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Juan Mata staying at Chelsea and will get Mourinho call to rubbish Barcelona links A complete turnaround from the Mirror...

What a surprise...

Won't be surprised if we see someone post 'Torres > Cavani' if the latter doesn't score more than 4 goals against Tahiti.

Looks like Torres is gonna 'cheat' his way to winning yet another Golden Boot...

Typical...

lol Just missed a penalty...

His 3 goals against Tahiti is his 3rd hat-trick for Spain. His previous 2 came against New Zealand and San Marino. Massive...

Maybe it wasn't even on in the 1st place. Just some people here had believed it was.

Possibly. Then again, people are always prone to believe things like this when they want to.

Think we have seen Torres getting more involved in 1 half here against Tahiti than he did in all the games he played for us last season.

Now, that's something I don't mind listening to. And if I was your friend, I would just throw the thick history book onto those sleeping heads table! When I was young, I took a few swimming classes and was able to swim then with no problem. But now, whenever I get onto the pool, I can't breathe properly. Feels as though 1 half of my lungs has been blocked.

Sadly, you know your music. I don't. But anything that involves kitties, it's :getin: .

LOL Gay? You mean I'm a cheerful person?

1. Can't swim. Have breathing problem when in the swimming pool. 2. Can't cycle now. Able to do it when I was young. 3. Interested in China history, specifically the 3 Kingdom era. 4. Love cats. 5. Am a cat stalker. 6. Got slapped by a girl once before.

That's my little kittieesss. They are just so talented.

Like I said, that was more down to his way of taking penalties. His other missed penalties is an example of it. His technique and style isn't exactly the best. And admittedly, Mata did look nervous when taking the penalty but arguably understandable considering he has never found himself in such high pressurized situatiob before. He will learn to get stronger from such moments, as every player does. Think it's myopic to just put down a moment of brilliance down to goals. Delivering assists and quality assists at that is also as important as scoring vital goals in big games and Mata performed magnificently on both fronts last season. I mean how many times have we looked clueless when he's not playing last season? How many times last season, when we are not winning or losing, Mata comes up with a crucial opening goal or delivering a quality assist that leads to a goal for us and save our bacons? You talk about Drogba's header in the Champions League final being a moment of brilliance. Yes, no doubt it was brilliant and crucial header but funnily enough, had Mata not delivered the right quality of corner then, Drogba wouldn't have scored it. And mind you, Drogba's last minute goal against Man United in the 2007 FA Cup final was not a moment of individual brilliance. It owed more to a moment of team play brilliance between Lampard and Drogba. I asked you for 'vital moments' that you think Mata is not delivering and yet all you have given is just comparison with another player. Not giving the moments like I asked kinda defeat your point about Mata doesn't have the 'X-Factor' in him. You say it but don't have the substance to back it up. And think it has been obvious that you like Isco very much judging from your post above and the one posted in his thread IIRC but it seems to me that you are using him as a reason to downplay the quality of players we have, first Oscar and now Mata, all because you want us to buy Isco.

Ramires will basically be like what Essien was to us, before his injuries, under Mourinho. No surprises to see Mourinho likes him. You always need a willing runner and someone with loads of engine in the team like Ramires.

Him not scoring penalties is down more to the fact that his penalty taking skills are average and predictable if you like, nothing to do with his mentality. Care to mention those 'AT THE MOST VITAL MOMENT'?

Those quotes seems a bit dodgy. Feels so open, random and casual about it. Could be a mistranslation/misquote with these kind of interviews.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jun/19/chelsea-celta-vigo-oriol-romeu

Meh. I'm disappointed... Not when it's this...

It's 8th July actually.

Sheeesh!