Grumpymunster

Been muck of late but hanging there in third still need to get the act together though pretty soon.

Yea but you do have to remember that FFP was brought in initially really to deal with us, I would hazard a guess the way things have developed in France meanwhile if the process had not already began it would never have seen the light of day

Chelsea and Jose talk about FFP a lot, I think it is really for someone else's ears as Bruce Buck has said on many an occasion they will be looking to ensure FFP is implemented fairly and correctly across the board. For me it is Chelsea, as a company, taking a shot across the bows of UEFA and letting them know we are watching how the likes of PSG, Monac, Barca and City are treated.

Absolutely seems best side we have at the moment

To be honest I am glad he is gone, you have to doubt his mentality to perform when the pressure is on and the eyes of the world are focused on him. Last season he missed a penalty in the Super Cup and ran away. In the World Cup Belguim's best striker was at home with his feet up injured and he still managed to lose his place to a teenager. Lukaku is nowhere near as good as he thinks he is so good riddance from me at least.

1 1975 relegated hammered at home by QPR and losing to Spurs with only a few games to go 2 Selling Butch to United he was by a country mile our best player at the time 3FSW

Send the kids, take the money, break a few of Xavi's bones jobs oxo. Other than that tell them to stick it.

Roman Junior might have something to say about that, the Roman Empire is not shot yet.

From what I have read the East Stand would not meet current building regs with regard to incline so it is probable rebuilding it may lower the overall capacity. I do think we need at least 55,000 and of that a really good chunk of hospitality. Outside of Germany very few I would say, and even in Germany the club may not own its own ground. It is a damn shame we cannot have grounds like they have in Germany, terrace and seats for league matches and all seating for European matches. I love going to matches over there regardless of how hard you try you will never reproduce the atmosphere of the terrace in an all seated stadium. There is nothing unsafe about terraces if correctly regulated and ticketed

I am not too sure we will struggle with what we have. Ba did OK coming in half way through the season and is at least a good option off the bench, Lukaka has never had a run at Chelsea so it will be interesting to see how they get on. I have never been convinced we need a striker (would be nice to move Torres on but at his wage it will not happen anytime soon methinks) Throw a few new defenders into the mix and I would eb quite confident for next season.

Threw my hat into the ring as well as captain jacks XI, done OK last year but my son beat me by 14 points now that was a sickener.

Apparently Barca funding further purchases by selling, Valdese Fabregas and Villa. Good luck with that only Fabregas of those be good enough for us at a push so don't see top flight sides forming a queue just yet.

Ya pays your money ya makes your choice http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/209895.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Must say thought it was a good article when I read it, it does seem quite clear though that UEFA have no idea what they are doing with FFP or where it is going. The president of an organisation implementing such a fundamental change to its practices and rules should know every aspect of them and their expected repercussions, Platini seems to have no idea on either. A good point by Samuels glossed over by Platini is why are all of the big clubs in Europe suddenly for it? That should be ringing alarm bells all over the place. There seems to be a lot of friction between UEFA & FIFA regarding referees, goal line technology and so forth. Also trying to understand what he is saying regarding World Cups does that mean the next European one should be in England, leading on from Russia getting the next one. From an unbiased view I cannot see how England has been overlooked for so long in hosting World Cups excellent stadiums, good infrastructure lots of hotel rooms wtf more do you need?

But you really have to love silly season when there is no Euro or World Cups taking place jibberish increases by orders of magnitude