Duppy Conqueror

Welcome aboard Eden. may we have a long and trophy filled time together.

just a matter of crossin` the dots...

end product the difference. 1-0.

Everton haven't got a long list of strikers....

we don`t have to imagine what Mikel,Lampard and Ramires would be like against Barcelona.. :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

that in part was what i had typed out in the post that didn't send . that i think the fact that he could play LB was what may have resulted in him starting so many games on the bench. i think Carlo saw him as being good to have there so he could cover two positions.if you have Malouda on the bench he`s only really covering for one. i will always love Yuri because i really think he saved our bacon,our double when Cole missed that time through injury that season. i really can't remember him letting us down when called upon and unlike Malouda ,Yuri always seemed to play with his heart in it. we didn't see the best of him because he was kept away from showing it but there was still some golden moments. i`ll be watching him in the Euro`s and wishing him well,atleast i presume he`s in the Russian squad. he`s the only player i have had in signature pic on here..

just the usual football agent pimping out his whore. we got three better LB`s than him already on our books.

and don't forget Betties Jubilee..

there`s the Financial Fair play ruling coming in soon. meaning that regardless of how much Roman has,he can't just pay over the odds all the time anymore..the more he pays for Hulk the more costs will be have to taken from elsewhere. maybe a player sold that if we signed Hulk for a fair price he could have stayed and helped us more than paying over the odds for Hulk. Hulk`s release clause was silly in the past. Porto have wised up and brought the price down since then.they`ll just have to wise up a lil bit more and realize that there just aint that much interest in Hulk outside of Chelsea so no bidding war with a host of Europes big teams is likely to happen. and it`s a case of accept our generous offer or fook off. Porto obviously love Hulk but they know that they can win the same trophies they do with or without him,so either make a big profit or don't the ball is in their court.

i typed out a long reply about Yuri (sharing my love for him) but it failed to send,,grrrrr keeps auto saving my posts and if they are anything over 3 or 4 lines it`s hit and miss if they`ll send.usually miss as they just get stuck on auto-saving.

if it wasn't for Drogba,Malouda would have been the most frustrating footballer of the Roman era to date...great for a bit,useless,then great again,back to useless..maybe both him and Drogba`s body language has somehow given out the wrong signs but there`s been so many times when he just doesn't even look interested in playing when he`s already on the field. Malouda,Drogba and Anelka were guilty of being like that at atleast one stage of the season, every season they played for us. i don't know why it happens with french footballers or rugby players for that matter..they are supremely gifted far more than English players in both sports but their attitude seems to always be the one thing that lets them down and holds them back. sell Malouda,loan him ,do whatever you want with him but get him the fuck away from Chelsea, Roman. he will only be an unwanted distraction and his play no longer makes him worthy of trying to deal with it. p.s. i know Drogba is african as he plays for Ivory Coast. but i count him as french in this due to him spending the majority of his young life there.

it`s there somewhere Arsene...pretend it`s a young mans arse and you`ll get straight in there. after the extra practice you`ve had in that department..

i agree with that also. we can't rely on Sam. but when the OP brought Kane into the convo i agreed with the post as a whole. Bran is pretty solid and seems to get suspended more than injured so we shouldn't need someone who is ready to start for any prolonged time just yet anyway.

i agree actually for the reasons you have given and if the youth struggle if Bran goes down for a spell then there are plenty of other players who could slide into that spot and be solid there until he`s back..there are a couple of teams that Bran struggles against,the teams with elite speed on their left flanks but i don't think there`s enough to make us have to buy a flyer at the RB at this stage. i personally would play Ramires at full back against Bale for example. probably best to put the question before the answer tho.

i want to change my name, bluedrew is what i`m known on other sites so went for that as couldn't think of anything better at the time..i can't think of anything better still but thought i`d brace y`all for a change is gonna come... other handles i have used on other sites are: TheHoneydripper (it was a homage to Roosevelt "The Honeydripper" Sykes but i don't think others got the reference and thought it made me sound like i loved myself or something..i do..but not in a "choccie boy" way..) then there was "The Boy In a Glass Elevator" but i guess that`s too long .. ideally i want a one word name. i guess just Andy has already been taken?

to save Scottish football they should introduce a salary cap like in the NFL so other teams than the Glasgow two can compete on a more level playing field. of course things are a bit up in the air at the moment ,so now might not be the most ideal time but in the long term that is what they need i think to make it a proper competition again. of course atleast Celtic would probably vote against that and threaten to break away and into the EPL but if the EPL came out and said they wouldn't accept scottish teams then Celtic would have to go along with it or cease to exist.. can remember when the so called big 5 of english football wanted to break away and that what started the ball rolling to the PL coming about. it`s upto Scotland to sort out their mess..they will have to be more open to change than they have in the past or continue this slide into obscurity.

it`s England v Belgium coming up media are obviously all over them like a rash. more game time would have been just a few more games. despite all of those so called superior forwards,there was times when neither of them were performing and times when they were all misfiring at the same time. he should have atleast been given a go at such times, at the worst it would have meant even if he misfired too that he would have atleast gained some EPL experience. the veterans that were misfiring didn't need that. there has been a what seems like a long standing problem now that when the veterans are misfiring throughout the team,coaches will stick with them rather than trying something different with a youngster. he couldn't really have got much game time at the "business end" of the season as things turned out..but definately should have been given a proper chance during the "dark months".

just saw brief highlights.nice cool flick for the goal by Torres, sign of a player with confidence again!

i like Klopp too..he seems pretty happy in Dortmund tho and i want Di Matteo first of all anyway but i do think Klopp might be a better option than Pep.

i hope he turns out to be fit for England mainly because i know it obviously means alot to him and is almost certainly his last major tournament with them. however looking for a silver lining atleast those ungrateful cunts that love to hate anything chelsea won't be able to use him as a scapegoat ..they`ll reserve that for JT,Cole and Cahill now. England have never quite pulled the heart strings like Chelsea have..i guess Mexico `86 ,Italia `90 and England `96 were quite exciting but it`s just not the same..i guess it`s because we gotta share any glory we have with Scouse cunts,Leeds,Mancs,Bristolians and shit..has to do with it. i usally end up just rooting for Chelsea players..i`ll support Englands Chelsea boys above the others but once they go out i just root for whoever we got left in the tournament,there`s certain nations i just can't root for tho ..

so you should because he hasn't reached his peak yet,just bursting at the seams to let it out..Hulk style.. if we was buying him when he was younger anyway he only would have been loaned out for years till for a few seasons anyway because there`s that paranoid fear that one bad game from a teenager against top opposition will somehow ruin him when they end up ruining many anyway by holding them back for too long. also hopefully the club aren't like many fans on the internet who seem to totally forget about players coming back from loans when it comes to the transfer market.it`s buy buy buy and totally defeats the object of why we loan out young players. i wouldn't have personally gone for Hulk after Hazard..great player and everything,just would have given Maric and KDB some game time.Hulk is better i know at this stage.just would have personally given those a crack and spent the money elsewhere. however if we do sign him i will probably be happy because he should be good for us. and i`ll support him of course.

indeed. i just don't think Chelsea will do it and i don't blame them. i know £7m is what Roman might pay his pool cleaner or landscape gardener. but it`s not so much what his pricetag is, it`s mainly the fact that players that we should be introducing into the 1st team bit by bit will end up going on loans and we can't trust those teams to have the best interests of the players futures at heart,they may flog them into the ground by playing them every single game or they could just totally underuse them. sometimes they work out well but there`s been far too many that haven't. josh played 4 games i believe for Swansea last year..he would have played more if he had just stayed with us i`m sure.

1) Satchmo...a.k.a Louis Armstrong ,is impossible not to really..you might want to fight it but resistance is futile. listened to some of his records earlier. 2) a phonecall i just had..the number at my latest place must be close to a chinese takeout..phone rang and a voice came over "i`d like to order a chinese please" i`m in a take the piss kind of mood so i just replied "certainly sir, would you like a boy or a girl?" the guy was like "huh? pardon" haha. think he`ll be dialing more carefully next time. wasn't the first time i`ve had people phoning me for a meal but when they request "a chinese" it`s just too easy..

i watched him play a few times for Cardiff before he had even made his Chelsea debut. he was awesome for his 3 month loan.leading City on a 17 game unbeaten run. which incidentally ended the game after his loan spell was over. he was only about 19,could tell he was gonna make it the way he run the games at such a tender age and against tough and dirty players. i then got to see him make his debut in the same season in a game against Everton if i recall correctly. also i believe like me he is an Hammersmith boy. for those who don't know i have a Welsh mother,hence why i got to see Eddie play for Cardiff as they are her local team..tho i wouldnt go to football with my mother,lol not as a 16 year old anyway,too "cool" for that.... 20 years on he`s got 5 winners medals with us from his playing days and now assistant head coach. with one of them of course being the European champions medal. he`s a guy whose been close to my heart for two decades and now he`s cemented his place in my heart for life now. well done Eddie hope you and Robbie get what you deserve from Roman.

i like the kid but i`m thinking we are moving in a different direction now. depends on what formation we play in but seems like he isn't as important to us as he would have been last year.