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Yeah, it reminds me of the intense emotions when watching live. I was somewhy especially nervous during Cole's pen, dunno why (never confident when a defender takes them). I also had a feeling that Olic would fuck up, because he was the first non-German to take, his face wasn't very confident and I felt Cech was bound to save at least one.

Actually Mata has been here for only 9 months and Luiz 16 months. I hate myself

You stated "Jose signing", he was not signed by Jose. I'm a nitpicking fact freak. And I maintain that Bertrand also was not signed by Mourinho, so there were 7 Jose signings in the match squad, and 8 players who you can call his players (this includes Cech, not Bertrand though, he was forever a loan).

Čech had a trial with Chelsea in 2003. It was Claudio Ranieri, then manager of Chelsea, who decided that Čech was his choice as understudy to Carlo Cudicini. Bertrand is as much Mourinho's signing as Bamford was AVB's.

9? I think there were 7. Cole, Mikel, Kalou, Drogba, Ferreira, Essien and Malouda. E: Sorry, 8.. forgot Bertrand. But I doubt he was Mourinho's signing. He was most likely another prospect signed by the board, and I think he never played under TSO.

compromise is easy.. he has 2 buttcheeks, one for each.

I will just comment on the title. In an endless cycle an ending of something (an era for ex.) marks a beginning another (in simple words, old evolves into new). So it may be an end of an era, while it can still be the beginning of another. One doesn't exclude the other.

Tbf most of us said exactly the same thing last season. First we gave him till January, then we gave him until Drogba was in AFCON (the infamous make or break period which he wholeheartedly broke), then we gave him until the end of the season, where he finally started showing some flashes. I wouldn't be surprised if in 2 years we'd still be singing the same old song about time and patience and non-existent service. Next season truly is his to take with Drogba out of the way, if he fails to capitalize, there must be no mercy shown. For the sake of the team I hope he shows why he felt he had the right to whine.

I guess people have misunderstood my words. The original post was that if Torres wins everything with us, including the community shield, he won't have anything more to play for. My point was that if he won every major trophy with us (the league, the champions league and the FA cup, carling cup to some extent), then I can't see him staying just to play for the community shield. For comparison Drogba said he would have possibly stayed if we hadn't won the CL, that's called "playing for something" in my book. Having a community shield in your medals collection is hardly something really ambitious players aspire to, it's just something that either comes or doesn't, but it isn't played for per se. It is there to be won along the road, but the road itself is something bigger.

If every footballer got put under the microscope and judged like Terry for their personal lives and blips in form and individual mistakes, I am bold enough to say that over 50% of professional footballers would fall into the same category if not worse. John is a Chelsea player and an ex-England captain, a deadly PR combination. His parents didn't help either. I'm saying that because I'm a Chelsea fan. If I were a scouser (god forbid), I'd hate his guts.

I suppose manoeuvre is me in French? Oh I have a few community shields, no biggie... don't you?

Stop being such a teenager and go back home, make up with your parents and all is okay. If it's an absolutely completely unresolvable issue with them (like them supporting liverpool or spurs), then shit.

He is a con of a right back, a hoax by his previous coaches. His best performances came at CB and LB. He plays the wrong position. With Bosi and Paulo(?) gone, we'll jump the market for an established right back. Can't have a fish backing up Big Bran.

He must be very unambitious if he puts any weight on the community shield. Imagine a player saying "naah, I will stay another season because I still haven't added the much craved community shield to my collection."

Are we sure that Mata is better at the trequartista role than Hazard? For all we know Hazard could be an improvement. Although Mata does require marginally less salary, hence he is lower maintenance option. Using Mata and Hazard at the same time would be a great option, because both are universal and can play anywhere in the attacking third. I don't see why we are in disadvantage in the playing position argument, we can offer him any position and all the gametime he wants.

Is there some kind of physiological reason for that? I notice lefties not using their right because for me using the left side is unnatural, but I could be wrong, maybe they really use their right less than right footed their left? I do notice, however, when right footed players use their left, and to me it seems to happen more often.

That's what I was afraid of ever since everybody started saying that he should be offered a 1 year contract just to be safe. I didn't think Robbie would like only a one year deal, he rightfully thinks he deserves more reassurance and recognition. Although we don't know yet.

As it's in the middle of the season, winning it would boost morale, reignite the winning mentality and it would help us psychologically in the tough winter period where we usually hit a bad moment. But as a con it will make us play more games, thus having greater risk of injury and fatigue. Nevertheless, trophies are there to win them and it's a pretty unique trophy at that... only a select few can boast it - first you have to be champions of Europe, then you must beat champions of other continents too. How often do we get the chance to market our brand internationally? Only in pre-seasons in meaningless tours. Being the rightful owner of a worldwide club competition would boost our brand value and extend our trophy cabinet. When we enter the competition, we must think of it as an extension to the champions league, and that we beat the likes of Bayern and Barcelona on the way to get it.

As Cole put it: "You need to ride your luck to win this competition and we did."

Fuck, is he really another winger turned attacking midfielder? Are all good wingers going to become attacking mids now? Soon wingers will be the new full-backs - low in quality numbers but high in demand. The same shit is with de Bruyne, apparently he's better in the middle rather than on the left, his original position. Anyway, we could play a dynamic 3 in the 4-2-3-1, with the wingers and the trequartista given free roles to drift into each other's positions.. that should keep everybody happy and the opposition's pants wet.

His girlfriend and mother of 2 children

I don't remember the last time when somebody got compensated for less work.

Lampard was immense that night. Noticed how he ran everywhere to help defensively, side to side, end to end. I especially remember when Bosingwa was pinning Contento(?), then all of a sudden out of nowhere Lampard runs into the frame 100 km/h and Contento falls over anticipating a tackle. That summed up his performance and contribution, doing a large chunk of dirty work for the team. It's astonishing that a player, who is mostly known for his attacking and goal scoring ability, is such a presence in defence as well. Mostly players are unipolar, being good at either one or the other, but rarely at both like our super Frank.

This can't be true. Lampard I understand, but Essien and Slo-Mo? That's not right

Drogba is a genius. He explained that before his penalty he made a shorter run than usual so that Neuer wouldn't have time to figure out which way he would shoot it, and it worked. I really didn't think of that, I thought he made the short run just to end it quickly. He also said that Cech won the game for them and that he was the real man of the match... top man.