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Poor Jose. I've fractured an elbow before. Hurts like hell. More than a broken hand actually. Get well soon, your specialness

Yes because I doubt he'll be getting much time in the first team. Lewis Baker was playing with U21s less than 24 hours after making his debut for us against Derby IIRC.

I'm not sure I can do the preview for Stoke. My finals got pushed a week back. Can someone else do it?

LOL Someone must have taken him to a rugby match then!

JT said in the post-match interview that he had a chat with Samuel before the match and told him you need to score today. Well if that's what it takes for him to score a hat-trick then we should have JT talk with him before every match!

Lmao Someone actually made a compilation video of his 'performance'?

But I think that is what he was trying to do but his touch let him down and the ball just went over his foot.

There was a counter attack in the first half when we were 4 on 3 and then Oscar passed the ball to Iva on the right edge of the box who tried cross.....they're still searching for that ball outside of Stamford Bridge.

Oh gosh! That was after he had gotten a yellow as well. Thankfully, ref somehow gave us the FK!

He didn't do it on purpose. His first touch wasn't good. Thank gosh he had that sliding control thing in his locker.

If he goes out on loan in England he would still be regarded as homegrown. Unless the club are trying to qualify him for EUFA's B list for the CL, but I keep forgetting what the rules for that are..

Worst part is that Athletico probably should have 3-4 more solid pens than the one the ref gave to Seville.

I have to disagree with the bold part. Why would it not be something sustainable? Jose has defined a role for the number 10 position. It's not like we are dependent on the ability of one player and our system would break down if he was injured is having a bad game like we were dependent on Mata last season. Willian have played the exact same role several times already this season to the same success and even KDB did it in preseason. So as long as we can play players like Oscar and Willian in that position who are capable of fulfilling the role, I see no reason why it can't be sustainable and long term.

Glad to hear that. Hope he gets better soon

Yeah, I thought he had a bad day. I wonder if he's sick or something because he just didn't seem up to his usual concentration levels. He lost the ball dangerously a few times and didn't track the runner in a couple of occasions as well. Needs to do better but I don't think he'll lose his place to Mata, especially not against a physical side like Westham.

Whoever bet on that must have made a fortune!

Jose hasn't seen him nearly enough in midfield to think that he does better than the other options we have. He thinks that he may be able to do a better job which is completely different. On any account, since he is the special one as you pointed out, I doubt that after today we'll be seeing Luiz in midfield again unless it is absolutely necessary.

I think it was completely deserved. He completely took Young (?) out when the guy had already lost the ball. Ask Jose. I think he just went with form after Luiz had a good game against Hull.

Btw, is it me or is his son technically very good on the ball for his age?!

Jose post match: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwrSoYl3x6Q

Nutmegged by his son Georgie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFBjOGzT490

SAF and Roman shaking hands after the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-IapqK2GvU

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Nearly gave me a heart attack in the first half. Needless yellow card and then he kept on getting on the wrong side of players and I was sure he would eventually catch someone and get a second yellow. Luiz in midfield is not good for my nerves..

Exactly this. He was out of position A LOT today, but still had a pretty good game overall. Azpi on the right and Cole on the left is our best fullback combination, IMO.