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No mention of Wallace which basically confirms that we will be loaning him out again and keeping Kalas with the first team.

Looks very good. Up to date and very organized. One thing you might want to improve on is that it takes a little too much time to start. Btw, I noticed in the settings that you can turn notifications on/off. What notifications does it give you exactly? Does it give you a notification when an official news has been announced, for example? Because that would be awesome!

I was talking about rumors not when the media reporting when a transfer is done. All rumors are baseless. There are no such thing "sources" and "reported interest", the media has no idea when a club makes a bid unless the club decides to disclose it, it is all made up BS.

They are more reliable because they mostly report stuff after it's done. When they make predictions they are as unreliable as anyone else like when Sky said last week that we were bidding for Cavani a day before his move to PSG confirmed by the president of Palermo.

I got mine last week, but they're only for resting my eyes, they don't really make much of difference.

I'm rather glad that this is on Wednesday and not the weekend as I wouldn't have been able to watch it if it were. That is if you call a looking a lagging steam with about 4 pixels "watching"...

A 21yo winger who scored, as a squad player, in his first season with team 11 goals despite missing about two months of it due to the AFCONs and was key to us winning the EL is not good enough to sit on the Chelsea bench next season?! We've become such a spoiled bunch, haven't we?

There were also talks at one point that both deals are off as well as talks about us signing Falcao, Cavani, Lewandowiski, De Rossi, Alonso, Coentrao (or was it Marcelo? Or both?!) Ramos, Ronaldo ( )..and a hundred other players. Over 90% of media rumors are completely baseless making the actually true ones completely negligible. I can right now make you a hundred transfer predictions based on absolutely no information I have and I bet you that at least 10-20 of them comes true. Does that make me a journalist?

I realize that is not what our fans want to hear but I reckon our transfer window is practically over with signing of Schwarzer yesterday. I doubt we'll be getting anyone else unless we sign some youngster like Bruma or if we see an opportunity for a great deal for a central midfielder like the rumored 12m for De Rossi (not that I necessarily believe that is true).

But that's the point, "the will of the people" will never be achieved. It will always be the will of the "elite" and it is just a battle of who can get more 'cattle' on his side. The problem is that reality is relative because human perception, including rationalizing, differs from one to another. Democracy is just a battle between the elites to see who can trick more of the masses to believe his version of reality by means of money, media propaganda and manipulation on basic human instincts. Candidates will always portray them selves as being the 'moral' choice, they will always spend A LOT of money to get elected and they will always try to get you scared of what would happen if someone else won. That is why true democracy is achievable. When was the last time a common man or group of men (and women) came up with an idea or a national choice by themselves and managed to make it happen democratically? It usually takes riots, death and even entire revolutions if the idea makes a genuine change, to happen. To quote the great @Fulham Broadway: "If voting changed anything, it would have been banned long ago". You are never politically 'free'. You almost always have to choose one of two options given to you by people of a different social class than you; and even the choices you make very rarely ever have any actual effect on your life. Take the USA for example, the symbol of freedom, democracy and morals in the modern world. The people only have two options to choose from. Those two options make it seem like it's a fight for morals, or tradition or religion or freedom or change..etc but at the end of the day the difference in what their policies would impact the life of the average American citizen is almost negligible and any true change cannot happen unless the leaders of both parties, or the elite, agree on it. How is that different from a dictatorship? The modern 'democracies' in the some of the most important countries in the world is just a subtle version of dictatorships, that's why they work! Of course there have been failed dictatorships, because naturally it depends on the dictator or group of dictators running the country. But unlike democracies, dictatorships actually have a chance of achieving it's purpose. I genuinely believe that a lot of nations cannot be at peace unless they are under a dictatorship rule. Let's take a look at the changes in the middle east in the past decade for example. Iraq under Saddam was one of the richest countries in the area, not in terms of how much money the government has but in terms of the lifestyles of it's people. Iraq had one of the highest average salaries in the world. The capital, Baghdad was comparable to the best cities in Europe. Look how well democracy has worked for them. They are no longer a nation but rather a group of poor cults in an endless fight. Same for Libya where all the life necessaries from schooling to medical care were free. Gaddafi literally gave people houses for free. Now it has become a place for barbaric tribes to fight. Even in Egypt where Mubarak was one of the worst dictators around, the country was in so much better shape during his reign. Now the economy has broken down, the country has a huge dept, people are starving and freezing to death and large areas of Egypt don't get Electricity and water and it has only been two years since he has gone! And Syria..well you know the story. Funnily enough all those regimes used to call themselves democracies (except Libya) So, for me, democracies cannot work until they become more totalitarian and become, at least in political practice, some form of dictatorship. Democracies are not synonymous with freedom and rights as people would have you believe. The people of Iraq had the right of national and not getting blown up in the streets while they were under a dictatorship but have lost that with democracy. They had freedom to chose and practice their religious beliefs but get killed when they do so now. The people of Algeria had the traveling securely inside their won country and the right of a shelter and medical care. The Egyptians lost the right for food and the freedom of using electricity. Why don't you just ask about all the freedom and rights the Syrian people have lost in the past two years? PS: We've move way off topic here, moving this discussion to the politics thread.

Our rotation options were very thin last season and caused our main AM options to be worked to death. Since then we have got rid of Benayoun and Marin and only brought Shirley in. And you think Jose will sell Moses now? Here's a helpful hint that was underlined in the signing of Schwarzer last night: The media know nothing about transfers until after they happen. You are completely wasting your time on rumors. The media is using you and making fools of you so they can sell some papers. Yours truly, Nour

Fighting about number again? Just... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Definitely one of the best crossers in the league..

There is no way we're going to sell.....he has to fail at at least 3 loans before we even consider that Going on tour with the team, just hope he has bigger role than what Bamford had last season..

As far as I am aware his contract did run out by the end of June, but the club was contemplating renewing it. Cech even said that we are going to renew it. Not sure if this deal changes that or not. I guess it depends on whether Jose trusts Blackman to be our number 3. Interesting point though is that in his interview yesterday Schwarzer talked about Cech and the younger keepers but nothing about Hillario..

Thanks, you are too kind That's what she said! (Sorry couldn't resist )

You usually pay for apps? He's still on and off here but I think he's often busy with work.

No more D&G suits?

Thanks, Ron. Will try to

Mirror reporting that he is close (again) to signing a contract extension till 2018 that will double his salary to 100k/wk.

I guess you do get used to it and don't panic anymore, but it's still scary every time ( especially if you wake up to the sound ). The one today was the closest to my house, though.

Car bomb attack a few blocks from where I live. 35Kg of explosives in one of the busiest streets in the city. Absolute miracle that there were no casualties.

Welcome to Chelsea, mark. To say you're an improvement to our last back up would be an understatement. Best of luck to you. :cfc:

So where's Kono to tell us that Mark won't sign here?

That look you have in your avatar is what broke him. When we all sit here bored for the next couple of weeks because no one is posting GIFs, it'll all be your fault!