Chelsea are being linked with a move for Stanton (probably only linked due to Mourinho connection), however being a fan of his ability, how's been for Newcastle recently? Not been able to see much of him since he's moved to England.

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28 Oct 2013 10:27:45

A little late as I only just got to see the game now but, get fucking in there.

Torres was outstanding and is looking more and more like he's recapturing some quality form.

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By Shola | On 26 October 2013 - 07:01 AM

Torres seems to score mostly absolutely pointless goals as well.

For the pointless ones he's scored (is there such a thing as pointless goals anyway?), he also scored some crucial goals in league games, cup games and across Europe.

He's obviously not bagged them in the league like he once did but he's still managed some important ones nonetheless.

Edit: Chelsea were spoiled with a player like Drogba, you don't see those types with all those qualities often. It's easy to forget that at times.

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23 Oct 2013 11:46:04

By Slashman X | On 23 October 2013 - 20:54 PM

You can fix that in settings

Does that fix anything with online play though?

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23 Oct 2013 04:28:56

By The Platypus | On 12 October 2013 - 20:23 PM

I wish it would fucking fix players just standing still sometimes.

Been playing FIFA 14 a bit recently and this has been one of the biggest annoyances, particularly when defending.

Nothing worse than having a defender there to cover a through ball of some sort only for your defender to just stop during switching players and leaving the attacker clean through.

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23 Oct 2013 03:33:39

By The Platypus | On 23 October 2013 - 08:26 AM

Good win.

Agreed.

Nothing spectacular but a good win nonetheless.

Good to see Torres net a brace also.

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By Shola | On 20 October 2013 - 06:40 AM

Shocking decision from the referee for Chelsea's first goal. Was he even watching the game?

Wasn't the only poor decision in the match. To be fair, the keeper shouldn't have even been on the pitch to be involved in such a play. He should have been sent off for handling ball clearly outside of the box moments before.

Either way, happy with the 3 points.

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01 Oct 2013 02:13:22

Lampard's cheeky little grin at the end when Mourinho walks out.

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28 Sep 2013 11:22:26

Tottenham
Lloris; Walker, Naughton, Dawson, Vertonghen; Paulinho, Dembele, Townsend, Eriksen, Sigurdsson; Soldado.

Subs: Friedel, Chirches, Lamela, Holtby, Chadli, Sandro, Defoe

Chelsea
Cech; Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry, Cole; Mikel, Lampard; Ramires, Oscar, Hazard; Torres

Subs: Schwarzer, Azpilicueta, Cahill, Essien, Mata, Schurrle, Eto’o

Can't watch the game due to poor internet so am settling for radio stream. Should be a cracker though hopefully.

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28 Sep 2013 00:22:31

By bluemoon. | On 28 September 2013 - 04:19 AM

Nobody cares about ~~Madrid~~ Zoli.

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25 Sep 2013 22:53:53

By Tommo. | On 26 September 2013 - 06:52 AM

Looks like Van Ginkel could miss the season

Will miss the season and the World Cup, torn ACL.

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By Tommo. | On 24 September 2013 - 08:47 AM

Not seen a Sunderland game this year but how has Giaccherini been. He seemed like a good signing at the time

He's a good little player, though I don't see Sunderland being the right fit for him in the long run. He's not really nailed down a solid position the last few years either, floating all across the midfield for both Juve and the Azzurri.

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15 Sep 2013 03:13:30

Always fucking Everton.

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14 Sep 2013 05:27:10

By The Platypus | On 14 September 2013 - 00:03 AM

Mourinho saying Eto'o will play tomorrow.

Interesting.

Not surprised by this. He'll probably feature from the bench though.

I'm more curious to know if we'll risk Hazard or not.

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12 Sep 2013 01:52:50

Do United really need to sign another young central defender? Surely, bringing in a quality mid-age defender hitting their peak would be more beneficial to replace Rio and eventually Vidic?

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By Telegram Sam | On 12 September 2013 - 03:29 AM

I still can't believe we got him.

Enjoy it while you can, he'll leave in a couple seasons.

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11 Sep 2013 08:28:38

Franck, you're a cunt.
No, but seriously, you are. I'm going to eat your first born.

Fin.

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10 Sep 2013 05:41:40

By Franck | On 10 September 2013 - 03:11 AM

It's a TV show that most people in the thread are fully caught up with. If someone is afraid of having their experience spoiled by learning a key plot point in advance they really shouldn't be in this thread at all.

You can't just assume.

I've come into this thread for other reasons, having only seen s1-2 and enquired further. Obviously now that people have abandoned spoiler tags because of yourself it's now partly ruined and revealed aspects of the show which I'd rather avoid until watching myself. Which I'll probably do at some point when I'm done with other shows I watch.

As Fanny said, it's some common courtesy for those who are either late or haven't quite caught up.

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09 Sep 2013 10:10:10

By Fantastic | On 09 September 2013 - 19:17 PM

It gets progressively better, from an insular character drama focused around the quest to look after a family into an epic piece of pulp fiction incorporating many larger than life characters and situations grounded by a superbly written core group of characters. It grows outwards in a very organic fashion, as opposed to starting big and burning out like Boardwalk Empire.

Don't get me wrong, it's enjoyable and definitely seems to have progressed in character development and overall depth. I just didn't get that moment that made me want to sink my teeth right into it and prevented me from pulling myself away. I found myself more enthralled by something like Sons Of Anarchy which would leave watching and wanting more every time. Even though I know it's probably not as developed in an overall capacity compared to that of Breaking Bad.

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09 Sep 2013 09:11:23

I've only seen s1-2 and honestly, don't know why people froth over this as much as they do. Guessing it got better s3 onwards?

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08 Sep 2013 00:43:56

^ What the fuck did I just endure?

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08 Sep 2013 00:05:34

By Kevo89 | On 07 September 2013 - 22:48 PM

He's going to fuck the health care and education system.

He's going to fuck the entire country, let alone health care and education.

Paper over cracks with short sighted "solutions", which will only fuck this country over in the long term.

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By Fantastic | On 07 September 2013 - 20:30 PM

He's the one who's meant to be a cunt, right?

And by cunt, you mean a racist misogynistic bigot? Then yes, yes it is.

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By Telegram Sam | On 04 September 2013 - 23:42 PM

Link to said moan?

Can't find the actual article itself, it was just one that I clicked on from elsewhere (possibly Daily Mail). It basically just outlined how Wenger wasn't impressed with Mourinho pulling the plug last minute on the deal after Arsenal were to the point of sorting out a medical for Ba. Deal was pulled after it was known Ozil had signed. Mourinho felt that with Ba added to the side along with Ozil Arsenal would be title contenders.

By Ninja | On 05 September 2013 - 00:35 AM

I thought that clubs shouldn't have any problem with selling players to direct rivals, it happens all the time in Italy, after all. [/Mourinho]

I don't see the relevance. We weren't selling Ba and Mourinho had no issue with offloading players to rivals (loaned Moses to Liverpool, point in case). It was simply down to what I mentioned above. With Ba they'd have been a greater threat, now we've left Arsenal with only one main striker, which of course benefits us.

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I see Wenger having a moan about Mourinho pulling the plug on Ba's loan move right before closure of the window. Glad we didn't strengthen a direct rival, particularly after Ozil had signed. Wenger can moan all he likes but it's his own fault. He had 4 months to sign a striker, or to wrap up a loan move for Ba pre-Ozil, no one forced him to leave it until the last minute.

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04 Sep 2013 02:11:56

Sacrificed like 14 points last game week to make a heap of changes. Might need to still make more. Shit is ridiculous.

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02 Sep 2013 23:42:46

Wake up and shit is crazy.

Can honestly say I'm stunned that we've let Lukaku go out on loan, though a striker did require to leave for a good balance. Hopefully he has another cracking season at Everton.

I think Torres, Ba and Eto'o will be enough given the number of quality support players who can fill the gaps. Just would have liked to seen a quality ball winning mid come in, but can't have it all.

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Sakho has joined Liverpool according to reports.

Edit:

Has joined.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/09/02/1378109436631_lc_galleryImage_Mamadou_Sakho_signs_for_L.JPG

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By JL94x4 | On 02 September 2013 - 11:53 AM

I'm calling Torres will be on the move at around 9PM.

Inter Milan are said to be interested in signing him.

Part of me wants him to stay because I do like him, but I just can't see him having any sort of consistent impact without all the negative scrutiny he'll continue to endure. That said, if he's sold and Ba leaves, we're back to needing another striker again. So doesn't make much sense in that regard.