Ryan C™

I'm sure Chelsea is one of the most hated clubs but not sure about the most hated. Mourinho is a core reason as well as the humongous cash injection towards players and success. I've known of plenty of Chesea fans who dislike Mourinho's attitude and tactics and some do not blame the hate from football fans towards their club due to this.

I’m not even a Chelsea fan but am 100% behind you fans tonight. You were robbed harshly and the refereeing was abysmal. I would have probably reacted in a worse manner if I was any of those players, particularly Drogba. I would have gone to further levels trying to aggravate the referee even more. I don’t think I’ve seen or heard of a football game with such poor refereeing decisions. I don’t even like Chelsea football club but the wrong team have gone through to the final. Good luck to Barcelona, though, even though I despise them. I just don’t want Man Utd to win.

I think Arsenal might just narrowly win this match but do believe it will be a close contest. We have a lot of injury worries but managed well against Villarreal and have kept a good run of form lately. Slightly confident we might be able to get a 1-0 or 2-1 victory here.

It is like Elliot said: Some people, especially chavs, seem to distinguish countries like Pakistan and India as the same thing, which would be like saying England and Scotland are the same. Anyone of South Asian descent, or even Arabians and Mauritians, can be considered a 'Paki,' yes.

There are small minorities in Europe that have hatred towards people of black descent, and you can see that in football matches in Spain and Italy. The word 'Yid' is used widely to Tottenham fans because of the area being packed with Jews from White Hart Lane to Stoke Newington. The Jews get thoroughly mistreated by people in the area and, having witnessed it from spending the majority of my life in Tottenham, there has been a case of kids cutting the hair of innocent Jews in the area. I wouldn't say the actual word is a problem, though. The word is only really used by football fans and it would be extremely rare to hear that said outside a football matter. You'll find that areas within Whitechapel and East Ham, in which I live in now, have a significant amount of South Asians in it. The area is also home to West Ham. There have also been chants to West Ham about ‘Pakis,’ as the area is swarmed with South Asian people. I wouldn't worry about the word 'Yid' as the word 'Paki' is used freely in speech in UK by a minority of people, and you could probably get assaulted/killed for being of South Asian descent.

I honestly think this is poised to be a draw or an Arsenal win. Arsenal have been in a drawing mood off late but current form would be discarded for this game. Possible outcomes: Chelsea 0-0 Arsenal Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal Chelsea 0-1 Arsenal Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal I know that I've noted quite a few options, but I see the actual game panning one of the above results.

Tottenham have helped Arsenal massively, point wise, and it will be interesting to see what happens this Sunday.

There's nothing new there. As long as Anelka is being paid a wage packet to suit him, he doesn’t give a shit. He's a cunt.

Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - Barclays Premier League: Chelsea Vs Derby, 20:00 Saturday, 15 March 2008 - Barclays Premier League: Sunderland Vs Chelsea, 15:00 Wednesday, 19 March 2008 - Barclays Premier League: Tottenham Vs Chelsea, 20:00 Sunday, 23 March 2008 - Barclays Premier League: Chelsea Vs Arsenal, 16:00 Monday, 31 March 2008 - Barclays Premier League: Chelsea Vs Middlesbrough, 20:00 With Chelsea's unexpected, but deserved, defeat to Barnsley today, what do you think the outcome of these fixtures will be? Can Chelsea dispose of Tottenham and Arsenal to bounce back? Are Sunderland going to grab a win over Chelsea? Discuss here.

...and so are Chelsea... :censored:

Schalke, Roma or Fenerbahçe. English teams should avoid each other and I hope Arsenal don't get Barcelona, though I feel we can really test them.

I feel that some of the Chelsea players didn't really put their all in, with Anelka standing out. I think Malouda was the worst, though, and that he should be gone with Grant soon. Joe Cole showed commitment and desire but it wasn't enough, unfortunately.

You're out.

Wright-Phillips has fucked you over. You've lost.

Terry should have scored...

I thought Pizarro would score there...

That offside decision involving Jose Cole was poor and his reaction was entertaining. He should have gone timeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ago.

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Odejayi has had chances and made poor decisions, while Howard has had a chance or two. Chelsea should, at the very least, be a goal down.

I doubt you'll do a Liverpool but it won't be that easy. Barnsley 0-2 Chelsea

Olympiakos really need to defend better or there'll be more going in.

Arsenal were also meant to sign him but he chose Milan over everyone else.

Gallas is a fine example of a role model, yes. I can honestly say the Birmingham antics of his were not disgraceful in my eyes. I would have done it myself if I was in a mood like that. People say it's because he's the captain but it's impossible to keep your cool 24/7. Gallas simply, as the captain, would instruct team-mates not to get carried away and defend well, especially in the closing stages. Gallas saw that Clichy's error was not a common one he could get away with and got pissed at the fact that Arsenal were going to draw a game they should have won. The whole emotion that Gallas portrayed should have been mentioned, yes. I feel, however, that the whole TV pundits and press criticism is over the top. This whole situation will probably give you something to chuck Gallas' way in the end, I suppose. I don't blame you, though, as Gallas is a cunt in his own way, as well as Ashley Cole.

I personally think that this guy had the potential to develop into the Arsenal team, eventually. The problem, though, is that he's a cunt. Diarra was way to impatient and is really determined to make it into Euro 2008, and he went about it the wrong way. He didn't want to take his chances at not getting any playing time at Arsenal and that was a blow to us, as we could have used him in the last few weeks (loss to Man Utd and Milan games). I think we should have loaned him out to Portsmouth for half a season and then taken him back at the end of the season, where he'd get pre-season friendlies and almost certainly a regular Arsenal role. On an off-note, though, Diarra's head is really abnormal and immediately noticeable. If he wasn't a footballer, he definitely wouldn't get a girlfriend...

I can't be bothered to fill that whole table out, to be honest. I still think this will be between Man Utd and Arsenal, and that Arsenal will resurrect a more direct challenge than the ‘on and off’ stuff going on now.