Rubber bullets

I hope so too, but I really do fear him coming back will be like some snooty old boys gentlemen club reunion. Remember his is the first time he will be retuning to club he once managed, and there is the phrase 'never turn back' that springs to mind, especially for a manager that uses players emotions to try and win trophies.

Admit it, Lampard would not have broken the record if it wasn't for the likes f Hazard and Mata creating chances and bailing him out for some dire performances in the midfield. I mean, even in the fucking game where broke he record it took until the second half to get going. Before Benteke got sent off and Vila got scared shitless and dropped off Lampard was one of the worst players on the pitch.

When he brought Carvalho to Madrid it took him about a year and half to realize that he is no longer the player he once was and a defensive liability, before finally dropping him and getting a much tighter defense. I can see him spending months trying to play a 4-3-3, putting Essien and Lampard there in the faint hopes tat he might get the same midfield when he was first here, all the while pushing Hazard and Mata out wide when clearly they perform much better in a 4-2-3-1 where they have a more free role

His played nearly 50 games this season and and would have played more had he not been out for 3 months, he pretty much been used a first team player by Benitez. In fact Benitez has pretty much tried to to accommodate the team for him. He still scores but there has been quite a few games where he has been absolutely shit (Man City, QPR etc) and has had to heavily rely on the likes of Mata and Hazard to get goals yet does nothing else in the midfield unless the opposition compeltly backs off in their own half and give him all the time in the world on the ball. Its going to be nauseating watching Mourinho try and set the team around Lampard again. in the hopes of reliving the glory details.

Its going to painful watching him try and base the midfield around Essien and Lampard, and force the likes of Mata and Hazard out of their preferred psoitions in order to make way for those two.

Great, now that Jose seems to come back expect him to try and force both Lampard and Essien into the midfield and move out Hazard and Mata from their natural positions. One who can score but is crap at everything else in the midfield and another who is crooked and can barely run without injuring his kneecap.

The problem is that apart from a couple of players such as McCarthy and Gomez, Wigan have not got the squad to play the high pressing passing game Martinez wants. His (imo) one-dimensional managerial style with a god awful defense meant that their luck was going to run out eventually. Moral is its fine if you want to play in a style that emphasis passing and possession, just make sure you know what players to get. Martinez to me comes across as terrible in the transfer market.

I expect you want your £5

They have nothing to play for now they are safe. Will just want the season to end. Expect Arsenal thrashing.

And this shows why Wigan are not a premier leage team. You can't not start the season in April all the time and always expect to survive relegation.

The problem was that despite his recklessness yesterday he was probably the only player in the first half trying to do something with our play. Ba was anonymous, Hazard and Mata were in a daze, Lampard wondering around the pitch like a lost puppy and Moses unable to trap a bag of cement that had been stuck to the ground. Ramires was the only one trying to break up their play (if doing a bit of shit job at it) It was only when Villa had a man sent off and they lost all sense of composure that we were able to do anything with our play. Laregly down to Hzard who managed to realize what to do with the ball once he got it.

Once Benteke was sent off and they had to retreat their pressing game on us Hazard was absolutely magnificent. And even though all the talk and praise will be on Lampard, without Hazard (and Mata) the club and Lampard would have been talk about in very different lights, the club may well not have been in the Champions league slots and Lampard would certainly not have broken the record without Hazard (and Mata). We are really going to struggle in the final without him, Benfica play a good pressing game and we would really need someone like Hazard to break it up with his energy and drive. My player of the season since January has been Mata, but now I'm wondering whether I should change it.

Benitez please take off Moses and Lampard, by far the most useless players. Bring on Luiz and Oscar. But no, Lampard has to break the record so we are going to keep him on.

Ever since the Manchester City transfer saga where (to me) he basically blackmailed the club to give him much bigger wages or leave I tend to go a bit green in the face when people cry out that he is 100% Chelsea or he breathes Chelsea.

Big difference is that both aren't in serious danger of having their bodies breaking down. Good god some of you are over sentimental on people who could not give two shits about you personally.

Guardian also reporting it - http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/may/10/john-terry-chelsea-galatasaray £12-15 million and they can have him. I mean it would be us ripping them off by selling them a defender who could any minute just stop working.

Can't be offside in your own half.

Benitez seems so completely incapable of getting us to the the finish line. Just as we are about to cross it a fuck up happens and he does nothing to help us.

Oh god... Torres no longer wears the mask - we're screwed.

Wigan once again going to somehow stay in the Premier league despite being absolutely garbage for most of the season. Somehow I find it very grating.

Literally the first thing that came out of my mouth reading that was "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??"

Yeah, that shows how much he really loves the club and would do anything to stay here . If is the case then he should fuck off to LA, where he won't have to do "demeaning" things like promoting the clubs new kit with the pain idea.

Shame its being classed as an own goal, although with the replays seen there is no way to determine if it was going in or wide before the deflection, just give it him

The goal is being credit as an own goal... If Torres can get credited with a goal when it is clearly going 5 miles wide before a deflection (Club World Cup). I don't know why this one can't be as well.

I would not be surprised if no agreement has actually been made, and Jose is trying to use the media to put massive pressure on the board to hire him other wise he may not have a job for the next season. It helps that many here and in the media still follow his every word trying to give a concrete meaning to it and still be unaware that he might be pulling their leg a bit.