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Mata Official!
Modric and De Bryune next.

lalaboi:
This is Deep!! I feel the guy! He will succeed, He must!!

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You needed to have seen that with English subtitles.

In a difficult game, many times one moment of brilliance is what you need.
Bosingwa, hats off to you for that moment of brilliance.

chamotex:
That same back line started the second half against Citeh 2 weeks ago . . . I'm sure you know what happened in that second half.

City don't have a Bale and Lennon.

Reports flying around claim that Chelsea have sealed the Mata deal. Personal terms being ironed out.
Marca are claiming that Mata will have the Number 10 shirt.
That could mean Benayoun is off to Spurs in a player + cash deal.

Ibime:
These lot think footballers are magicians that conjure up magic half-heartedly.

Have you ever played a winger who refused to double up with his full-back or refuse to track or pass on advancing opponents to his fullback?

Or a midfielder who refused to run off the ball to create the angle for a pass?

Nasri at his best is not a game-winning magician enough of the time talkless of against Liverpool. Henri Lansbury will perform ten times better than an unmotivated Nasri. Before sef, is his direct opponent not Jordan Henderson who he outperforms for England U-21s. Abegi, who is Nasri to deserve spot if he can't be bothered?

How is it possible to support Chelsea yet have this manner of opinion about Arsenal?
I cannot help but reiterate that you are a closet Arsenal fan.

I'd be popping a drink if Arsenal field a player who isn't bothered. You, on the contrary sound concerned.
How can that be?

I am believing that the Mata, Debryune and Modric transfers will happen. Along with Lukaku, Romeu, Cortouis, Piazon, I cannot but say I am pleased with the new direction our transfer strategy has taken.

Cech out for four weeks. I can't bear to read it.

Guillem Balague confirmed yesterday on talksport that Chelsea have expressed interests in Juan Mata and would be submitting a bid soon.

coogar:
na yam?
if they keep tevez and add torres in the mix, city cannot win the premier league.

with mancini at the helm, playing 8-1-1 formation? no chance.
the simple most important edge is. . . . .united/chelsea know how to win games when it gets tough. city and the others don't.

i am not scared of city one bit. they will get massacred by several mid-table teams this season.
beating a newly promoted side at home will not scare me one jot. should i be scared bolton too? they won 4-0 away from home without aguero.

Ibime:
Aguero is only looking scary to me alongside Tevez. Tevez looks equally scary alongside Aguero.

Both of em represent a combination of bull-like players with close control that any defence would find hard to deal with.

Take any of them in isolation and I hold no fears anymore than I would playing against Atletico Madrid or Citeh (before Aguero).

EPL defenders would not be able to handle the combination.

I really hope they move Tevez on, if Tevez changes his mind and stays, City will win the PL.

Ibime:
No one says Aguero would not cop 20 goals. That's what he does in Spain. His value is simply relative to what you have and Chelsea are not lacking in striking dept. In light of prices paid for Torres, Carroll etc since the transfer was muted, £40m (the figure quoted Chelsea) looks like fair value, however before the madness of the last 2 transfer windows, it definitely wasn't. Simples. Everybody knows Aguero so stop acting like you discovered oil under a rock. In the meantime, just sit back and pray that your last big co-sign Torres starts to deliver before running your machinegun. . .although nothing less than 35 goals a season is worth £50m.

Aguero would tear his hamstring within 2 months. hehehehe.

Yeah yeah! Another wiggle. Sebi na you. It's never a case of if Chelsea don't lack in a department.
If he can do a better job than what we have, he is by all means welcome.
If I search well sef, I am sure to find posts of you telling us how Aguero was not made for the PL.

Lastly, I hope you are not suggesting that I suggested a Torres transfer.

coogar:
city only spent 4 million quid more on silva and aguero than liverpool on carroll and henderson.
liverpool fc are useless.

Buncha waste-pipes. I wanna hear them come around talking about how they haven't spent money.
They've spent £125m in the least 8 months.

Ibime:
^^Nor trip. He's only "worth it" in comparison to your other "sure fire bet" - Torres. anuofia.

Yeah yeah. You always find a way out. Aguero will cop 20 goals in the PL in his first season. . . easily!
He's got skill, strength, vision and one wonderful eye for goal. And he's only 23.

£35m? City will be looking like smart brokers.

Ibime:
Nna men,

The way Aguero and co display today, it would be a three way fight for the title. We thought £40m was too much for Aguero until we went and paid £50m for Torres. Kai!

We would need to buy two more players if we plan to wrestle the title away from the following front-4s:

Hernandez

Young Rooney Nani


And:


Aguero

Nasri Tevez Silva

Oh! I remember you and BlueDiva specifically telling me we don't need him and how he was too expensive.
You shell out on Aguero, you get rewards. Simple as! . .


First Dude I put on my FPL. I only removed him last minute because I read reports he was injured.

coogar:
mikel obi on skysports talking about his father's abduction.

he sounds so polished now. . . .
the first nigerian player i have seen with such class and eloquence.

thumbs up, chelsea fans.

You probably have not heard him talk in a while.
Several interviews on Chelsea made me realise he speak very well.

Doesn't look like he was born in the same region as Nwankwo Kanu.

The same Chelsea of last season turned up? I'm sorry but I saw very different things man.
You cannot expect to walk over Stoke at the Britannia. They are even stronger this year.
Stoke are no push-overs and I still do not see anyone giving credit for how string they were.

The Chelsea performance to me was great save for Malouda and Kalou who were the two guys we relied on for long to make things happen. The movement, the quick passing, the pressing, the intelligent use of space were all things I noticed. In defence,  everyone was coming back to defend, including Torres - sacrificing the chances of a counter. That's the willingness to work as a team. For me, that's a manager who works out how to play for a particular game, not just a typical Chelsea.

Towards goal, we could have been much better. We could have been more creative. However, considering the fact that we still have Danny, Luiz, Lukaku, Oriol, Kakuta and possibly Modric to join the team, we can only be better. West Brom up next are going to be much loose in defence than Stoke.

I was particularly impressed with Mikel, Bosingwa and Torres. Things will pick up from here and we'll be better.

El Guapo:
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Kakuta has been poor so far in the competition
Oriol Romeu has been mint.

alexflash:
why all this talk about power? At least for a start, Someone who wants to invest in this venture should take a strong look at the latest Solar power technologies and virtualization. Virtulization would take care of having a number of power hungry servers! Consolidation

You cannot rely on a single source of power generation if you are serious about Data centres. All single points of failure must be eliminated. I recently did some work in a Barclays Bank Data Centre in Slough, they had regular power source backed up by generators which also are backed up by back-up generators. Three layers of redundancy.

And that's why we are talking about power.

Virtualization is a different topic on it's own. Virtualization can only work for certain purposes.
Virtualization cannot work for co-location of Routers, Switches and others devices that cannot be virtualized. So yes you will those power hungry devices humming away.

Ferdinand and Vidic injured. . What more can a Chelsea fan ask for?

chamotex:
Yes!

Of course!

Berbatov rested once more.

coogar:
what were you saying about arsenal's draw yesterday again?
you think you would come to the britannia on the opening day and win? not even barcelona would have gotten a win here.
it's a sell out for stoke's fans on the opening day - and when the potters come to town, beware!!!

Well I cannot remembering saying anywhere that "I think we will come here to win"

One point earned. Very decent performance against a very difficult side to beat.
I am satisfied with what I have seen. Let's begin preparing for the next game.

duduspace:
Coogar is right though, would you put any of those two as wingers in the class of Robben, Cole and Duff in their primes?
I still remember that 3 goal blitz of Barca in the UCL.

You are telling us what we already know.

Stoke must have an advert in the local job centre for ordinary players with a long throw.

coogar:
no wonder you have only played in european champions league final once since roman revolution.


chelsea have stepped it up.
the injury of etherington and delap have clipped the wings of stoke.

kalou missed a sitter. . . . . .chamakh would have buried that.

Are Malouda and Kalou not wingers?

Something happened to Torres. I don't know what it is.
He's very sharp.

coogar:
chelsea are their own worst enemies. . . . .i just don't know how a team as big as chelsea don't have traditional wingers. mourinho was successful here because of duff/robben/joe cole. the equivalent here are anelka( ), malouda( ) kalou( )

Because we don't want wingers.
If we do, we will buy some.

Kalou's decision making is shocking. . . still.

Anelka on for Malouda.

ritchboy:
Lampard has just broken the record for the fattest player to dive in the history of football!

Sharrap. .