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that's some weird business. He's been with the guys in the tour, now he's playing, and the club even addresses him as a Flu player. Bizarre, lol And Chelsea account handler, it's FlumineNse.

he's very young, he could develop, but he's erratic, doesn't seem to have a brain and to top Ramires, he tries the flashy thing and 9 out of 10 times it doesn't work. Nathan is a lot like Piazon. Neat player, nothing beyond that. I rate that over a flashy Ramires.

Well I'm need of one, so #TeamKenedy

I bet they also rate Ramires... Kenedy is Ramires in the wing through and through. So I'm sure there are fans.

That's... unexpected. Well, I don't rate the kid, let's hope he does well today and at Vitesse or wherever it is he's going. Nathan >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kenedy

when I wrong or that wasn't the first time you take pics with rivals players? I remember someone posted some once and as I recall it was you...

great interview by him. It never ceases to amaze me how smart he is. He'd make a great manager because he certainly has the brains for it. Love him more and more and I don't expect (or want) him to say anything bad about Arsenal. He's spent most of his academy and early senior years there. A lot of what he is today he owes to Arsenal and so we in an extent. It's great he's now with us but Arsenal have been an integral part of him becoming who he is and for that I'm thankful. They can continue to produce some players we'll have in their best years for all I care

mentioned by Mourinho as one of the possible captains for the team... I loved reading that. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3176422/Jose-Mourinho-Q-Chelsea-manager-quizzed-leaders-squad-rival-managers-expects-challenge-title.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

what kind of worrying things? I'm starting to agree with @stroey about the hints here and there about Mourinho disagreement with the club's behavior in the transfer window. It's almost as if he's saying for him to win UCL he needs to improve the team with a couple of new players, and I'd agree that's necessary. There has been some subtle message between the lines that he isn't in agreement with the limited action in the transfer window. Last season and the one before he was blatantly saying the board got the players he needed. This season the tone changed. I hope it doesn't create any sort of friction between the club and José if that's the case. It's clear we need a couple more players to really be UCL contenders - I don't think we need them to win the league though. I'm very calm about the transfer window and I even believe it makes sense for us to keep the same winning team and win the league again. But we fell short in UCL last season and with the same team we will again imo. The thing UCL isn't a priority for me, so I don't mind it too much. But we do need improvement if we want to compete with the top dogs.

lol Mou

I miss you so much, you can sing whatever you want as long as I hear from you again. I was going to call you on whatsapp the other day, but I let it go. Don't be a stranger and send news... and sing Zezé di Camargo for me again

for the midfield position he was perfect for us and worked really well in those big matches. We should really look for a replacement.

well, first I found out I don't usually make predictions. Second, the ones I do (player related) are way off the mark, so I should stop there. Third, I honestly have no idea what to predict about us this season. I was quite certain I had predicted us to win the title last season, but couldn't find a post to back me up. I was certain we would win. But this season seems so open, I don't know what to expect. I think we won't end the season trophyless but I don't know if we'll win the league either because the competition is tough. For the sake of trying to predict I say we'll win the FA Cup and will finish either 1st or 2nd in the league.

couldn't find any prediction by me here either, except I boldly predicted Oscar or Schurrle to score more than 15 goals in all comps. I'm so lost, lol This was to answer one of MrBlueGuy whatever posts, first, we did win a domestic double, but the troll didn't say a word about. Second, the bold part remains true even one year later This was to answer how many goals Costa would score in all comps. How many were at the end?

I was trying to see if I should give a go trying to predict anything, couldn't find my own predictions in this thread, but congrats to the three of you. Most people had United third and Arsenal fourth, but you three nailed it I still don't have a clue if I'm good at predictions or not.

Dion, let's revive our karaoke nights? They want to hear my mermaid tune, poor things, but I need you! edit: the site doesn't accept user from Brazil. It sucks

@CHOULO19, do find it! I want to laugh

wasnt here yet but I can imagine lol

He looks great in blue. Our kit is class, no matter what people say love it on the players and will love it on me too

I don't think his quality has ever been questioned. This is preseason, not the right time or place to evaluate players' quality.

it's been a while. I actually don't take many pics. So here I think I can sing. I can't With a friend New haircut and color better lightning

Not really, he's bad ass just breathing. I want to know if he wants to remarry. Should have never got a divorce from this beauty

So pretty!!!!!!!!! I keep telling you that in private, but damn this picture. I don't know how you master to look so hot (as f!) and cute at the same time. You're too bad ass for words.

because 4-3-3 is exactly to give the three attackers more room to attack. How can he be that if he has to limit his actions to be able to cover Iva? He has great stamina and is very fast, but still, it'd be counter productive. You have a more solid/stacked/robust midfield behind you so you can focus more in the attacking. If we have a player like Willian among the attackers, the interchange could also happen between him and one of midfielders. I agree the game itself is more fluid and not as fixed as the system, but it's still the team's philosophy. Of course they'll switch positions and of course at moments we'll look like another system, but 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3 are worlds apart in how the team is organized in the pitch and what is expected from midfielders and attackers. It changes their roles. As long as we play with Ivanovic in the RB I don't see how we could master 4-3-3 as neither Oscar nor Fabregas are fast and imposing enough to stop wingers before they're faced with Iva doing his ridiculous man-marking. Had we had Luis and Azpili (will never understand why we never tried that), they could alternate going up, or even be a little bit limited (especially Azpili), but Oscar and Cesc would offer more options going up. They could try more vertical football (Oscar would need to keep up with the good passing, and we all know he switches between good and awful with the frequency he breathes in and out), they could link up with Hazard, alternate between going up and staying put all while without having to have Iva at the back of their mind. The problem isn't how much Iva goes up, it's how he comes back and how he decides to mark his man in the defensive phase. In a perfect world, Oscar would be able to play his Lampard part, Cesc would have more freedom and room to spot runs, to link up, to put in his mesmerizing pass and use that superb vision of his. Hazard would have a little bit more freedom to attack, Costa could be more well fed and we could have Willian, Remy or even Falcao as the other third attacker. Those three in the middle would have to ace their pressing, it wouldn't expose our slow midfield/defense as much as it is exposed sometimes and we wouldn't be held captive of a defense that is easily exposed if not protected by 3-4 players. I don't know, I see a lot of benefits coming from switching to a 4-3-3 and few problems. The thing is imo is impossible to do it for long amounts of time (most of the matches, most of the season) because of how Iva plays. Iva isn't the only problem we have, but Mourinho's insistence on playing him, especially partnered by Cahill as the RCB, really costs us, but he just won't think of something else because of Iva's personality, his goal contribution and set-piece presence. If it wasn't for that and he actually stay put more times and had a better approach on how to mark his men, he wouldn't cost the team. Cahill just costs for the lack of technical quality to an independent CB. He needs as much protection and support as possible to look good.

Well, after some consideration about what I've always wanted, your tips about the placement and the kind of design I like, I made a decision. I'll make a cherry tree with a tiger, starting on the hip/back, going through the side and up and finishing near the breast. I've seen a lot of people doing the opposite, starting in the hip (front) going through the side and ending in the ribs in the back, but I prefer the other way. Something like this but instead of starting in the front, it'll start in the back (and I want the tree to be designed in a completely different way, the colors are too blunt here and the trace too obvious, I really want something subtle and it'll be slimmer too as I don't want half of my body covered in ink) now I have to find a good artist, get the design done and sell my kidney to pay as tattoos are expensive as hell in Brazil, lol Thank you all! Love you!