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MAURI JOINS COACHING TEAM Posted on: Wed 28 Jul 2010Chelsea Football Club welcomes Giovanni Mauri as an addition to our first-team technical staff. A fitness coach, the Italian has previously worked with Carlo Ancelotti at two Serie A clubs and has also coached with teams in Switzerland. He will augment Chelsea's existing staff. 'Giovanni worked for me for two years at Parma and eight years at Milan,' explains Ancelotti, 'and he has a lot of experience because he hasn't worked just with football teams, he has also worked with cycling teams. 'He has very important experience and he will be a support to [first-team fitness coach] Glen Driscoll and [head of sports science] Nick Broad in the physical training.' Mauri brings with him 25 years' worth of experience of working in professional sport. Source: Official Chelsea Website

Bernard?

Hodgson saying on SS that he expects him to stay.

Cant imagine Woy ever using the term 'beef'.

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Totally agree with all that. Got all the ingredients, just needs to sort out the bit between his ears, which will hopefully come with age. But physique and technique-wise, he's excellent already.

Translation from some Brazilian website: link Seems to think that it could take just €5m more.

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NO VUVUZELAS AT STAMFORD BRIDGE Posted on: Thu 22 Jul 2010Chelsea Football Club can confirm that vuvuzelas will not be permitted inside or around Stamford Bridge. The decision has been made to ensure the continued enjoyment and safety of fans following consultation with the club's stakeholders, including fans' representatives who showed strong support for a ban. link

We said we didnt need another striker at the weekend before putting in a bid for Neymar.

Exactly. Them and the Mail are always on the bandwagon with anything anti-chels.

Hoping for a big season from him.

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Reckon the scousers will lap that up.

From the Mail. :ballack:

Bloody hell.

Santos' official site saying they've rejected a bid from us. Link

If you go to the link, the list order has changed. Top 5 now reads; 1. Mesut Ozil (Werder Brema) 2. Edin Dżeko (VfL Wolfsburg) 3. Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moskwa) 4. Gervinho (Lille OSC) 5. Javier Hernandez (Manchester United) Strange.

Cheers Jim.

I'll try that next time mate. Guess you've got to be explicit with some people.

Unfortunately, its evidently hard to convey irony in text.