LDN Blue

Did you take a picture? I'd like to see this..

He's like most England managers we've had. Did great in matches leading up to major competitions, had great qualification campaigns, then bottled it when it came to the actual finals. Was a good man though, great with man management.

Maybe he didn't take his chance, can't blame the club..

Imo. Renew: Van Aanholt, Bosingwa, Sturridge, Cech, A Cole, Lampard, Alex & McEachran The rest (who's expire in 2012) should be sold/released. The ones who expire in 2013 should use the next 18months (ish) to step up their game and prove they're worth keeping.

Very harsh assessment. Can't know that unless Chelsea give him a chance.

Yep, I'd like to see Chelsea use it one day. Luiz as a striker anyone?

Total Football is a very under-rated system!

Just been reading a good interview with Xavi (One of the best midfielder footballers of this generation), I liked this section here.. It's time the English system adopted this model of football now.. The rest of the interview is such as good, read it here.

That's unfair, we don't know what his injury actually is. As I said before, we can't judge him based on what the club paid. We know Chelsea are awful in the art of negotiations, so we shouldn't hold this against him.

Can't blame him for being injured & our inability to negotiate an appropriate price.

Yeah I'm with Alex here. I'm sick of these posts about Neymar and Lukaku now. If they come, fine, I'll rejoice. If not, couldn't give a rat's ass, we need to bring up some English talent now (Sturridge would be a nice start).

Anyone But United for me.

I've been trying to find something for months now (as my status shows). The club won't say anything. Typically. I stop questioning our medical team, it's not our place to comment. We can't speculate how they work because there's no proof they're not working efficiently. It's quite harsh to blame them for lack of information.

All too true!

Sigh, I don't blame him to be honest. Burnley have shown more interest in keeping him than we ever have. Good luck to him, I hope he comes back to bite the club in the ass one day.

I wouldn't say they were poor but perhaps they didn't meet our initial expectations. We did pay a lot for him (£24million was a lot back then) and he didn't look like the best of investments with Gudjohnsen, Kezman & Crespo still at the club. However he was showing signs of developing into a great player (as opposed to someone like Kalou) which is why we were patient. Though I do remember some awful chants back in the day! Comparing his first season with Malouda's though, Drogba wiped the floor with him

By the way, Ancelotti has ruled us out. This means he and the board have re-evaluated the objectives for the season, as should we

Let's us see him in a highly pressurised situation. He's a natural leader so he should shine here.

While I'm all for the optimism, I just can't bring myself to share it. 4th it the only league target we should set. Anything above is a bonus.

Hope he get regular first team action!

Yeah tell me about it! Right now a lot of my friends have passed their driving tests but can't afford to even get on the road. When I came home from college today my Mum showed me her petrol receipt and I couldn't blame her for being pissed off. Petrol industry is so massive because of it's knock on effect, it's not just an add-on for drivers but also for things like food. As transport costs go up, so will the price of the good being transported. We're too interdependent on oil, something needs to be done quickly! And yeah, the local councils definitely need a shake up. Too much bureaucracy now means councils focus more on paper work & how to reduce their costs. While that's not necassary a bad thing at times, it is frustrating when it's at the expense for households. And you couldn't be more right about the rubbish! Recycling is something that needs to be promoted a hell of a lot, and chipping bins is not the answer I do feel sorry for the police officers sometimes. Like you said, some are just doing their jobs and would probably support us if they had a choice. There are those officers who take a stance that's so aggressive they end up riling up protesters and there's some who use communication to settle down mobs. When I went on an anti-Iraq invasion protest once I met a friendly police officer who actually said he was proud people were taking an interest in this. He said as long as we don't become aggressive and violent he'd look after us. Thanks Mike, as do you! I like having these kinds of discussion with people. A great result for Egypt just now! But I'm feeling suspicious, it hasn't been 24hours yet since Mubarak declared he's saying. Now suddenly he's resigned?

Yeah, there's some idiotic stereotype that the youth in Britain (for the majority) don't care about what happens in their government or even international affairs. This is a pure myth, Twitter & Facebook, with the help of music, has helped a new generation of people wake up to the world they live in. Now, more than ever, people as young as 15 are taking an interest in what's going on around the world, and they're making their voices heard. The protests over Uni fees and EMA were just one example of us being aware of what's going on. We also took part in protests over Afghanistan & Iraq. We were there at the G8 protests when the police liked to get physical (as always). It's just not always shown by the media here because they brush us off as "yes-men" who simply believe every word and promise our government says to us, but this is simply not the case. Protests on March 26th against this coalition have already been organised and have rumoured to have a lot of people up for it. While the media tries to distract us with useless sh*t like the Royal Wedding (which will cost the public through tax!) we still see through their smokescreens. The youth in Tunisia and Egypt have been a big inspiration to me, personally. I'm sure I speak for a majority of people my age (17-18 year olds) when I say; We support and take inspiration from the youth of Egypt and Tunisia! I know a lot of older people have too, like yourself Mike. Hopefully 26th March will be a historic one!

Why on earth was the press conference at 10am? Good to hear about Luiz though.

This will simply be another Deco-transfer. Buying a player after his prime.

Yeah perhaps you're right, but don't rule out the possibility of Carlo using Ivanovic as a right-back too. If that's the case Alex will still have a future with us.