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The Chelsea magazine. June issue.

Fuck Spurs, this is all about us and Arsenal now. Our goal difference is better than Arsenal by +4 - but crucially we have scored 73, whilst Arsenal have scored 67. That means we can draw against Everton, and Arsenal will need a +5 goal swing in their final two games, which of course they have to win. If they draw against the FA Cup winners, they're in a two-way with Spurs for fourth. Simple as that. Job 95% done as far as CFC are concerned.

I think people are only disappointed because of the "false dawn" that the beginning of the season heralded. Let's be fair, after finishing sixth last season did anyone really expect us to win the title this season? We may all say yes, but that is merely the optimism of the football fan. Most of us we merely hoping to compete with the Manchester clubs, which we really haven't, although finishing six points behind the champions of the previous season does indicate some improvement. Standards have dropped and have been dropping since the second year of the Ancelotti era. We have postponed this period of transition for so long; it was inevitable that a big star such as Drogba leading would be the ultimate catalyst for it. But when you consider the new spine of our team (in terms of players who have featured the most here this season) - Oscar, Hazard, Mata, Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Torres - these players have only been here for at most two full seasons with the club. With the likes of Cole, Terry and Lampard all now becoming bit-part players rather than the first names on the team-sheet, such transition without the management of a serious big-name boss was always going to work out in a not-quite desirable fashion. People may be disappointed because we have fought in eight competitions this season - we have lost three finals (the Community Shield, Club World Cup and the Supercup) and reached the last four of two other cup competitions. That really isn't good enough; thankfully we may be able to make amends to some extent on Wednesday. But when you consider that this season may have been somewhat sacrificed in order to plan for the future, the additions of Hazard, Azpi and Oscar, and the true emergence of Mata, mean that this season won't have been for nothing. You need time to build a new team. Look at Ferguson's United team - he has periods of dominance with one squad for two/three seasons, fades away for a season or two before returning with a squad with an all-new core. For instance the 10/11 season was all about van der Saar, Ferdinand, Vidic and Rooney, and before that the 07/08 campaign relied so heavily on the Rooney-Tevez-Ronaldo partnership. Now his team is based around de Gea, Jones, Evans and van Persie. The core of his team is constantly changing but with a constant squad in the periphery, if you will. That makes for a constantly-successful team, and that is what we are trying to do. We are replacing the old Cech-Terry-Lampard-Drogba core with (eventually) Courtois-Luiz-Hazard/Mata. You have to be patient in the short-term to reap the long-term benefits.

We may have a deal Mr. Terminator.

TBF I should have been nominated for this award for my ruthless banning streak over the last three works. No fucking remorse.

Not at all, I just have an awkward posture, with my arms very slightly away from my body.... I think it's down to ten years of goalkeeping.

57 actually.

^ you're more than welcome to nominate me instead then.

^ nope.

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I know this topic is locked, but at the pessimistic bastards who said no. KTF.

Very similar fit, not specifically "tighter" but it is more "fitted". The horizontal stripes does mean it is a (very) slightly tighter fit across the chest, but that makes it look more "slimming" as it doesn't necessarily hug your waist or hips, if that makes sense?

Just happened to be wearing those shorts after getting in from work when I asked the mother to take a photo for everyone's benefit haha!

Yeah, so here is a picture of anyone, quite luckily standing in my living room, with my face superimposed on top:

Can't decide what's the best thing about today: Winning at Villa Park, we hardly ever do that - and double satisfying after their fans giving it large at half-time. Lampard 202& 203. Dumping the Yids out of Europe again...FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, THERE WAS ONLY A MINUTE TO GO, IT WAS SUPER FRANK'S GOAL THAT SENT US OUT OF CONTROL AND KNOCKED TOTTENHAM OUT THE EURO!

Well, I did fucking tell you, didn't I?

Guess whose shirt arrived three days early? Yeah. Mine.

Bayern's shirt is ruined by such a shit sponsor.

I can't see Rooney moving abroad. He can't even speak English, so how the fuck would he learn French or German? He'd struggle with Cockney ffs.