Goodbye Mata.... as someone on fb posted, he is a coward... instead of fighting for his place, he opt for transfer to a rival club.... but we all know that this is the next best thing for him... Thank you for the service you provide us at CFC... let's move on.... there's no guarantee you'll find success in United's shirt....

Good luck to Essien too... thank you for being a loyal servant to the club.... we wish you all the best...

Welcome Salah... wait.... he's yet to agree with personal deals and go through medical... let's hope for the best.

Matic is awesome in the middle of the park in today's early morning match... Fast and furious... I think we have a Yaya Toure's mould in the making.... he is fast and read the game well....

Oscar is so so but Hazard is awesome.... he owned the game... no Stoke defender can stop him....

As for Mata, I can't recalled another player who leave club for a rival club gain some much blessing from previous club's fans... I think he is the first one... Gracias Mata!

from what I read.... he's called the rocket... easy to know why he got that nickname... he's a very pacey player.... just hope he can handle the tackle of BPL.... if he can adapt and prosper, we'll have another player in Robben's mould.... I missed Robben's golden days at Stamford Bridge.... unstoppable!!!

those were the days.... back then Robben and Duff are tearing the defense apart from left to right... and when they switch side, it was also tearing them from right to left.... we are the scariest opponent at England that time... now, it's Hazard and Willian/Schurlle/Salah's turn to inflict fear to other team's defense..

+1 for this.... I think Lukaku had proved himself to be able to lead the charge any day... I still dunno why Mou prefer Eto'o up front.... I prefer to have Ba, if Torres is out... Ba has that unpredictable ability to unlock defense... Eto'o clearly showed signs of aging... his decision making is not from his Barca or Inter's days... past his prime, while Ba on the other hand can be our best striker while Torres is out.... please bring back Lukaku and play him... if not, he'll be gone just like KDB and Mata

Give me five for another blue blood hakka chai.... Would like to see how Matic play away from home... previous and coming games also play at SB.... SB is our fortress... would love to see him play out of SB then only can see his quality...

with Salah coming in, he'll compete with Willian and Schurlle... looking at current lineup, there's no way Mou will drop Hazard and Oscar....

This post has been edited by hakka_jin: Jan 28 2014, 11:33 PM

high five bro... ha ha ha....

Arsenal dropped points... we need to win our games to push them because our next game will be at the Etihad.... a place where Man City scoring freely.... really looking forward for our game vs Man City...

True.... in truth our team's midfield looks like a mirror to Man city's...

Fernandinho is like Rami's evil twin
Yaya is Matic's evil twin
Silva is Oscar's evil twin
Navas is Hazard's evil twin

But their striker is very good compare to ours.... But our defense is stronger in my opinion.

True that... and we've beaten them at home with that Torres last minute goal... I think they'll want to avenge their defeat... A draw would be good for us but a win would be awesome!!! The only way I see this happen is through Mou's counter attack... we have some of the fastest dribbler in the league.... Just need the striker to find their A game to terrorize Man City... Eto'o might step up as he is a big game type player... It'll be awesome for him to do a double hat-trick against both Manchester club.... I don't recall any player did that feat before... Eto'o could be first... fingers crossed...

Disappointed with the draw... haih... Arsenal drop points, we also drop... I think this West Ham game is very crucial and it might affect us on our way to win the BPL... yesterday saw report on Astro channel 818 stating Mou's opinion that Chelsea will not win the title this year but will challenge to win it next year.... Are Mou's playing mind games or he really admits our team's lack of firepower against Man City?

Aguero is injured again... don't think he'll play all 90 minutes.... Jovetic stepping up his game and Dzeko on fire... even Negredo didn't get to start... damn it... their strike force is second to none in Europe.... I just hope Terry and Cahill can nullify their attacks and hit them with the fast Hazard, Willian and Oscar counter attack...

enough with these MU talk on our thread.... just because Mata is there, it doesn't mean we have to discuss their tactics here...

let's look ahead for the big game tonight... my preferred starting line-up:

--- Cech ---
Iva - Cahill - Terry - Azpi
Matic - Luiz
Willian - Oscar - Hazard
Eto'o/ Ba

Would like to see Luiz + Matic in the centre of the field... surely a good act against Fernandinho and Yaya

lol.... not really park the bus as Luiz is prone to attack while Matic stays to defend... if park the bus will need Mikel