TomCFC

Excited to see Mata and Miereles in full.

No Torres.

Bad grammar slightly annoys me, but this is just a forum. Does it matter that much to warrant a new thread?

That's what 180k a week does to you!

What on earth are the good ones?

From the new photocall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Vincent

Mata can write his own headlines - he studied journalism at university while on the books of Real Madrid. He will also have the support of his sister Paula to call on, as she lives in Brighton. The two of them had their faces all over billboards and buses in the Spanish city of Oviedo when they were children as part of an advert for a local bank. The winger, 23, scored 33 goals in 129 league appearances for Valencia. He made 12 assists in La Liga last season - more than Frank Lampard, Florent Malouda and Salomon Kalou's combined nine in the Premier League. He appeared once, as a substitute, during Spain's triumphant 2010 World Cup campaign and then helped the Under-21 team win the European title this summer. Lawro's verdict: "He can play left, right or in the middle and can see everything, giving Chelsea lots of options. He could be the key to releasing Fernando Torres." http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/14110039.stm

And Yossi.

You missed out Hilario.

Agreed. He's had some good performances, but without any goals, he's just a different player. His confidence built up during pre-season and I hope he has a positive year.

It's all Scolari's fault.

Arsenal's league form since the Carling Cup final - DDDWDDWDDLWLLDDLL

Interesting that he's got 16 - his compatriots Bosingwa and Ferreria are 17 and 19 respectively (and Hilario 40, but that ruins my "stat"!). Here's a video on the BBC article of his stunning Wolves goal (might not be available for non-UK fans) - http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/14708743.stm Torres also scored the other two in that 3-0 win (his last for Liverpool).

Cech Ivanovic-Luiz-Terry-Cole Mikel Miereles-Ramires Sturridge-Torres-Mata

Not sure about giving a four-year deal to a 28-year-old, but I suppose he's younger than Yossi. As long as he's creative, makes chances and scores goals, that's fine. It'll be interesting to see him, Mata and Torres together, even without Modric.

Even Arsenal are making more activity than us.

Loaned, not sold.

Interesting point - surely we aren't that stupid?

Seriously? More money than sense.

I suppose we had our fun in January. £40m was turned down for Modric yesterday according to Harry. Gutted.

There's no loan like a Bolton loan...

"I've still got two years left on my Chelsea contract. My objective is to extend by one year until the 2014 World Cup." NOOOOOOOOOO........ Bad to worse.

Lots of reported sightings of Danny at Melwood by some lying Scousers! SkyBet have lowered the odds of him moving from 9/1 to evens, but that means nothing. We won't let him go.