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Just had a quick Google of Paul's book,and not surprisingly the way he was treated by some fans is a feature It was a shameful period in our existence...but what an incident filled life the guy has had,this one I must get

yeah, all the ones who used to give him dog's abuse. I haven't read his book but I'd be surprised if the racism from Chelsea didn't get a mention.

yes mike, not everyone wants to sing, but I would hope every blue would roar their encouragement, that would be good,,,a cauldron of noise !....remember Bruges a few years back, non stop noise and if frank and JT like "one man" and its excruciating length before anything worthwhile happens, I would be surprised,,,,I 'd love to know for sure though what would motivate them (apart from the blue shirt and the 200k per week that is !)

What I couldn't understand is that before the game Jose was saying we had to win this to get through and then the last game wouldn't have to be a game at all. And yet there seemed to be no attacking intent. If we were playing for a draw, then it was a dangerous tactic, I think we got away with a 1-0 defeat tbh.

please tell me he didn't say we weren't big or strong enough..What is he after, a Wimbledon side of the past ?..I thought Spain and Barca had disproved this nonsense ?

Marmite should play holding midfielder

haha maybe. But I thought he was all right to tell the truth,I know we're not supposed to say that !!

Once saw us lose 2-6 home to saints, but witnessed once of Ossie's all time great goals, the whole team ran to congratulate him led by Harris...and that made the score 1-3 !!

3-1 Chelsea or 1-3 Saints, in other words I ain' t got a clue. But tell you one thing, we are lucky to have such a strong squad to choose from, and if Lampard starts then I will be very perplexed.

On a purely selfish note, don't you think it was more fun going to Chelsea when we had no expectations. ?

Jose will have an honours degree by the end of the season if he carries on learning from defeats

he might be ten years old, give him a break !!

too right....this isn't a squad assembled on a shoestring, we expect more these days. If we were skint like the past, I wouldn't mind.

Great picture mate, thanks

You've only got to look at abuse Canonville got from Chelsea fans to know what our club was like. Was in east lower when he warmed in front of us, it made me ashamed to hear what was said to him that day.

Jose is getting a pass at the moment because we love him, and getting rid is unthinkable...gotta get behind him and the team, but if he can't get the team motivated out of their stupor then no one can

yeah, it's not looking too clever...we can console ourselves with getting thru, but come on, beaten home and away by the mighty Basel is not what we expect from this expensively assembled team...still wouldn't bet against José getting it right in the end.

yes, job done but I don't think Roman had this in mind when he splashed out his millions. I don't think we should lose sight of the money this squad has cost. And if money doesn't guarantee success, how about building a squad around some of our youngsters , and taking a bit of time with it ?. Think we have to trust Jose though, he usually knows how to produce a winning team.

jesus

yeah, remember singing "we love you west ham" because we thought the score were going our way !!

brilliant, what a player, and a gentleman

you wouldn't be Chelsea unless you were nervous about every game, I always see potential dangers no matter who we play !!

fair play mike.

yeah, always found that version of events a bit hard to stomach tbh.