Madmax

First out the door? Sure hope so.

Can Essien stop referring to him as 'Daddy' on public forums atleast? Ugh, so tacky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzverGDoKA0

All of this is nice, but tell me ... can he play in the pivot?

It's just friendlies and Scolari is still new etc but Brazil look like they're going to be very disappointing next year.

Difficult one. For me it's more about quality over quantity so I'd say The Skipper or Styles.

Even as a guy I'd have to agree

He is INSANE on FM. Buy. No but seriously, good player. Don't watch Ukraine much but from what I saw at the Euros, he'd be a good addition.

FFP is only a bother to clubs playing or about to play in UEFA competitions. Surely Monaco will be doing so next season. I can see a dodgy sponsorship deal like City-Etihad happening. There's also a good chance FFP gets challenged in a court of law.

They picked up a few points in the end when everyone who was neither fighting top-4 nor wasn't fighting relegation (everyone but Villa and Wigan) went to sleep. Hence the eventual 12 point gap between 7th and 8th. Were Suarez's goals that got them to that phase, though.

I'd agree with this if Suarez had been some overpaid, underperforming idiot who'd been dragging the team down (Torres). But Suarez has scored 30 goals this season, even with all the suspensions. 30. They'd been near the drop zone without his goals. There's a reason he was nominated for PoTY. Of course they could strengthen other areas with the money from his sale. That's like saying we'll be better without Mata because we can invest whatever we get from that deal in midfield.

I'd say they're quite different, tbh. Muller isn't pacy and he isn't a ball-player. He is very, very intelligent though. Aware. His movement is fantastic. KdB (from what I've seen) is much more technical, much more of an on-the-ball player. Not extremely pacy though.

Stick to making videos, that is if you're the real Gilvorak.

We'll just have to agree to disagree. I prefer beating good teams for a title; makes it worthwhile. United want Ronaldo? Bring it. City want Cavani? Awesome. Competition is everything. No pride in besting a league made of Fulhams and Wigans. PS. Why are Celtic/Rangers and the SPL ridiculed? How many titles do they have? More to the point, does anyone really care?

Isn't that why some of us want Suarez to stay at Liverpool, in the Premier League, instead of going to Madrid?

Did you take more pride in the Champions League semi (beating Barca) or the Europa one (Basel)?

You're not. But it's funny seeing Liverpool fans go into collective hysteria.

LMAO, de Rossi is old? At 29? Makelele joined us when he was 30. Didn't do too bad. Zola? 30 as well. Decent player, wasn't he? Age is just a number as long as you have the quality. And de Rossi is quality. Sign him up.

Some total lad in Brazil named his son after Lampard :

Good deal for everyone concerned. KdB doesn't have to worry about only being a rotational option here, he gets to play in Brazil next year. Schurrle obviously differs from our current wing options and hence will find himself playing plenty of times. For us we have another exciting young talent who's already a full international. £20m seems a little steep but that's the market these days for these kinds of players.

So while the tedious silly season is setting in and Mourinho aside there's little else to talk about, why not look back at the year just past? You can keep this Chelsea specific or Premier League specific or throw in your verdict on as many clubs or leagues as you watch. Should make for some interesting reading. Player of the season : Young player of the season : Best transfer of the season : Worst transfer of the season : Best managerial appointment of the season : Worst managerial appointment of the season : Goal of the season : Overachieving team of the season : Underachieving club of the season : Best match of the season : Best moment of the season : Complaint of the season : Comment on as many or as few as you like; hell, add your own categories if you want.

We're all a part of TalkCh€l$€a.

Cheap shot at Monaco and Falcao in the thread title there

I'd go with the win at OT. We didn't really need to win there but the fact that we did allowed us some margin for error against Spurs in the next game.