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Hmm, yeah. Thing is, the media have a tendency to twist the words of the guy too, so we don't even know what context he's ever talking about, that's the problem with having him in Brazil. What he says to a Portuguese media, could be wrongly translated & blown up here You're right in saying we should wait for something official though. Still nice to dream though

Speaking of these c*nts. I can't believe how much of sore losers they're being at losing the Olympic Stadium Even their fans don't want the club to move! 's

Managers should be allowed to criticise referee decision, but not get personal. Saying "I feared the worst" about a referee, before the match, is personal. Criticising him for not sending off Luiz should be allowed. Unfortunately, Fergie's never known the line between the 2 and has been allowed to get away with it till now.

Isn't that the basis for the entire transfer thread then? Of course this is speculation as is Lukaku & as is Sanchez. That's all these threads are anyway.

Good stuff! I have some match pictures I took a while back, I'll upload them later on

Yeah! The one thing we've got to remember is Chelsea was his first club job in a bloody long while. So from the first minute it was never going to be an easy task for the World Cup winning manager. We were off to a great start and then got into a rut, but when player-power took over, that was it for him. Maybe if Abramovich had backed him at that stage the dressing room would've come back to him. There's no doubt we were in a sticky situation around the time of his departure & he is at fault for some of that. But people should remember, in those first few months, we were playing exciting football! In a way we'd never played under Mourinho. It's kind of like this season, if this was 2008, Carlo would've been sacked. Abramovich has learnt this is not the most viable option now, he has learned that if he'll support the manager, so will everyone else at the club.

Well in that case, of course we should keep Josh. However, Carlo being Carlo, that looks unlikely.

I'd kind of rate him for staying in Brazil, for a few more years. He'd be doing Brazilian Football great credit & would leave Santos with them getting a very good fee from him. Of course, the other side of that coin is, he won't get as much exposure to top level football as much as he would in Brazil, he wouldn't play the likes of Barcelona or Bayern Munich for a good few years.

Yeah! They don't even play him regularly. It's a shame Plymouth went into administration! He was a regular there & they said he really made the difference.

Problem is, Ancelotti's not using Josh as a playmaker. He's using him as a defensive midfielder & for that reason I've voted new playmaker. Unless Carlo plays him in that playmaker role, we'll still have a gap there.

I may be scrutinised for this, but I think there's some truth into what Scolari's saying. About player power anyway. Drogba, on his best day, is the best striker in the world. There's not many who can really argue with this. But on a bad day, he's one of the worst (like TX said, curse & gift). It doesn't surprise me that Drogba was annoyed he couldn't reclaim his place & it wouldn't surprise me if he bitched about it. Fact is, in that season, Anelka finished the golden boot winner. Not just for us, but for the whole league! So for Drogba to demand his first choice status to be restored is quite a dumb decision to make. I'd rather have the in-form striker, scoring the goals, starting. Not the one who's not 100% & unhappy. One of the things you've got to credit Scolari for is his refusal to play players unless they're 100%. He went on record to say he never did that & his training regimes were noted as difficult but he did it in the interest of increasing the player's careers. He thought long term - not short. It's easy to criticise him 100% in hindsight. But not everything he did was totally wrong.

A USED sub tonight. Came on in the 71st minute for Israel as they beat Georgia 1-0. Looks like he's back

Hey! Welcome

Cech Ivanovic - Luiz - Terry - Cole Ramires - Lampard - Essien - Zhirkov Torres - Kalou Looks good on paper & theory.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/899896/german-tourist-admits-emirates-banana-throw?cc=5739 It was a German tourist. He's [Nemar] not making a complaint over it

David Silva & Sergio Aguero have all claimed their "dream" to play for Chelsea in the past. I sincerely hope this one will be true

Yeah, hence their cock up for not anticipating that

Chalobah's just 16 so he may need more than a few years. Delac we can't comment on, because he's been sitting on the bench of Vitesse for the last year. Cork will most likely seek a transfer request as he's already stated his love for Burnley and vice-versa. Agree about Josh, Connor & Billy though. Impressive talents no doubt, but remember, there's no rush

Newcastle fixture was moved to accomodate for the FA Cup Final Seems someone cocked up at the FA when deciding the Final date.

Cork off :subs: Cleverly on

Ah bummer. England 1-1 Iceland

& just as I say that McEachran starts showing that great control & composure he has

I thought Cork & McEachran would have some kind of partnership going, but it doesn't seem so. McEachran's been a bit underused, because we're using wing play, hope he gets more touches because it'd be great for him to go to the u21 European Championships. Albrighton is a great player! A future star! We should sign him.

Forget Sanchéz. Let's sign Albrighton!!

in fairness, most didn't know about Luiz till now.