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Nice bit of research there. Can we have the results as well ?

She must have really wrenched at it *squirm*

So scousers want DIC for a pair of dickheads ? The dickheads have borrowed loads of cash to try and make a quick buck at Anfield. They have now reneged on their promise of a new stadium. DIC are loaded so they would probably chuck some cash at Rafa to spend.

Its the sort of game where Kalou and SWP would be ideal for unlocking their defence, but JC and Malouda will have to do it. Also a chance for Anelka to open his account. Looking forward to this one, it all seems fairly balanced, unless they score first of course.

Shes talking bollocks.

Like you say as long as no one gets carted off, that defence and having Maka should stop them. Hope we can score early on, 0-0 at 80 mins or something could be a nightmare.

Too right. Looks a pretty strong side though, and can see it maybe going to extra time with another final against the Arse

A woman who ripped off her ex-boyfriend's testicle with her bare hands has been sent to prison. Amanda Monti, 24, flew into a rage when Geoffrey Jones, 37, rejected her advances at the end of a house party, Liverpool Crown Court heard. She pulled off his left testicle and tried to swallow it, before spitting it out. A friend handed it back to Mr Jones saying: "That's yours." Monti admitted wounding and was jailed for two-and-a-half years. 'Pulled hard' Sentencing Monti, Judge Charles James said it was "a very serious injury" and that Monti was not acting in self-defence. The court heard that Mr Jones had ended his long-term but "open relationship" with Monti towards the end of May last year. The pair remained on good terms and on 30 May she picked him up from a party in Crosby and went back for drinks with friends at Mr Jones's house. An argument ensued and Mr Jones said there was a struggle between them. In his statement, Mr Jones said she grabbed his genitals and "pulled hard". I am in no way a violent person Amanda Monti He added: "That caused my underpants to come off and I found I was completely naked and in excruciating pain." The court heard that a friend saw Monti put Mr Jones's testicle into her mouth and try to swallow it. She choked and spat it back into her hand before the friend grabbed it and gave it back to Mr Jones. Doctors were unable to re-attach the organ. In a letter to the court, Monti said she was sorry for what she had done. She said: "It was never my intention to cause harm to Geoff and the fact that I have caused him injury will live with me forever. I am in no way a violent person." The letter added: "I have challenged myself to explain what has happened but still I just cannot remember. This has caused much anguish to me and will do for the rest of my life." BBC/Liverpool Echo

I bet the Dutch are kicking themselves for not allowing him citizenship

Many Italian clubs look after the fans as they're frightened of repercussions. The Premiership is probably the worst league in the world for disregarding its real fans. Arrogance borne out of guaranteed TV money. Its like I said, its a football wide issue, no harm in having a moan about it though. And as iron horse said , it usually just amounts to forum or pub talk, until the clubs push the fans too far, when as you say they have to lower ticket prices for some games, as the adverts in the Evening Standard arent working.

Get back to London or the South around 4 am with work the next day ? Yeah right. SWP is out with severe bruising or something, so that makes 8 potential regulars that would normally be first choice.

Agree it seems a patient build up as in Serie A. Good to see Kalou banging that one away. Does that mean Mikel can come home now ??

Some good points. The club couldn't give a fuck whether its Dave from Sussex whos scraped the admission together or Mitushi, a rich tourist from Japan , who's loudest noise throughout the game is the click of his Sony digicam. People just see it from a me, me, me perspective without looking at the wider picture.

I cant see this happening at all. I doubt he would want to manage in the uk again , and definitely not risk getting burgled or his kids getting mugged. About as likely as the Pope becoming Protestant.

Lol werent there only two divisions South anyway ? My point is they started off as basically a pub team, not Ruud Gullitts allstars. I'm not sure the author is advocating a switch btw, just highlighting a disaffection with the way the clubs gone. Just a guess, but if it did happen there'd be a lot more fans than FC United, as theres a huge concentartion of alienated Chelsea fans in one area -the South East. Uniteds fan base is generally all over the shop.

Its true its symptomatic of football as a whole , and not just Chelsea. With satellites roaming space its an ideal opportunity to bring SW6 or Yernited to Mongolia and Tasmania, and ''buy a shirt while you're at it''. I wouldnt see AFC Chelsea as a ''betrayal'' more a protest, just similar to watching Chelsea and Chelsea reserves.

Chelsea FC started at ''the bottom of the League totem pole'' as do all clubs. FC United won promotion, and has steadily growing following. The relationship with "Big" United is complex; most FC fans still support the club - packing the pubs and Gigg Lane social club to roar United on before FC's games - but they grew alienated, over time, from the business which is Manchester United.

Aroop mate, I'm not going anywhere, just highlighting disaffection. Why do clubs need a sugar daddy ? FC United have sponsors FC Barcelona is owned by the fans

If football continues the way it is we'll have cheerleaders, £1m a week players, rule changes etc (Just listen to Blatter). I can see football being reborn by people who care about the game, maybe with not as much coverage or money. The current Chelsea FC started in the Rising Sun pub -a few regulars, in 1905. They were shit for the first 10 years. Absolute rubbish until they got to an FA semi in 1915 or something. Clubs have to start somewhere. No ones asking you to switch allegiance, but I can see why people are getting fucked off.

Likewise TB. I suppose the only thing I can compare it with would be a long standing Serbian club pricing out ordinary Serbs, making the stadium all seater, and flying in rich Yanks and Japanese. At least the Italian clubs have the fans having a say in how the club is run, and chelseas fans forum although has had a small effect, tends to fall on deaf ears most of the time.

. Well theres already an FC United, so it has happened already. OK it might not have the same covererage as the Theatre of Shit. I dont think the author of the piece, Mr Waring is alone with his feelings So if the clubs dont care about the fans -which I agree with -how much would you put up with ? or if you were priced out at say £150-£250 a ticket -which tourists and middle class opera goers would gladly pay, how long would you carry on with it ? Chelsea till I die and all that, but at what point would you say fuck it, if you could only watch on TV ?

Nah , the tourists are attracted to Kenyons Kensington TV Stars. True which is why you have FC United and and My Football Club etc. Come on Esk, you'd just have to have AFC tatooed on front of 'chelsea' I'd like to see an AFC Chelsea, or other AFCs come to that, not that I'd switch alliances, just so its minor wake up call to the fat money men. Cunts that they are.

It's a step too far, but if there was a breakaway as in FC United i wouldn't be surprised. I can also empathise with the blokes points. I have to say I've been to Yeovil and bristol City as well this season and sad to say, the atmospheres been better there than quite a few Chelsea games. Roman's an idiot sometimes, he's enough dosh not to worry about Chelsea being a 'profitable' company. It could be a fantastic club without all the tourists and slick yank style advertising...and still be profitable, and be idolised as a Saint, by real Chelsea fans.

From CFC Net I don't know about you, but I have become completely disillusioned with Chelsea, the club I once loved and top flight football as a whole. I feel I no longer belong at either, I’m no longer wanted or welcome. That I can no longer relate to either one as a genuine football or Chelsea supporter. I feel out of place and a stranger at the 'new" Chelsea and football scene of today. Because lets face it, as an old school fan, even as a genuine new fan who supports the club in this new era, us working-class boys — who make up the very large majority of real genuine supporters — are being shown the door ever more by the powers that be at Chelsea and The Premier League. They don't want us. We don't earn enough. We are too common and rough arsed. That is why they are changing the whole face of football and culture and changing it over from a mainly working-class sport to a new fashion scene for the glory hunting middle-classes and JCL tourist to latch on to. The extortionate prices, putting them way out of reach from the average working man, the more-fashionable and comfortable all-seater stadiums with less atmosphere, being told to stay seated and behave more like a business man than a passionate football fan — because we don't want the excitement of football to be too boisterous do we in case we scare away the newbies. Club magazines and matchday programmes being more like fashion magazines and old copies of Smash Hits rather than like football magazines, to appeal more to the middle-class and female college types, also being written with a middle-class mentality. And a website in foreign languages to attract people thousands of miles away to encourage them to come over and watch us and fill our gaff with even more glory hunters. All because the club wants to rake in more millions by going global. Funny how these people have to be 'encouraged" to support Chelsea isn't it? That's why football has to change it's traditional culture to make it appeal to non-genuine newbies. Football fans my arse. Yes, a ground full of English and foreign glory hunters really makes those few genuine boys feel at home at Stamford Bridge doesn't it? Still, sod the real supporters, as long as the Club and Premiership rakes in the millions eh. Stamford Bridge is a theatre these days, not a football club. I don't ever see them installing terraces in the stands at the Wimbledon tennis tournament or lowering the prices to encourage the working-classes to watch a traditionally middle-class game do you? So why does our football have to change? So with my club and my game becoming more and more alien to me, I forever crave for the return of the real football scene, so I can enjoy going to Chelsea again. This has led me to ask if it is now time for an AFC Chelsea? A chance for proper Chelsea supporters to start again and enjoy the traditional football culture and times once more. All be it on a much smaller scale of course but who wants it to be on a bigger scale if you can't enjoy it anymore? Could a newly formed Chelsea be the answer? We'd have to start at the bottom of course and work our way up but if AFC Wimbledon and FC United can pull it together I’m sure the Chelsea boys could. I have glorious visions of us in a lower league with our own stadium in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea somewhere, even if just a 5-6,000 capacity ground to start off with. Terraces at both ends of the pitch, our home end named The Shed of course. Two seated side stands, exec boxes only in one of them which would be needed. Much cheaper entrance fees, our old lion rampant badge back, our own supporters bars with cheaper booze and grub, etc., our traditional Royal Blue shirts and shorts with white socks, our own merchandise with the proper Chelsea lion on, etc., genuine new and old Chelsea supporters around you and a great atmosphere to go with it. And a team full of Englishmen to be proud of and who are not on 150k per week. Everything would be much smaller but much more enjoyable in our eyes. And who knows how many other sets of Premiership fans may follow suit? We could end up with a league full of AFC's from disillusioned Premier League fans, then the good times would really be back. Of course, this is all a lot easier said than done and I certainly haven't thought through all of this properly at this stage. There would be many stumbling blocks. But it's an idea that keeps nagging and nagging away at me and it would be interesting to see how many other people would be interested in getting the ball rolling, because I certainly don't intend to go back to 'new" Chelsea ever again. Don Waring Saw this on CFC net, and I can understand the point of view (must be of similar age!). I can identify with the comments about the magazine as well. What a pile of glossy trash. Fine if you want to buy 'A charming Thames property for £2.5 million or any of the other ridiculous adverts for millionaires, or you want to laugh at a bar in Spain called 'Zolas place' -but where is the in depth football analysis ? -its 70% wanky adverts. AFC Chelsea may be a bit far, but I can sympathise completely with the authors points.