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The most important piece of information I gleaned from this is that he will absolutely not, under any terms, be managing us next season. Delightful. Cue us drawing Napoli in the group stages in the CL.

Had a shocker in the EL final, granted whilst playing out of position. However, he was tenacious as always and played his heart out. He's got guts, and sometimes guts is enough.

I feel the same. However, once the proceedings get started, I'll be shouting obscenities and normal service will have resumed.

Cheater's justice for Leicester and that diving little bastard. Really hoping Watford can do the business at Wembley!

I just hope the lads dig deep. Just a few games left including the EL final. I know it's been a long season (the longest for any club in the PL era), but I just hope they can summon the strength to get us a massive 3 pts at Villa Park.

No way on this transfer. He's an injury-riddled, rapidly declining primadonna who has logged more senior minutes at age 27 than many players in their 30s. Sound familiar?

In the past week or so, I've seen quite a few journos banging on about how Benitez deserves a great deal of credit for getting us to our current position. This of course whilst painting us, the fans, as a bunch of ingrates blinded by the past. I, for one, don't find our current position or the man who brought us to this anything to be celebrated. We haven't secured CL qualification, though we have an appreciably better team than Le Arse and Spuds. We have consistently dropped points to lower sides (which makes today's match feel a bit ominous) on the heels of baffling substitutions or inaction. This season has been absolutely exhausting, and not in the good way. I'll be happy when we can turn the page, waive goodbye to El Gordo, and hopefully have qualified for next season's Champions League.

I know. The whole "Cowell's Lust for Lesbian Romps" thing is a bit disturbing.

Logically analyzing the two teams, venue, etc., it seems we should definitely get something from this match. However, I have a deep sense of foreboding about this one. My prediction is the shit from the lane take all 3 pts. Oh how I'd love to be wrong about this...

QPR going down. Couldn't have happened to a nicer club and supporters. Cunts.

Good to see Nat keeps it gangster.

Bayern is probably one of the most complete teams we've seen in a while. They're physical, pacy, technically gifted, and an aerial threat. Also, they defend well. The Bavarians also have phenomenal depth as well, and they're going to add Goetze in the summer. An absolute embarrassment of riches in Munich.

Comment hall of fame material there zolayes. You've really outdone yourself.

I'd really like to see Stoke get relegated. They're a shit side that has gotten away with kicking lumps out of people for far too long. Unfortunately, their run-in looks pretty manageable.

Just a warning, this is going to get heated with colorful language: Dear Rafa, Now hear this you cretinous fuck. Do your goddamn job! You have been told in no uncertain fucking terms that a top 4 finish is the priority for this season! Not the FA cup or that fucking crap competition referred to as the Europa. Oh, but I forgot you are infinitely more interested in your own career and C.V. because we dared to call you "interim." Yet, you give rant on how you are a professional and will do your job. That remains to be seen. You are a complete an utter fuckface that is not fit to manage a KFC let alone a football club. You should have been sacked months ago, but for some absurd reason you weren't. You are an absolute detriment to this club. Piss off. Regards, Everyone who gives damn about Chelsea Fc

It's ok to like both if you're so inclined.

Indeed. Should be some good deals to be had in our areas of need.

I like your overall idea, but have some issues with the figures mentioned. Benat has a release clause of around £16m, and the Betis chairman said he will not leave for less. Even if we get Betis to come off that release clause, he's still going to be well over the figure you mentioned. We offered £17m for Schurrle last summer and were rejected. We would probably need to increase the offer by considerably more than a million, with Leverkusen rumored to want in the £25-£30m range, to get the deal done. Cavani is definitely going to cost more than £30m, or at least he should given current market values. Also, Yossi is out of contract June 30 of this year, so he'll leave on a free. However, we'll have his £70k per week wages off the books. I think the Nando sum mentioned is reasonable. His wages are not, and would prove to be the biggest obstacle to any move away from SW6. However, I get the feeling that there are still some powers in the football world that inexplicably believe that Torres can regain some semblance of his former self. Strange, because it seems even Roman is willing to cut his losses on the Spaniard.

Our boy is becoming a man. If he continues on this path, someday soon he will be THE Man. P.S. I also found the lascivious, sometimes adoring, looks that the short-haired blonde bird across the table was shooting him to quite hilarious. A little creepy, but mostly hilarious.

Now if you said Rick Springfield, I'd be inclined to agree with you.

This Kagawa vs. Hazard business is nonsense. Hazard is (a) the superior player now and (b ) has much, much more potential. This whole argument has been spurred by Manure fans who are overly chuffed over his hat trick yesterday and bitter since spurned their advances and decided to join us. Just a little perspective about PL hat tricks: Maxi Rodriguez hit 2 hat tricks in 3 games a few seasons ago. Hell, Arshavin scored 4 in a game four seasons ago. Both plummeted back to earth soon after respectively flirting with greatness . It's a feat, to be sure, but not necessarily indicative of the overall contributions and quality of a player.

Something that I've noticed, as well, in KDB's play. He's a fighter. Something the club seem to be sorely lacking at the moment.

No. Nando is beyond repair. My only hope is that some team out there with some cash thinks that he is worth a punt. Not holding my breath on that though.

Rafa Benitez, "master", and "plan" do not belong in the same sentence.

When Benitez first came, I was not a fan of the appointment. Not due to the comments he made about us, but because his years as a quality manager had seemingly passed him by. If his final years in Scousedom and the Inter debacle were any indicator, I was correct. However, I harbored some hope that he could still be a decent manager and not lead us to ruin. These hopes were more optimism than anything. Here we stand today, holding onto a CL place like grim death and Benitez has by far the worst record of any Chelsea manager in some time. Yet it's not his fault. It's supposedly ours. He has the audacity to threaten us that if we don't start behaving, we'll be in the Europa League next season. Man the fuck up Benitez and take some responsibility. It's not purely coincidental that your last 2 management positions have ended in tears and your current appointment is certain to do the same. It's not us, it's you. How in blazes this worm has a job after yesterday's outburst is beyond me. It's seems to be a colossal pisstake from the board. We've sacked much better managers for far less. His comments have made a bad situation worse. Yet he still remains.......