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Best of luck to him.

In reflection, I am very happy he's staying. Last season we saw how much the squad loves Frank - everyone went to pay their respects to his mother and he appreciated that very much. If he had left, we'd have found finding his goals and influence on the pitch hard to replace, but finding a man with more courage and character would be an impossible task. Chelsea legend.

Absolutely fantastic for the lad.

No chance of that. The words Real Madrid and Ramon Calderon are synonymous to 'wankers,' and it is going to take a lot of money before Robinho comes samba dancing all the way to Chelsea.

Note the use of the word 'arguably' Jesus christ

That seems quite likely - I imagine the board offered him a 4 year deal with better wages than he wanted, but I think the fact he wanted a five year deal means he is happy to play out his contract with us, which is really good news.

Nah, I've got nothing against the man. He was a clueless sod, but I would never wish anyone to get killed.

Only for one night, from 5PM on Friday, which is just an incentive to get people to subscribe I guess.

Aye, I must admit I am rather fond of that one.

In all honesty, I am glad Frank is staying, but I am disappointed the club have all of a sudden showed a lack of backbone and given in to his demands. Still, getting Lampard for five more seasons is better than signing Kaka, in my opinion anyway.

If it had been the other way round, they'd have been jailed, probably

Spot on. Scolari, hopefully, won't take an ounce of bullshit off him.

Nice one, CJ =] Looks like it was a great day

Fair point, but look at Ballack now. Arguably the best CM in the league.

Stelling is a television icon, and no wonder why!

Footballers don't care about respect, only the amount of money they put in their wallets after each game.

A game against the reserve team at Cobham would be ideal, IMO.

Like to get him, but I don't think we will. However, with the money we have, nothing is impossible, in fairness. I'll be very surprised if we get him, because we have so many CAMs!

To be fair, knowing what the tabloids are like, DD might have said he didn't want to sign for the Blues in 2004 and those quotes have just appeared again and again. I doubt he would talk to so many players, but it isn't the constant "I'm staying"/"I'm leaving" stuff that annoys me - its his diving. In 06/07 he cut it out and was arguably our most popular player.

I don't think we would spend such an amount of money just to sell him off.

I'm not too sure. He needed a season to settle in, like almost all players do. I think keeping him to January wouldn't be a bad option, especially as Drogba is injured at the moment and Sala is at the Olympics. He won't play alot, but we could flog him in January for a cut price I guess.

You seriously think Sinclair is better than Malouda?

I haven't laughed that much since I first saw Benitez with a beard

Stunning photography. Brilliant.