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history made on several fronts then

He doesn't always play in champions league, but when he does, he wins the damn thing. Has any other starting debutant won it?

Flawless performance by him. One of the best I've seen from him. His ball distribution was top class. He was up there alongside Cole, Cech, Lampard and Drogba.

Wish Kalou was still on

So does Ferreira, but ironically they play in one of our most problematic positions

This reminds me my tonight's dream where I saw that Essien started. I remember being disappointed at that decision.

I'm not feeling too good about the Bertrand thing. I'm just not sure if it's the right CL game to give him his debut. In theory it wouldn't be a bad idea in football manager or whatever, but in real games like this it's more about being mentally prepared more than anything. Oh well, gotta trust Robbie.

not really, that means you get presents once a year

Just finished it. Good work.

Tommy told me that a German commentator said Drogba and Torres were starting. I don't know how reliable that is.

what's that beeping I constantly hear in the background?

Lol, that's kinda random thing to have on a calendar. Does it have every nation's national day? And still, what is fact #1?

Fun fact indeed. How did you find that out though? And what is fun fact #1?

Mother of God! Illuminati at 0:38

You made me check the dictionary 3 times in one sentence. I'm not sure even BlueLion has managed to make me do that.

The awarded members reflect realistically the current state of forum and were given to rightful people. The only one I don't agree with is Term X as the most controversial, but old reputation dies hard.

I wonder if he did decide to join us, would he automatically be exonerated of the mercenary status and not be a cunt anymore?

I will be happy and sad at the same time when he leaves. He's a cult hero. Never before has a mere bench player created such furore. He is truly an enigma.

Quitting an internet forum is certainly a major decision in one's life, it can make or break you. I just wonder why he made such a drastic move, does he not love us or chelsea anymore? :-(

Amazing how many of you overreact

Well he seems pretty happy sucking on his lollipops

Perhaps he said that too. But that "we're strong and won't have any problems" was obviously taken from when he was talking about Drogba, especially since the quote about Drogba preceded it. Fact remains that skysports don't know what they're talking about and I'm surprised TX fell for bait.. nobody is going to write anybody off in such a game, so much logic dictates.

Twisted. I saw the press conference and he obviously meant that they were strong enough physically to deal with Drogba and not have problems with him. He didn't write off anybody. Skysports opting for cheap headlines.

Is our bad record at Villa Park associated with Aston Villa or the stadium itself? Afaik Aston Villa are our bogey team, not the stadium. Or am I wrong, have we played somebody else there and lost? It's kind of superstitious to think that a venue plays any kind of role, considering we won't be playing its home team anyway.