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Rumors that it s actually Baker and not Swift who has traveled with the team.

Apparently Liverpool fans have organized an "all night street party" outside the hotel the team is staying in tonight: http://www.footballwhispers.com/1/post/2014/04/liverpool-fans-organise-an-all-night-street-party-outside-the-chelsea-team-hotel-on-the-eve-of-potential-title-decider.html Can they have any more of a small team mentality?!

It's 56 mins. I'm pretty sure that's the entire interview, mate!

Try now.

1) We're talking about something that has happened over a quarter of a century ago. I understand what Ahly did. What the club and the players must have gone through must have been incredibly tough and I can see how that motivated them to win it for their fans. They have my utmost respect. Similarly, I was delighted when Zambia won the AFCON after they had lost their entire team in the air crash disaster and the new generation wanted to win it for them. But this is a completely different case. Half their players weren't even born when the disaster happened! This would be like united going endlessly on about how they should win because of the Munich disaster every time they are competing for a title, or journalists writing tens of articles of how we deserve to win the title this season for Mathew Harding. 2) It would be more acceptable if the players were talking about how Hillsborough motivates them, but they're not the ones doing the talking. It's their fans and the media who are going on and on and on and on and on about it. And it's not just about winning the league. They've developed and art of somehow relating Hillsborough to every single thing in the world. I was just reading a Liverpool fan tweet that maybe the FA would have helped us in Europe by changing the date of the Liverpool game if some of our fans hadn't broken the minutes silence for Hillsborough! It's gone beyond annoying, it is now an obsession and a mental disease. 3) They talk about respect but first and foremost, they are the ones disrespecting the people who lost their lives by throwing around the memory in every little petty thing. 4) The most annoying thing about it is that they act like the disaster was everyone else's fault and that everyone in the world somehow owes them something because of it. They're not saying that Hillsborough will inspire or motivate the players to win the league. That's fine (though I don't know why it would now when it hasn't "inspired" them for the past 25 years). They're actually saying that they deserve to win the league because of Hillsborough as if the world owes it them because of the disaster. I'm not English and don't even live in the UK, but I can't take this obsession any more!

https://twitter.com/unCFCTV/status/459987193873068032

https://twitter.com/unCFCTV/status/459987193873068032

Not the thread (probably should open a separate thread for this), but I think we should all sign this: http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/board-of-directors-chelsea-football-club-ban-mick-dennis-from-stamford-bridge-cobham-and-all-chelsea-press-conferences-events?recruiter=90811084&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_mobile That cowardly and disgusting action cannot go unpunished.

Am I the only one who finds that beyond wrong? And I'm not talking about the annoying media bias, but genuinely ethically wrong towards the people who lost their lives? I mean what does Liverpool winning the league has to do with Hillsborough?! Like that would bring them back or make their deaths okay. How can you equate a sports title to the lives of humans or even imply that their loss would make one contender more deserving than the other?!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1r9dna_mourinho-press-conference-before-liverpool-match_sport Did the reporter really just say that "most neutrals think it would be nice if Liverpool win it because of Hillsborough."?!!! That's just...it's so....I don't even have the words to describe how stupid, annoying and disrespectful that is to the lives of the 96!

So, so sad to hear this. RIP. Thoughts with his family and friends.

MASSIVE boost if true. John Terry is the ultimate warrior, and more importantly, the ultimate leader.

Maybe we can plead innocent by reason of insanity!

Nonsense. We have one of the best medical staff in professional sports. Probably the best thing AVB did for the club.

Full highlights if anyone is interested: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1r1fqn_chelsea-u21s-v-arsenal-highlights_sport If I'm not mistaken, this is the match that guaranteed we finish the regular season on top of the U21 table (and obviously we qualify for the play-offs). That's really remarkable considering that all our best U21 players are out on loans!

Of course he has. He can refuse to agree personal terms with them and the deal would be off. Likewise, the club can refuse any offers below 30m. It depends on the relation between the club and the player (and largely on how long left he has on his contract).

Of course not, but there will be other offers around the 20m mark and the player will of course has some saying in what offer gets accepted.

Yeah sometimes their website is not updated. I always as their Twitter account, they always answer.

I don't follow transfer rumors too much so I have no idea who has or has not made a bid for him, I'm just saying that united would be perfect for him. And if like I read on the past page here a deal with united is close then he would actually be choosing united even if there aren't any other offers on the table atm because he knows and we all know that if he stalls to the summer there will be loads of other offers for him.

They also say he's yet to train.

Honestly, I can't blame him for choosing united. It's his best option, imo, and I'm not talking about the money. He'll be a nailed on starter and start almost every game. The pressure is much lower with no title challenge or CL, but it would still be a massive upgrade on Southampton. We're forgetting that he's still a kid and he can still develop and gain consistency and experience...etc. I think even if he goes to united this summer, we might still see him in a Chelsea shirt in a few years time.

"Major doubt" for Liverpool according to Physioroom. I would have liked him to get 15-20 minutes off the bench.

Playing under Jose can make him the best striker in the world. That can't happen in Paris. Surely that's got to be a huge motive for him.

I'll feel much better if it is Proenca who's officiating. We always get amazing results with him. Wouldn't mind that Turkish ref either.

I am too. I'd give us a chance against anyone in the world at the bridge. That said, I do think you always need a few things to go your way to win a CL semifinal.