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Shutup Guarín is cool

I don't get how that works Why are they allowed to own other clubs

I didn't know we were going back in time to 2005. Chelsea might as well sign Jiri Jarosik to complement him.

David Luiz is perhaps the worst defender Chelsea have had in the Abramovich years. You should all be delighted that a hopeless incompetent like him rates 50m. Yeah yeah talent, drives the ball forward, long hair. None of that is useful whatsoever for a centre back. What kind of maniac manager picks a centre back for his attacking attributes?

Any offer over 20m for a defender is going to be a steal for the selling club nine times out of ten. If it goes into Torres money, then ten times out of ten. No defender is worth that much, let alone one who isn't very good at actually defending.

A League Cup is surely outweighed by Ramos' performance in the 2008-09 season, where Spurs won two from their first twelve matches and were bottom of the Premier League until he was sacked. If he had held onto the job for a few more months they probably would have went down.

If Sherwood's name ended in a vowel then he wouldn't have been sacked. Spurs have this obsession with hiring non-British managers, ignoring the fact that their the overwhelming majority of their foreign appointments of late (Santini, Ramos, Villas-Boas) have been completely useless. There's nobody else a club like Spurs can hope to attract who will actually do significantly better than Sherwood did this season (bear in mind he also did not make any signings and used Villas-Boas' donkeys throughout), so basically he has lost his job because he isn't a sophisticated continental 3-4-3 playing tactics wanker. It's discrimination.

I think people have forgotten just how rancid Benitez was. The standard of football was woeful, the substitutions never made sense (he'd often take off the best player on the day for Yossi Benayoun or bring on a defender when chasing a match or some other counter-logical thing), and 'squad rotation' policy was shocking. On the other hand Mourinho has only been a tiny little bit better and certainly if another manager had done the same things he has done then they would have come in for more scrutiny. That Mourinho has created an unshakably strong cult of personality amongst Chelsea fans allows him to stretch the elastic a lot further than Benitez could.

People calling Giggs and Scholes overrated are being really harsh. Giggs is the best Welsh player of all time and won't ever be challenged on that front, while Scholes was definitely among the best midfielders in the world at his peak. Plus their longevity is extraordinary, they were mainstays in one of the best teams in Europe for pretty much two decades. How many other footballers can claim that? Javier Zanetti and Paolo Maldini are all I can think of from the modern period.

Alvaro Recoba. He was crazily talented and could pull off the most outrageous manoeuvers, score some really spectacular goals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fBHxR5yKIU But most of the time he was a waster. Amazing on his day, which only happened about once a month; terrible the rest of the time. He could have been Ronaldo (fat, not Cristiano) tier if he was more consistent. I consider him to be overrated because he was a star player in the Serie A back when it was far and away the best league in the world and so many consider him to be among the top five or ten strikers of the 90s/early 00s, but quite a few strikers from weaker leagues were better than him, and they never got the recognition because they didn't play in Italy.

Despite this big advantage, Chelsea are still losing? This is very poor, the opposite is happening... Atlético are the smart team, the mature team, playing with no worry... Chelsea are shitting on the bed after taking the lead... this is not right.

Experience, and the mental strength, this is more important than anything. Think of Chelsea, in past 5 years, we have had a very poor team in Premier League, but always doing very very well in Europe. This is because many players have played Champions League semi final, final, so many times, it is just everyday thing now for them. They are not worried. Look at Real Madrid, much better team than Chelsea past 5 years, never getting to the final. This is why we are beating Napoli and PSG after losing heavily first leg, they do not have experience or confidence enough to finish off Chelsea. Atlético is the same, because 2nd leg is in London, it will be very easy for Chelsea to win, even if the Madrid match is a loss. They are still scared, this is their biggest match in many many years. Last time Chelsea are scared of Champions League match is 2004, when Monaco are defeating Chelsea.

I miss both of them

No, he is just playing in his correct position now... he is not winger, Chelsea do not use him properly for 6 years... very good striker, I think.. He is scoring more times in Ligue 1 this season than Falcao, only 2 goals less than Cavani... and Lille is very poor team, compared with PSG and Monaco...

Also, everybody complaining about the West Ham tactics, you are sounding like Barcelona fans. Stop being embarrassing. This is a very valid way to play football, when one inferior team is playing a superior team, this is the only way. I was happy to see this, it brings back good memories of 2011/12 Champions League...

This is sounding very bitter.. I am very amused by Allardyce, he is a funny man, putting Mourinho in his place... Mourinho, who thinks he is such a media genius, getting humiliated like this, it is hilarious, I think.

How can this be? Fellaini is a very very average player... he is Tim Cahill, but taller, and using the elbows on people's faces... this is all. Guarín maybe, is not as good as Fellaini. But I think there is a big difference. Players like Fellaini, Marko Marin, they only have one strength... opposition team can very easily plan against this.. somebody like Guarín or Kalou, who does not have any special strong point in the game, are harder to contain because the opposition do not know what to do. They do not know if such a player will put it in row z or dribble out of the pitch, or score a goal. They are unpredictable, this is difficult to combat.

Guarín, I think, is very much like Meireles... not very bad at anything, but not very good at anything.. except the powerful, long shots... he is better than Meireles in this.. I remember, when he play for Envigado, he is very good at scoring from long distance...

I will be very happy if Guarín is playing for Chelsea... he will be first Colombian I can remember seeing play for the club... maybe first ever? He is not a bad player... whether he is the standard for being key player in Premier League, CHampions League winning team, I cannot say.. but you ask, Kalou, Bosingwa, Meireles, Bertrand, Malouda... they are not so good, but they all have European Cup medal...

One thing we should remember... usually, this time, last 3, 4, 5 years, we are on the winless 8 match run.. at least with Mourinho, it is not so bad, it is win one, lose one, win one, lose one...

Maybe.. but why not promote young player to fill this quota, instead of giving such a big contract.. they will not be happy to be on 10,000 weekly like the young player...

David Luiz is very good, when he is ordered to just defend. I remember, in Lisbon, 2012... he is excellent. In Munich, also, he is very good... when he is keeping simple, he is very good, I think... But 30 million, for the defender... this is not resistable.. no defender is worth so much money.

I am reading, very sadly, that Mourinho is sanctioning new contract for Lampard, Cole... If we do this, we will be 'transition' forever. They are finished. There is no point, paying them huge money, for sitting on the bench. Next, we will hear, big new 5 year deal for Essien. This is crazy

This it may be... I do not know how to explain. In Colombia, it is used when talking to children about the difference in anatomy.. you understand? So it is not a rude word, exactly, but it is still something I find funny.. it would make more sense if it was English.

This cannot be real name... it is like the stupid name you get in Football Manager for the regen player... Pirulito is Spanish for dick.