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^ Yes?, all part of the same national squad either way. I'm not going to expand further on the first post, as it's been covered already.. I never said it was the sole reason, just that the dressing room has been considered as part of the process.

coincidence would imply no thought has been put into it at all.. The Thorgan Hazard acquisition destroys Caps original broad apposing argument.

Torres played a role in the Mata signing, both directly & indirectly.

Notice how certain players/nationalities have been brought in 'partly' for dressing room harmony. The club acquired Hazard's brother to further accommodate him, and before his arrival we confirmed the De Bruyne & Courtois deals, and brought in Lukaku. Having a contingent of players from particular backgrounds. Benayoun was a welcome face upon arrival for Torres. He was eventually joined by former Liverpool counterpart Meireles and Spain team mate Mata, and later Romeu, boosting the Spanish numbers. We saw a similar pattern developing after the Ramires acquisition, with the Brazilians. Of course there are exceptions to this, but the way the dressing room has been constructed recently would certainly indicate to it not being a mere coincidence. With the constant manager changes over the years, the club have at least managed to combat culture clashes effectively, and have managed to construct an identity/harmony within the squad.

"I spoke to him before he signed, I told him Chelsea is a great club and that it is a big opportunity in his professional life, to show his football to the world. Chelsea is one of the top five teams in the world and I think it was the best choice for him." "Oscar has his own characteristics, you cannot compare him to other people on the pitch, but off it he reminds me of Ramires,' the defender explained. He is an amazing person, a very simple guy to get to know, very quiet and respectful of everybody around him. I know he will have a great future with us, not just on the pitch but outside the pitch also." - David Luiz http://www.chelseafc...2862234,00.html

United fans founded 'FC United Of Manchester'.. It wasn't a delayed comment btw, I was responding more to your negative response to how we've bypassed FFP, and how that coincides.

^ The definition of irony, a Chelsea fan against modern football.

Eva has started a trend, clearly the Chelsea board have been viewing this thread.

Sturridge has been abysmal for Team GB.

See if it works.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w2r4l You could always try a proxy server if not.

Chelsea board.. I salute you.

Everything is being streamed for free in high quality on the official BBC site.

Sublime ball to Marcelo just then..

Oscar has a decent-ish cross on him.

Official MLS 720p HD highlights..

Tbf to Jim, when creating 'those type' of threads it needs to be done with tact, the original post was embarrassing and poorly articulated.

Not bad.. better artwork than the season review cover anyway. The Chelsea TV commentary will ruin this DVD though, they need to smarten up and use the itv/sky commentary from the night itself.

Lmao, so hostile. That wasn't necessarily in conjunction with your post, I was going off topic.

When did Givanildo Vieira de Souza start having Hulk on the back of his shirt?.. If he wasn't an established star nobody would give a fuck, and his wikipedia certainly wouldn't be plain 'Hulk'.

He isn't established yet. I'm sure if wikipedia was around 20 years ago the legendary Ronaldo would come up as Luís Nazário de Lima.

If we have a real crisis, i.e.. Cech suffers a major injury that keeps him out for the rest of the season, Courtois can always be recalled. Having said that.. John Terry >>>>>>> Ross Turnbull

I need to see it in action really, I suppose it could blend quite well in motion.

do santos?, he's brazilian.. let's just refer to him as 'Oscar' like everyone else does. Otherwise, re-name the Ramires thread 'Ramires Santos do Nascimento' And re-name the David Luiz thread 'Moreira Marinho'.

If this was the 3rd shirt of one of our rivals, most of us would be ripping on it right now.. Not a big fan of the collar or the 6 pack effect, 'too much' going on with this shirt, it's overly detailed.