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I think TX hasn't. The staff here hate(d) him so much that one of them (Bluelion I believe) said that it would mark the end of his days if he won it.. or something like that, I can't remember.

He said that? He was disgusted probably because he was persuaded to join by his agent for money and he didn't want to leave Marseille, a place he probably became fond of.

we really are putting all our stack on one bet. big risk.

Yep, I prefer 'underachieved' to 'failed'. He had no luck with the finals, it was not only up to him to win them. If Cech, Lampard, Terry or Drogba finish their careers without a major trophy (by major I mean everything above domestic titles), they will have underachieved too, but I wouldn't consider them failures. Hell, Drogba hasn't even won the ACON with a strong team, bottling 2 finals in the process. We could call Didier our "jynxed one". Hopefully he'll change that in 2 weeks.

It's probably the hardest poll for me to choose from. I promised TX I'd vote for him the other day, so I will stick to my word and he does deserve it. But when Chelsea play shit or lose I look most forward to Ollie's posts (for some odd reason I thought he used to be a mod too) and his rants I find myself agreeing most with him and TX. But I just yesterday laid my eyes on Strike's articles and they were very good and it definitely took a lot of effort.. I heard he also writes players' bios for the frontpage, mad respect for him. Whoever wins will be worthy.

Are you saying that we can match city in the market? No, I believe we can't match City's wage offers. They are on crazy payrolls which would get them in trouble if the sheikh suddenly resigned and cut money supplies. Back when we started we offered unmatched salaries too. Hell, even now we are on some insane payrolls, but nowhere near city.

goal of the season most likely, but i haven't seen all goals

It's not as much that we have changed, but mostly that City have outmuscled us financially, leaving us more in background. And change or no change, we are still playing with players who were originally tempted primarily with money, so it's still hypocritical in my eyes. Yet we call it "ambition" when they join us, which could partly be true... that's exactly what City fans say, they do in fact have an ambitious project in hand, like we do(did?). But if you think about it, just a year ago we spent over 70 million on two players, one of whom was bought for a record sum and gets mad cash per week.. not very conservative if you ask me.

That's exactly what other clubs' fans said when we did the same. It's kind of hypocritical for a Chelsea fan to say that. Nevertheless, some of the "moneyhunting cunts" have lived to become legends here, most notably Drogba. True, we never spent such amounts of money, but by those times standards, it was practically the same as City today (unmatched, dominating the market, luring players with financial reassurances). The more pleasing it is to see that City haven't been able to replicate or outdo Chelsea's achievements, it proves that for a brief moment we got things right, then went into a downward spiral.. you can barely notice City's upward spiral, constantly failing in their endeavours and all.

Who does this to his captain? What a cunt. I would like to see him try that with Terry or Puyol. Although I can hear the narrator saying "kapitän mark van bommel", I suppose Lahm wasn't captain back then.

Well, at least some tension is behind us now that a loss has occured - better to get it now than in a final. A good wake up call before 2 big finals, all is not rosy even if you beat a bunch of drunks by five goals and it will hopefully eliminate the possibility of complacency. And holy shitballs what a goal by Cisse! By far the best I've seen in a while. And probably the most appealing brace I've ever witnessed. Too bad it was for the wrong side.

Liverpool v Everton - everton west Brom v Wolves - don't care Utd v City - depending on the result which would benefit chelsea, but generally I despise manu more. Southampton v Portsmouth - don't care

we beat them, they didn't beat us even with 1 man advantage... that's enough for me

No matter who wears the armband, everyone knows there is only one captain when a certain JT is on the field.

Wouldn't want to become a Barca rejects club, after all, we're better than them. And by the looks of it he's a cheating little bitch. Don't like him very much.

Based on the fact that he's played his professional career in a single club? He could well become one, a la Anelka, but nothing to support that notion yet.

Is this the most one sided poll?

Somewhy at first I thought he was Italian too, coming with the Napoli bandwagon. But then the Australian flag appeared. Terminator X. If possible, my 2nd nomination will go to Ollie.. love his rants But if it's not possible, then take it as an 'honorable mention'.

afaik Tito Vilanova has already been appointed permanently for Barcelona.

Why should she even need to shower? It's not like she has a lot of running to do. Just sit and watch and treat the occasional sore groin. Although she may well be ordered to shower, maybe it was AVB's plan all along, to raise the players'.... spirits.

i'm not sure how Cech can say that "one day it will happen with goals".. as of now Drogs is playing his last few games for us, and it's doubtful there'll be "one day" for them.

rare to see maka being somebody's favourite, defensive mids are most overlooked imo welcome

true, real's return for their money spent is horrible

that 5 year extension puts a dent in it, yes. i'd rather we focused on more pressing positions, fellaini wouldn't be cheap and wouldn't leave much more room for more important players.

what kind of player is Fellaini though? would he want to leave if a big club came asking? or is he "loyal" (whatever that means in modern football)?