MetsajCFC

Anyone noticed sales or discounts on Chelsea baby kits anywhere?

Seems very down to earth guy and a professional player plus he actually has accomplished something on the highest level. Welcome back and all the very best to him!

Money and contractual obligations are the reason he is still here.

Listen, we can speculate and guess why he is supposedly being sold but in the end of the day we don't have the full understanding of whats going on behind the scenes. It has to be a Mourinho decision to off-load him and it can be for numerous reasons. He is very talented young player but if Mourinho feels we can cope without him and we'd benefit from the money we'd get then it's the way forward. No player is bigger than the club and Mourinho is paid to make decisions, either way you look at it there'll be people not content with the eventual outcome. Only Mourinho and the club know what is actually going on and reasons behind them, not the media and certainly not the people who supposedly know Lukaku personally. Lukaku is a young boy who made couple basic PR errors and had ruined his image to many supporters of Chelsea permanently, including myself, and instead of cleaning up his act went on to pour some more oil into the fire. I'm sure he'll be a decent player in years to come but we need players who say "We" instead of "I". Can't wait to get rid of Torres either, but that's a whole another story.

Worst kept secret in world football so couldn't say I'm surprised. Surely still has a lot to offer, welcome back Drogba! Just leaving a link here with Mourinho's quotes and thoughts on Didier Drogba, reasons why we signed him: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9394595/transfer-news-didier-drogba-will-re-join-chelsea-in-the-next-few-hours

We'll have 14 teams involved, thats 26 games and the league will end in the end of October. Reason why we went for longer seasons (to start with atleast) is to give new members time to learn the game and make the league more forgiving to errors / bad results. Past couple of seasons were very short and that meant one mistake and you're out, which led to inactivity and so on. But I get your point mate, we can all discuss it over here as the season end draws closer. As for friendlies, I just started the league, no idea if I can change it around anymore. You're a veteran though, you'll do fine either way!

No there isn't. I'll start the league with 14 teams, rather start now than risk losing members TC Premier League starts this Saturday (26.07). There will be 2 games a week - Saturdays and Wednesdays at 12:00 (GMT +2). Good luck everyone!

Bright Sparks isn't connected to this forum, asked him. So we've got 2 choices, either kick him and start with 14 teams or wait for one more and start with 16. Voice your opinions

Waiting for 1 more team then I'll start the season

When losing weight, especially as radically as you have, you don't only lose fat but also muscle tissue - hence the lack of strength. If I was you, I'd visit GP and ask to be directed to a sports doctor, so they can check your heart, lungs, oxygen consumption, aerobic-anaerobic levels and so on (just to be sure you are OK to commit to strength training and gives you base stats that you can compare later on as you progress and look back!). Being fit and staying fit is a lifestyle not a few months a year struggle before summer and expecting miracles, never going to happen. Otherwise most of the population would be shredded, don't see many around, do you? You lost fat - you lost muscle, that will decrease your strength so yes, you have to work yourself up again but you've got to do it smart and eat right, sleep right, drink enough water and so on. Without the right amount of food-training-rest you can only dream about getting that physique you're after. You'll just exhaust yourself, resulting in mood swings and even greater strength drop. Do it smart, educate yourself, tons of information out there, ask around in gym, Internet and on, but take everything with moderation because we're all different. Go see a doctor, educate yourself on eating right and about strength training, there's really no way to summaries basics, you can scroll up and see some pointers given to folks. As you educate yourself, you become more aware, it sparks an interest in you and you're bound to stick to this lifestyle forever, idealistically, which in the long run result in the goals you want to achieve.

According to rules: "The transfer window will be closed when there is less than 2 weeks left of the season until the league has had its season update.", so it should be opened. You could just do your transfer business and set the tactics for every game for the next month beforehand so you'll still be able to get resutls.

We've got 13 teams, thats 24 games a season, not bad, as it stands. Should we wait for couple of more people to come or shall I set it up? (depends how much time people need for transfer activities)

Should we wait and recruit more or just have the first season with just one league? 10 teams at the moment Either way, let's give people time to set their team up, transfer window's open

Sounds good! I'll edit it then a bit

New league - new managers - new start! TalkChelsea XpertEleven League is looking for new managers! After discussing it through with remaining active managers in our league, we've decided to form a new league to encourage new managers to play the game, balance the playing field and promote healthy competition. The old league had been running for 3,5 years in which time many of the old managers have quit, new members have joined but it has led to a big gap amongst the teams, making it very difficult for new managers to get into the game and spark an interest in them. So we've decided that we'll all start from zero again for a fresh start and an even playing field. What is XpertEleven? - it's a FREE browser-based game where you'll be able to manage a football team and guide them to glory. It literally takes 10 minutes a week at most but will in return offer tons of fun, excitement and drama especially when end of the season beckons. "Easy to play, hard to master" - is their slogan and it's very accurate. How to join? - at the moment we're recruiting people in order to see how many people would be interested so we can decide if we'll go with two-tier league or one-tier league system. At the moment it's off-season period. Let us know on TalkChelsea Xpert11 discussion thread (http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/8767-talkchelsea-managers-league-chat/page-146) that you're interested in joining and also make an account on XpertEleven (http://xperteleven.com/) so you'll be ready to join the league!

I'll make a list here, whoever reads this and wants his name added, please let us know! @CHOULO19 @Term-X @SinineUltra @MetsajCFC @ - manager of Blue Bulls, can't find him on TalkChelsea @Blue-in-me-Veins @ @Viper22@Tomo?, @NishC300?, @Johnny Kills?, @Bir_CFC?, @Clevemayer? I'll try do some promotional work today, let's get it going asap!

Nour or Term, are you interested in forming the new league as you've got the experience of being an admin of a league before? If you've got too much in your hands at the moment, I could give it a try? Does it require VIP to form a new league? One more thought I had, should we have some kind of team name requirements or rules? Seen many leagues using real football club names, perhaps it would be nice for a change, add something different to the league and make it more easibly marketable and promotable/attractive to new players? Just a thought! Let's get the details sorted and get it over with, a bit of promotion after we've discussed the details and we should be good to go!

So it'd be Costa-Lukaku-Torres? Not bad actually!

Not sure either, but it seems it's the match-day Xpert pools statistics

Season ending very soon, I'd still go for fresh start, everyone on-board? Bir_CFC - would you be interested in a return?

Quoting posts from august 2012? I think that answers it..

Best football knowledge - The Skipper Best general knowledge - Tomo, LDN Blue Best newcomer - Mohammed Seif Best staff member - CHOULO19 Funniest forumer - Stingray Wisest forumer - Stingray Biggest contributor - all of the staff British Member of the Year - Tomo, The only place to be International Member of the Year - Barbara

Rest in Peace

Mixed feelings, let's see... welcome and good luck!

I remember you studied history, if I'm not mixing something up. Why history? What made you choose history over other subjects and what were the other subjects-ideas you had/have? Favourite era or influential leader and why?