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Thats their aim - Stats was asking how they are able to do it. Answer is creative accounting mainly the stretching of payments over the whole contract.

True. They were using that as excuse to chuck people on the scrapheap. They're being cute, spreading the cost of the payments over the whole of the contract. Also Rashfords salary about 325k a week is paid by Barca and they have millions from sell on clauses coming in.

Gooners 2-1 down 😀

5 year deal at Everton Definitely not a loss when we've somehow managed to get almost £30m back for a player we clearly don't want or need

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But can he play double pivot

Fuck knows why. Hes quick, beats players, then gives the ball away, or shoots into row Z or 10 yards wide. We've had enough of that type of player.

Fuck sake. Garnachos form makes Mudryk seem dependable

Well thats ok then. Nothing to see here, move along now.... Its a warning shot by the FA. Basically saying ''we know a lot of players are at it, and we're watching you''

Hato is our eighth addition to the squad this summer, and we've spent a combined sum of over £250m, which is balanced by over £150m of player sales. So far...

Can you Fucking believe it. Kier Starmer received £8750 of free Arsenal tickets between November and April 2025. These are tickets for the VIP Directors Lounge where some of the richest people are wined and dined overlooking that dismal pitch. There were supposed to be 10 Free to air televised PL games this season, but 340 MPs voted against it .....because guess what....drumroll.....they get fucking free tickets paid by broadcasters that charge us ! In the VIP Lounge Starmer mixes with the biggest powerbrokers in the UK and the World. deals are done - and lots in favour of Arsenal FC. Starmer says he needs security which is why he has to go in the VIP Lounge -this is utter bollocks Corbyn and Sunak used to mix with the fans. Worse Starmer has appointed David Kogan as Independent Football Regulator after he has given Starmer 'donations'. Corruption all the way

We saw him play many games -really physical and skilful Not an exaggeration to say he saved the club -without which none of the people here or this forum probably wouldnt exist He stopped us going down to Division 3

It is with great sadness that Chelsea Football Club has learned of the passing of our former player, Joey Jones, at the age of 70. An out-and-out defender and fans’ favourite, Jones played for Chelsea in three highly eventful seasons in the early 1980s and won a Second Division championship medal to add to trophies earned elsewhere. The Welsh international was one of the great characters to have worn our shirt. More than that, he could take credit for the part he played in putting the brakes on when the club was in freefall, and then helping to propel us on an upward trajectory once again. Jones was signed by John Neal in 1982 and was already well-known to the Blues manager, who had nurtured him into the professional game when they were both at Wrexham. Jones was also known to Chelsea supporters in general. He had risen to prominence as a member of Liverpool’s first European Cup-winning team in 1977 and, on moving to Stamford Bridge, became our only current international footballer. He was capped 72 times by Wales. With the Blues at our lowest ebb, Neal knew he was importing spirit in the shape of an ultra-committed player who had caused him no end of off-field headaches in his younger days – Jones had been a self-confessed tearaway. The start at his new club was not without trauma, too. Initially, the signing was unpopular with the crowd, who remembered Jones' past confrontations with Chelsea. One shock FA Cup defeat for Liverpool at Stamford Bridge effectively ended his Anfield career. Jones was sent off on his Chelsea debut, a defeat at Carlisle, which did not help his cause, but he soon won fans over. Capable of playing all across the backline, he admitted he was far from the most skilful defender – ‘I was bought to tackle’ – but what was clear to see was a never-say-die battler who was prepared to play on when bloodied and bruised, and who put the supporters first. These were characteristics many believed were lacking in the team. Jones became a fans' favourite during his time at Stamford Bridge Neal signed a couple of other strong characters to be role models in a deflated Division Two squad. And although the impact was not instant – the Blues finished in our lowest-ever league position in 1982/83 – Jones rapport with the supporters continued to grow through his on-pitch efforts and his pre-match ritual of rousing the crowd by running to them with a clenched-fist salute, urging their backing, with his other hand carefully covering his Liverpool tattoo! ‘I feel very sorry for the Chelsea fans because we are not giving them enough to shout about,’ Jones said at the time. ‘We take as many supporters away from home as Liverpool and should be giving them more.’ The moustachioed warrior was voted Chelsea Player of the Year as relegation was narrowly avoided. Jones was named our Player of the Season at the end of the 1982/83 campaign In the phoenix-from-the-flames season that was Chelsea’s charge to the Second Division title in 1983/84, Jones was the left-back of choice. He started all but eight of the league games. He scored the second of his two Chelsea goals in a 5-3 win at Fulham as the memorable season began to catch fire, and there was further impetus with the mid-season signing of Mickey Thomas, Jones’ great friend from their junior days at Wrexham and another whole-hearted livewire. Thomas' high-energy wing play fitted well in front of Jones – the team proved unbeatable for the rest of the campaign – while off the pitch, they would commute together to west London from North Wales, sometimes sleeping overnight on the physio’s couch at the Bridge. Jones had struggled to relocate to the capital when unable to sell his home and was naturally wary of the big city. Jones celebrates after Chelsea clinch promotion back to the first division in 1984 There was also a hitch in extending his contract, so for life back in the top division, a new left-back was brought in from Scotland, the towering Doug Rougvie. That reduced Jones’ involvement, although he did win his place back in the second half of the season and was drafted in at right-back for a famous League Cup tie epic at Sheffield Wednesday. When Neal’s ill-health led to his assistant coach John Hollins taking the manager’s reins for the 1985/86 season, the new boss was less tolerant of the Welsh pair’s travel and training arrangements, and their antics, which for some had brightened life at Chelsea, were over. To the surprise of many fans, Jones was transferred to Huddersfield Town before the next season began, with 91 appearances to his name and his status as a true Chelsea cult hero assured. Jones later returned to Wrexham for a third playing spell before a natural progression into coaching in their academy. All at Chelsea send our deepest condolences to Joey's family and friends.

Israel routinely kills Palestinian players July 4th 2025 Palestinian football star Fadl al-Lay died on Thursday after being wounded in an Israeli attack on his home this week. The attack took place on Monday at the Maghazi refugee camp, central Gaza. Lay's death makes him the second football player to be killed this week in the besieged enclave. Lay was a player for the Al-Maghazi Services Club and the Palestinian national football team. The Palestinian Football Association said in a statement that: "A drone fired a missile at Muhannad's room on the third floor of his home, causing him a severe skull haemorrhage, which led to his death." The association noted that the footballer attempted to travel outside the blockaded strip to join his wife in Norway before the outbreak of the war, but he was prevented from leaving and was not able to see his family.

He still thinks they're cunts though Pep Guardiola speaks out on Gaza and 'refusing to be silent when it matters most' Man City boss Pep Guardiola warned 'the next kids will be ours' as he spoke about the Israel-Gaza war Guardiola spoke of 'boys and girls of four years old being killed' during his acceptance address at Whitworth Hall to the University of Manchester. He referenced his own three children as he told of seeing news about 'infants' in Gaza everyday. He concluded: "In a world that often tell us we are too small to make a difference, that story reminds me the power of one is not about the scale. Is about choice. About showing up. About refusing to be silent or still when it matters most." "Maybe we think that we see the boys and girls of four years old being killed for the bomb or being killed at the hospital because it's not hospital anymore, it's not our business. Yeah, fine. We can think about that. It's not our business. But be careful. The next one will be ours. The next four, five year-old kids will be ours. Manchester Evening News

Looks amazing

Not disputing that, and we had some bad luck as well. Bottom line is we won the World Club Cup playing the best football.

Saying ''we were lucky with this, lucky with that'' is the sort of soundbites used by pre pubescent gooner/spuds bitters to justify their own shortcomings

Think he plays better with team mates that read the game as he does, and are willing to sacrifice personal glory for the good of the team -ie Madueke and Jackson have/had a tendency to be selfish, often at the expense of another lost opportunity

Boehly ''KTBFFH'' 💙

Laura James missed a penalty for England v Sweden Penalty shootout has to be the worst batch of spot kicks for a while. So many spooned over and missed the target. England finally beat Sweden on last kick

Cucu is a good person

Branding, leverage. marketing, FFS. We all agree football now is just another 'business' to them. As long as they remember during the pandemic they had the stark realism forced on them that football is fuck all without us fans going to matches