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super super frank. same way, same result. love you too frank.

boom. i love that man.

someone give cech a chair...

can't say how much i am loving the Mata hazard torres combo.

absolutely beautiful from torres.

Mata and hazard looking good together.

great start but pass it ffs.

Beutiful thanks a lot mate...

Come on lads, not bad by Mata and hazard... Good link up...

Ok... Thats good to know...

I would have liked to see him play as well, though RDM said in his interview he wants to integrate him slowly and he hasn't been there a week yet so i think within a couple of months he will be starting probably... Well i hope so.

He is saying a premier league match is more important than a uefa super cup match and its not like we don't have some players who can come in... I agree with that tbh. I would rather Mata plays the prem matches and gets rested in them... Far more important imo.

No worries mate..

Bertrand played on the left in the last game...

Lots of the pubs have that set up... Found an how to link somewhere, here it is: http://www.techdigest.tv/2011/02/how_to_watch_pr.html

Luiz tweeted earlier he had a knock so won't feature this evening.

Expected lineup with rambo back at RW, not worried about the resting thing as its only two more games before the break so they should be fine... And on the tv thing, for us with unlimited broadband, two virgin HD boxes, unlimited phone, full tv with skysports and movies etc its £105 a month. And they limit the number of games they can shown for us, unbelievable...

Mata is the only one who may need to be rested atm... As we all know after the newcastle game we have the super cup game vs athletico madrid and then an extra 2 weeks which is more than enough for a rest... Also RDM is in the prime position to know how Mata etc is doing and knows a lot more than we do about his status on things... If mata is fine to play then, we may as well for these 2 games then we can start rotating... Cahill will be in for luiz which isn't really a negative for the side as either one of them is more than capable in our first team, and Ivan Cahill Terry Cole should really be solid. If there is any doubt on mata this will be the game to rest him as we will need him vs newcastle which will be an extremely tough game with the likes of Ba, Cisse and Cabaye all fit.

Wouldn't mind seeing Obv back 5 Mikel/Romeu Lampard Ramires (Not really who i want there but is likely to play there) Oscar Hazard Torres Assuming we are resting mata, though if he feels alright then we may as well play him in the next 2 games then he can rest for 3 weeks after that.

Welcome mate, everyone here is great wherever you are from...

So this one looks to be pretty much done now, taking a while though it seemed like he was on his way a few weeks ago. Play him in the super cup match vs Athletico madrid.

Yep agree with above: 3 points please, added bonus if torres can start performing and score to gain a bit of confidence etc. Start worrying about performances after newcastle game when we have the transfer window all sorted and 3 weeks between premier league games (Athletico madrid game on the 31st of course) for everyone to get to know each other and train with each other etc, including any new signings that may be joining this week/next week.

Yeah true, still we are trying to play different football with a similar team atm with the exception of hazard and torres instead of drogba (though in the league torres started over drogba numerous times), so i expect it to take time and we still really have seen oscar, marin is still to come in when fit and needed and the rest of the signings we may get so atm i am not too worried and if we can get the results in the short term then things can start gelling together in the slightly longer term when the season really gets going.

Well we have to deal with what we got... lampard isn't too quick anymore but can still certainly distribute a pass, mikel is ok but not really in there for his passing ability. It brings in the argument of playing oscar deeper which whilst limits his attacking ability and doesn't give him the option to roam as much does give us a bit more of a creative link to the front 3/4 than we may have had previously. P.s. i don't expect oscar to start this game yet as he hasn't been with the squad for a week yet, i would love him too but RDM already said he is trying to slowly integrate him into the team... Though with all due respect to reading we should be keeping much more of the ball than them anyway. It is probably also worth noting that the fact wigan seemed to control the game a bit more is highly linked to the fact we were 2-0 up so quikcly as if it was 0-0 they probably would have sat in a bit more which is why we were pretty good on the counter and should have had another pen, and also nearly scored until it was cleared of the line.

Hazard mata and oscar all together... Should well keep more possesion and control more of the ball than just 2 of them was the point i was making.