lalaboi:
I hope this keeps Dayo out of the thread for a while lol. Bendtner almost single handedly destroyed bayern

Did You say almost.?

Debroslink:
DJ, make sure the loud speakers in Bayern thread are brought here latest 3pm Sunday.

We go use this thread open epl season.

No worry, dey carry am come. We go redirect am go Gunners thread..

Nihilist:
I would take Matic over Busquets anyday though

I know say na because you be Chelsea fan na why you yarn like that. Its allowed

But as far as DM play goes Matic na apprentice to Busquets, apprentice wey never collect freedom I might add

Busquets is a precision player and what sticks out about him is that he almost never loses the ball, this is a very important trait for a player sitting in front of a defence that plays so close to the halfway line of the opponent I usually don't know whether to cry or laugh so I end up doing both when people in real life and web compare what Busquets does to Mikel's style of play. People talk about Barca's ball possession and don't even know Busquets is key to the system and why it works. If you watch American Football then you would know Busquets is like the Center or Offensive tackle that creates a pocket for the quarterback to throw. For Xavi the QB to thrive he needs guys like Busquets (OT, Center) to recycle possession and keep things ticking nicely. Like I always tell you guys when a player is starting for World and European Champions (at club and country) they are definitely doing something right

He's only 27 which is mind-boggling. Football is not by ishan oo. Ishan lo pa Bruce Lee

Nihilist:
On Chancel Mbemba - Newcastle's latest signing.
This one is quite long

This is why I hate signing African players. I dont want any African player near my team unless he is bought for peanuts.

Imagine signing Baba Rahman for £18m. Sorry to say, all West-African players should come with 50% discount, because you are most likely buying a tokunbo with altered mileage.

From an accounting point of view, you can't invest in an asset with indeterminable useful life. That's how we ended up carrying Essien and Geremi on £5m and £2m per year respectively for years and couldn't shift the toxic assets off our hands.

And the clowns running our technical department will find £30m for John Stones while ignoring our most glaring weakness to protect Mikel and Rami.



http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jul/31/chelsea-spending-jose-mourinho-transfer-window-premier-league-title

This week Fabregas said the only way to improve on last season is to win the Champions League. This would certainly require reinforcement in his own position, with memories fresh of how Chelsea’s midfield was overpowered by Paris Saint-Germain, Fàbregas himself resembling a man trying to run the wrong way up an escalator in his pursuit of Blaise Matuidi and Thiago Motta.

Nihilist:
Let me hear any mumu com here and mention 'Awoof Penality' again.

Bayern has just lost back to back knockout cups on Pens. Ikedia Hazard no kuku dey miss Pena

Raumdeuter Baba, comman hire Ikedia Hazard make e kon teach ur useless players how dem dey score PKs, @ least 2 cups for don dey added to una cabinet now.

Chelseafan1:

Raumdeuter Baba, comman hire Ikedia Hazard make e kon teach ur useless players how dem dey score PKs, @ least 2 Super cups for don dey added to una cabinet now.

Maybe Ikedia Hazard should have taught his Chelsea people when they faced us in the UEFA super cup

raumdeuter:


Maybe Ikedia Hazard should have taught his Chelsea people when they faced us in the UEFA super cup

Na d same PK still deny u a whole UCL trophy in 2012....such a pity.
Now u will respect a player who wins and scores PKs

[size=50pt] GAME DAY. [/size]

[size=24pt]IF ITS NOT BLUE[/size]. . .

who is chelsea's assistant captain pls

VICTOR MOSES > CUADRADO gaddamit they don give am no.11 self

nna mehn it suprised me say bayern lost again ...cus the last time i checked they were winning @ the 88th minutes




bayern should come and collect form from us for parking the bus and pk

Upnepaa:
who is chelsea's assistant captain pls

ivanovic

Eden Hazard to score an amazing goal against Petr Cech and make him look like Victor Valdes.

lordfalcao:
nna mehn it suprised me say bayern lost again ...cus the last time i checked they were winning @ the 88th minutes




bayern should come and collect form from us for parking the bus and pk

Na bayern munshiit hehehehe.

Radamel Falcao could cost Chelsea the Premier League


Jose Mourinho's ego stretches far and wide. It is all encompassing, and anybody in the vicinity of it is in danger of being sucked inside, much like a tornado.

And like a tornado, the Portuguese has destructive elements, as well as others that leave spectators in awe. He is more aware than most that he is capable of great things, and is not shy in letting the world know.

He has worked collective miracles in his career, winning the Champions League with Porto and Inter Milan against all odds. His CV is full of successes.

Despite this, his work with individuals is less impressive; Joe Cole improved immeasurably under his tutelage, but aside from the London-born winger, it's hard to think of an example of a player whose development would have been hindered were it not for Jose's help.

There is no doubt that the Special One has been beneficial to many players, however, there is also a feeling that players like Frank Lampard and John Terry would have scaled the heights of their profession regardless of his input. This is what makes Chelsea's decision to sign Radamel Falcao, albeit on loan, all the more baffling.


STUCK IN THE PAST?

Quite what Jose has in mind when envisioning Falcao's future with the blues is perhaps clear to those inside the club, but outside there are raised eye brows and much head scratching.

Mourinho has mentioned the fearsome partnership that Falcao struck up with Diego Costa during their time together at Atletico Madrid, however, a fearsome partnership requires both men to be at their snarling, aggressive best, and right now only Costa can claim to be performing near to the higher level of his capabilities.

The manager has been a father figure to many Chelsea players over the years, however, he isn't Father Time. He can't turn back the clock to when El Tigre had yet to suffer serious injuries to both knees, and was turning in shots from seemingly impossible angles at Athletico.

OLD FALCAO, OR NEW FERNANDO?

Mourinho kept faith with Fernando Torres for a season at the beginning of his second reign at the helm of the club, but couldn't reverse his fortunes and quickly shipped him out.

Like Torres before him, when he lopped off his honey blonde locks, Falcao has attempted a change of image, almost as a last, desperate attempt at reinvention. Also similarly to his decision to give Torres a chance, their seems to be an undercurrent of Mourinho's superiority complex creeping into his choices.

Did he keep faith with Torres to prove that he could succeed where Rafael Benitez failed in restoring him to his past self? Is he using Falcao to the same ends and trying to get one over his old mentor Louis van Gaal?

SPEAKING HIS LANGUAGE

Mourinho's decision to sign Falcao looks increasingly like a vanity project. He is hoping that the Spanish speaking contingent at Stamford Bridge will help the Colombian rediscover himself, but weren't there Spanish speakers at Chelsea when Torres was struggling for form and confidence? Fernando still cut a desperately lonely figure.

THIN UP TOP?

If Costa suffers a reoccurrence of the hamstring injuries that hampered him last season, and Loic Remy struggles to fill his boots, then it will fall to Falcao to fire Chelsea to glory.

For Mourinho, a man who expects Chelsea to challenge on all fronts, the decision to enter into the season with only three front men, including one who has shown nothing in recent outings for Columbia to suggest that he can return to form, seems an odd one.

Class is, they say, permanent. All lights that were once bright will continue to flicker, think Thierry Henry and his comeback goal for Arsenal against Leeds. We can expect Falcao to hit the back of the net on occasion, possibly against lesser teams in lesser competitions.

To expect him to register the requisite number of goals to push Chelsea to silverware may be beyond even Mourinho's powers of black magic.

by Sean Natton
ACADEMY MEMBER
Disclaimer

Women's FA cup final highlight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=136&v=F82TWXaTRXo

#TeamGunners today
Say no to negative football a.k.a parking the bus

Arsenal XI to face Chelsea: Cech, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Ozil, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Monreal, Cazorla, Bellerin, Coquelin

Chelsea team for Arsenal: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Matic, Fabregas, Ramires, Willian, Hazard, Remy.

KTBFFH

Chelsea subs for Arsenal: Begovic, Zouma, Mikel, Oscar, Cuadrado, Moses, Falcao.

@ChelseaFC Diego Costa absent today due to 'discomfort in his hamstring,' says Jose Mourinho... #CFC # CommunityShield

Our lack in depth is just too obvious......... even with a -1 one the pitch, our bench is full of players that don't give hope...... Do something Boss

I don't know y I just have dis strange feeling d gayners will get one over us today. Their form and lineup is quite better than ours today. Anyway, in mou I trust!!

I don't know y I just have dis strange feeling d gayners will get one over us today. Their form and lineup is quite better than ours today. Anyway, in mou I trust!!

donjazet:
I don't know y I just have dis strange feeling d gayners will get one over us today. Their form and lineup is quite better than ours today. Anyway, in mou I trust!!

How's their line up better than yours? Costa is the only person missing in that line up

Let's wait and see..

dopeJemi:

How's their line up better than yours? Costa is the only person missing in that line up

I tire o ! Maybe dem just sign Messi and CR7 join their team !

I'm hearing JayJay's nephew plays for Le Arse.

Also I'm hearing that Haxard looks fat. I listening on radio