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I worry about Ramires. I think he's not got too long left to go in his career. He isn't the best technically, so his value to us is purely that he can run all day, and he can do that at freakishly fast speed. He's only one bad injury or 5-6 years away from declining rapidly a la Essien. Essien is more refined than Ramires who is raw, but even his career looks over at just 30.

DROGBA! MY GOD, WHAT A GOAL! Apologies for the 12 hour delay but I'm watching the match right now

Kalou's passing is underrated. Also would it hurt commentators to stop calling Lennon "Arin Lenin"?

Assou-Ekotto has a brilliant hairstyle. Also, I noticed that Mata played a bit deeper today, and much more centralized- I rarely saw him on the wings at all.

True. Zyzz may have been a role model to some, but that doesn't mean he was a God. He came across as a bit arrogant but I think that was just for the videos. IRL he was probably a nice person.

Ease up lads..

That's why I voted for internet

I do like smoking weed but its not something I want to do too often. I was fairly regular last year, I'd normally have a joint a week or something but I stopped and it's been a while since I last smoked a joint. Cigarettes though, I'm in big trouble. It's the first thing I think of when I wake up, and that's a sign that you are seriously addicted. I've been able to manage it down to 5 cigarettes a day, hopefully by years end that'll be down to 0

Now, I haven't yet watched the Spurs game (don't tell me the score!!!!), but I think we're in with a sporting chance. We'll have to attack I think, forget defending, their defenders are out of form or injured and we should capitalise on that. They'll also be playing some kind of gung-ho 3-4-3 so defending for 90 minutes isn't an option.

Be fair, the Napolitans were amazing. And some of the Benfica fans were really nice, as well, although Nigallhao let them down.

No, we play football in Australia. Barcelona and Madrid may be the best supported, but first-hand evidence says that few English speakers support either team due to lack of coverage. That you have a cricket (an English sport played by England and its former colonial possessions) thread on a Spanish forum speaks volumes about the nature of your fans. You don't see Chelsea fan forums with bullfighting or flamenco threads do you? And I am surprised at your opinion of Australian football. It's followed fairly well here, in fact it is the sport that is most participated in during winter. Don't act like we are uncultured peasants who have only been interested in this sport for the past 5 years, football here has a great deal of history, and is well supported. The amount of Australian members on this forum is enough to prove that.

3 am kickoff?

Kagawa is brilliant but he's a bit fragile for England, no?

When's kickoff? Isn't it 3 pm UK time? Edit: Oops, 6 pm. My bad.

He was on course to be the GOAT keeper prior to that injury, which is saying something. He would have had to have overhauled Oliver Kahn to have done that, and that means winning the World Cup Golden Ball once. After it he's still been world class, but instead of progression to immortality as the GOAT, he will eventually be forgotten as one of the best of his generation. Not by us Chelsea fans, though

Forget bodybuilding. Skinny for life /:Goober:

As a scrawny person, I resent your implications!

Don't be. I was awful at maths and always approached it with a laugh. There's no need to feel bad if you're not good at something in school

Oh dear My belated wishes. Happy Birthday

I am still disappoint . I could stare at your old avatar for days. What constitutes an alcohol addiction?

Why did you change your avatar? I am disappoint.

A lot of clubs are interested in Hazard, it will cost us upward of 40 million to get him. Azpilicueta is a good shout, he's the kind of player we need. Modric is too expensive, we'll need 50 million for him. Tiote and M'Vila would be excellent and fairly cheap. We need to spend no more than 30-45 million this summer or we'll be in trouble with UEFA. But the point I'm making is not about money, its that our club has always looked at players that aren't expensive and said "they must be crap or everyone will be trying to buy them for 30 million". There are many quality players that are cheap. Podolski, for example would have been an excellent signing for us but we let Arsenal get him. He can provide some width on the left and cover for Mata.

Considering Ballack what? You're killing me with the suspense