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Hey I told you I wanted my flip-flop back!

I've changed the title, otherwise Sh0n3x might have been responsible for an increasing rate of heart-attacks amongst the community

Please, please tell him it is

Shush quiet or people will find out about our affair. Vedran's gonna be pissed.

Nemanja, keep this topic open as well mate, people can discuss in both, its nice to have something official open in the news forum.

Haha, I thought you were accusing me of infidelity there for a minute

Awesome, cheers matey.

Ta matey.

Drogba was disinterested however he did have a few chances and added a second dimension to our play with the more direct approach, and whilst Alex made a couple of errors, it was hardly a disastrous showing, because in fairness Tchoyi and Long are a difficult and dynamic duo and hard to mark - we can see that from Terry's shortcomings in the game too. I'd have given the both of them a 5, and Kalou a 2, because he was genuinely woeful. Thank you

Awesome, cheers Jaimin! Haha yeah the TC one I'll be doing all the UCL games this season (Admin perk ) mainly because they're the only games I guarantee I'll be at home in front of the TV for, OR in the ground with my phone. However if you want to do Man U away, then deal. I edited it in the Admin CP as it overrides all permission settings, should work fine from now on. Yeah agree there, best to use either a radio commentary or live TV.

We have the topics in this forum for that lads

Imagine if we bring in Kevin de Bruyne and Luka Modric in as well. I believe this is the most sensible we've ever been in the transfer market, we haven't merely thrown money at clubs for their best players. We are building for the future of this club and frankly, this ranks alongside the Shevchenko and Torres signings as being so massively exciting!! We all know the Mata transfer is thanks to our number one negotiator, el Nino.

Haha it appears you're right, although since I don't possess a copy you'll have to excuse my naivety

The TalkChelsea Player of the Season award will be awarded to the player rated as the Man of the Match on the most occasions over the course of the season. Each game, a poll will be set up, and members can vote for the player they felt was the best performer in the match. For games where no poll is set up, the decision is mine as to whom the award should go to. AUGUST Stoke City, away - FERNANDO TORRES West Brom, home - HENRIQUE HILARIO Norwich City, home - RAMIRES Player of the Month - RAMIRES SEPTEMBER Sunderland, away - JUAN MATA Bayer Leverkusen, home - JUAN MATA [2] Manchester United, away - FERNANDO TORRES [2] Fulham, home - ORIOL ROMEU Swansea, home - RAMIRES [2] Valencia, away - FRANK LAMPARD Player of the Month - JUAN MATA OCTOBER Bolton, away - FRANK LAMPARD [2] Everton, home - JUAN MATA [3] KRC Genk, home - FERNANDO TORRES [3] QPR, away - FRANK LAMPARD [3] Everton, away - PETR CECH Arsenal, home - FRANK LAMPARD [4] Player of the Month - FRANK LAMPARD NOVEMBER KRC Genk, away - ASHLEY COLE Blackburn, away - PETR CECH [2] Liverpool, home - RAMIRES [3] Bayer Leverkusen, away - DANIEL STURRIDGE Wolves, home - JUAN MATA [4] Liverpool, home - ORIOL ROMEU [2] Player of the Month - ORIOL ROMEU DECEMBER Newcastle, away - JOHN TERRY Valencia, home - DIDIER DROGBA Man City, home - DANIEL STURRIDGE [2] Wigan, away - DANIEL STURRIDGE [3] Tottenham, away - JOHN TERRY [2] Fulham, home - JUAN MATA [5] Aston Villa, home - DAVID LUIZ Player of the Month - JOHN TERRY JANUARY Wolves, away - FERNANDO TORRES [4] Portsmouth, home - RAMIRES [4] Sunderland, home - FERNANDO TORRES [5] Norwich, away - DAVID LUIZ [2] QPR, away - DAVID LUIZ [3] Swansea, away - DAVID LUIZ [4] Player of the Month - DAVID LUIZ FEBRUARY Manchester United, home - JUAN MATA [6] Everton, away - DANIEL STURRIDGE [4] Birmingham, home - BRANISLAV IVANOVIC Napoli, away - JUAN MATA [7] Bolton, home - DAVID LUIZ [5] Player of the Month - JUAN MATA MARCH West Brom, away - PETR CECH [3] Birmingham, away - DAVID LUIZ [6] Stoke, home - GARY CAHILL Napoli, home - DIDIER DROGBA [2] Leicester, home - FERNANDO TORRES [6] Manchester City, away - DAVID LUIZ [7] Tottenham, home - GARY CAHILL [2] SL Benfica, away - DAVID LUIZ [8] Aston Villa, away - BRANISLAV IVANOVIC [2] Player of the Month - DAVID LUIZ

There was never one of these for the Stoke game, so here it is. My choice is Ramires.

So we have the Bull and the Matador, I don't know about you but that sounds like something out of the Kamasutra.

Jamie I've sorted your sig mate Artur, what is your Twitter URL, I can sort yours then too. Tom, that's fair enough mate! If we have a live game on Sky or ESPN could you do it then?

Yeah sure mate.

On 21 August 2011, Valencia announced they had agreed a £23.5 million fee for the transfer of Mata to Premier League club Chelsea, subject to a medical. On 24 August 2011, Mata signed a five-year deal with Chelsea. He revealed that Fernando Torres helped persuade him to move to Stamford Bridge, saying "Fernando got me excited about the thought of coming here. He said it would be good for me here, and that me and him together could be good. I also talked to my family and friends about it as well." On 26 August 2011, Yossi Benayoun offered Juan Mata his number 10 shirt. The Israeli captain said: "I decided to give Mata the number 10 his favourite. For me it's just a number, not my lucky 15." (Florent Malouda wears number 15 for Chelsea.) Mata wore the shirt for Valencia, and for Spain's Under 21s in the summer and expressed his gratitude to Benayoun. "It is a very important number to me so I'm pleased to be wearing it. I want to thank Yossi," he said. Mata follows on from Chelsea players Joe Cole, Mark Hughes, Ian Hutchinson and Terry Venables in adopting the number 10 shirt. 201112 season Mata made his debut for Chelsea against Norwich City on 27 August 2011 where he came on as a substitute and scored in stoppage time. Chelsea went on to win the match 31. He started his first game for his new club in their next fixture on 10 September away to Sunderland, helping Chelsea secure a 21 win. On 14 September Mata made his Champions League debut for Chelsea and netted in stoppage time to help his side defeat Bayer Leverkusen 20. On 29 October, Mata assisted Chelsea's 6,000th league goal with an in-swinging cross which was headed in by Frank Lampard. In the same game, Mata scored with a spectacular 25 yard strike in a 35 home defeat to Arsenal. On 26 November 2011, Mata set up the first two goals which were scored by John Terry and Daniel Sturridge and also scored the third goal himself in a 30 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was awarded the Man of The Match in a 03 away win at St James' Park for his performance against Newcastle United. On 6 December 2011, during Chelsea's decisive Champions League match against former club Valencia, Mata made two assists for both of Didier Drogba goals. The game ended in a 30 win, which resulted in Chelsea qualifying first from their group. On Boxing Day, Mata scored his side's only goal in a 11 draw at Stamford Bridge against Fulham. Mata scored Chelsea's first goal of their FA Cup campaign in a 40 win over Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge. In the FA Cup 4th round tie with QPR at Loftus Road, Mata scored his side's only goal from the penalty spot a 10 victory. On 5 February 2012, Mata scored an unstoppable volley against Manchester United after a beautiful cross from Spanish team-mate Fernando Torres. The game finished 33. On 21 February, Mata scored his side's only goal in their 31 defeat away at Napoli in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. After the appointment of Roberto di Matteo as Interim first-team coach, Mata was played as a central attacking midfielder rather than being played on the left wing. Mata scored and had a penalty saved by Colin Doyle in the 5th Round replay against Birmingham City at St Andrews, which Chelsea won 20, he helping them into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and continued his trait of scoring in each round, however this run ended against Leicester City in the quarter-final, which Chelsea won 52. On 7 April 2012, Mata scored his 11th goal of the season against Wigan Athletic, it was a vital goal that gave the Blues a 21 victory over the Latics and kept alive Chelsea's fight for a Champions League spot. On 15 April 2012, in Chelsea's 51 win against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup Semi-final at Wembley, Mata scored a controversial goal and assisted Ramires and Florent Malouda for their goals, adding to his statistic's in the 201112 FA Cup with 4 goals and 3 assists. Mata started in both legs of Chelsea's Champions League semi-final clash with reigning champions Barcelona, helping his side to a 32 win on aggregate and set up a final clash with Bayern Munich on 19 May. Mata provided two assists to fellow Spaniard Fernando Torres, in the 61 thrashing of West London rivals Queens Park Rangers on 29 April, bringing his tally to 13 Premier League assists on the season. Mata assisted the first goal in the FA Cup Final which Ramires scored, as Chelsea beat Liverpool 21 at Wembley, with Mata picking up Man of the Match award. On 10 May 2012, Mata was rewarded for his consistent form throughout his first Chelsea season by the fans voting him the club's Player of the Year, following on from Chelsea legends such as Dennis Wise and Gianfranco Zola, whom he had been compared to on various occasions. In the Champions League final against Bayern Munich on 19 May 2012, Mata assisted Didier Drogba's headed equalizer, via Mata's corner in the 88th minute. The match went on to extra-time then penalties, with Mata missing Chelsea's first. However, Chelsea won went on to win 43 in the penalty-shootout, lifting their first Champions League title. Mata finished his first season at Stamford Bridge with 573 passes, creating 66 chances and completing 61 successful crosses, which all contributed to Chelsea's cup-double winning season. He finished the premier league season with 13 assists (2nd highest in the league after David Silva) and 6 goals. Click here to view the record

I don't know what the fuck that means but I agree with you.

Glad they chose to go with the royal blue instead of the darker colour, it fits in with the surrounds better.

FUCK YES! GET IN YOU BEAUTY

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Harsh on Drogba and Alex imo, agreed on most other cases. Anelka was our best outfield player and Hilario was typically reliable.