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Yes quotes take you to the post but mentions just take you to the thread.

^^ Bet that suit still fits

It would be better but I don't think it's possible. Probably a programming issue; out of my domain, sorry.

The notification takes you to the last post in the topic you were mention in not the actual post that mentions you. Btw the mention is above (5th post on this page)

A great goal from Switzerland (bad camera angle):

Agree. Muller and Pele are definitely better goal scorers than Messi.

Guys, it's okay. We'll be fine as long as we 'aclematize'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaN_9VPz0BM&feature=g-subs-u http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYzqS7Ktakc&feature=g-subs-u Don't you just love Gigi?

It's a year long loan but I think we can recall him if we wish to. On any account, in Jan, he will be at ACON with the Ghana NT so he is not the solution.

Yep. Hopefully it won't be so devastating to Oriol because he is younger.

Can we please keep the debate about Mikel and not members' opinions? Again statistically incorrect. Mikel averages 0.4 Dribbles per match, the same as Juan Mata.

I thought by outlet you meant a player they can always pass to and trust to keep possession under pressure which btw Mikel is the best in the league, along with Toure, at. Mikel should pass to the top for but with out risking loosing possession. A pass is played by two player: the passer needs to spot the pass and the receiver needs to create the space for the pass. When the front four are between 7-8 players Mikel can't find them without a huge chance of wasting possession so he gives the ball back. Fine scrap that. Tiote who is apparently "BOSS" and the popular choice for replacement of Mikel and has 0.3 key passes per game in the PL. Not necessarily. If he attracts a defender or two with him he can create space for others. And even if it does reduce our attacking threat, by keeping possession it reduces the opponents' attacking threat much more.

Nice. I always wanted to write a novel. I 'attempted' (if you can call them attempts) a few times but always got stuck a couple of chapters in and then just quit.

Where did I say you said that? I was making a comparison between Mikel not playing key passes and Cole not scoring, the common aspect of the two phrases being "it's not their job". Agree, but what does that have to do with his lack of key passes that we were discussing? Again that is besides our discussion. I really don't want to get into why at least one of the forwards should drop deep to get the ball right now. You complained about Mikel not playing enough key passes. My reply was that a) it is not his job and b ) the passes Mikel plays are just important as key passes because without them we would not have possession for the front four to play key passes. Just to illustrate on whose job it is to play key passes, Oriol who is supposedly better than Mikel and more 'creative' has an average of 0.2 key passes per game. So he only plays one "decent" pass every 5 matches?! http://www.whoscored.com/Players/90780/Show/Oriol-Romeu

Yes you are. Everyone says that behind your back. They are too afraid to say it to your face because you are such a dictator..

Are you saying that only key passes are decent? You are skipping the game and watching the 5 min highlights. Sure they are more 'exciting' but there are 85 mins of hard work that made those 5 mins possible. It is not Mikel's job to play key passes. His job, offensively, is to keep possession and move the ball to the players whose job is to make key passes. If he makes a key pass every other game, while not risking loosing possession cheaply, then that's a plus he brings. Criticizing Mikel for not making enough key passes is about as logical as saying Ashley is terrible offensively because he never scores.

0.5 per game according to whoscored: http://www.whoscored.com/Players/15464

You are, you dictator! You're such a totalitarian

What kind of book are you writing mate?

I did not understand most of that. And I think you completely missed his point about the keeper. He was saying that Wolves chances came from Oriol's misplaced passes when he attempted to be 'creative' (god I hate that word!)

Whatever you say Jay..

I moved it to the 'Football Banter' and renamed it if this is going to be about SAF and not directly Chelsea. If no one minds that is..

Another wonder goal by Ben Arfa. The man seems incapable of scoring ugly goals!

Still injured and didn't fly with the team to Japan. His injury is taking more time than expected.