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Indeed you do.

Not so much that, more the dramatic nature of how we lost it. There is even more of a 'sense of occasion' for this game though. The players were peaking that season under Jose/Grant, but it was by no means their last chance to win it. This final is an accumulation of all the injustices this core group of players have suffered in this competition. It’s insulting when Bayern fans claim they want it just as much as us. Because when you say that you are speaking on behalf of the club and the players, as a collective.

Not as nervous as I was for Moscow. Safe in the knowledge that nothing can be worse than the pain of your own captain missing a match winning penalty. In the most dramatic fashion, against a domestic rival, in a penalty shootout.

That's just ridiculous, not even the great Raúl had his jersey retired at Real Madrid. I agree with JT's 26, at least that would be feasible, considering it's not an a-typical first team number. Numbers 1-11 however, should never be retired, as a rule of thumb.

Switching back to an old shirt after wearing a new one 'within the same season' is just stupid.

^ If that's true, switching back to the old kit for the CL final would be ridiculous.

Grandiose.

Lmaoo, no shit.. I became a fan of the club from that crest, That's not the point. The crest I posted is the one the club uses as it's 'retro' badge, check out the adidas original gear in the club store. The one you have used will never be used ever again for anything, it's too recent, and it was scrapped by Peter Kenyon for a reason.

^ That's not even a retro crest though, that badge will never ever return. This is a real 'retro' crest...

Kalou wants whoever picks him.. He only started a grand total of 4 games under AVB. He even humiliated Kalou after starting him for the first time, by substituting him off in the 34th minute of the game, lmao.

'Player of the year' voted by the fans, is the real accolade, 'players player' holds less significance historically. The wiki page for Chelsea is the first thing that appears when fans worldwide research Chelsea fc into any search engine. Mata has now been immortalised amongst club legends.

He has a better grasp of the english language than scousers.

Ramires with a dig at the presenter, "maybe next year you can learn portuguese".

I wonder who'd be sad enough to 'obsess' over a member on the internet, when they have a child on the way.. We Hate Scouse.

Lmao, RDM will prove to be the most clueless manager in world football history if Essien even steps foot in the Munich final. Ferreira, Heck.. even Oriol, as bad as he was yesterday over Essien in a heartbeat.

His contract runs out in 2015, the club should have released him in janaury when he returned from injury. AC Milan were 'reported' as interested, and unless a club signs him for his reputation. I can't see how we'd even get £5m for him now.

No, I'm going off word of mouth, hence the 'supposedly'.

Yes, it's (supposedly) to commemorate 25 years at the club, tarton is associated with Scotland, it's just one of those stereotypical things.

Any animosity should be at City not Hazard, and the illegitimacy of the Etihad deal, everyone is at a disadvantage due to the FFP... except City. All this 'rather them than United' bollocks is a logical fallacy.

Turnbull is an abomination, who was only signed to appease the home grown quota anyway. With Hilario & Courtois in the picture, Walker would only be wasting his time here, if he has any ambition that is.

Apparently the 'tartan' design is a tribute to SAF, still looks hideous though.

He's a squad player, which is essentially what Zhirkov (£18m) 'became', at least in this instance we've actually paid an appropriate fee, for this type of acquisition.

City are assembling quite a squad here, even Mancini won’t be able to stop them dominating. Nasri certainly won’t be happy with Hazards arrival though. Hopefully him, Balotelli and co, can fuck with the dressing room enough to cause disharmony, or Mancini gets sacked next season, Mourinho remains with Real. Setting off a managerial merry go round..

It's understandable sections of fans are flirting with the idea of Drogba remaining at the club for another season. Media presence, randomly appearing on prime time television, wearing his shirt back to front during cups celebrations, Lampard and co reaffirming his brilliance via media, a shirt signing session at the bridge on the 10th. He's not going without a fight… Come summer, big decisions are going to have to be made at the club. Although we said that last season, and look what happened.