Everything posted by The Mak
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Calm down lads, Liverpool were only facing Bournemouth...
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This is quite funny considering the fact that they refused to play him at the start of last season. One decent season, amazing. That simple word 'potential' being attached to an english player makes them very expensive. His actual worth is around 20m, but the maximum we should bid is 35m. Either that or 30m + Moses. He may as well be used for some good instead of rotting on the bench. If they don't take it, we should just walk away, let Martinez and Stones battle out mid-table mediocrity. There are plenty of other areas of the squad where the money like that could be used, namely CM and RW.
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A nice Irish satirical article on Mourinho which is kind of spot on! Jose Mourinho Uses Magician to Distract Media from Terrible Chelsea Performance
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3201411/John-Terry-NOT-Jose-Mourinho-s-plans-ahead-Manchester-City-defeat.html Haha, if this is actually true Branislav can kindly go to PSG as soon as possible please. He's hardly proving anyone wrong with those performances, that's saying the very least.
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That's what I get for only reading the most recent page!
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Mate, I'm not sure what you're talking about. The few moments he simply wasn't shit when there was no pressure because we already had lost the game at 2-0 and 3-0? What? Anytime he had a chance to go one on one he passed it backwards. It was like passing it to a wall, it came straight back. I thought Mikel was the king of back passing until I saw Cuadrado. Even still, the majority of times he even attempts one on ones he is easily brushed aside. He is completely shot of confidence and it doesn't look like he's getting it anytime soon, especially considering the current situation. He couldn't even get any confidence from the games at the end of the season when we basically already won the league so I'm not sure how he's going to get it now when the real pressure comes. I believe if this guy stays it will say a lot about how we're approaching this season in general - hoping for the best. Hoping he'll come good and hoping Hazard doesn't get injured because he'll be replaced by the sack of crap that is Cuadrado. Hoping other teams investments do not change last years league table. The guy should be sold while he still has suitors who remember his time in Italy, because at this rate we'll eventually have to pay clubs to take him away.
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Ah, I thought it was. Looks very like him.
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Ok, fair enough. Maybe I didn't make my point fully clear. If we were singing him for his 'attacking prowess', we had a much better player for that in Mata. That is what I meant there. As for him being an attacking player, his goals and assists are very similar to Oscar's, so I don't think he is a signing that could really change our dynamics. Yes, he's better at dribbling than Oscar but not really much else. Another Oscar-level signing is not what we need right now. My real point is that we don't need Real Madrid's outcasts. We need someone who would start for 99% of top teams in the world. Someone like Griezmann, Koké or Pogba. These are the types of player who could really change how we play. Hell, considering the amount of space Cesc was surrendering yesterday and how bad Ramires is with the ball, even an all-around midfielder like Schneiderlin would be of more benefit to us now than an Isco/Oscar type signing.
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Isco looks great and all because of his dribbling but, honestly, we had a far better player in Mata and Mourinho couldn't wait to get rid of him. So this makes very little sense to me.
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That's exactly it though, how can José being so dogmatic about playing particular players not have a negative effect on the team? It's impossible. He says that any player can play themselves into the team, but we all know that is a load of shite. He has his undroppables now like Ivanovic but he also refused to drop Hazard and Oscar at the start of his tenure even though they were playing poorly, forcing KDB and Mata out of the club. They (along with Schurrle, Salah and Luis) had it right, they knew Mourinho was a hypocrite in this regard. They left to benefit their careers but they were essentially pushed out by Mourinho because he plays favourites. Now we have a worse squad because of it and I would imagine it has a terrible effect on team unity at times like this when we're playing very poor.
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Steve Adkins (our press officer) looks like he's drunk. I wouldn't be surprised - either because of the City defeat or the week he's had to deal with because of José!
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Hoping Cesc doesn't just show up to have the banter this time...oh, and Ivanovic to sit his big arse on the bench. That too.
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This thread has actually cheered me up a lot! Doesn't matter. Even if Brana would be doing Mourinho's wife, he'd still be giving Mourinho sexual favours so it would cancel out...think of a nice circle of pleasure...
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Exactly. Just imagine if Mourinho showed as much blind faith in the likes of KDB as he does Ivanovic...
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Stones and Rahman will not help our lethargic attacking or lessen the amount of space Cesc gives to top quality opposition. Though playing a higher line with Zouma certainly helped, the likes of Cuadrado and Falcao do the opposite of helping. I think only a Koké or Griezmann type signing has the potential to really change our dynamics. Hell, even if we got Schneiderlin to replace Ramires in the bigger games it would've made a big difference - we could've easily snipped him from United. Everyone thinks we've missed the bus this transfer window and it looks like that is exactly what has happened.
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Sorely missed today.
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Said it after Swansea and I'll say it again; absolute dog shit but will Mourinho drop him?? No he fucking won't. Should've been sold to PSG when they were sniffing around him.
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Won't even watch his interview/press conference. No doubt he'll say something embarrassing again.
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Only after we were 3-0 down.
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I was going for him or Zouma since he changed the way we played in the second half. Ivanovic MOTM for City, no doubt.
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Cannot believe Ivanovic has that captain's armband on him. Sad state of affairs if he is the vice-captain. A warrior some said? A tame pussycat in the past two games.
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Fucking embarrassing. Stones and Rahman aint gonna do shit to fix this shambles. José's aintics don't have a negative effect on the team? Think again José.
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I lol'ed, I have to say!
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Poor from Begovic. Pure shite from Ivanovic. Supposed to be in the team for defending and attacking set-pieces? Fuck off. Liability all over the pitch.
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To be fair it was more like a 1v3...he should do better though.