teignman

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.

Vincent, all your trials and travails are extremely moving. The strength and courage that you have exuded in the face of this overwhelming adversity is an absolute inspiration. Be well my blue brother.

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

To add on to what Dumps is saying, you should also make sure to get protein (preferably a faster digesting protein like whey) after a workout and when you wake up in the morning. From experience, I definitely would recommend whey. It's a cheap, low calorie method to get protein. I was extremely skeptical about whey and supplements in general, but I'll admit it's useful. A good site to consult on all things training is bodybuilding.com. However, there are two caveats: 1) There are places where they try to sell you stuff, but you can generally find a wealth of non-commercial oriented info on here. 2) As the name suggests, it is focused on body building. It can be a bit over the top. However, there is a plethora of people of doctorates in related fields that provide quality nutritional info, and it's a great source for different exercises/programs. It also has a excellent search engine. Anyway, best of luck to you Joker. I hope you achieve all your goals with your training program.

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.......

Good performance. Looked composed and got stuck in. Also very positionally astute. However, it must be said that he was playing championship side in dire form. Still quite encouraging. I'd love to see him get a start against Bucharest.

FFS, rest Mata for this one. He looks knackered.

He needs a rest. I was absolutely furious that dipshit played him against Sparta Prague when we had Citeh at the weekend.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm fine with you deriding the fuckwit that is currently managing our club, but please leave one of the most sublime cereals to every grace the face of the earth out of it. Cap'n Crunch is delicious, Rafa is not. This is a fact.

Fucking Spuds. I knew their luck would turn somewhat one of these years, but this is ridiculous. 5 straight league matches where a late goal (after 65 mins.) has pulled their ass out of the fire. Jammy bastards.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/alanhansen/9891425/Chelseas-problems-are-much-bigger-than-Rafael-Benitez.html While I think Hansen is giving fatty a massive knob polishing in this article, and overlooking some very serious flaws the Useless One has as a manager, he does have a bit of a point about our squad personnel.

Normally, no matter how rubbish our form or who the opponent is, I still get excited once the match starts. This is the first Chelsea match where I didn't even feel the faintest twinge of excitement during the match.

To answer the original question posed in the title, no I don't think we are going to finish in the top 4. We will finish an ignominious 5th, mainly due to our profligacy and not the quality of our competitors. Which is terrible considering the talent that this squad has.

Good to see Lucas getting some minutes. Looked like he had an excellent game at the weekend, and got a brief appearance in the CL against Porto. Fantastic to see his career progressing.

Another tepid performance against weak opposition. Business as usual in the Rafalution.

I would tend to agree with this statement, but I'm unbelievably biased.

The balance is tipped in Manure's favor, but not too much. RM still has a very good chance to progress. Thought that incident with Jones in the 1st half was def a pen.

United and Arse getting knocked out at this stage increases our share of the prize pool.

Falcao would be a good acquisition, but not for the money that's being quoted, and certainly not at the expense of Courtois. If we are going to spend crazy money on a striker, there's really only one that's available that I think is worth it: Cavani. Cavani has a superior work rate to Falcao, better hold up play, and is just as good a scorer. He also does a good job chipping in on defense, something I have yet to see Falcao do. Falcao is much more likely to be marginalized in a match with his set of skills. Cavani can still contribute to a team even when he's not scoring goals. He's also a little over a year younger.

What a wonderful day in the CL yesterday watching the unwashed get pumped by Juve at the piggery. Though, I will admit, the scoreline was not necessarily indicative of the balance of play. One further plus of Smeltic playing on such a large stage: the whole world gets to see what an enormous cunt Scott Brown is, not just those who watch the SPL.

Aguero and Vidal. Linked forever with Aguero, and then we sign the one whose name I dare not speak. To top it off Aguero's fee was considerably cheaper. Sigh. P.S. Player's I don't think are coming: Bobby Lew, Cavani, Falcao, Benat, and Fellaini

This is a FANTASTIC Stepbrothers reference!