DavidEU

Have a good trip mate, and happy birthday.

Alot of people are saying that Scolari and Quaresma dont particularly get along and therefore wont sign him.

FB > Aren't the fixtures out Monday ? Yes mate, 10am.

Full details here: http://www.chelseamegastore.com/stores/che...px?selector=228

Good stuff. Congratulations. What is it you do?

Scolari and Moutinho, Veloso and Quaresma please.

We've only got 3 people who want to take part right now. So we obviously cant submit a team. If you want to take part, YOU NEED TO PM ME WITHIN THE NEXT 2-3 DAYS IF POSSIBLE.

Fifa have announced this morning that this wont be happening.

Amazing to see only 1 vote for Hiddink.

Hilario vs Blackburn for me.

Ancelotti with Zola. Drogba swap for Kaka. Would bite your hand off for that right now.

SSN: Ancelotti is number one target, and we are talking to his representatives RIGHT NOW. C.A is still in Italy. Man City and Blackburn have agreed compensation over Hughes, and have set a deadline of tomorrow for Hughes to decide.

Great finale. Shame season 5 doesnt start until 2009..

We haven't had many entries yet guys, and certainly not enough to make a team let alone a squad. If we can only get a few I'll have a word with Toby Brown and try and slot you into other teams. CJ - I dont think there is a participation fee, but i'll double check. REMEMBER, PM ME IF YOU WANT TO PLAY.

REMEMBER TO PM ME BY THURSDAY IF YOU WANT TO TAKE PART. THANKS

Rijkaard has passion.

Closed the 'Who will replace Avram' topic. Discuss everything about the new manager in here. Ta.

Going to lock this thread. Too similar to 'Who do you want as the new manager thread?' Ta.

TalkChelsea Awards would be a good idea. If your interested in the Cobham thing, please PM ME BEFORE JUNE 4TH and I will put together a list of who's up for it. Please only PM if you CAN 100% MAKE IT. If we get a decent amount of people, I'll have a word with Toby. I doubt we'll get the suggested 30, but maybe we could merge with another forum who are struggling for numbers. PM me ASAP if interested. Cheers

Fair point Esk, but my opinion is that we need someone who has been there and done it. Someone with the experience of Hiddink, Scolari, Ancelotti etc. Rijkaard, although young, has hatfulls of it, and has 2 La Liga titles and a CL trophy to his name. THAT alone will attract Roman to Rijkaard rather than Sparky.

Guys, need to put my admin hat on. Keep it about HTC in here. New manager discussion here Ta.

Sparky is NOT the man for the job, and I don't understand why so many fans are going potty for him. I read a few message boards of Blackburn the other day about MH coming to Chelsea. I can't remember the exact quote but one described it as "a corner shop owner going and running a big Tesco's". When his own fans don't think he's ready for the step-up then why should we? Yes, he's done a decent job with Rovers. Not great, but OK, but lets not forget he was knocked out of the FA and UEFA Cups by Coventry City (at home 4-1) and FC Larrissa (Cyprus) respectively. He had a great start to his career at Blackburn but lets not forget they were challenging the top four under Souness for a season. And the last 2-3 years they've been pretty static. People hype on about him having a 'Chelsea family' with Kevin Hitchcock and Eddie Niedzwiecki among his staff. Thats all well and nice, but they are hardly world class staff are they? I dont want to be over critical of Mark, because he is a legend and perhaps one day he will be the right man for the job. I dont think his name would even be mentioned if he hadnt have previously played for Chelsea, and he doesn't have the experience, quality or CV for this job right now.

Its bollocks. Its from a website that anyone can write articles for. Theres no source, and i'm pretty sure Didier has never spoken exclusively to bleacherreport.com.

The Times say we are after a 'hard man', ruling out Rijkaard, Mancini and Sven. They reckon our shortlist is Lippi, Hiddink, Scolari and Mark Hughes. They also say that Hiddink's agent has said he wont leave the Russian job until 2010 World Cup, and that Blackburn won't stand in Sparky's way if he wants to join us.