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not confident at all for this game.. we'll see how we manage against Swansea, if we're still a bunch of statues, then I will predict a loss.

I came to a theory, which may or may not be true. Anyway... what if Anelka was in a similar situation as Torres? He came here as a pure striker but ended up being anything but, basically. He is also a player similar to Torres, who needs through balls and stuff like that to score. So he started going to midfield and wings to compensate, but with the difference that it suited him so he stayed there permanently. Currently we are seeing similar happening to Torres, he is more in midfield and wings than in centre, but he doesn't seem to be exceling in those positions. I've seen suggestions here to try Torres in CAM position, which happened with Anelka aswell. Why it hasn't happened to Drogba is because he doesn't rely only on service, he plays target man so well setting up others and scoring himself... those 2 aren't target men, but we play as if they were. That's why I think it's crucial that Drogba leaves in summer if we are serious about this joga bonito shit, it's the only way to stop the team subconsciusly relying on a big target man who can take care of himself. Carlo apparently has my back with that.

everybody sucked, but I will give it to Mata because he got us through the round (and gave an amazing pass to Ramires). Terry gets a very honorable mention.

I don't think he scores as a starter, but rather as a sub

I believe I responded to your similar post in some other thread, but I'll repeat myself then. Kalou should never in a million years be a starter... as a sub, okay, how much worse can things get, but as a starter - NO.

About Torres penalty "issue". First of all, he never took a single penalty for Liverpool either. Second of all, penalty takers are assigned by the boss.. if he wasn't assigned, then he wasn't, that's that. Ignoring boss's orders can have its consequences. Penalties like that are too crucial to hand it to a risky unexperienced taker who has no confidence whatsoever. Pens are too important to be fucked around with like that for the benefit of one man rather than the team.

to the tune of Smooth Criminal: Juan Mata Juan Mata he's the best fuck the rest

Being exposed to sunlight also = better mood... I think it was all Eva's idea

Not as a starter please... as a sub he can play from time to time.

just use Sopcast, browser streams are horseshit

well, he tried, can't fault him for that (especially in 1st half).. but the whole team was lacklustre and you can practically feel the desperation when he goes deep or wide to play behind or next to himself (except there aren't 2 of him on the pitch, so he tries to do the work we lack in midfield). We need somebody who is able to beat a player or two and cause danger in the box, Torres is the only who tries it, well him and Luiz but the latter doesn't count because he's a defender and rarely gets a chance. As things stand now, we have players who are more satisfied to play the ball back to safety instead of trying to create something out of nothing.. even Sturridge and Mata do that now, turn over and pass back. Literally, the only one who I see trying to put some effort into trying to create something, is Torres.. except he doesn't succeed at that very often and doing it alone won't mount to nothing.

Well, medical reasons of course... More sunlight = more vitamins = better health = stronger players = win more

AVB? I saw 11 hardworking players, you better give them credit too

That trip to Mallorca really put spark back in our team, I could see it oozing It's the best I've seen Chelsea play in a long time.. the creativity was there, the energy, the movement, individual brilliances. You can't get a more convincing win than 1-0 by a penalty, especially against a tough and unimaginative side like QPR. We really did excel and up our game QPR goalie still looks like a lesbian though

QPHa goalie looks like a lesbian

Let's wait a few more minutes before we start judging Anton in advance

Ignore my stab at China then, it was all written under the condition that what you wrote wasn't a mistake but the truth. Seeing that it was a mistake, then I'm more than happy to see that China has a better sense of bad and worse in those cases.

meh, I don't expect much from this game... both teams will be cautious because of the attention on this game, I expect the ref to take a conservative approach too (not like that sham ref Foy).. we will win without any controversy. If Terry plays, he will score.

So you're saying the "pirate" would get killed and the killer rapist would get a slap on his fingers and bounce back home? If it's so, then why do you live in such a shithole? Now if it was the other way around, then that would be definition of perfect justice. Although taking into consideration China's overpopulation and lust for money, then it's understandable (from political pov) if they don't value a person's life more than stealing from corps.

Can't wait for Torres to score 2 goals, so we can jump every blog and forum and newspaper there is and claim our bragging rights of our nr. 9 being a more prolific goalscorer than Howard.. now that would be something! If that paper doesn't print it, then it's just double standards.

well, technically speaking, it doesn't make sense because aiming for the Moon is much less ambitious task than aiming for the stars... if you miss, you still need to drift millions of years to reach the stars except for the sun, but it still is much further away than the Moon and takes considerably more effort. Aiming for the stars and reaching the sky is a better metaphor, because it is more realistic and makes more sense. Science yay!

that too made me think what KDB now thinks of coming to the club

"The other issue relates to outside judgements and expectations. You are expected to be successful instantly, and the process and the circumstances are not taken into account. Tolerance and patience are less obvious today and maybe social frustrations play a part in this." this should sound familiar to some of us

I'm afraid there is no AVB and non-AVB buys categorized.. AVB talked about them looking to sign 2 players, "them" being the club.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/father-michael-palomino-turns-son-viral-bullying-video-15427519