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^ Oh, great.. so we're posting videos from the Official Man-City youtube account now, heck.. why not just apply for a position in their marketing department?

The Chelsea players still refer to AVB as 'Bambi'. He will always be Jose's errand boy to the seniors, the guy who used to hand out the dossiers, which were no doubt later thrown in the bin. Naive-Boas has committed the biggest heist in club football history, whether he stays or gets sacked, it's 'win win' for him financially. In the meantime, the club is in meltdown, being humiliated and most importantly on the verge of becoming history, with the new FFP regulations looming ever nearer.

Achievements?.. You can still be a world class player and play in a poor/average squad, it makes no sense to judge a players abilities on club achievements. Remember, Modric was AVB's number 1 transfer target. We pursued him vigorously because of this, losing out on him was disastrous.

No, it's pixelated. Extremely poor quality jpeg, so poor in fact that i can distinguish individual pixels. Basic low-spec text, too much blank space, bland colours.

As a Chelsea fan I don't really have a major hatred towards United, Arsenal & Liverpool fans do, because they've been competitive rivals for a prolonged period in history. Anyone who wants Balotelli to become the best player in the world, is indirectly supporting City's dominance & Chelsea’s despair.

I swear we have some closet City fans on here, it's funny.. you see a lot of hate comments towards United (due to success) in the English football thread. Yet in a few years time City may well dominate the PL, and we will be in the gutter. So I find it baffling how a Chelsea fan could want a 'City' player to be "the best player in the world". Considering the knock-on effects.

^ Correction, we bash Kalou for being extremely poor ability wise, who in 5 years hasn't evolved or developed as a player. The 'only scoring tap-ins' aspect is the least of his problems. His new £90,000 a week contract is one of the harbingers of the apocalypse.

I joined the forum hours after the Barca 09 injustice, quickly seached for the best looking forum (the aesthetics/activity wise), and proceeded to vent my frustrations.

Napoli are not a selling club. Heck, they haven't had the chance to be yet, due to the fact they were dwelling in serie C & B a few seasons ago. So they have yet to be tested as far as other clubs poaching their (now established) first 11. They are serious contenders for the CL this season, they will also clinch another CL spot next season, at this rate we won't.

The Adidas marketing team.. They have signature colour palettes too. When Kenyon was here he promised to turn the world blue, not dark blue. Replica shirts are targeted at the younger generation, not the seniors with sentimental ideals, It was hardly a drastic deviation anyway.

Football replica shirts are targeted at the younger generation, dark blue is not as commercially viable as blue. Take solace in the fact when Chelsea were first formed the home shirt was light blue, now we have a happy medium.

Smh, it's hardly dull or rubbish. The lighter blue is more aesthetically pleasing, and commercially viable.

Everyones sigs have been moved to the far left. I've formatted it to be central, but it hasn't been appearing that way. Seems to be ever since the shoutbox caused the forum to slow down.

"Seydoux believes around £40m would be a suitable figure" ^ £35m plus add-ons, would be great.

Fair enough, I remember he was kicked, which is why he was holding his stomach. AVB jumped the gun and took him off as a precaution.

He wasn't really injured, just kicked in the stomach.. it was 'minor' to say the least. The Mikel sub was just baffling and such a waste.

The Alex & Mikel subs may well be the most wasteful use of substitutions in football history.

Baffling substitutions. What was AVB thinking, clueless..

^ Pretty much says it all really.

The Fookers =

Indeed, great news for those of us who don't have sky, no need for laggy streams.

It's not as if he's the only top player there, they have a front 3 to die for. Plus, Napoli should clinch another CL place come the end of the season. This Napoli squad would embarrass AVB's Chelsea.

^ It's not a case of 'being prepared' to sacrifice the CL for a year, with the new FFP regulations, we simply cannot afford to drop out of the CL.