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Couldn't really decide between Jason or Alex for biggest contributor! Though both have worked effortlessly as admins to keep the forums running, in the end I chose Alex, because I've always been in agreement of what he writes here, especially inside match day threads where he irons out positives from every game we play (aside from all the negative crap that others write sometimes). It at least puts my mind at ease. I actually voted Spike for this category earlier, just because he cracks me up, and that's contribution in its own right! We Hate Scouse as member of the year... because of "THE SECRET INFORMATION"... enough said!

Alex my man, I agree with a lot of things that you post, but this is one of a few times I've had to quint my eyes at what you've written.. Walcott, Seriously?? Walcott hardly has a football brain at all.. his creativity and decision making percentage is at a stern 0%.. not likely to push Willian out of the eleven on the right hand side! Although English, there are better Arsenal players we could ask for.. I understand that Walcott has picked up a bit of form, scoring a hatful of goals, one particularly in the FA Cup final against Villa, but that form was around the end half of the season, where Arsenal went on a straight run of wins. In games where it matters, he doesn't deliver the goods. I'd rather go for someone who has been a consistent contributor throughout the season. £10m plus Oxlade sounds like a better idea (and more realistic) if I'm honest.. we could get cheeky and ask for Ramsey or Sanchez but that's wishful thinking territory!

According to the Sunday Telegraph, Rafa Benitez's first act as Real Madrid manager is to sign both Hazard and Costa... ...absolutely they can sign them... just be sure to offer us £500m plus Ronaldo and that might just be enough to afford one of Eden's fingers! in other words.. FUCK OFF!

-- TIBS -- -- IVANOVIC -- HUMMELS -- JT © -- AZPILICUETA -- -- FABREGAS -- MATIC -- -- GRIEZMANN -- WILLIAN -- HAZARD -- -- DIEGO COSTA --

So I'm not as active on here as I used to be, however from the time I've been having a nose around and posting.. I've come up with these votes (hope I'm not too late with this)... Best football knowledge - Supporter Best general knowledge - Alex Best newcomer - iseah100 Funniest forumer - Spike Spiegel Most-liked forumer - We Hate Scouse Wisest forumer - Madmax Most controversial - Henrique Biggest contributor - Spike Spiegel Most analytical/thought-provoking - Term-X Most helpful member - Viper22 Member of the Year - We Hate Scouse

If I'm being blatantly honest.. Juve lost because Chiellini wasn't there! At 1-1, it looked as though Juve were on top of Barcelona for about 15 minutes or so, but if you look at that game as a whole, Barca, although they only scored three, were easily picking their pockets left, right and centre. There was no Chiellini to take the game by the scruff of the neck and give out duties during the game. Instead they had Bonucci and Barzagli, who did do their jobs well, but none of them have as much mentality as Chiellini has on the pitch! Vidal had a poor game if I'm honest. Didn't really do much in terms of commanding the midfield. Pogba did well but it wasn't his best display. As for Barcelona.. they were the better team throughout most of the 90 minutes and truely deserve to be winners. There is one specific thing I don't like however, about Barcelona winning, and that's because of Suarez! He's just a fucking cheat! How many times did he keep falling to the ground??

Great player, but we don't need him... we got Matic! That's if we're planning to offload Ramires, but unless that's purely the case, no... don't need him!

Good to see the club have realised what's at steak!!

No way is beast mode allowed to be loaned out!

Wow! That's more legit than the Griezmann picture.. and that's saying something!

Only time will tell!

Exactly my thoughts. Plus, it was at the time wherea world class striker was needed immensely. We have Costa as a leading striker now, and it works greatly because he has support either side of him in the form of wingers. (Hazard and Willian) But will it work? Does Mourinho enjoy seeing two strikers up front tactically? Falcao and Costa have a lot of similarities to their game.. it's almost like explaining the comparison of Gerrard and Lampard as far as England is concerned. Previous England managers used to place both of them in the middle of the park and most of the time it didn't work properly because of their similar roles. Our current 4-3-3 works because the lone striker has a lot of support from the two wingers, while in the middle of the park, you have two central mids to create and roam freely, and a CDM (Matic) to successfully break up opposition play. Each section of the formation has a different role to play, and Mourinho likes this a lot. If you have two similar roles playing up top, one could get in the way of the other. I suspect the reason why Falcao had problems at United was because van Persie was there, and I guess you could say Rooney can accustom to the comparison, although most of the time, he played in behind the striker position.

It would have been better off us doing what United did, and loan him with the option to buy at the end of the season. Signing him permanently is a real risk if I'm being honest.. it almost feels like we're obtaining another Torres-esque individual! ..better still, I'd rather not see us sign him at all, and give Bamford his deserved opportunity in the first team! We get a homegrown player, 'and' we stick to following the FFP regulations! I understand I'm bringing up Financial Fair Play a lot in my posts, but for a club like us, we need to be doing as much as we can to balance the books in terms of club finances. UEFA rules state that in order for clubs to compete in their competitions, books need to be balanced. Roman is hugely passionate about our club and he wants to bring as much success as possible, but imagine if he was someone like Malcolm Glazer or Randy Lerner. At the end of the day, our club in its entirety, still owe a lot of money to Roman, and if he was to just suddenly walk away.... Please excuse my negativity about our club's status.. I'm a cautious fan after all!

I've seen that a deal is close to €45m .... .... €45m for a back-up striker?!

Hmm, I know a player in that similar situation...

When you look at a picture like that, the first thing you look for is a shadow underneath the collar. I can see one.. it looks genuine to me! That still doesn't convince me the picture IS real however!

There is NO WAY that picture is real! Someone has got some über-skills on Photoshop! Unless Chelsea are proving to us why they are the masters of keeping things secret!

Dude, no post season friendlies are "pointless" .. every friendly is key for both manager and player. A manager needs to understand his players inside out, how they play, what position is best suited for them, what tactics are the best to use. A player, be it a new signing or a young talent, need to prove that they can fit into a manager's plans! That's what friendlies are used for. Oscar may have had a 1/2 good season for us, but if a plan isn't working.. Mourinho must do what is necessary to change it up. Oscar knows he has to improve to get back into the team, he's had first-team experience to know what to do. RLC on the other hand, is raw. He's 19.. he's just come up from the Under-18. He has no first team experience yet, and if he's showing up with cavalier displays in crucial games where you need to prove yourself, that's where "tough love" is needed to inspire.

Exactly, I mean some people think that Mourinho's being a bit harsh on RLC.. but rather it's more along the lines of "tough love".. you can see that Mourinho cares about our youth development, as well as the first team.. he wants to see progress with the young talent that is coming through. If some of the players are not pulling their weight, he WILL say something! That's his job! Any other manager would let it slide with a player.. not Mourinho! There's a reason why Mourinho is a world class manager!!

Yeah I'd go with this.. take it with a pinch of salt, this is all gunpowder for RLC in hopes that he will motivate himself to be better. Maybe Mourinho is doing him a favour! Jeffrey Bruma said, in an article I read yesterday.. that RLC and Solanke BOTH need to take their chances now.. while the iron is still hot, or it will never happen for them!

Not someone to combat any of the solid back four suspects for a place in the team.. apparently, we've opened talks with Atletico to swap him for Felipe Luis, so we're technically swapping a bench warmer for another bench warmer. Sorry, don't want him. Whatever happened to chasing players like Varane and Hummels anyway??

Just seen our next opponents... NY Red Bulls in 50 days time!! WHAT AM I GUNNA DO WITHOUT CHELSEA FOR 50 DAYS!?!? Good to see we've ended the season on a high, though!

I just love Hazard! He's simply the best!

What an absolute piledriver from Remy!!!!