Viper22

Just think people, it was 25 years ago on that fateful day, where that probationary constable stood by the pitch at Hillborough and shouted "Hey! Has anybody lost a wallet?"

Neutrals say they want Liverpool to win because they play a lot of English players and play a nice brand of football. But they really want Liverpool to win because it wouldn't be City or Chelsea, and everyone is monumentally jealous of both clubs because success breeds jealousy. Also, most pundits are either blatant or closet Liverpool ex-players/fans so what the general public think is often skewed by biased fuckers with their own agendas. Ignore it. City and Chelsea will both beat Liverpool same as earlier in the season, and also same as earlier in the season you'll have scouse fans having the audacity to complain about not getting decisions. Cunts, one and all. JFT36. KTBFFH

What happens in 2-3 years when Modric is 32 and pretty much done then? Then we have to shell out even more money. Oscar is young and still developing. Give him time and he will become a top quality playmaker. What's best for the club is sticking with your current players and not always wishing for others. As a side note, where has all this love for Griezmann come from all of a sudden? I realise he's been pretty decent at a poor club this season, but there's a difference between playing well for a poor club in La Liga and playing well at the top end of the Premier League people. Ask Iago Aspas.

That's very interesting. Are any of us really surprised that UEFA change their minds and have 0 consistency though? Guarantee that if this was against Barca there's no way they'd do the same thing. Having said that, wouldn't it be nice to let Thibaut play? For him if nothing else, he'll want to play, especially at the Bridge, to prove himself to any Chelsea fans that doubt him.

Haha I love Thibaut but I don't let blind love get in the way of logic.

It largely depends if either (or ideally, both) are man enough to accept the other at the club & to fight for their place. Cech is a blue legend, but he has to remember that he wasn't our first choice keeper when he was around, but had a chance and took it with both hands. So he as much as anyone should understand that Courtios deserves that chance to prove himself. Courtios needs to understand you can't demand to be no. 1 for a team that you've never played for, especially considering they have such a legend in goal for them at the present time. If they both accept this then I would gladly see them compete throughout pre-season & next season for the no. 1 jersey at the club, hopefully have 1 solidified by mid October or so. If the other one can't accept being 2nd choice then fine, cash in. No-one is bigger than the club. But hopefully they'll both be decent enough about it; Cech could do with the competition & Courtios could learn a lot from Petr. If we HAD to choose between them it would depend on the situation. If Courtios demands to be 1st choice then i'd ditch him. No-one is above the club, and no-one makes demands to the club. However, if it's a straight up choice on both ability and potential then i'd have to go with Courtios. He's at least as good as Cech right now and will only get better.

Chill guys, it's a vote. Both Azpi and Hazard have been awesome this season, can we just be happy about that? I think it's a bit outlandish and harsh to accuse Alex of rigging the vote to close it at a certain time. Most of those 98 votes came within the first 2 days or so, and they had slowed up to a trickle in the last few days. Alex; Would it be possible to do an overall TalkChelsea Best XI for the season? Probably best done at the end of the season though. Most improved wouldn't be a bad idea either, and as for the goal of the season we'd have to have nominations which could then be posted in video form for voting as I must admit I can hardly remember goals from last week let alone back in September!!!

Once again, I'd like to face Atletico, purely to see the reception Courtios gets at the Bridge and to watch both him and Costa more closely for a game. 40,000 odd scouts can't be a bad thing right?

1) Dave 2) Hazard 3) Matic

I back Torres up top for this game. Even his most fierce detractor has to admit he is simply a different kind of beast in Europe than he is in the Premier League. I reckon he'll do us a job and we'll win 2-0 with goals from Nando and Hazard. Usual back 5 (why would you change this?), Luiz, Oscar, Schurrle, Willian, Hazard, Torres. I think Oscar would make a good DLP, and if he doesn't work then you can have Lamps on at HT.

Shit.

Bloody well hope not. Aranzubia is shit.

Man Utd would be ideal. Dortmund are good, brilliant at home in front of their 90k fans but slightly weak away, and their striker has already signed a pre-contract with their rivals, so he's not going to going full on, so they wouldn't be bad draw either. PSG aren't as good as everyone thinks, although the front 3 (Lavezzi, Zlatan/God & Cavani) is truly terrifying. Bayern, Real and Barca are obviously all quality, out of the 3 I'd rather have Barca cos we seem to have had their number over the last few games (especially with Mou at the helm). Real would be the worst draw we could have, they'd take us to bits. But personally I'd like to play Atletico. A little bit to get revenge but mainly because I want to see Diego Costa play against us first hand; would be a perfect scouting mission (this is how Utd decided to sign Ronaldo after all).

If that happens now you know we have to blame you, don't you?

Couldn't agree more. How can a man pendulum from awesome one game to awful the next? So much inconsistency.

Bollocks.

Literally the only good thing that came out of today was the fact that Kompany got sent off so City have to deal with Demichelis and Lescott at the back for 3 games.

Hope Foy is proud of himself. Cock-juggling thundercunt.

Changed.

City/Town in Russia?

I'm surprised at the lack of Russians... Seeing that we have a Russian owner and all that...

I can change it if you want a different colour

What do you mean? The colour of your pin?

Fixed on the new map. Check OP.