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Made 63 attempted pass completed 89% had 3 interceptions and 3 tackles and no fouls conceded .. great game Matic! :blue scalf:

I saw that as well he confirmed Sarah..

If anyone thinks he can make jump to PL this season who watches him enough please fill me in.. All I see is he scores bundles of goals at every level we have placed him at.. Not with us but mid table team?

I too believe 4-3-3 is the way to go for this game with height and passing ability in the middle Mikel Matic and Lamps.. Back 4 will be the same Ivan Cahill Terry Azpi and I feel Jose will still play Hazard from the start for this one and Willian too.. Eto'o or Ba if we keep it simple and into feet Eto'o will shred those slow turning CBs they have if we want to lump it forward then Ba the better option.. We need this game to take minds off of all this transfer nonsense

I think it is time to at least take the number 10 out of thread topic He is not going to fail the medical the love story is over.. Going to miss his quality in our squad and United got a fantastic footballer.. Good Luck Juan

If you compare their first season at Chelsea Hazard had the better debut in PL if you want to look at the stats check my last post in this thread

Looking at replacing Juan in terms of assists will be our biggest challenge but when looking at the number I think we should be ok with 2-3 of the former amigos picking up the difference: 1st season with Chelsea JM: 13 goals 20 assists (11-12) OE: 12 goals 12 assists (12-13) EH: 13 goals 24 assists (12-13) 2nd season with Chelsea JM: 19 goals 35 assists (12-13) OE: 8 goals 7 assists (13-14) so far EH: 11 goals 8 assists (13-14) so far Juan will definitely be missed in terms of his creativity but as far as I have seen this season Hazard has show more than enough that he can keep a high standard of creativity not to mention Oscar, Willian adding to it as well.. We are sitting in third and now have a team starting to click and that is without Mata in the lineup.. United will be getting a great player no doubt but we have more than a couple players capable of picking up the slack if not exceeding what Mata did for us last year.. So while we are sad about him leaving let us look to the future cause its not as dark as it seems and is looking brighter every year :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

this video is beautiful and very depressing at the same time

I will not lie I shed a tear for Mr. Juan Mata.. He will be missed in the blue of Chelsea but good luck wherever your career takes you.. It was a wonderful 2 year love affair and we are sad to see you go.. But if this makes Chelsea better team in the future you have played your part and Thanks for everything

Very sad that it is to United he will be headed but all the best for your career Mata.. Not too much success maybe just in WC if you make the squad

This looks like a 4-3-3 player matic ramires oscar hazard/schurrle left willian/salah right and Lukaku/? up top not bad if you ask me

If I ever go missing to long from forums without notice the Cartel got me haha

Yes she is born there moved to Toronto when she was 9

My issue isn't Mata staying its going to United its very short sighted if he goes and takes points off of direct rivals and we win the league this year what happens next year in a full campaign with summer spending.. Like I said if Salah has no issues playing fewer matches then he was getting at Basel then I'm all for this but I don't want to hear in a year I deserve a bigger role and so on cause he has clearly been signed as squad depth

Number 10 should be given to Hazard or Oscar.. would rather it stay with Mata but looks like he is truly gone so my next choice would be Hazard

Deal done pending a medical it looks like.. As long as this kid has no issues with being a squad player then I have no issues with this... Would have been good if we didn't have to sacrifice Mata to United to make this happen but this is a business..

Well at least we wont be linked with a Huge money bid for him in the summer... But thats tough luck he was going to fire Colombia into a good shot at WC... My girlfriend is so depressed because of this..

Oscar wasn't 2 time POTY that the main reason it is Armageddon in Mata thread

Oscar in the team with Hazard and Willian and we are 2 points off the top.. I have no complaints even if he had an average game against United.. Its about what a player brings to the team and how a team performs with said player and if our results are any indication Oscar is doing very well for himself.. Also I feel we have now three balanced attackers contributing to the goals and assists unlike the last 3 seasons when we had only Mata to take over a game and if he didn't play well we were shite.. I don't think Oscar was his downfall it was the rise of other attackers to be match winners that all fit together that has really hurt Mata in terms of chances on the pitch

Was poor in the first half .. second half far better and showed why we do play him in there as a DM. I feel people get down on Luiz when he makes one mistake and it blinds them to when he is actually good for the rest of the match.. Which is sad because other players in our team are not held to that same standard

Well played Eto'o barely put a foot wrong in his link up and capped it off with a hattrick versus the champions.. With Torres out it time for him to help carry us along with Ba

Yes he was actually

Eto'o was pointing to Demba Ba during celebration after first goal.. Camera showed Ba pointing back :blue scalf:

That should have been the red card

That was harsh shouldn't have been straight red