LDN Blue

Chelsea & Penalty Shoot-outs? :huh:

You can definitely see a lot of clubs struggle travelling to south Wales

This point is so irrelevant. Grow up.

Indeed, but there's a sharp decline in British manager at the moment.. Especially young ones :\

I like the last one, out that, the most

Long live the PS2

Isn't it just Pro?

Hate them! Don't eat at McDonalds though

Just as bad as Lord Triesman!

He wouldn't take that kind of offer either. He's a very passionate man, he only left Burnley for Bolton because they were his boyhood club. I don't personally think he'd leave them to take up an Assistant Manager role elsewhere.

Would be a very good buy.. I want us to go for Antonio Valencia though!

Best part of the game was early on when Shola Ameobi said to the linesman "Are you f*cking trying to wind me up?" Well detailed, concise report as always. Love that ending line too!

I believe he is the on the road to recovery, he said it should be about a year or so till he's 100%. Not sure on the latest though, hopefully he's alright.

Remember, money talks

don't be so sure! Throw your name in

Right, so who's going to play their last game for Chelsea in this one then?

LMAO! Agree though. Simply left it too late to try and play for the team..

Hahaha Ivanovic Jr!

Carlo was right not to play him most of this season to be honest. I can see why he made that decision. It's too soon to throw him into such a situation where every mistake would be magnified, over-analysed and judged. The protection of that has allowed Carlo to bring him into a game such as this and allow him 60 odd minutes. A decision to play him versus United would've been ill-judged as he's never played in such a high-tense game and such. Who knows, maybe versus Everton he'll also feature. I hope that's Carlo's logic anyway. If so, it shows he has though long term after all. This why I agree with warnie_666 though, he needs a loan spell to grow into the pace of the Premier League. A mid-table club is a very good place to start.

He's more likely to play and gain experience with a newly promoted team than an already established one. When Connor Clifford went to Plymouth, he made an immediate impact and helped their team who were facing relegation before even January! They raved a lot about him saving their season at that time. Unfortunately they had their transfer embargo put on so he couldn't go back, but it certainly helped him. Just imagine Neill Warnock managing Josh McEachran..

Still think 1 loan spell at Bolton would be exceptional for his development. Maybe even at one of the promoted teams..

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Let's hope he's just going along for sight-seeing & Bertrand mentoring

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