You didn't beat the best team in the league at their stadium, which up until that point they were undefeated in. Absolutely destroying teams in the process.

It's fun to see everyone get so up in arms about Mourinho's antics.

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Ah, shit. Well, that sucks. I guess we're number 1/2 for a little while longer.

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12 Feb 2014 18:40:53

Is it raining or storming or snowing or what?

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12 Feb 2014 18:38:23

How come?

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12 Feb 2014 12:05:51

Just watched the Oldboy remake.

What an absolute load of piss. Not surprising, obviously, but still.
No beauty, no pain, no poetry, no emotions at all. Just a fucking dumb and grim thriller.

Elizabeth Olsen is pretty good though.

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By Carroll. | On 12 February 2014 - 10:56 AM

Except you dont have Kolo Toure being an absolute moron

We have Fernando Torres.

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By Connor McNeish | On 12 February 2014 - 09:16 AM

Desperate for Liverpool to beat Fulham tonight. Need to take this opportunity unlike the West Brom game. If we had won that game and tonight the league would be so much closer.

And if Arsenal hadn't fucked up against Southampton, and City hadn't fucked up against Norwich, and Chelsea hadn't fucked up against West Ham.

If if if ifi fif ififif if ifif ifif f

Pointless.

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11 Feb 2014 07:20:00

To be honest, even if it was just that his defensive work was poor, I'd probably be okay with it. It's more that his overall effectiveness seems to go down a hell of a lot as soon as he's asked to put in a shift.

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By Ninja | On 10 February 2014 - 23:55 PM

The difference in their defensive contribution is negligible, if anything Mata looks stronger on paper.

Maybe based on last season. This season we've seen Hazard track back with the same pace he uses to rape defenders.
Mata is a better passer than Oscar. He's more creative, has better vision, etc. And when he's free to do whatever he wants, it's not so surprising that he gets a lot of goals and assists, because he's a terrifically gifted player. He does offer absolutely nothing defensively. Absolutely nothing. He doesn't track runners, his pressing is a scharade at best.

If the team is built around him, then he's brilliant. Chelsea's hard defensive unit, built to break with pace, certainly wasn't built around him. So he's now gone. He showed more in his first three Chelsea games than he has for Utd so far, but I assume he'll get going soon.

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09 Feb 2014 18:19:33

Should've gone to PSG

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By Abbott | On 08 February 2014 - 19:10 PM

The Social Network is most definitely a defining film of our era. Agree that it's practically perfect, I love it even more with each watch.

Wolf of Wall Street: how awesome is it that Scorsese -- a man 71 years old -- is still able to produce such a destructively manic, sinful ride like that? It moves like a rocket, and I love how it's basically a dagger into the heart of the American dream whilst shoving the greedy allure of it right in your face. God damn what a film.

And The Master. Rewatched it this week in light of the tragic news from last weekend and yeah, that film is so fascinating. That relationship between Freddie and Lancaster is so rich and layered, so primal and deeply human. I could probably watch it a million times more and still pick up on new themes and character moments. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was such an extraordinary actor and it's a such an enormous shame that he's gone.

Scorsese is a fucking master. Without a doubt one of the very best film directors in history.

Back on The Master, I remember when this fucking thing came out:

I would watch it like five times a day, just absolutely astonished and intrigued as to what kind of film we would get.
Phoenix' performance in that small teaser trailer (a scene that isn't even in the film) is enough for him to win the Oscar alone. Fuck Lincoln.

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The answer to that rhetorical question would be a definite yes.

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06 Feb 2014 16:40:28

Well, that's hard for me, considering that Raging Bull is my favourite film of all time. It has everything.

Social Network is a tremendous achievement. It's like a modern Citizen Kane. Or Network. Or something, I don't know. It's not really a modern anything, it's just its own, and that's probably what makes it brilliant.
Fincher is a modern day master. Very few filmmakers are on his level.