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it's a threesome then

I don't know much of the journos - too many of them to keep track. Why would a credible guy publicize there? But if you say the guy is reliable then maybe we should trust everything. They're really bad normally and I rarely remember anything they speculated to be anywhere near the truth.

The Skipper just posted the same and everyone is taking it seriously. I was about to say I don't believe one word, especially the paragraph The Skipper highlighted. It's goal doing the same old thing - a lot of BS they make up. until we have a reliable source saying the same, I call it BS. They're awful. The only thing we can believe is the direct quotes as they wouldn't make them up. But everything out of the " " I don't believe.

can't believe it! It's @ all over again. We think something and then boom, the reality is completely different. You break our hearts saying you aren't Jamaican. edit: my questions 1) how and when did you become a Chelsea fan 2) which team(s) does your family support? 3) How many times have you been to Jamaica or if too often, how often do you normally go?

Hopefully it'll work better than you asking us to believe you Rooney was coming because you had sources? Sorry, man, but I had a few laughs reading your reports last year, even including someone you knew meeting Maureen in the grocery store or something confirming the transfer that we're still waiting to happen. I only trust @We Hate Scouse sources as he's been 100% accurate in his reports

I'm as disappointed with his form as you are. What I meant is saying things like 5-6 months when it doesn't even make 4 if you count he hasn't play for a couple of weeks because he was injured. Also it's not the first time you post things like that as if they were facts when they aren't. There's opinion and then there are facts and stats. Don't post your opinion (maybe you felt he played bad for 6 months) as if it was a fact. He had a great first months, dropped a bit and then dropped completely. I hate the short memory thing. Even I had to admit the other day that Ramires had a good start for us (I posted it opposed to someone who said he had a terrible season from start to end). He was solid in the first months (despite the bad passing, that is always a constant) and was horrid the last few. Oscar was much worse in the last few, but it doesn't nearly come to 5-6 months of sucking. It's as if he wasn't our best player in many matches in the first half of season, even grabbing some MOTM trophies and being picked by fans here in the threads. But do you even acknowledge that? Of course not, for you it's been six months of suckery. Whatever you say then, boy.

oh that's my opinion the whole year, not only when he plays against Honduras

And what made get the double over against ManC and Pool and not lose to ManU, Arsenal and Tottenham - if you can consider any of those big teams in the first place (based in their seasons or in Arsenal case, in general, lol). We were smart and I don't a give f! about people (not Joker10 in specific at all) saying we were parking the bus, playing 10 men behind the ball, it got us the results.

I remember his crosses (in general) quite well, they're only better than Ivanovic's... and many - many, many - of them can be as clueless as Iva's. So he may have a good cross per match, after he made nonsense in the 10 attempted crosses prior to that. Only in TC there's this myth that Cesar can cross. Nowhere else in the internet (and real life) where I see people from Chelsea and Spain talking about him people praise or even talk about his crosses. He's seen as the defensive FB by everyone else but posters here... I do agree offensive contribution is more than crosses, but the conversation was specific about crosses and I'm not impressed at all. As I said, the guy has literally a handful of them people can remember in the span of two seasons and that's it. It makes him better than Ivanovic, but the few matches he played RB last year didn't change the opinion I had from his first season at all. And when you check his thread or live match threads in those RB matches you see people killing the myth that in the prior season he had a good cross in him. Unless you count one correct in 10 attempts a good crosser. He can link up, he can make runs, and he has a nice pass on him. That's all nice and dandy and I like it about him, still it was clear in Spain he was the most defensive FB, while Alba had more freedom to go up. I have no doubts Mourinho will adopt the same strategy with him regardless of which side of the pitch he plays. His never-give-up attitude, relentless work rate, impressive defensive abilities and workhorse strength seems to be what Mourinho likes the most about him and is going to be preferred over his very much average cross and far from earth shaking support in the attack in general. I would love for the plan to be having a more offensive LB so play alongside Hazard and keep Azpili in the right, and moving Iva as a backup whether for CB or LB. Last but not least, talking FBs with a Brazilian is a completely different beast. We see FB very differently from how you see them in Europe. So you aren't going to convince me Azpilicueta has (as it stands) a good cross in him not even in 10 lifetimes. My reference of a good crosser is the likes of Cafu and Roberto Carlos, Mazinho and Jorginho and even Marcelo and Branco (who weren't that outstanding either, but much superior than those considered good in Europe). So I think our referential is quite different and I as said before, I'm not detracting Azpilicueta. I did vote for him as player of the season in Chelsea Brasil - as I voted for Hazard here and I feel they were equally our players of the season, he's just not even close to what I call a good crosser and while he's neat in the attack I wouldn't list him as an amazing FB going forward, even ignoring his crosses. I'm happy with the role he's been playing for us. I have no complaint, but I'd love a more offensive FB in the opposite flank to balance him (and the team) out.

"Come to Daddy"?

It might fire up the 'rivalry' between Mou and Arsene even longer. Ozil had his best seasons under Mou, with Arsene he's a ghost of himself. Then Arsene lets go of Cesc because he doesn't believe he can play both him and Ozil. Then Mourinho moves Cesc to a position that has nothing to do with #10 - where Ozil plays - and he has a hell of season, Arsene will look even more the clown than he is. I can't wait.

still he's never proved to actually be good... fact is he's been in the club for two seasons now and his offensive abilities were never the highlight of his game - if not the downfall. I'm not saying he can't develop it, but the fact is, Cesar is a great and invaluable player, but offensively he's been lacking since he's here, whether in the right or in the left. All people can say is pinpoint a handful good crosses in a couple of years to say he's been able to do it. Fact is, for Spain, he suffered because he didn't have enough defensive support and was caught a few times and did nothing extraordinary - or that really helped the team, offensively. I'm not slamming the guy, I love him and I want to keep him. It doesn't matter if he's a LB or a RB while he plays for us, I love him just the same, but the guy just can't cross (yet).

Then we have a problem if the guy he's targeting for Spain is none other than Costa. Either he still doesn't have a target or his crosses are poor.

haven't read your post until now. But that's how I feel too. It's in a new article now http://www.marca.com/2014/06/15/futbol/futbol_internacional/premier_league/1402819315.html I'm still a bit weary about it...

but is there another article for the Cesc comments? Because I read the original Marca (in Spanish) article and Cesc's name isn't even part of it.

thanks, hun. If they had cited the source - when, where to whom Mourinho said those things, I'd be more confident. This seems simply like a translation of everything in the Marca article and I lost all respect for Marca ever since all the lies they posted about Mou in 2012/13 season. It was disgusting. But I'm probably just nit-picking too much. Surely they wouldn't make up many quotes that were never said, right?

but you can't blame the club when you call a player a cancer - especially when Cesc has done nothing in his whole career but say how much he loves that club. Barcelona (with their fans' support) did everything possible to take him out of Arsenal, saying he belonged there. Then a mere few months later they're treating him as if he was the worst and then when he's sold they call him cancer? Sorry, but that's not how you treat someone you profess your love and who loves you back and who has contributed to your club not being even worse. They used Cesc literally as the scapegoat to the failure their system became. Either because everyone learned how to play against them or because the key players were in a descend, the system failed, and blaming it on Cesc is ridiculous and clearly an excuse because they're too proud to admit they need to change. Haven't you seen Xavi saying they'll die with their tiki taka but won't give it up? What kind of stupid pride is that?

Marca has been the paper/site that disrespected Mourinho the most in his last season in a half in Spain, I really don't get why among all possible media sites/journo in the world, he would choose to concede an interview to Marca (even if the main focus of the interview is Real Madrid). But maybe José doesn't hold as much grudge as people expect or label him to. Also there isn't one Cesc quote in that Spanish article and I find the Costa quote much more directed that Mourinho normally says... Not doubting you, only Marca.

Learn something, my love, there's only one thing less classy, worse and more disgusting than Barcelona - the club: the culès. Their supporters are even worse than the club itself. And then if those fans become journalists is as low as people get. They have absolutely no class. Wasn't you who posted or at least commented on the official site writing shit about Cesc in his departure? What kind of club/fans do shit like that? Barcelona!!!!! And people talk shit about Los Blancos. I admit ever since Perez has been around the club lost a lot of class, but there's nothing worse than Barcelona in the whole world. The arrogance and the smugness are epic in addition to being disgusting, racist and classless.

In the second picture anyone who would guess them being siblings wouldn't be a stretch. Cute though

Your posted is a bit dated - as far as playing exciting goes. Brazilians learned that lesson with the 1982 and 1994 teams. Of course there are many people that would rather see us play exciting football and draw rather than pragmatic and win, but when 1982 lost and 1994 won, that myth died here. We'd rather win, in whatever way that comes (and believe me, at some point - before 1982, the opposite was true, we'd rather lose playing beautiful, exciting football, and then we lost and people changed - most of them anyway). There's no attachment or excitement coming from Brazil fans towards Hulk. There's a part of us that have a soft spot for Bernard for his last years in Atletico Mineiro, but even then I wouldn't say it's a significant part. We aren't claiming for anyone. The general public has been falling in love for Luiz - he wasn't until the Confed Cup as popular here as he was for Chelsea since he's been there. And he's been brilliant for Brazil more often than not. I have no idea why Dante - another not popular player here - is in that team instead of Miranda (hated by many who disliked his ex-club Sao Paulo, but also not a significant part of the crowd), but it has nothing to do with excitement (Luiz and Dante don't do anything exciting when playing for Brazil - actually Dante doesn't know what exciting is unless his poor decisions that gives us heart attacks count). Luiz is viewed by most Brazilians as the guy we can trust to give his 101% in each match, a player that has a lot of clutch and unless fans followed him in Chelsea I don't think any Brazilian would associate brain-fart and David Luiz in any form. As for the others - Paulinho over Hernanes and Fernandinho and Alves and Fred having spots in the team, I think you have a point. Hernanes is way too much better than Paulinho and I wouldn't be surprised if this would turn into the first change in the starting XI. I still don't know why Hulk is playing ahead of Willian though, but if he's dropped Bernard will replace him because for Felipão Willian is Oscar's replacement and if there's one thing Felipão is stubborn about is who replaces who - especially in a WC.

but I'm talking exclusively about the person. Cesc is a very good player - always thought so. I still believe some around here overrate him, but I also believe he will improve our midfield and I think if we move to a 4-3-3 we'll have one of the best midfields in the world. He'd a valuable addition especially if we look how much we paid for him. I don't think he's the same level as Modric and Alonso for example, but they're also different kind of players... I really felt bad for him today, poor thing, although he barely took part of the match. My change of heart is about his persona. I hated this cunt and now I see him as our little cute cunt.

also he was the marker on Torres in that sitter attempt missed. Top defender as marking Torres demands some sick skills. That's why it could happen. LvG won't sign both him and Shaw. It's only one between the two of them. so if he moves his interest to Blind we score Shaw, if they choose Shaw, we could maybe see how much Ajax is willing to get to let him go. win-win I'm not so sure Atletico will allow both Costa and Luis to leave tbh

Actually I asked The Skipper's opinion on him and I trust his assessment blindly. He's said he's very good and if that's the case, let's bring him here

We need a LB He's a LB He can defend He can cross I've never watched him before today, but I'm starting the bandwagon. Only a blind can't see how perfect those Blind crosses were Let's do it, Chelsea.