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We have some really tired legs but can see giving our all in this one and then rest a few against coventry..

I hope to see Mancienne at RB..

Malouda+Ferreira for someone like Zhirkov, who can fill left wing and left back as well would be just too sweet...

Good game, good win, another Clean Sheet.. Advantage Chelsea... it's 4am, Good Night..

Unnecessary wage guzzler imo...

4 hours to match.. I hope we give Ranieri a great reception...

Is Tiago gonna travel?

Italy v England: 30 Cultural Differences Between Italy & England It's an Anglo-Italian super-battle in the Champions League last 16 as Juventus take on Chelsea, Roma meet Arsenal and Inter play Manchester United. It is often said that the two countries and leagues are poles apart, so here are 30 comical cultural differences between Italy and England… 23 Feb 2009 13:00:26 goal.com On The Pitch 1) In Italy on Sundays, it's church, match, home for supporters. In England, its pub, match, pub. 2) In Italy, pasta and meatballs with a glass of red wine is the pre-match meal. In England, kebab and chips with a pint of beer on the way to the stadium does the trick. 3) In Italy, the police will allow you to throw oranges at a team bus. In England you'd go to jail. 4) Italian fans behave when going abroad, but go berserk at home. English fans behave at home, but go stark-raving mad when in Europe. 5) In England, fans sit on the stadium seats. In Italy they use them as weapons. 6) In England, the stadium stewards watch the crowd. In Italy, the stewards watch the match or, as in the case at Catania, are actually club Ultras. 7) In England, if you want something to eat at a game you have to go and buy it from the stadium snack bar. In Italy, you just shout 'A Bibitaro' at the guy selling snacks 20 metres away, and then push your money along the row of fans as he passes a cornetto back. 8) In England, if you are fast, strong and powerful, and can run nonstop for 90 minutes you are a great player, even if you have the touch and skills of a donkey. In Italy, if you are tactically and technically excellent, you are a good player, even if you have the speed and mobility of a snail. 9) In England, if SKY Sports says that Peter Crouch is the best player in the world, the whole country believes and preaches it. In Italy, if SKY Italia says that Simone Loria is the best defender on the planet, the whole nation cancels their satellite subscription. 10) In Italy, ‘the end justifies the means’, and shirt-pulling, diving, cynical fouls and fooling the referee are seen as important parts of the game. In England, these things are seen as cheating, and the philosophy that ‘the means justifies the end’ is followed, with fair play more important than winning at all costs. 11) In Italy, defending is an art. In England, defending is anti-football. 12) In Italy, if a team is 3-0 down, the players all give up, while the fans abuse the team, smash up the worst player’s car, and invade training the next morning. In England, if a team is losing 8-0, the players continue to fight and chase every ball until the last minute even though the cause is lost, while the supporters continue to sing and cheer on their heroes. 13) In England, a bad referee is incompetent. In Italy, a bad referee is corrupt. 14) In England post-weekend football shows are 99% highlights and 1% analysis. In Italy shows are 1% highlights, and 99% analysis (or slow-motion replays). 15) In England, you rarely hear from chairmen, who often mind their own business and stay out of the press. In Italy, the presidents are utterly insane at times, regularly making controversial remarks, with Palermo’s Maurizio Zamparini the most infamous. Off The Pitch 16) In Italy, bribery and corruption is a part of life. In England, a backhander is a tennis shot. 17) In England, you are innocent until proven guilty. In Italy, you are guilty until proven innocent. 18) In Italy, children are first given alcohol when they are nine months old, and learn how to respect and enjoy liquor. In England, children are banned from drinking alcohol until they are 18, and then proceed to massacre the stuff. 19) In Italy, sons are cradled by their mothers until they are 40. In England, sons have their own house and are looking after themselves at the age of 16. 20) Italian men are already shaving before they are 11-years-old, and need to use a razor every day to stay smooth. English men don’t start shaving until they are 18, and then have to wait five years just to grow a little bit of stubble on the end of their chin. 21) In England, punctuality and timekeeping is extremely important. In Italy, being on time is arriving 30 minutes late. 22) In Italy, no one who travels by train buys a ticket. In England, everyone buys a ticket, even though the prices are a scandalous rip-off and it would be cheaper to take a taxi. 23) In England, breaking the law is something you usually keep to yourself. In Italy, breaking petty rules is a source of amusement and something worth boasting about. 24) Italians who go on holiday blend into the surroundings and will turn brown in the sun. The English, who spend most their holidays recovering from sunburn, have ‘tourist’ written all over them as they trudge onto the beach with Hawaiian shirts, and socks and sandles. 25) In Italy the idea of wearing head-to-toe sporting clothing is considered unfashionable. In England wearing anything other than head-to-toe sports clothing is considered feminine. 26) In Italy, no one queues up, instead pushing in at the last minute after pretending they know someone at the front. In England, people queue up for hours, and then when they are still turned away at the end, they leave without a fuss. 27) In Italy, politics is a matter of life and death depending on which side of the fence you are on. In England it is not as important as 'Big Brother', a show where a bunch of talentless nobodies do nothing all day. 28) In Italy, it is normal for two people of the same sex to greet each other with a hug and kiss on both cheeks. In England, you are not heterosexual if you do this. 29) In Italy, if you go to a dinner party, you are guaranteed a six course meal, a doggy bag, and you have to refuse even more food at least 10 times before the host finally accepts no for an answer. “Are you sure, you don’t want some more?”…”Yes, I am bloody sure!” In England, you are asked to bring a bottle with you, the sausage rolls and Quavers run out after 10 minutes, and you have to make a stop at the McDonalds drive-thru on the way back home because you are still hungry. 30) In Italy, TV babes include Juliana Moreira, Ilary Blasi, Christina Chiabotto, Ilaria D’Amico and Michelle Hunziker, to name just a handful. In England it's Jordan or Jody Marsh.

I think Deco would be off to AC Milan come summer, they only look for 30+ players anyway..

I hope carvalho"s fit.. Ashley in for Paulo and the rest of the team would be same from the Villa game.. A win is of utmost importance imho.. and a clean sheet would be icing on the cake.. Juve will be hoping to nick an away goal.. but they'll mostly restrict to counter-attacking football..

Everytime she clicks to go somewhere it logs her out.. She tried posting about it in the feed back section but it logged her out.. It's been happening for two weeks.. Can someone please help her out?

don't miss greg (FB)

For me Chelsea's not a business, i lose all logic when it comes to supporting my club and thank fuck i don't run the club.. and hence i feel there are some players you don't just sell.. Agreed JT isn't the same from 2 years back, but had JT been dropped for any of the games, all of us would have been shocked, had we lost those games we would have called for the mangers head.. Showing clearly his importance for the team as a player and as a leader... The day he loses this importance will be the time to POSSIBLY CONTEMPLATE.. not until then.. And warnie the examples you gave, Beckham had lost favour with fergie before he was sold, Gerrard wanted to come to Chelsea, liverpool didn't offer him.. Same for Henry, he wanted to leave arsenal, If JT wishes to leave and we get a sound bid, then why not..

You need really active members and also for the club to be doing well.. when hanuma and other were around we were winning and that attracts a lot of fans.. for most people who aren't don't post, they're either busy or its all doom and gloom or they have just fucked off to united...

3 million and i'd bite the hand....

I have a feeling, we're gonna give Villa a spanking...

:lol:

So Paulo will be at LB, does anyone think otherwise?

hahaha.. Such transfer news will infuriate the ciiteh fans more than ours...

All Hail Kenyon

Still long way from becoming a reality..

Only fitting that lampard should score..

word around on some newsite, can't remember, is scolari was too relaxed in his ways, often turning up for training later than all the players.. could just as be media crap.. but you can't really blame the players then can you...

yeah restrict to just german bashing.. Just kidding...