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Bringing back the 'joined dates' on the user profiles would also be a good idea.

So the transfer fee is reportedly around £20m.. Unless anyone has heard otherwise?

This is truly a Baffling transfer. Completely not what we need right now, with only 8 days until the PL season starts.

I've also noticed that now when you click on 'new posts' and then a thread, you are no longer directed to the last post you viewed. On the last system, you clicked on the thread title, and it would send you to the last post you viewed in that topic. Now it's all manual. The last system was better, as it would guarantee you wouldn’t miss a post. Now people will just click on the last page instead of being automatically directed to where they left off.

I thought we were pushing for more? Clearly those reports were bullshit, still a nice bit of business though.

No. The avatars are microscopic now, they used to be 160x160. Big disappointment for anyone who creates graphics on here.

28 minutes in Kalou refuses to pass to Torres, yet Torres generously gives kalou a golden opportunity 5 minutes later.. smh Impressive performance from Sturridge, hope he gets 90 minutes.

If no other clubs are chasing him, I don't see why this can't wait until next season. He's low-priority.

Props for the votes. We are only text on computer screens, with personalities arbitrarily assigned to us by our own consciousness. So I appreciate the sentiment. Just goes to show how some admins on here are incredibly out of touch with their own community.

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Let's do an 'Obama' and request a birth certificate.

Commiserations.

It's dubious & arrogant, I'd rather Chelsea had not agreed to a deal like this.. but what's done is done.

Incredibly underhand & unprofessional for Barca to add buy-back clauses for every player they off-load. Villa-Boas wanted this guy at Porto, so at least we know this is his transfer, which can only be a good thing.

I actually like the colour combination. The design needs work though, don't like the white on the front of the collar.

For the past 5 years Kalou has been playing for one of Europe's elite clubs, it's called the law of averages. The statistics are misleading to say the least, his consistent poor performances & zero development since joining has been laughable. Give Kakuta & Sturridge the same minutes on the pitch and you will see the difference. Kalou has been incredibly fortunate to have played the amount of games he has here. Whilst talented youngsters were shipped off on loan due to Carlo's phobia of inexperience.

Not exactly enthused by his comments, although I imagine we will have a more in-depth interview soon.

Yea, it's also used for the official matchday programmes & magazines.

Exactly. With his 'attitude' being his only redeemable feature, I thought I’d debunk that misconception too.

Kalou is the most arrogant player in the squad, at least Drogba backs it up with talent. He demanded Carlo play a certain formation (direct quotes) Refused to celebrate goals (visual evidence) Attacked Torres in the media for pouting & sulking (direct quotes) Had the audacity to give Carlo bemused looks for substituting him (visual evidence)

"It is better to build a team gradually than to bring in players who will pout and sulk." http://www.skysports...6991611,00.html Even during our title celebrations he was pouting & sulking... hypocrite! Kalou is a delusional gossip. Who turns to the media instead of confronting the players he has a problem with.. He's been bitching and moaning like this for years. He's an arrogant poisonous element in the dressing room, the sooner he leaves the better.

Guardian's predictions for last year (and actual positions in brackets): 1 Chelsea (2) 2 Man City (3) 3 Man Utd (1) 4 Arsenal (4) 5 Tottenham (5) 6 Liverpool (6) 7 Everton (7) 8 Aston Villa (9) 9 Fulham (8) 10 Bolton (14) 11 Stoke (13) 12 Sunderland (10) 13 Birmingham (18) 14 West Ham (20) 15 Blackburn (15) 16 Newcastle (12) 17 Wigan (16) 18 Wolves (17) 19 West Brom (11) 20 Blackpool (19) Quote from last years review: "Liverpool still lack the strength in depth to challenge for the title, but with Roy Hodgson at the helm are bound to improve"

£13m Wow.. Great bit of business. Never thought we'd manage to get rid of him for over £6m tbh, we overpaid in the first place.