ball deep and he's running at defenders he thinks too much. He always tries to go for the pass when you can tell he actually wants to try and shoot but he doesn't have the confidence and of course he's lost a lot of pace since his Liverpool days. He's done better when he doesn't think and just acts instinctively. But definitely fair play to him he's improved a lot.

He's also so sensible as a player. In the last 5-10 minutes especially against Newcastle he dropped deep but was just playing simple passes to the other players. Not going for anything spectacular, just closing the game out with smart possession. Shows his composure and he's not just some flashy player who wants to "prove" his abilities everytime. That back heel for Torres was glorious. Anyone can do a simple backheel, but he actually held on to the ball (in such a tight space) for a second and then returned it to Torres, and knew exactly where to place it for him. We've got a gem!

SEX!!!!! I'm just doing this to wind you guys (especially bluesmaster) up now :D

Haha you're the one who keeps bringing up how "the ladies are going to love him" etc and you've even started posting pictures of him now!!! Are you sure you aren't obsessed with him?!?!

Yes it definitely varies a lot. For me (just fyi :eyebrows: ) its the arms and the smile

:wub: daaaaaaamn I wish there were more shirtless pics though. I searched on google but there are none. I am disappoint.

I'm having a little problem atm with the "mobile version" / "full version" options of the site.. When I was at work last week I selected "mobile version" and it seems to have... stuck. Even when I log in using my home laptop, it automatically opens the mobile version of the site and I have to manually select the "full version" button at the bottom. And if I close my browser and log in again after opening a new window it's back to the mobile site. Any idea how I can reset the thing to have the full version as the default?

http://youtu.be/F6XITAx8trA not sure if it's been posted

Mikel was a fucking beast today. Now I realize how much he suffers by having lampard next to him. Meireles was excellent, playing nice passes, and always mobile to support the defense as well as the attack. Great performance by both. Overall delighted. 9 points out of 9!

I think he has been very, very good so far today! Distributing the ball excellently, much to my surprise Much better performance than lampard in the first 2 games.. Lampard just doesn't seem comfortable in that role. Of course I'm not saying Meireles should be a starter but he's still a great option to have! Especially when playing 60 odd games a season.

I think it's raining but not heavily

Lukaku having a fabulous impact. His first piece of action was embarrassing when he slipped and I was worried that he would let that get to him but he's really shaken things up!! Come on Romelu!!

That doesn't really mean anything though, he can just create a new one. If he admits it's the same guy, he can say to people "I said I would shut down that account, not forever stay away from twitter"

Need to have a lot of patience with him... He isn't just some normal footballer. His injuries mean that it's very unlikely he could become a regular 50 game a season player at a high level. Slow and steady will be good progression for him.

How much is he on though? He signed his current deal in 2008, and he must've been earning 60k or so back then. So it's ridiculous to keep him here on his current wages imo. Coaches earn way less than that!

Laylabelle!

Happy belated birthday!

Happy birthday Layla! :yay:

hmm.. they're changing my mind! Haven't really seen much of him off the pitch so didn't notice before. He's always so sweaty when he's playing and his face... glistens