LDN Blue

My deepest sympathetic to you, friend. Keep strong, and we're all here for support, should you need it. No rush for you to come back soon, take care.

Thanks for clarifying!

Oh, fair enough. No I don't agree with sell him, because I've always maintained there's a certain situation for his type. But Romeu does deserve all his plaudits at the moment, doesn't mean everyone's shitting over Mikel. Other than those who don't actually rate him.

#9 then?

So...

Really? All I can find is the Telegraph saying he's likely to get away with it

Calm down. No-one even said that.. They selected the inform player.

LMAO!

Anyone think Chelsea should reward him with the #11 shirt, once Drogba leaves?

Really gave Balotelli some credit when he gave Sturridge a respectful 'hi-5' as he was leaving the field. Classy touch.

It's stupid and blatant! If André was to address this I guarantee it the FA would punish him even more. This is a massive joke. Even Carlo got an FA caution once!

I agree with The Big Drog. It's not the most competitive league in the world, as it's so been hyped. The only reason it's the most viewed is because of the extensive marketing Sky has done with this league to ensure it's in people's minds. The branding was very clever in this sense. In a way, we must thank City. Before their £1bn investment, stars were leaving this country's league left, right and centre. We'd stopped making big name signings and clubs started selling starts, rather than buying. Henry, Beckham, Robben, Ronaldo, Owen etc all started leaving. City have brought world-class players like Aguero, Silva, Touré (even though he's a cunt) etc. This in turn inspired us to sign brilliant players like Mata & bring in future gems like Romeu. One could argue, the stars leaving, has meant clubs are using their academies. Well the English talent coming through is horrendous. Spain & Germany proved they can have a brilliant league, with big funding, while still producing national stars from their academy. Manchester United's academy is declining, Arsenal are seeking their youngsters from afar too now.

Well I don't know about all of you, but this made me furious.. After Harry said, Excuse me. This man's been in English football forever, he makes a comment about Foy and gets a slap on the wrist. André does it, in his first blast of Foy (following QPR) and he get a charged & fined. The FA protecting their chosen future England manager?

Perhaps so. Back then we all said, in a common phrase, "Bush leads, Blair follows". It was a ridiculous decision by our government & despite holding, one of the biggest, protests they still carried through. There's not been a single day where we've been appealing to our Government to leave these countries alone. There's so much injustice in the UK, by actions of our government. They are as guilty as America for invading Iraq & Afghanistan etc. Our royal family is a travesty. Who has a power which is preposterous, the power to overrule the Courts. Like the case of Diego Garcia where a court granted these people, who's land was invaded by the UK & USA, to have their rights reinstated to move back home. However the Queen overruled the courts and stopped this from happening. A blatant abuse of power.

No surprises there.. Kakuta's failing to take his opportunities at the moment.

Romeu. Stepped up to the occasion brilliantly last night. Didn't let himself become overwhelmed.

So everyone's been telling me how thankful they are to Chelsea today

Probably so. We make no attempt to say otherwise. Our Government is exactly as you said "spineless".

F*ck it.. Let's risk it

Ah okay, makes sense.. Appreciate the work you're putting in. Hopefully we find a better host

Yes, because what's more serious than real life issues?

Just hope André's now realised, we can't pull off a high back line. Also, that we need a quality right-back in January!

It's how you know he used to play in midfield.

Fair comment, but the citizens don't make the decisions their government does. It's wrong to blame the citizens for the choices of their government, we all know all governments will use any rhetoric to get into power and then make such anti-humanitarian decisions. I hold no grudges with the American people, just the American government.