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It's funny, when he was here, I would absolutely melt at the sight of him and I was devastated when he left, even though I knew that the last months were not right and he got on my nerves quite a lot (if I'm honest, but I tried to tell myself everything was fine). When he left I was sh*t scared that he'd end up at Manure. And then it was announced and I was gutted. I expected this season to be very difficult to cope with him there. But not at all. Even at the beginning of the season when we weren't doing well, I was sort of resigned to the fact that he was probably going to win the league with Manure but I could shrug and think pah ok we'll cope. And now? Nothing really. At all. No feelings. No concern about what he says apart from a wry smile and the occasional thought of "bitter much Jose?" That's current. Historically, I love the man and what he achieved here. But as others have said, he seems a different person to the enigmatic, charming man who I used to love. I still would though!

Bugger, sh*t, damn, f**k - not only did I miss this by being away, you've sneaked a bloody extra one in while my back was turned!

Yeah I saw the score and thought "Oh sh*t" then I thought "No, I mean oh good, ah what the hell, I know it's good but...but.. Liverpool are winning".

Man utd 2-0 Watford Boro 0-2 Everton Stoke 2-0 Palace Sunderland 2-1 Southampton West Ham 1-1 WBA Brighton 3-1 Burton

How could I have forgotten them?

Liverpool could go three weeks without a match. I suppose that'll be used as an excuse for under-performance too "we play too infrequently", "we play too often" "Chelsea's schedule is fixed" "it isn't fair" "Chelsea have all the luck" "wah, wah, wah" http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/21-days-liverpool-could-go-3-weeks-without-a-game-4168126

Twice.

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I don't follow many of our exes on Twitter (well not the ones still playing in this country) but I still follow the lovely Juan. And he is the only footballer I know who tweets about art exhibitions, museums and other cultural attractions. Love him. Juan Mata García ‏@juanmata8 2h2 hours ago More #AndyWarhol

I don't watch Arsenal TV much - usually just for the laughs when they're irate, so I don't have any previous opinion of this guy but from this, I think he's right. A lot of the difference between them and us on Saturday was desire and commitment. So often you could see Arsenal players just standing around, letting our players saunter past them. It all comes from the manager - he doesn't expect enough of them. and Arsene has become laughable about the players he "could've" signed...... he just looks ridiculous. I'm sure Shrewsbury Town's manager wanted to sign Ronaldo, Messi and Hazard but, hang on, they chose to go elsewhere. Just think of the team the Shrews could've had.

Yep and Diego!

Not sure that I've ever scored a big fat zilch before. But Chelsea won, so what else matters.

Another quote from Joe.co.uk Theo Walcott in general Almost a micro version of Arsenal's overall hype. Scores a couple of goals, shows off his pace two or three times and this is it: he's finally arrived. This time is different - that sort of thing. Inevitably falls short and disappears into oblivion before the next season of hope comes back around. Exactly right!

That sort of sums me up. Just come back from our local - one of the regulars just said "look at the the grin on her face, still smiling cos Chelsea won". Yep. That's me. New barmaid (remember I'm in Shropshire) - from London, Chelsea fan. Used to serve Dennis Wise in a pub in west London. Ah happy days.

Oh Rob you're gonna have to make it to the Bridge again soon! I remember your really cool picture of you at the Shed Wall. Probably a few years back now wasn't it?

Loved this line from Joe.co.uk " This unity of purpose drove them to victory against an Arsenal side who, it should be said, showed they too could play for a common cause, even if that cause was only the pursuit of collective failure once again. "

Great match. Kante was phenomenonAl, all over the place. And the general work rate in our team is fantastic. The Bridge was rocking and the atmosphere was electric. Hope @liamseden enjoyed his first match -not a bad one to start with! Nearly home now -gonna enjoy motd tonight! Oh and Shrewsbury won!

Crystal Palace 0-0 SunderlandEverton 2-2 BournemouthHull 1-1 LiverpoolSouthampton 2-1 West HamWatford 1-1 BurnleyWBA 1-2 Stoke I was actually very close to putting them all as draws.

Bloody hell I completely missed that I got one correct score! Thought I'd got every single one completely wrong!

Probably because it's the first time it's happened to you. Were you complaining when you got given loads of extra minutes back in the day? It's called Fergie time for a reason you know.

A Man Utd fan complaining about time added on.......... Bloody hell, that takes some nerve! Maybe you lost the privilege a few managers back.

I'm not quite sure why I worried about forgetting to do this before tonight - I don't think it would have made any difference!

Arsenal 3 Watford 1 Bournemouth 2 Palace 0 Burnley 1 Leicester 1 Borough 1 Wba 1 Sunderland 0 Spurs 3 Swansea 1 Southampton 2

Ah sh*t forgot to put my scores in. Would probably have got the result of Chelsea, Spurs, City and Boro too! Bugger.

So there were gaps in the stadium for the second leg of a semi-final that they had a good chance of winning? Bloody hell, that's awful. And yes I agree with everything he said.