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I suppose there could be some other reasons for the copious amounts of hangers on ?

There wernt going to be multiple changes in my opinion, as it was Grants ineptitude that resulted in a trophyless season. Sidwell and BendOver out for combined £10 m...good bit o' business

Agree, Anchorman was quite good as was Blades of Glory. Loads of so called Chelsea fans, celeb or otherwise, emotionally attaching themselves because they like to be linked to winners, and in some vain attempt that success rubs off on them.....probably

It shows how the players performed in spite of him, yet came within a mosquitos pube of copious amounts of silverware. To me, with Huge Balls Felipe taking the reins, it highlights how little the squad needs to change....

Chelsea plan talks with Milan in Moscow over Shevchenko's exit Chelsea are set to meet officials from AC Milan in Moscow this weekend to negotiate the transfer of striker Andriy Shevchenko. The clubs will be in the Russian capital competing in a pre-season tournament and could face each other on Sunday depending on results from their first games. Milan are desperate to resign their former striker, who has failed to make much of an impact since his £30.8million move from the San Siro in 2006. AC Milan bound? The Italians are desperate to sign Chelsea's Andriy Shevchenko. He looked short of match fitness and confidence after coming on in Chelsea's 2-0 win over a Malaysia XI. AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said: 'If I see Shevchenko in Moscow, I will say hello to him. 'The player will not go to any other Italian club apart from Milan. Mail

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....

Self conscious fools , pretending not to show off their tattoos. People who speak as if they're from ''da street'' ''innit'', ''bruv'' ''safe'' etc but they're not. Fucking idiots, pitiful.

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...

So is it advisable not be driving in the Coventry area during the next few months ?

Rafas Brain Scan

Had a few jugs of these recently. Nice posh Summer drink... perhaps a bit gay though

Thats black to the Chinese. 100% gangsta. To be fair they've been under a regime that has been divided from the West for centuries. They have discriminatory policies against the disabled athletes as well. All their narrow mindedness and discrimination is no different to how the UK , US, and Europe was a few decades ago

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.