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I thought he were a bit a rubbish against Villa so I'm not too upset. Ivanovic can do the job.

I agree with that sentiment. I'm pretty sick of people saying that those who support big clubs are automatically glory hunters. These days, there are several ways you're going to get into a football club 1 - taken along by your dad etc 2 - going with your mates in your teens as something to do 3 - seeing a team on tv With options 1 and 2, the club is ingrained into you early on, and it also means it'll likely be your local club, who may or may not be a good side. Well, with option 1, it is also somewhat likely its not your local team, as was the case with me. With option 3, its likely to be a top side, for two reasons. a) the top sides are most commonly on TV and you're not gonna root for the shit team are you? It's not human nature I don't think, not usually anyway. If you're lucky enough to have a football supporting dad, then option 1 is where you get your team. If you're lucky enough to live near the ground of a football team, then option 2 is where you may get your team. If not, then, what you're left with option 3. And as Alex said, as long as you then stick with that team, I see no problem with it.

I seem to remember reading recently him saying the exact opposite. Probably misquoted.

I can just see them now, fetching each other dresses to try in the changing rooms!

Both have been in top form, long may it continue!

Well I think Hilario has certainly thrown his hat into the ring. I'd be sorely tempted to keep him in goal for Villa on the back of his performance against Liverpool, actually!

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Welcome to TalkChelsea As for your problem, I've never heard of that before. Best thing you could do is provide screenshots to see what it looks like.

Who?

I can certainly see yours chelsea_8.

Kez has it. At the moment, Kalou is a useful option even though he is not a top player. He's a frustrating player because sometimes he does seem really good things and other times he gets it all wrong. Reminds me of Jesper Grønkjær in that respect. Keep him, but make sure we give Sturridge and Borini more playing time.

I think we'll see Lampard and Terry, and Ashley Cole (or could he play Bruma?), but other than that we'll see some second stringer. I expect we'll see Ivanovic, Alex if he's fit, Ferreira, Joe Cole, Deco, Sturridge and probably Kalou and Mikel.

I heard your stadum announcement mate Top notch result, didn't think we'd smash 'em 3-0! It was quite tight actually until that second goal. Just a shame Drogba might be injured, we'll need him against Liverpool.

I'm not convinced Kalou is ever going to be anything except quite good. But if he's happy to be a bit part player then I see no harm in signing him up on another contract really.

Buying tickets for this game was a bit confusing. Bought them this morning when the status was members and season ticket holders could purchase two extra tickets. But it doesn't really tell you how to do this. I ended up buying 2 tickets, twice, because I could only buy them for myself and my dad. So, the other two people who were coming along may be in a completely different place...

I think we should do some sort of deal where we take half of his earnings after tax for the next 5 years, quarter in the following 10 years and so on. It probably wouldn't tot up to £16million, but that is ridiculously excessive to expect one person, even a footballer, to pay.

This'll be my first game of the season! Looking forward to it.

Hahaha, this made me laugh. Saying rock is shouting is about as stupid as saying all rap is wannabe gangsters shouting about women, cars and money. Both sides of music have their merits and their shite. And by the way, you really have no idea of how to conduct yourself on an Internet forum, so don't even go there. As for the emoticons. I'm all for it if people want it, but lets make sure we don't just add any old crap, because otherwise we'll have too much and no-one will use them anyway.

No surprise you might associate the name with Jose with Mourinho over Bosingwa. I mean, which would any girl choose, a dishing handsome man with lots of intelligence and wit, or a guy with a monobrow?

Haha, we'd all need bloody seatbelts if the stadium was like that!

Frankly I think FIFA have got it wrong. Kakuta did not have a legally binding contract with Lens, simple as that. FIFA are trying to say that it is legal in the world of football because they want to protect youngsters and the clubs that develop them, but that doesn't change the fact that actually, Kakuta's contract at the time was a pre-contract agreement and nothing more.

Exactly what I was thinking!

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This is the right move for all involved. Sheva can go back to where he started to wind down his career, we get rid of his astronomic wages especially as he would have been about 5th choice, everyone's happy. Can't deny he had a good impact for us when he was here, but not quite what we had hoped given his transfer fee. If he was a £5m signing we would've have been well chuffed with what he did for us. But there you go. Good luck Andriy.

Premier League is always the most important, especially after having not won it for three seasons.