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Not as bad as I first thought if that is indeed the one. It's a decent shirt to be honest.

He signed the supposed pre-contract in the middle of January way after this press conference and more importantly after his lies exposed by the media and then the EPL. At the time of that PC I posted above he was lying out of his mind about signing for New York when he has done no such thing, add to that that both he and City explicitly said later that he was "on loan" to them which was clearly not the case. He obviously already knew that he'd sign a full contract with City or he would not have lied so blatantly about signing with NewYork when he had not done so. There are PLENTY of articles in the media about how he lied like this in the Guardian. You may choose to stick your head in the sand but it is VERY evident that he lied..a lot!

Apparently those are already on sale in India:

Are you kidding? Here is Frank Lampard's first press conference as "a New York player" blatantly lying about signing with them when he still to this day has not done so, and innocently pretending that he does not know where he will train to keep fitness when he had already signed a deal to join and play with City. He lied even more saying that he can't wait to start playing for New York on the start of their season when he knew fully well and was working towards extending his contract with City well beyond that point.

Well when he advertises for a whole day on social media that he has some HUGE news and a BIG transfer told to him exclusively by Jose, and he keeps building it up and in the end it turns out to be something silly like Josh McEachran going out on loan which everyone already knew and he'd made the entire thing just to gain followers, then his perceived reliability is obviously damaged.

LOL Okay, we better get back on topic or the front page of the Mail tomorrow will read: "Chelsea's POTY hates Koalas!"

Of course it matters, and not just in affinities. One possible important consequence could be on any possible future roles at the club. To quote Jose (rephrased as I can't remember exact words): "We thought he was going to have a year in the US and then come back to be a coach or something at the club, now I don't know if he can still be part of the club in the future."

More about his crappy attitude than his reliability. At least for me...

On the first point, it's a very dangerous game when you start giving people's (or in this case nations') votes different weights based on 'quality' as it can be extremely subjective and will almost inevitably to domination and more misuse of power and corruption. Obviously Blatter did not do it for the right reasons but for the long run this is without a doubt the best system going forward. Football is a global game and the Africans playing barefooted on the streets have every right as the billionaires of the EPL to decide the course for the future of the game. As for the second point, I personally don't care about aesthetics, FIFA was corrupt well before the Qatar WC and is still so. Obvious corruption is just as wrong as non-obvious corruption in principle. In practice non-obvious corruption is more dangerous and thus worse than obvious corruption. Blatter has no response to the mostly correct accusations, so his attitude towards it is pretty much the only one he could take right now.

And suffer the full consequences of his choices.

You two are stupid!

Not the koala?! You heartless man...

^^ I like that one @.

Can we take a moment just to remember that Arsenal were making fun of the turn out at our parade:

This is just going to be another "legends" tag fiasco isn't it?

Can we add a "Most Boring Comments" award so that @Jason can get the credit he so much deserves?

I expect a BIG season from him if he, fingers crossed, manages to stay away from injuries. I still have high hopes for this lad.

I'd rather a PL loan for him. I think he is good enough to be a starting LB at a relegation battling team.

Aina, Clarke-Salter, Houghton....no that's our youth B team!

Chelsea team to play the Thailand All-Stars: Cech ©; Aina, Ivanovic, Clarke-Salter, Ake; Mikel, Colkett; Remy , Boga, Brown; Solanke. #CFC Chelsea subs: Blackman, Azpilicueta, Terry , Christensen, Dasilva, Matic, Houghton, Musonda, Loftus-Cheek, Hazard, Diego Costa. #CFC

Are we really still going on about that one statement? Goodness... We have no idea what happened between Jose and Kevin so we can't fully judge but regardless it was a bit unprofessional and childish from Kevin to give that answer publicly. He should have just said "I don't know" as the media and PR trainers tell him to.

That's all true and I agree with most of it but I wonder why you quoted my post as none of the points you make refute or even relate to any of the points I made in my post. Go back and check if you wish. On that note, I apologize if you got the impression from my post that Blatter was somehow unaware of the corruption, as that was NOT my intention at all and I even said a few times that he was incredibly corrupt. A couple of questions though about your points: 1) Why in the world is it "ridiculous" that Africa has more votes than UEFA? There are more African nations and hence get more votes, isn't that the basic principle of democracy? 2) I get the impression from your second paragraph that you think that corruption is okay as long as it is not obvious. Why on earth is that?

[severe rant warning] CAUTION: The following is a rant that may actually challenge your views. - First, LMAO at people who actually genuinely believed that Blatter would not get reelected. With all due respect, your understanding of power and politics is naive to put it lightly. - Secondly and more annoyingly naive is the general belief that had Blatter failed to get reelected FIFA would be fixed and the corruption would go away and life would be full of flowers and daisies. That's not to say Blatter is the same as Prince Ali in terms of corruption but to link all the corruption at FIFA to just one man is beyond ridiculous. It would take years and years to de-corrupt FIFA if there was a genuine desire to, which there is not. - Minor point: You really think that the person who person who is supposed end the corruption and the misuse and monopolizing of power at FIFA is a 21st century prince who comes from a family that unilaterally rules an entire country? You genuinely think that that guy made it to where he is on merit and not abuse of power?! Well, if you say so... - Thirdly, the fact that the whole world has fell for the incredibly simplistic view of the whole matter as good vs evil makes me lose hope in humanity. Yes, Blatter is insanely corrupt as are the people around him, but has done a lot of good for FIFA and the game. While it may well have been done for all the wrong reasons the Japan/South Korea and the South Africa world cups were HUGE steps in a great direction. Under Blatter the FIFA has done A LOT of good for many third world countries and helped include those countries in the decision making in football and raise awareness that football is a global game. - Related point to the above: The role that the media played in creating this general consensus about good vs evil is probably as corrupt as Blatter himself. FIFA has been obviously corrupt and run by money and power for decades, yet all the papers suddenly noticed when Russia and Qatar beat the UK and US for the hosting of the WCs? Every single WC bid for the past two decades at the very least would have had to play the system and do bribes in one way or the other to even be considered for nomination and that includes the US and UK bids for the 2018 and 2022 WCs. The media don't give a shit about how much Blatter or any other FIFA member gets from who, what they care about is that Blatter destroyed the Western/European domination of FIFA and football. - Lastly, UEFA boycotting the WC? Don't make me laugh! The failure of UEFA to produce a single candidate from withing its ranks to run against Blatter speaks volumes about how unified it is in battling Blatter's corruption.

Completely forgot it was match day LOL. Hopefully this is on TV.

You expect a terrified 19yo on his first ever game with the first team to take risks? I bet you anything that Jose's and JT's advice for him would have been to relax, enjoy and keep it simple. That's what you'd want from your debutantes, to not make big mistakes so they gain in confidence. He can take risks when he's an integral part of the first team.