misschief

Nice work Chelsea, a bit of common sense at last. Scolari blew it by not involving Clarke enough from the start - his loss (and Chelsea's obviously).

It'll be Kenyon & Co with pom poms next.

Stupid decision in the first place. Pretty shocked it was rescinded though.

Hingis, every now and then you pop up with this subject. Its a little paranoid. Why not just support Chelsea without the constant need to justify it?

I think Berbatov could be lethal for United and I think he'll have more than earned his transfer fee by May.

http://soccerlens.com/robinho-shows-the-pr...ity-move/12051/

Steve Clarke, disloyal? Behave ffs. The trouble with Chelsea is they have to turn everything into a bloody pantomime. He's done more than enough for us, as did Zola during his time. The Chelsea board need to stop being so up their own arses - some of us remember where we came from.

JT was bloody mad to risk that yesterday, wasn't a red card obviously but he had enough cover not to be grabbing players round the waist anyway. 3-1 up and he gave Halsey the excuse. I've already seen press articles questioning the way Terry was having a go at the ref after the card - the FA will love that! There's no way that card will be rescinded.

Great news. Great timing.

Have to admit I didnt realise it'd clipped Mikel on the way in - just read that somewhere. I wondered what JT and Cech were ranting at, lol. Still a decent free-kick, if it wasnt on target to start with it wouldnt have ended up in the back of the net.

I guess the one bonus would be they'd be a lot cleaner if they were legalised.

I'd rather we'd signed him, he'd definitely have added something for Chelsea. He might not have looked that special today but neither did Berbatov for United - debut games, especially for big money players with all the pressure on - mean nothing. Wait til the end of the season and see whether theyve earned that price tag. Decent free-kick from him - although I admit even I was slating him the minute it went in, lol.

I thought he'd played 90 for the reserves. My nan on the other hand aint run for years.

Great performance from Chelsea, pathetic performance from Halsey. Really impressed with the way Chelsea responded to some serious pressure on them for this one. City can do one. Anelka should've had a pen for sure. Blatant foul by JT, definite yellow but a red???? Halsey's a comedian. Funny how Dunne didnt get as much as a yellow for his foul on Drogba - talking of Drogba, he looked slower than my nan today.

http://www.mogulus.com/BestSports2008 good link ha ha, except theyre not showing our game. http://www.justin.tv/nelson7

Depends what it is really, even cannabis can be proper dodgy if it doesnt suit someone. As Oxfordblues points out, you get to see the extreme end of things in mental health. If you've got a predisposition to psychosis and you use cannabis, the impact is often something that'll stay with you for the rest of your life. Likewise, the damage I've seen MDMA and Ketamine do to young lads is devastating - and irreversible. Then again, the damage I've seen alcohol do to patients over a sustained period of time is equally as bad. The difference is you can often get away with more alcohol over a longer period of time before the negative effects appear whereas, drugs can do a lot of damage in a shorter space of times.

Whenever we're in a position to capitalise, we fuck up. Probably even more pessimistic after that result than I was before, lol.

Ha ha, read it wrong. Fair play. :thumbsup:

If youre trying to use players staying at Chelsea as an example of the club being settled, I dont think Drogba was the most convincing one to go for.

Think Drogba is more likely to get on in the second half. Up til last night I really thought we'd be going out there to prove a point to City but now, with the usual shambles going on behind the scenes, this time over Clarke, I just think the lads won't be quite as motivated and focused as they would've been. I don't think we'll come away from Middle Eastlands with anything but the right bloody hump tomorrow.

The FA would have dealt with Bethell directly, the same as they will Evra, but because Chelsea cocked up his contract - missing out the bit where it should say the FA have disciplinary jurisdiction over him - the FA can't touch him, therefore their only option is to hold Chelsea responsible for his conduct. They couldn't exactly charge Evra and let Bethell walk away scot free when they were both clearly seen attacking each other.

If I was any of them I'd stay well away - I dunno what it is, I mean the season's only just started and yet it all just seems a bit too unsettled again. I'm sure the players would respond well to Wise - those who have a clue who he is anyway.

Have you no heart? As wrong as I think Zola is, I honestly think its naivety. As for Clarke, hand on heart, I dont blame him for going - something just isnt right at the club atm.

I think he's made a very naive decision. He genuinely believes supporters can just rise above rivalries as old as this but we all know that's not how it works. He left the Premier League a legend but if he fucks it up at West Ham, I'm not sure he'd cope with the battering he'd get. Not only that, but West Ham's a pretty dodgy club to get involved with from a manager's point of view, does he think Curbs would walk away for no reason? And if he does bomb at West Ham, would Abramovich really want him? Roman's not as sentimental as the rest of us.

Oh come on, how is this a case of being singled out? The groundsman was clearly seen lunging at Evra and was caught on CCTV, the reason theyre charging Chelsea is because they apparently cant even get the basics of a groundsmans contract right - in other words theyve brought it on themselves again. Tbh I think its bloody embarrassing that as one of the top four clubs - and a club wanting to be one of the best in the world - they operate like some bloody cowboy outfit. As for Evra, he was every bit as guilty and is being dealt with by the FA directly (as opposed to United being charged) because he does have a legitimate contract.