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WTF is this shit? We're not Arsenal or Liverpool to have a shit fans TV. Kill it. Kill it NOW

And Germany fielded their young players which is why they didn't qualify. Tell me, if the Olympics are as important as the WC, why does the USA women NT have two stars in their logo to represent their 2 WC wins and not 4 to represent their 4 Olympics wins?

Ferdinand? Seriously? Sorry, but no way. He never had the football intelligence to be a top player. For me the list of better CBs at their peak includes Campbell, King and Vidic and maybe Adams, but that's about it. Plus, where do you factor in leadership and organizational qualities? Doesn't the effect he has on his teammates and the team as whole contribute to how good a player is considered?

Tbf Xavi had other duties on the pitch to keep him entertained besides just passing the ball four yards:

Not really the same as a WC, though as most teams play younger players instead of their best teams. Germany didn't even play the last Olympics.

I imagine Barca's tiki-taka was rather boring for players to play most of the time.

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Nonsense. According to him, Jose was begging him to stay but he wanted a "new challenge". Probably got bored from doing so well at Chelsea that it wasn't even a challenge for him anymore

Very sad news. http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2014/11/john-neal-1932-2014.html Wouldn't be where we are with out him. RIP.

I really felt sorry for Milan yesterday. They were playing with 10 men for 75 mins and only us Chelsea fans understand what they're going through. The moment he came off they got on the front foot and were unlucky not win the derby. They would have surely won had he not started. I just REALLY hope there is no return clause in his loan deal!

They have an excellent team right now but this team hasn't won the WC, while a lot of the current German team won the two back-to-back WCs and the last 3 Euros. Maybe if the USA win the WC in the summer they would be considered the best. Right now it's too close to call between them, Germany and Japan.

Instinctive as usual.

On a different note, Di Natalie with his 200th Serie A goal in his 400th appearance!

No surprises. The German women NT is the best in the world.

Zeman! Credit to him, Cagliari went from 2-0 down to get a 3-3 draw against Napoli. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I laughed so hard! :lol:

Yeah, but no top class players for them either... Plus, we haven't been benefiting at all from our title contenders qualifying to the CL in the past few years because they all seem to get knocked out of the group stages every season!

Here's a positive point to discuss for a change: Jose alluded to this in his post match conference and I honestly don't think he was exaggerating. Were the first 20-30 minutes the best football played by Chelsea for a long while? For me, it really was the best I've seen us play since 2010. The movement was impeccable, the pressing was good, the passing was quick and purposeful. WBA weren't actually bad, but we made them look poor by how well we played. They set up with a perfect 4-4-2 looking to stay compact and leave no spaces between the lines but we tore them open with perfect movement off the ball, especially by Iva and Azpi who made the very wide. Then the midfielders were able to create space in the middle by quickly changing from one side to the other. Honestly, if we play like that for 90 minutes week in week out and we're probably the best side in Europe, imo. Of course that is easier said than done, and the finishing and final decision still needs work from most of our attackers, but nonetheless it was a real joy to watch. Maybe a glimpse of the future? I really hope so!

Honestly, with the run of games we have now, neither him nor Cesc should be great misses for any of the matches except Spurs maybe, as long as they don't both miss the same game.

*cough* Bertrand *cough*

Wouldn't have been the worst thing for him to get that 5th yellow today and get the suspension out of the way against Sunderland.

My MOTM today. I thought he controlled the stings in midfield to perfection, especially in the first half, and his vision and crossing were something else. That would-be assist for Matic at the start of the second half was Pirlo-esque, absolute world-class.

Good for him taking his chances off the bench. Hope that means a start in the next match. On a related Boro note, Omeruo not on the bench again today. How is he always injured for Boro but fit for Nigeria? Same seems to be happening for Mikel!

Why would the PL be more difficult if they fail to make the CL? All three teams need major signings if they are to compete with us next season and they are less likely to get the big names if they don't qualify. Sure, united got the big signings this season, but that's because everybody thought it would be a one-off season. But if they fail to qualify for a second year, that's when the question marks start being raised.

Then try throwing your phone against a wall

I'd rather the Saints do us a favor by continuing their charge to knock one of united, Arsenal and Liverpool out of next season's CL.