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Times saying this Morning that the deal for the tight shorted inadequate, is done and dusted for £5 million.....

Avram Grant says he wants to spend time away . Photograph:Richard Heath/Getty The former Chelsea manager Avram Grant has admitted that he faced a dressing room that had little confidence in his skills when he replaced Jose Mourinho at the club last year. However, Grant believes he won the players over by guiding them to the Champions League final, the Carling Cup final and to second place in the Premier League. "When I took over Chelsea after Jose Mourinho was fired, the English press and some Chelsea players did not believe in my ability," he said. "But I proved that to them in the last two or three months when Chelsea nearly won three competitions." According to reports the manager, fired in May just three days after losing the Champions League final, has finally agreed a £3.5m compensation deal with Chelsea. He thought he was entitled to £5m after working just six months of the four-year deal he signed in December last year. Avram Grant says he wants to spend time away from football. Guardian ''wants to spend time away from football'' HA HA HA, Why's that then ? Because you can afford to now you've reamed millions out of Abramovich and no one is stupid enough to employ you ?

Agree Steve. I know Chelsea threw Wise a lifeline, but Scouser Barton has had several chances. This is definitely a case where the FA or Premier League should step in.

Well according to several media outlets this morning the Yids are about to spend £17m on Bentley and £19m on Arshevin in next 24 hours. Really up for that UEFA Cup spot now....

Like his brother who murdered that lad in a park by hacking his skull with an Ice Axe, Barton is nothing but a Scouse thug. To reward him by paying him £60 000 a week, sends out all the wrong signals to children and impressionable fans.

Lovely goal. Deco looks very creative, will be good next season. Even though the pitch looks like a rice field.

The stubbing out of the cigarette in a junior players eye wasnt a fight. The beating up of a teenager whilst the team was in Thailand wasnt a fight either. The sustained attack on Dabo was from behind. Totally indefensible. Any other employer regards it as instant dismisal as gross misconduct if you assault someone. What is also sickening is that six Premier Clubs were allegedly interested in taking him on , on comparable wages when he came out of the nick. This is the real reason why Kevin 'I cry a lot' Keegan took him back.

I thought that was instant dismissal ? No appeals, nothing, thats it, out on your arse. Now, not only did Joey 'the wanker' Barton stub a cigarette out in a colleagues eye, he also battered team mate Ousmane Dabo into a bleeding unconscious pulp. He has also driven into a pedestrian breaking their leg and was fined two months wages for battering a teenager in Bangkok. Last Christmas he did this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul5uVWDexRo It seems Kevin 'fruitcake' Keegan is willing to take him back and pay him £60 000 a week...even though 4 out of 5 Toon fans dont want him, and loads have not renewed their season tiickets because of the return of Joey 'sad twat' Barton. Surely enoughs enough, and the toothless FA or Premier League which last season was so hot on ''respect'' should say something ? but no the deafening silence from the gravy train fat cats at Lancater Gate is so predictable....

Be good to see Sinclair get a runout. They should play him at right back because we dont have enough of those.... ..kick off in a few minuteas ? going to try and find a link now...

Rafas Brain Scan

Liverpool are allowed to tap up players, its not even called that, because they have so much history and dignity.and you cant stop a lifelong fan joining the ''only club hes ever loved''. Players who say they're a big supporter of a club are generally 99% liars. Anyway it's Rafas ''final piece of the jigsaw''.

Welcome BJ -look forwrd to your contributions...

They could well be -Keanes crossing from the right is pretty accurate when hes not up front. But they never have the stamina or consistency to fully challenge. Tottenham and Levy werent happy at all about this, and a footnote to the story was how LFC had to donate an undisclosed amount to a Tottenham charity to avoid 'tapping up' allegations. What is this Tottenham Charity ? The Alan Sugar Apprentice Memorial Trust ? The Keep Berbatov a Yid campaign ??

From LFC website "The lifelong Red was just nine years old last time the club won the league back at a time when he slept under Liverpool bedsheets and walked around in his club tracksuit. He now eagerly expects a league Winners medal with his dream club" MY ARSE

The Chinese games are really just a marketing excercise, with a kickabout tacked on. It does however give them a chance to gel, and Scolari to make preliminary assessments. As you say they wont really come under fire until the Russian games, and from that he will have more of an idea about strengths and weaknesses. A contigency will have been arranged should Madrid continue playing silly buggers, but the arrival of Robinho would almost definitley signal the exit for SWP....

Theres a definite case for the reasoning that the squad came so very close last season to everything, that Scolari feels an extra hunger and 10 % is ready to be unleashed, and that certain players have something to prove. Some players are way, way overpaid, received millions in their transfer percentage alone , and the fans deserve payback. Its not like they dont have the ability. Sidwell, Ben Haim and possibly Pizarro were the main ones to be shot of.

This is probably down to the intransigence in the Robinho situation, but maybe big Fillipe sees untapped potential to be unleashed in the all new Malouda and SWP Show...

Fuck 'em. They cant keep upping the price. At the end of the day they'll be left with one talented disgruntled player, like they were with Makalele...

Lol, wouldnt say its too late -it's not as if he gets regular runouts. Lets wait and see, maybe Big balls Phil will get the best out of him, or lose patience.....

I can understand the frustration at SWP, and Malouda seemed like a lazy cunt several games last term. Often players need the threat of exile to get the best out of them - Malouda has proven talent, SWP has pace and ability to take on and beat players, score fantastic goals, and even cross accurately. Too often hes given the ball away, first touch is pony, -this is more erraticsm of form than shiteness, and needs coaching -shouting at, imo to get the consistent SWP performing that everyone raved about at Man City. If Robinho doesnt arrive and SWP is not performing by Christmas consistently, kick the dwarf out.

Maybe, or a replacement for Drogba -but as you've highlighted before, there is no fan democracy when selecting players. Big Phil calls the shots, and if hes been impressed with the wee man .... We came within a gnats pube of several trophies last term, and it was Grants ineptitude, and lack of leadership -that JT has alluded to - that cost the lack of silverware...

WE CAN WIN MASTERCHEF AND UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE, SAYS SCOLARI Deco's rack of lamb is not quite there yet Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari believes his team can win all three domestic trophies, the Champions League, University Challenge and Masterchef. The Brazilian insisted his squad is strong enough to conquer Europe and, for the first time in its history, take the title of best amateur cook in Britain. He said: "Frank Lampard has developed the most exquisite game terrine with cranberry jam. "It will make all other food seem weak and badly organised. Let's just hope he doesn't fuck off to Inter Milan." He added: "Deco has been working on a marinated rack of lamb in training. It'll get us through the regional heats but it still needs a lot of work." Chelsea failed to win a trophy last season after finishing second to Manchester United in the Premier League and Europe, and then being edged out by Christ Church College Oxford in the final of University Challenge. This season Scolari is expected to play Michael Ballack alongside Claudio Pizarro, combining the German's strength with science quesions and the Peruvian's ability to identify any country just from looking at an outline. The former Portugal coach said: "If the league schedule permits I'd love Ashley Cole to have a go at Mastermind. "There is absolutely nothing that boy doesn't know about Rogers and Hammerstein." Daily Mash

Looks like hes staying now; Jose Mourinho appeared last night to have given up on his summer-long quest to land Frank Lampard. The former Chelsea boss declared the England midfielder wanted to stay at Stamford Bridge. Mourinho had looked set to sign Lampard after his contract dispute with the Blues lurched into open warfare. Inter had two bids rejected by Chelsea, who were willing to risk Lampard walking out for nothing next June at the end of his current deal rather than cashing in this summer. But with suggestions that the Blues are willing to relent and offer Lampard the five-year deal he has demanded, after he rejected the £140,000 per week four-year terms that were on offer, Mourinho gave the clearest signal yet that he has finally discounted the midfielder from his plans. Daily Mirror Now they've Muntari as well. So it looks like 2008-9 season will start with Lampard, Drogba SWP ...and Pizarro. Ben Haim supposed to sign for Citeh this week though. Thank fuck.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ool/7528735.stm Good signing for them, but they've paid over the odds imo, and they still wont be a title challenger...

Have to see -might fuck everyone off -but its vast improvement on the last charlatan...