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Everyone gets sent off for disgustingly violent play at 1-0 down facing the biggest challenge in club football? That too, while being the best player in what was that night the most important position on the pitch? Terry is the face of the club and he has let us down so many times, both on and off the pitch. Bosingwa is a nobody who often produced sub-par performances after an injury crippled him. The issue here is hypocrisy, if the roles had been reversed we'd be praising Terry for blotting out Bosingwa. Beyond that, there would probably have been calls during the Barcelona match to do all sorts of things to Bosingwa. My knowledge of the club is irrelevant. An outsider looking in would come to the same conclusion, as could the most dedicated of fans.

I like you I don't think this is a popularity contest, necessarily. Or maybe I'm just saying that because I know I'm widely unpopular around here and I'm trying to convince myself that there's a possibility of a promotion

I hope you don't mean ugly in a aesthetic sense. Kalou is an Adonis, a black David, the perfect man. Bosingwa, one can argue is somewhat ugly because of that monobrow, but he's no Dirk Kuyt.

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You should have voted for me. I warned you... Anyway you only voted for him because the word "Henri" is in his name

He could have done what he liked in the 10 years preceding but the point is because of his idiocy we could have missed out on Munich, and he steams out and acts as though he was fully deserving of a spot in that photo. Good to see Bosingwa, Meireles and Lampard were having none of it by deliberately shutting him out. UEFA had it right before by not permitting banned players to take part in the major celebration when the team is first handed the trophy. And perhaps they let Bosingwa lift it. It's not as though he knocked it out of their hands, gave Terry an uppercut to ensure he wouldn't be in the picture and stole the trophy. They let him hold it. He walked over and Lampard gave it to him. Have you considered that no one likes Terry and that Bosingwa is a favourite within the dressing room? That's a possibility. The bottom line is that the players were happy to let Bosingwa hog the limelight, not just happy, they encouraged him. He was a decent player for us and deserves more than to be hated for something as simple as being permitted to lift a trophy.

China is different, the defenders there are well known for being easily bullied; unlike say Korea, Thailand or Japan where they're a fair bit bigger.

Speaking of laughing at Torres, I found this rather amusing:

What's the point Didier? You're going to go over there and score about 5 goals a match against those Asian defenders who get out muscled by Josh Kennedy.

We should really have gone in for Lavezzi instead of Hulk. He had a maximum buyout clause of 28 million pounds, throw in a Malouda or an Essien and we could have beaten them down to about 23.

I'll agree on the first part but not on the second. You and Spike are the master spammers, I'm just a disciple learning the trade

Why?

I suggest Spike is unfit, primarily because he's not me.

Huh?

You're all going off topic and I'm not. I therefore, should be given the new position

WHS for global mod.

Nice, Mr. Rhodes.

Hazard-gate will rule me out then

But we can nominate ourselves right?

I am interested. Does a lot of activity count in my favour?

That gif is awesome.

Goodbye Didier

He's too one dimensional. He excels at finishing, but he's no Inzaghi, and a pure poacher who's not one of the best of all time in his role is a luxury we can do without.

There's no chance if he leaves Europe and spends 6 months in some mickey mouse league. That and he hasn't scored enough goals- though each of his strikes has been vital, sheer volume will see him probably not even get nominated.

According to FM, voting is solely down to international managers, so international performances may have a higher bearing than club, especially as there's a major tournament on this year. How did Drogba go in the AFCON?