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He's at least good enough to be a squad player. He's technically very good and he has PL experience. Just because he plays for Wigan, doesn't mean he's not good enough for us, he can certainly do a better job in the pivot than what Lamps has done this season.

Yes, pleaaase! I really like this guy. Great passing and technical ability and excellent work rate.

Lol, I'd never thought I'd mistake Cole for Iva!

How did I miss that this has ended? Congrats TOPTB, very much deserved. Been one of the most active members since joining.

I think Alex fixed it. He made a "South America and Caribbean" choice I love you too!

I know that BluesMaster is an idiot , but you can still vote even if he forgot you..

What makes you think he's going to be a starter?

I've read some ridiculous articles about Jose the past couple of weeks, but this completely tops them all!

Was secretly hoping the deal wouldn't fall through. Just hope we keep KDB.

You've been here 10 days and you're already expecting stuff from me? I'm honored!

Exactly! It's a win-win

Agreed. Even Piazon would have done more than Marko had we not loaned him out.

What I meant by two wrongs not making a right is that just because a wrong has been made, you don't go out and make another to make things right. The difference between this and the Macheda goal and the Abidal sending off is that those things happened by an error from the ref while simulation is a conscious decision to do something wrong. Meaning you are suggesting that it is okay for players to take refereeing into their own hands by means of simulation when the ref makes some mistakes. My point was that we should show absolutely no tolerance for simulation, in any circumstance because that will only open the door for acceptance of even less sportsmanlike actions.

The thing is, no one will pay any money for him right now, but if we can get him a loan next season where he gets minutes and shows some talent, may be we can get back the 7m we paid for him after next season.

Alan Shearer: "The PL needs Mourinho": http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4916438/Jose-Mourinho-will-save-the-Prem-and-win-title-for-Chelsea.html Ray Wilkins touched on this in an interview last week and Shearer makes the point again that Jose could bring back a lot of the glow that the PL lost this season. Having someone like Jose in the league brings a lot of attention.

Actually he was injured according to the official twitter account.

Sorry mate, it's been removed.

That's a very slippery slope, my friend, because it is all very subjective. How do you determine when a ref isn't 'giving players protection'? There's no black or white, it's mostly grey. What a player deems as a ref not giving him protection could be very good refereeing to a neutral. What if the player thought he should have had a foul in a couple of incidents but the ref had actually got it right? Would it be okay to simulate then? Besides, it's very dangerous business when you take 'achieving overall justice' into your own hands. It was probably, imo, 'fair' yesterday that Luiz acted and Rafael got the card, but to other people it is not and in other cases it may not be. Let's assume for a second that Rafael did not deserve a red card, would it have been fair for Luiz to playact and get him sent off because Cleverly deserved to get sent off for the stomp on Mata earlier? If yes, would it then be fair to simulate in order to win a match were the opposition didn't really get any decisions from the ref in their favor but one where you deserved to win because you were clearly the better side? My point is, two wrongs don't make a right and if you're not careful with these kind of thoughts you end up losing your sportsmanship and the ethics that sports are built on.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzm59l_bong-ia-man-utd-0-1-chelsea-all-goals-highlights-hd_sport#from=embediframe @06:45

Welcome aboard Great to have you here and hope you stick around and join the discussions.

I just about fitted in the 17-21 category. I'm still young!

Are sure the page isn't just zoomed out? The font hasn't changed for me.

You could only see his feet in the video but I'm 80% sure it's Iva.

You definitely need glasses! No, seriously, if you look at the reverse angle replay you'll see that the shot was deflected off the calf of Jones and since after the deflect the ball hit the post then logically it was going wide had it not been deflected.

I made my opinion about the Luiz-Rafael incident clear in the match thread, but a few points about somethings people are using to defend Luiz: - Luiz's reaction has nothing to whether or not it was a red card. The red card is besides the point. - I don't care if other players do it, we don't want to see our players 'acting' because it's unsportsmanlike and because the club really does not need the bad publicity. - For those saying that he was not simulating, it's not about the smile, it's about holding his ankle when he clearly isn't hurt and staying on the floor to get Rafael sent off (which he deserved anyway). It's really a shame that we have to discuss such incident after a very good win and a massive 3 points.. On his actual football performance, I think David is a little tired because he started the game a little on the wrong foot and had a couple of dodgy moments in the first 20 mins but he got better as the game went on and had an excellent second half.