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That doesn't take much!

I changed the channel at half-time during the West Ham match. Bored out of my mind and I could tell that Chelsea had already won. Football is a far easier sport to predict than many others. I'm not even worried about Chelsea losing this title run, as far as I'm concerned it is already over; Conte and the players are just too strong mentally to collapse. It kinda drains the excitement out when it's just business as usual and the team is so damn talented.

Goals aren't the only barometre.

That wasn't always the case.

I watch sports to be entertained. Not to live vicariously through another's success.

Boring.

It's not my choice on how the club makes transfers and I don't know much about the finances of the club, I think it's abhorrent that player contracts are sold to begin with. I don't go to games and if I did, I'd be more concerned about the ticket costs of flying to and staying in London over a few more £££ of gate prices. I'd like to see evidence of the correlation between 'inflated transfer prices' and 'inflated ticket costs' because right now that is purely conjecture. I won't believe 'boogeyman' ramifications without evidence.

Only three players in the world are marketable, the rest are literal nobodies. The market is already fucked and has been since the Gareth Bale transfer.

Bro, the future cannot be predicted. He could have a killer next season score thirty-plus goals and we'll think 'why the fuck wasn't he bought?' or he could score one goal and we'd think 'dodge a bullet here, lads!'. It's all a big gamble, no matter how proven or unproven a player is. Messi could flop, his leg could get kicked with his shin going two ways during the first minute of his debut. We could look at his career on a whole and examine how he scores. Are all his goals impressive? Even when he only scored six for Palermo two years ago? Were they tap-ins created by players better than him? Who were they against? Home or away? Sub or start? Loss or win? Winning goal or meaningless add on? The context really adds to how we understand a player. I'd easily take a young player that scored six winning goals over another that just smacks them during 5-0 victories.

My response, 'I dunno, it was a month ago' was as literal as it could be; I didn't know if that indeed was what you posted because I hadn't reviewed, so I took your word for it as I believed you had no reason to lie. You responded in kind with 'The cut and paste in italics wasn't a clue? Missing it once is missing it once, but twice?' which by definition condescension which in turn caused me to act aggressively. It takes two to tango and quite ironically you are deflecting by stating I'm deflecting (which is a deflection on my part). At the end of the day, we were (from our own perception) rude to eachother because of a mutual misunderstanding and for that I apologise.

You had your chance to say 'That is what I said.' instead of course you chose to say 'Isn't that what I said?' even though obviously it was and I had just misread your statement. You chose to talk down to me, so excuse me if I disregard your opinions in turn when you convey them in such a manner. The semantics of your statement beg the question 'why should I care?' Excuse me if I cannot remember a statement you made a month ago and you ask me if that is what you posted. The more important question is; why did it take you a month to respond and the second most in important question is; why am I indulging you right now? Thirdly why are we still talking about this? It hardly matters.

Maybe I would've rescinded my remark if it wasn't met with condescension. Why don't you try something else?

And you mistook not once but twice that I actually care enough to pay attention.

Dunno, it was a month ago.

Lacazette is phonetically exactly the same as 'la case ette' or 'the little African slave hut'. Hahaha, wat

It may not be directed at any people on here. People on facebook in particular are silly.

'ken hell cunt

Gotta keep the trolls, mongs, nay-sayers and twats around to keep things interesting. If not I should've been banned after one post...

Claudio Ranieri: Leicester City sack Premier League-winning manager http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39070927 BBC also reporting.

Great players aren't always quantified in goals.

I've read people stating that Hazard is a Muslim and the reason for dips in form is due to fasting. I can't find a single source that states that he even is a Muslim. I've read reports that bloody Lionel Messi is a Mulism, despite having a Catholic cathedral tattooed over half of his body.

He needs to leave. A man with magic in his boots needs to display it every game.

Funny how that happens. This time last year he was a definite scapegoat.

Should've signed Jarque when he had the chance.

He'd be play the same spots as Pedro, Willian and Hazard.