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How? It's not going to attract big name players if we don't make Champions League, especially if everyone wants to get rid of Lampard, Cole, Drogba, Torres, Essien, Mikel etc. we're going to need to buy some quality players to help us to be a top team again.

I would say Liverpool have the most supporters here in Oz. But I went for Chelsea considering I lived in a Melbourne Suburb called Chelsea. - The Australian Chelsea

AVB is Clueless and your clueless not to think his not clueless. Liverpool's expectations aren't as high as ours.

Fact is we didn't deserve anything from this game, West Brom were the better team. Corner count was 14-5 to West Brom, they has more shots at goal and more possession up until they scored. West Brom controlled the game, we only created chances on the counter attack, which Sturridge wasted two great opportunities. Rubbish performance. 4th spot looks hard now.

We're hated because we have been so good in recent years winning trophies, we're hated because we spend a lot of money for players and we're hated because we sack managers when we have bad run of form.

In the next year or two his not going to play much, that's fair to say, his only 18, his going to be a great player I have no doubt about that and their is no way will we sell him, but at this stage his not good enough for our first team. I reckon we'll loan him out next season, that's if we pick up another striker or two, but it would probably be best for him and for us if we do loan him out.

Oh god, why would he come out and say that. Not going to help anyone.

The Road to Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup (12th June - 13 July 2014) *All information was last updated June 9th 2012 207 Entered 109 Still in contention for a place in the 2014 FIFA World Cup 98 Eliminated 816 Matches 603 Played 217 To be played 1732 Total Goals 70 Total Red Cards Leading Scorer Deon McCaulay 11 (Belize) Africa - CAF Teams 52 - FIFA World Cup 2014 Places - 5 Eliminated First Round Seychelles Guinea-Bissau Djibouti Mauritius Comoros Madagascar Somalia Burundi Eritrea Swaziland São Tomé and Príncipe Chad Second Round 10 Groups of 4 teams, top team from each group advances to Round 3 Matches start 1st June 2012 - Finishes 16th October 2013 Group A Ethiopia 4 - 10pts South Africa 4 - 8pts Central African Republic 4 - 3pts Botswana 4 - 1pt Group B Tunisia 4 - 10pts Sierra Leone 5 - 5pts Equatorial Guinea 4 - 4pts Cape Verde 4 - 3 pts Group C Côte d'Ivoire 4 - 10pts Tanzania 4 - 6pts Morocco 4 - 5pts Gambia 4 - 1pt Group D Zambia 4 - 10pts Ghana 4 - 9pts Lesotho 4 - 2pts Sudan 4 - 1pts Group E Congo 4 - 10pts Gabon 4 - 4pts Burkina Faso 3 - 3pts Niger 3 - 3pts Group F Nigeria 4 - 8pts Malawi 4 - 6pts Namibia 4 - 4pts Kenya 4 - 2pts Group G Egypt 4 - 12pts Guinea 3 - 4pts Mozambique 3 - 2pts Zimbabwe 4 - 1pt Group H Algeria 3 - 6pts Mali 3 - 6pts Benin 3 - 4pts Rwanda 3 - 1pt Group I Cameroon 3 - 6pts Libya 4 - 6pts Congo DR 4 - 5pts Togo 3 - 1pt Group J Senegal 4 - 6pts Uganda 4 - 5pts Angola 4 - 4pts Liberia 4 - 4pts Third Round 10 Group winners from Round three will be paired into 5 home-and-away ties, the winners of the 5 ties will qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup South America - CONMEBOL Teams - 9 - 2014 FIFA World Cup Places - 4 + 1 play-off vs Asia First Round Top 4 placed team will qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 5th placed team vs AFC 5th placed team in play-off Round finishes 15th October 2013 Current Standings Argentina 12 - 25pts Colombia 11 - 20pts Ecuador 11 - 20pts Chile 12 - 18pts --------------------------------- Venezuela 12 - 16pts --------------------------------- Peru 11 - 14pts Uruguay 11 - 13pts Bolivia 12 - 10pts Paraguay 12 - 8pts Asia - AFC Teams - 43 Places - 4 + 1 play-off vs 5th place South American team Eliminated First Round Chinese Taipei Pakistan Cambodia Sri Lanka Afghanistan Macau Timor-Leste Mongolia Eliminated Second Round Palestine Bangladesh Laos Turkmenistan Philippines Myanmar Hong Kong Maldives Syria Yemen Malaysia Kyrgyzstan India Nepal Eliminated Third Round China PR Singapore Kuwait United Arab Emirates North Korea Tajikistan Saudi Arabia Thailand Bahrain Indonesia Round Four 2 Groups of 5 teams, two from each group qualify for 2014 FIFA World Cup, 3rd from each group will play each other in a play-off with the winner vs 5th placed South American team Matches to start June 12th. GROUP A South Korea 6 - 11pts Uzbekistan 6 - 11pts ---------------------------------- Iran 6 - 10pts ---------------------------------- Qatar 7 - 7pts Lebanon 7 - 5pts GROUP B Japan 7 - 14pts Oman 7 - 9pts ---------------------------------- Australia 6 - 7pts ---------------------------------- Jordan 6 - 7pts Oman 6 - 6pts Iraq 6 - 5pts North, Central America and Caribbean - CONCACAF Teams - 35 Places - 3 + 1 play-off vs Oceania Eliminated First Round Montserrat Anguilla British Virgin Islands Aruba Turks and Caicos Islands Eliminated Second Round Dominican Republic Suriname Cayman Islands Trinidad and Tobago Bermuda Barbados Nicaragua Dominica Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Belize Saint Vincent & Gren. Grenada Haiti Curaçao U.S. Virgin Islands Eliminated Third Round Guatemala Antigua and Barbuda El Salvador Guyana Canada Cuba Round Four Costa Rica 4 - 7pts United States 4 - 7pts Mexico 4 - 7pts -------------------------------- Panama 4 - 6pts -------------------------------- Honduras 4 - 4pts Jamaica 5 - 2pts Round Four The top 2 from each group in Round 3 will meet in a single group of 6. The top three of the group will qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup 4th place team will play in a play-off against the winner of Oceania. Ocencia - OFC Teams - 11 - 2014 FIFA World Cup Places - 1/2, 1st play-off vs CONCACAF 4th placed team Elminated First Round Tonga American Samoa Cook Islands Samoa Vanuatu Fiji Papua New Guinea Round Three - OCF Nations Cup 1 Groups of 4 Teams, winner of group plays against 4th placed CONCACAF team in a play-off Eliminated Third Round New Caledonia 4 - 12pts Tahiti 6 - 3pts Solomon Islands 6 - 3pts Intercontinental Play-Off New Zealand vs North, Central America, and the Caribbean UEFA - Europe Teams - 53 - 2014 FIFA World Cup Places - 13 Round One 9 Groups, 8 with 6 teams, 1 group with 5 teams - Top team from each group qualifies for 2014 FIFA World Cup, the best 8 second placed teams, pair off and play each other in a place-off, with winners advances to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Matches Start 7th September 2012 - Finishes 15th October 2012 Group A Belgium 7 - 19pts ------------------------------ Croatia 7 - 16pts ------------------------------ Serbia 7 - 7pts Wales 6 - 6pts Scotland 7 - 5pts Macedonia 6 - 4pts Group B Italy 6 - 14pts --------------------------- Bulgaria 6 - 10pts --------------------------- Czech Republic 6 - 9pts Denmark 5 - 6pts Armenia 5 - 3pts Malta 6 - 3pts Group C Germany 6 - 16pts ------------------------------------------- Austria 6 - 11pts ------------------------------------------- Republic of Ireland 6 - 11pts Sweden 5 - 8pts Kazakhstan 6 - 1pt Faroe Islands 5 - 0 pts Group D Netherlands 6 - 18pts -------------------------------------- Hungary 6 - 11pts -------------------------------------- Romania 6 - 10pts Turkey 6 - 7pts Estonia 6 - 6pts Andorra 6 - 0pts Group E Switzerland 6 - 14pts ---------------------------------- Albania 6 - 10pts ---------------------------------- Iceland 6 - 9pts Norway 6 - 8pts Slovenia 6 - 6pts Cyprus 6 - 4pts Group F Portugal 7 - 14pts ------------------------------ Russia 5 - 12pts ------------------------------ Israel 6 - 11pts Azerbaijan 7 - 4pts Northern Ireland 5 - 3pts Luxembourg 6 - 3pts Group G Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 - 16pts ----------------------------------------- Greece 6 - 13pts ----------------------------------------- Slovakia 6 - 9pts Lithuania 6 - 5pts Latvia 6 - 4pts Liechtenstein 6 - 2pts Group H Montenegro 7 - 14pts ------------------------------- England 6 - 12pts ------------------------------- Ukraine 6- 11pts Poland 6 - 9pts Moldova 7 - 5pts San Marino 6 - 0pts Group I Spain 5 - 11pts ---------------------------- France 5 - 10pts Finland 4 - 5pts Georgia 5 - 4pts Belarus 5 - 3pts Team Qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Brazil (Host) 2 Japan 3 - 32 TBC

FRENDLY RESULTS - Wednesday 29th Feburuay 2012 (Click on games for goals and match highlights) New Zealand 2-3 Jamaica Virgo '40 (JAM) ; Stewart '53 (JAM) ; Wood '55 (NZL) ; Boyd '77 (JAM) ; Killen '89 (NZL) Philippines 1-1 Malaysia Wolf '35 (PHL) ; Ali (MAL) '90 Hong Kong 5-1 Chinese Taipei Siu Ki Chan (HGK) '2 '5 '82 ; Lee Hong Lim (HNK) '16 ; Kuo Y-H (CTI) 44 ; Fai (HNK) '82 Kazakhstan 0-0 Latvia Cyprus 0-0 Serbia Georgia 2-1 Albania Cani '3 (ALB) ; Kobakhidze (GEO) '47 '88 Moldova 0-0 Belarus Canada 1-3 Armenia McKenna (CAN) '4 ; Pizzelli (ARM) '22 '67 ; Ozbiliz (ARM) pen '90 Hungary 1-1 Bulgaria Szalai (HUN) '42 ; Bojinov (BUL) '87 Israel 2-3 Ukraine Guse (UKR) pen '17 ; Konoplyanka (UKR) '45 ; Hemad (ISR) pen '65 ; Yarmolenko (UKR) '61 ; Sahar (ISR) '63 Ivory Coast 0-0 Guinea Montenegro 2-1 Iceland Jovetic (MON) '56 '87 ; Finnbogason (ICE) '79 Tunsia 1-1 Peru Yahia (TUN) '45 ; Pizarro (PRU) pen '45 Luxembourg 2-1 Macedonia Hasani (MAC) '25 ; Deville (LUX) '56 '90 Malta 2-1 Liectenstein Mifsud (MAL) '54 '64 ; Buchel (LIC) '48 Romania 1-1 Uruguay Cavani (URG) '1 ; Stancu (ROM) '50 Weiss (SVK) '25 ' Stoch '39 ; Toprak (TUR) '85 South Africa 0-0 Senegal Denmark 0-2 Russia Shirokov (RUS) '4 ; Arshavin (RUS) '45 Morocco 2-0 Burkina Faso Boussoufa (MOR) '18 ; Arabi (MOR) '64 Austria 3-1 Finland Janko (AUT) '32 ; Harnik (AUT) '54 ; Ivanschitz (AUT) pen '73 ; Furuholm (FIN) '89 Croatia 1-3 Sweden Ibrahimovic (SWE) pen '13 ; Olsson (CRO) o.g '44 ; Larsson (SWE) '47 '69 Greece 1-1 Belguim Salpingidis (GRE) '9 ; Chadli (BEL) '32 ; Lombaerts (BEL) [] '62 Switzerland 1-3 Argentina Messi (ARG) '20 '88 pen '90 ; Shaqiri (SWI) '50 Germany 1-2 France Giroud (FRA) '21 ; Malouda (FRA) '69 ; Cacau (GER) '90 Ireland 1-1 Czech Rep. Baros (CZE) '51 ; Cox (IRE) '86 Italy 0-1 USA Dempsey '55 Northern Ireland 0-3 Norway Nordtveit (NOR) '44 ; Elyounoussi (NOR) '88 ; Ruud (NOR) '90 Poland 0-0 Portugal Slovenia 1-1 Scotland Kirm (SLO) '33 ; Berra (SCO) '39 Wales 0-1 Costa Rica Cambell (CSR) '6 England 2-3 Netherlands Robben (NET) '57 '90 ; Huntelaar (NET) '59 ; Cahill (ENG) '85 ; Young (ENG) '90 Spain 5-0 Venezuela Iniesta (ESP) '37 ; Silva (ESP) '40 ; Soldado (ESP) '50 '53 '84

FRENDLY RESULTS - Wednesday 29th Feburuay 2012 New Zealand 2-3 Jamaica Virgo '40 (JAM) ; Stewart '53 (JAM) ; Wood '55 (NZL) ; Boyd '77 (JAM) ; Killen '89 (NZL) Philippines 1-1 Malaysia Wolf '35 (PHL) ; Ali (MAL) '90 Hong Kong 5-1 Chinese Taipei Siu Ki Chan (HGK) '2 '5 '82 ; Lee Hong Lim (HNK) '16 ; Kuo Y-H (CTI) 44 ; Fai (HNK) '82 Kazakhstan 0-0 Latvia Cyprus 0-0 Serbia Georgia 2-1 Albania Cani '3 (ALB) ; Kobakhidze (GEO) '47 '88 Moldova 0-0 Belarus Canada 1-3 Armenia McKenna (CAN) '4 ; Pizzelli (ARM) '22 '67 ; Ozbiliz (ARM) pen '90 Hungary 1-1 Bulgaria Szalai (HUN) '42 ; Bojinov (BUL) '87 Israel 2-3 Ukraine Guse (UKR) pen '17 ; Konoplyanka (UKR) '45 ; Hemad (ISR) pen '65 ; Yarmolenko (UKR) '61 ; Sahar (ISR) '63 Ivory Coast 0-0 Guinea Montenegro 2-1 Iceland Jovetic (MON) '56 '87 ; Finnbogason (ICE) '79 Tunsia 1-1 Peru Yahia (TUN) '45 ; Pizarro (PRU) pen '45 Luxembourg 2-1 Macedonia Hasani (MAC) '25 ; Deville (LUX) '56 '90 Malta 2-1 Liectenstein Mifsud (MAL) '54 '64 ; Buchel (LIC) '48 Romania 1-1 Uruguay Cavani (URG) '1 ; Stancu (ROM) '50 Turkey 1-2 Slovakia Weiss (SVK) '25 ' Stoch '39 ; Toprak (TUR) '85 South Africa 0-0 Senegal Denmark 0-2 Russia Shirokov (RUS) '4 ; Arshavin (RUS) '45 Morocco 2-0 Burkina Faso Boussoufa (MOR) '18 ; Arabi (MOR) '64 Austria 3-1 Finland Janko (AUT) '32 ; Harnik (AUT) '54 ; Ivanschitz (AUT) pen '73 ; Furuholm (FIN) '89 Croatia 1-3 Sweden Ibrahimovic (SWE) pen '13 ; Olsson (CRO) o.g '44 ; Larsson (SWE) '47 '69 Greece 1-1 Belguim Salpingidis (GRE) '9 ; Chadli (BEL) '32 ; Lombaerts (BEL) [] '62 Switzerland 1-3 Argentina Messi (ARG) '20 '88 pen '90 ; Shaqiri (SWI) '50 Germany 0-2 France Giroud (FRA) '21 ; Malouda (FRA) '69 Ireland 1-1 Czech Rep. Baros (CZE) '51 ; Cox (IRE) '86 Italy 0-1 USA Dempsey '55 Northern Ireland 0-3 Norway Nordtveit (NOR) '44 ; Elyounoussi (NOR) '88 ; Ruud (NOR) '90 Poland 0-0 Portugal Slovenia 1-1 Scotland Kirm (SLO) '33 ; Berra (SCO) '39 Wales 0-1 Costa Rica Cambell (CSR) '6 England 2-3 Netherlands Robben (NET) '57 '90 ; Huntelaar (NET) '59 ; Cahill (ENG) '85 ; Young (ENG) '90 Spain 4-0 Venezuela 65th minute Iniesta (ESP) '37 ; Silva (ESP) '40 ; Soldado (ESP) '50 '53

This is what is said almost the same time last year we Ancelotti was under pressure; The Portuguese, asked if he would see out his four-year contract at the Bernabeu, said: “I don’t know. I love Chelsea. “I was the happiest man [when there]. I was thinking to be there all my life and a few months later, I was out. So you never know. And now almost a year on when AVB is under pressure. he looking at houses in London, saying he doesn't want to be at Real Madrid next season. It's almost like he wishes he'll be back at Chelsea and you must really like a club is your saying you love them whilst managing a different club and his timing these articles right at the time when the current manager of Chelsea is under pressure.

gee it's a tough one, can't separate these three; Wayne Rooney Javier Hernandez Luis Suarez

Because he loves Chelsea. If Jose wasn't sacked 4 years ago, then he'll still be at Chelsea now and we'll probably have more trophies, and be in a better position then what we are in now. he is the best manager in the world. Why would you not want him back at Chelsea?

Players get paid enough by their clubs anyway. It should be a honor to represent your country. Nations need to play friendlies to prepare for these tournaments. Brazil 2-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina Marcelo '4 (BRA) ; Ibisevic '13 (BIH) ; o.g Papac (BRA) Serbia 2-0 Armenia Kuzmanovic '15 (SRB) ; Ivanovic '30 (SRB)

Saturday 3rd March - 3pm WEST BROM vs CHELSEA -------------------------The Hawthorns WEST BROM Table 13th - 32pts - W 9 D 5 L 12 GF 33 GA 35 -2 Recent Form LDLWW - 7pts v Sunderland 4-0 (H) v Wolves 5-1 (A) v Swansea 1-2 (H) v Fulham 1-1 (A) v Norwich 1-2 (H) Top Scorer Peter Odemwingie 9 Last Games Line-up 4-3-3 Foster | Reid, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell | Andrews, Mulumbu, Morrison | Odemwingie, Fortune, Thomas CHELSEA Table 5th - 46pts - W 13 D 7 L 6 GF 47 GA 31 +16 Recent Form DDDLW - 6pts v Bolton 3-0 (H) v Everton 2-0 (A) v Manchester City 3-3 (H) v Swansea 1-1 (A) v Norwich 0-0 (A) Top Scorer Frank Lampard 10 Last Games Line-up 4-3-2-1 Cech | Ivanovic, Cahill, Luiz, Cole | Ramires, Essien, Lampard | Sturridge, Mata | Drogba Last Meeting Chelsea 2-1 West Brom - Saturday 20th August 2011, Stamford Bridge Long '4 (WBA) Anelka '53 (CHE) Malouda '83 (CHE) West Brom are coming off some big wins scoring 9 goals in their past 2 games, Odemwingie has scored 5 of them. I think the 3-0 win against Bolton will give us some confidence going forward and we'll beat West Brom, but with West Brom is some good goal scoring form I think they'll score against our defence. Prediction West Brom 1-2 Chelsea

TOTTENHAM 53pts | +21 Manchester United (H) Everton (A) Stoke (H) Chelsea (A) Swansea (H) Sunderland (A) Norwich (H) Bolton (A) QPR (A) Blackburn (H) Aston Villa (A) Fulham (H) ARSENAL 46pts | +16 Liverpool (A) Newcastle (H) Everton (A) Aston Villa (H) QPR (A) Manchester City (H) Wolves (A) Wigam (H) Chelsea (H) Stoke (A) Norwich (H) West Brom CHELSEA 46pts | +16 West Brom (A) Stoke (H) Manchester City (A) Tottenham (H) Aston Villa (A) Wigan (H) Fulham (A) Newcastle (H) Arsenal (A) QPR (H) Liverpool (A) Blackburn (H) NEWCASTLE 43pts | 0 Sunderland (H) Arsenal (A) Norwich (H) West Brom (A) Liverpool (H) Swansea (A) Bolton (H) Chelsea (A) Stoke (H) Wigan (A) Manchester City (H) Everton (A) LIVERPOOL 39pts | +6 - 1 game in hand Arsenal (H) Sunderland (A) Everton (H) QPR (A) Wigan (H) Newcastle (A) Aston Villa (H) Blackburn (A) Fulham (H) West Brom (H) Norwich (A) Chelsea (H) Swansea (A) Looking at that Liverpool probably have the easiest.. We've got the hardest, still go to play Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Newcastle and Liverpool, we can't really lose any of those matches. Tottenham should finish 3rd.

Oh so your only now starting to care about winning.

Nah his bang on, happens with every club. When players first arrive, managers and even new supporters, they don't really want them to win. They put in hours and hours a day but really It takes about 5 years at the club for them to start caring and wanting to win. lol, Yeah I think his got a point.

League Cup Final Mickey Mouse Cup Liverpool v Cardiff The final is this evening, hopefully Cardiff can get Mickey.

International Friendly Matches Tuesday, 28 February 2012 Serbia v Armenia Brazil v Bosnia-Herzegovina Wednesday, 29 February 2012 Chile v Ghana El Salvador v Estonia New Zealand v Jamaica Ecuador v Honduras El Salvador v Estonia Cyprus v Serbia Georgia v Albania Latvia v Kazakhstan Moldova v Belarus Armenia v Canada Hungary v Bulgaria Montenegro v Iceland Italy v USA Luxembourg v FYR Macedonia Tunisia v Peru Malta v Liechtenstein Denmark v Russia Romania v Uruguay Wales v Costa Rica Greece v Belgium England v Netherlands Turkey v Slovakia South Africa v Senegal Austria v Finland Croatia v Sweden Switzerland v Argentina Poland v Portugal Mexico v Colombia Germany v France Ireland v Czech Rep. Northern Ireland v Norway Thursday, 1 March 2012 Paraguay v Panama Ecuador v Honduras

Bolton are rubbish, 3-0 win was a pretty soild performance, probably should of scored at least 5 against that mess. Oh well I'll take any 3 points at the moment. Sturridge was a threat all game, Luiz played some great balls and scored a nice goal, he should seriously play in the midfield. Didn't think Cahill had a great game. Lampard did some really good stuff but also some bad things too and blahhhh we should give up on Torres.

The last 5 managers we have had AVB has been our worst performance wise manager. If you look at it, we basically have the same team as last season but with better additions such as Mata, but yet we're not improving and are only going backwards from last season. If we fail to make the Champions League next season we wont attract the big players no matter how much money we throw at them. Managers in the past that haven't been doing well have been sacked right away, I don't know why it's different this time around, it is because we don't want to be seen as a club that just goes through managers every season? It's like any workforce if your doing your job poor and not getting the results you'll get sacked.

Ridiclous to say get rid of Sturridge who's probably be our biggest spark of the season besides Mata but we should keep Kalou. Sturridge is still young, he'll mature and be less selfesh and could become one of the best strikers in the world. And no way would I want that disgrace of a player Suarez to play for Chelsea.

I've been having the same problem with IE, just downloaded Firefox, don't have that problem anymore, it was driving me crazy.

Is their going to be a forum section for Euro 2012?