Spike

Arsenal is an extraordinary well run club and I have no idea why people give them stick. They are possibly the most well run club in the world. Go then, spend the Russian billionaire's cash, go spend the money of a man in a faltering economy. See how long the club will last with that model when that sugar daddy money stops being pumped in.

Pogba: Ay, yo wassup AM, my main man? Allegri: Ain't nothing much, OG. Pogba: Yo, I wanna join that team in London that has no stability, no continental football, no prospects of winning the league and no manager at the moment. JUST FUCK MY CAREER UP, YO! Allegri: So no more, fam, I'll get on the phone.

I'd rather have a team of 'not-so-good' players that fit a specific philosophy than a collection of mercs that only get by on flashes of individual brilliance. I'd rather watch Chelsea develop into a attacking team for a few years, being frugal, buying the right players and maybe not winning too many trophies over panicking and buying expensive 'stars', winning trophies and having to go through a 'rebuild' period every third year. The club doesn't need world class, it needs players that fit a specific tactical and philosophical approach to the game. Buying world class players and shoving them into the team is so stupid and is entirely unsustainable.

Actually sorry, it was Scolari and Guus Hiddink. The idiot in control that first gave Ivan a start as a RB in the 08/09 season.

Carlo Ancellotti during the 09/10 at the end of which Ivanovic was voted into the team of the season as a RB. So stupid, what an idiot that Ancellotti!

I know, that is why I said

He has nearly exclusively been a RB at Chelsea.

According to these sources. China has about 82,000,000 living in poverty, Russian 22,000,000 and England 13,000,000. China's population is 1,357,000,000 so that is 6% living in poverty Russia's population is 143,000,000 so that is 15% living in poverty. England's population is 53,000,000 so that is 24.5% living in poverty. This raises the question: which country defines it's poverty the lowest and which country defines their line the highest? I'd wager the people living in poverty in England have more food, clothing and shelter than those living in Russia and China. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-cost-living-13-million-people-now-poverty-warns-joseph-rowntree-foundation-1476278 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-more-82-million-people-live-below-poverty-line-1470313 http://www.ibtimes.com/russians-living-poverty-rise-nearly-22m-amid-inflation-falling-wages-2090650

If anyone is interested in the sporting culture of China read 'Mao's Last Dancer' by Li Cunxin - a Chinese-Austrlaian ballet dancer that fled China to Australian. You may be thinking: "Ballet? Piss off, Spike you mad bastard". Some of the ordeals he went through, physical and emotional hardship to be the best ballet dancer he could makes athletes look like pansies. As a teenager I was fortunate enough to hear a lecture given by him in Brisbane, the emotion carried in his words were phenomenal.

Because they pass the ball around well and score goals. They play with exuberant confidence they can smash any team 3-0. They don't always do that and that is fine but you've always got the feeling that ManCity can pull a ridiculous scoreline off. Kinda like Chelsea in the 09/10 season, not invincible but on the day incredibly entertaining and fantastic.

The manager talking isn't football, the manager talking is just an interview. The football his team plays is incredibly entertaining.

Because the manager's personality is irrelevant? Because he is actually a good coach that makes his team play sexy football?

I was once crazy drunk in Brisbane city and I caught a cab home. The driver was a Hungarian immigrant, a very old one at that. He grew up watching Puskas and the likes play for Real Madrid so he was fond of the club. I remember he said to me about the Atleti v Barcelona match "Atletico won but they kicked lumps in all the players. The moment a Bacelona player had the ball, they were all over him and kicking him into oblivion. That isn't proper football!"

Aye, can't argue against that nor would I.

What is even the point of your post?

Essien, Keano, Gerrard, Viera, Lamps, Ballack and probably a few others I've forgotten. There has been a few greats.

I think you missed the point again. It's not about the real JT, it's about what the papers sell. What the papers sell hurts JT's image. What hurts JT's image hurts the club. Damn man, you are a smart lad JT has been one of the most hated people in world football of the last decade, don't you agree that hurts the global brand? That whole racism scandal was damn scary, at the time I thought he could have been done for. Racism just isn't something tolerated anymore. It doesn't matter if it is true, it only matters what the public perceives, imagine if half world thought JT was a racist villain? Well, they do and it makes the club look evil. Peace. never said, that the club was saintly or doing JT favours but they did show loyalty to him and stuck with him and supported throughout all the time the Press dragged him through the mud, that is all you can ask from the club, isn't it? That is all he said, JT has been loyal to the club and vice versa. Peace. wasn't criticising JT or Chelsea. He was if anything praising them for sticking with eachother for over twenty years through the good and the bad. How the board was smart enough not to cave into pressure from the world. Imagine how easy it could have been for JT to leave England with the press hounding his every move? A little privacy abroad would be something also on the back of his mind. The point is the board have done some stupid things but how they've treated JT up until now hasn't been one of them.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2609730-the-second-coming-of-pato-hope-remains-for-brazils-great-enigma-at-chelsea Decent article on him. Please don't worry, I know it's Bleacher Report but it's quite a well written piece.

I was beginning to doubt my fishing skills.

Great perspective. An interesting take that other clubs would have dropped him for his faults. There have been a lot of good times and a lot of bad times for Terry but the club and the man himself have done well to stick together. Other players have been booted out of clubs for less. It's good that the board obviously viewed the good and what he brings to the club and team as far more important than the bad and didn't buy into the global pressure of Terry's poor PR. I've yet to see a player replicate the near universal hatred as Terry, boy does he have his detractors. Both the club and the man have shown loyalty to each other...until now. It's the end of an era. No need to be upset about it. These things happen in life and I look forward to seeing what will happen in the future. I won't be mad, nor pessimistic of the future. If the club's hierarchy wants to press on with a new philosophy than good for them, I can't wait to see what the club is reinvented as.

Oscar - Remy - Pedro Mikel - Matic Fabregas Kenedy - Cahill - Zouma - Branislav Bego GOING FOR THE JUGULAR

Oscar better feel like carrying on with those hat-tricks, the rat bastard.

HECTOR? Seriously though, who is Hector?

He'll be Iniesta's hair.

I'd take that big moron Toure for a couple of seasons.