Everything posted by BlueLion.
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What a bummer! In all seriousness, disgusting behaviour. I sometimes wonder why I look at the barbarism of medieval history when you can look half-way round the world in the present day for the same sort of mindsets. A shame a minority of idiots have to besmirch a massive football club.
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I have trained you well, young padawans.
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The more I think about it... selling Courtois would be like selling Sturridge. Look at how he was flourished at Liverpool. Seeing Courtois do that would be killer, because although Danny is a good player, Courtois has the potential to be the world's best goalkeeper one day. Personally I think Cech deserves one more year as number 1, meaning another loan for Thibaut. Then, in 2015, Courtois takes the number 1 jersey.
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Oscar always plays well in Europe. It's a given, he'll probably be our MOTM tonight.
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In that case I think Stingray has beaten us both to that particular trophy
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Bitch please, Marvel-related GIFs have been my thing on here for the last two years. Ask Stingray!
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You Gala fans better start lubing up, otherwise Eden is going in dry. Get ready... he is coming
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YO, GALATASARAY COME AT US.
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The sooner this guy is playing at right back, the better. I love Ivan but he's not a full back.
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Bloomin' heck, Kerry! That's amazing! Thank you so much!
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I enjoy it.
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DAT BANNER
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Terry topples Toffees with last gasp strike
BlueLion. replied to BlueLion.'s topic in Chelsea Articles
Yeah the referee was poor. Gave so many pointless free kicks. One of the reasons we couldn't get going was because of how stop-start the game was, and the ref only exacerbated that! -
Nice work mate! HQ would be appreciated - is the shirt that "duller" yellow shown above, or the more luminous yellow shown on social media?
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Player of the season? I would be tempted to say Hazard, but he wasn't anything close to great until December. Cahill has been a 7/10 performer all season long.
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He's played 117 games (99 for Chelsea) since he signed for us. I think the boy may be a wee bit tired, personally.
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Nothing better than a big finish!
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Gorgeous. But then again I'd be tempted to buy anything with a Chelsea badge on it.
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Chelsea skipper John Terry netted a 93rd-minute winner to keep the Blues at the Premier League summit. After a frustrating attacking performance, coupled with the sort of defensive resilience by Everton that looks sure to earn Roberto Martinez's men a place in Europe next season, Chelsea's captain turned up trumps to convert a Frank Lampard free kick deep into added time. That came after Everton keeper Tim Howard had pulled off a string of fantastic saves to deny Samuel Eto'o, Eden Hazard, Frank Lampard, and most impressively Branislav Ivanovic with a stunning close-range reflex stop. Petr Cech had been equally tested at the opposite end, pulling off two magnificent saves from the Toffees' Leon Osman. The England international first spanked a dipping volley from 20 yards that Cech clawed over before, the Czech custodian made an even better save early after the break, diving low to his left to keep out Osman's deflected strike. Everton also had terrific chances to score through Kevin Mirallas and Phil Jagielka, but it ultimately the Blues' late surge culminating in Terry's late, late winner that proved the difference in this game. Whilst the visitors were a constant menace on the counter attack, besides the two saves Cech made from Osman, Everton found it difficult to fashion many more opportunities, with Terry, freshly returned from an enforced spell on the sidelines, and his defensive partner Gary Cahill typically dominant. This was a game where both defences were on the top - the difference being Chelsea were able to capitalise on their late supremacy. Everton exhibited the sort of confidence and style that has typified their impressive first season under Martinez's tutelage, but without being able to cap their dominance with a goal. As the game progressed, with Chelsea slowly improving as an attacking outfit, it looked increasingly likely that this game would follow the path of Everton's most recent away game - a 1-0 loss against Spurs, where their lethargy in front of goal was duly punished by Emmanuel Adebayor's second half strike. Signs this game would mirror that particular encounter were first signalled at the end of the first half when Eto'o wriggled free to produce the best out of Howard - and there would be more to come from the American. His double save on the hour mark kept his side in contention as he first got down low to paw away Hazard's low shot. Eto'o was first to the rebound, and whilst his header was wide it fell nicely for Ivanovic, whose hammer-like volley hit Howard square in the chest as the American bounded across his goal to deny the Serbian. Shortly after, a teasing Ivanovic cross was missed by Eto'o's head by a matter of centimetres. Fernando Torres and Andre Schurrle were introduced to the fray shortly after that and both soon had chances to break the deadlock - Torres first unluckily hitting his volley against Hazard, whilst Schurrle skewed a volley well over from another excellent delivery by the marauding Ivanovic. As the game reached the 89th minute, another substitute, Ramires, hammered a thirty-yard screamer narrowly wide of Howard's far post as the Blues desperately searched for the breakthrough. But, deep into injury time, Chelsea's captain turned up with the winning goal to keep his side a point clear of second-placed Arsenal, who easily dispatched Sunderland this afternoon. Click here to view the article
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Shit keeper, past his best
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The value of experience to a goalkeeper is far more than dealing with crosses against sides that specialise in wing play and set piece deliveries... Courtois struggles with crosses full stop, it's an area where Cech undoubtedly has the edge.
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And that's what West Brom and Man City have both recently done.