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Must mean he was very poor, then

How can you have starting lineups for an entire season? Lineups are for matches, squads are for seasons. Obviously you'd have key players in those squads who will be relied on more but lineups depend on form, fitness and obviously the opponent.

Was used in our matches in the US before last season.

Guys, please, this really isn't the thread to fight in...

But that's an issue. Goals are clearly defined, pens are not. Ref in front of TV will be put under pressure by managers and would make controversial decisions. And sometimes the main ref has better view than the camera, who should override who's decision? And in this case, how do you restart the game after that? With a drop ball inside the penalty box?! It's very impractical and will never remove the human errors from the game unless you have the game played by robots. What about Croatia's goal? You can have two refs debate about that for half and hour and not agree. Do you stop the game while the refs debate? Who gets the last say?

Can have all the technology in the world and refs would still make mistakes and tonight was a prime example. Spend the money on academies and youth development instead.

My world, son!

OMG :cry:

You have to say, he looks 'Cescy' in Blue!

If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of a million Gooner sobbing uncontrollably when he says "See you the Bridge"!

And they wonder why no one likes them...

No idea. @Jim?

PS: Cesc has cost less than Fellaini!

I just love how quickly he's changed his Twitter header!

Still not exactly in love with the guy, but I'm so excited that we've managed to complete this kind of signing so early. Massive statement and a clear indication that we mean business next season. Goes without saying, but he has my utmost support since the moment he held up that blue shirt. Now onto the important: Someone link me to an Arsenal forum!

Please continue the discussion in the thread in the current team section: http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/18277-cesc-fabregas/

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3900839/title/fabregas-signs-for-chelsea

Done:

You've made a thread about me?

Thank you for this post and the donation But the point is they can, and if it goes to court it will be much more than 300 pounds. It's not a risk we'd want Jim to take. The photos have been removed, but that has nothing to do with the infringement of the copyright. Meaning they can still sue us even after removing the photos.

Guys, trust me, we've looked thoroughly into the matter before making this announcement. Our initial reaction was that it looks like a scam, but after researching, it's actually the law no matter how stupid and illogical it is. It turns out that it's something that has happened to a lot of other websites and blogs in particular and is covered by the copyright law. This isn't a scam in the sense that it is illegal. It's a legal scam that many photograph selling companies use to get money out of blogs and websites. That is the price of the two photos on the original site. If they take us to court, they would get more money for damages. Yes, unfortunately we've found out that there are lawyers that actually make a living off this since they get 40% of the charges. So, in conclusion, there is nothing we can do about the 300 pound charge. It's the law, unfortunately. We just need to find the money to cover the charges and pay next month hosting fees.

The new sponsorship deal that Vitesse signed with Truphone, the company that is partially owned by Roman, is hugely important for the Dutch club that has lost in excess of 20m last year alone and will struggle to comply with FFP in the future without it. But the deal could also be potentially get Roman and Vitesse owner, Chigirinsky, in trouble. The issue is that Roman and Chigirinsky are not just friends, they are also business partners. They both own large shares in a Russian company called Snegiri. This means that the sponsorship deal will be classified as a "related-party transaction" according to FFP. That in itself is not an issue unless it the value of the transaction is deemed not to be as "fair value". This is what happened with PSG and their sponsors. Basically, UEFA will be monitoring the deals very closely and can screw Roman and Vitesse over if they want to like. So I think selling Vitesse to someone who has never been in business with Roman might just be a ploy to give Vitesse the money they need to still get into the CL whil keeping UEFA off Roman's back.

What does Emanalo have to do with the Mikel deal? He wasn't even our sports director back then. Mikel was not signed because of Emanalo, he was signed because he was the second best player in the U18 world cup at the time behind only Lionel Messi. Naturally, he had most top teams chasing after him and we managed to secure his signing.