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He had an eye for talent... how the league would have been if he had won it with Newcastle. That team was exciting. Good memories as the England manager, cheers Mr Keegan.

They did their best not to... Not sure why Paredes was sent off after the full time whistle when he should have gone inside 10 mins of getting on the pitch... the stink around Argentina is foul. Which of the three bank accounts is yours! ;-) https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/argentina-fa-had-6-million-075248112.html Besides some horrendous referee decisions, Ive kind of enjoyed this World Cup... I enjoyed the lesser nations holding the bigger ones to account. I have a soft spot for dutch football fans who seem to be more long-suffering than us across the channel... And I always prefer it when england go out in the earlier stages... Back to the league now.. Im hoping Alonso is the second coming of the Special One and can perform miracles.

did you watch the tournament and the refereee decisions?

I do... Its not like the past four years of transfer windows havent been big steaming piles of poo in recruitment and sales. I think our owners are compulsive gambling addicts.

When the said fees can bankrupt the club, stop them trading in future, cause points deductions and or having former trophies/ titles taken... I think fans have every right to be critical and vocal. 120 million invested into a youth team set up will over ten years produce more talent than a club could afford to buy. 120 million would also probably allow you and you entire family to live mortgage free, feed and house our homelss population in certain cities, reduce pollution in rivers, pay for essential medical services etc... Now, when players like Wirtz turn out to be tosh.. 100+ million, Our own dirty racist Enzo cost 100 million and turned out to be tosh, took a couple of seasons for Caicedo to turn it around for us, he cost 100 million... So forgive me for having an opinion aout a average premiership player costing us 118 million pounds and hoping it works out over the next 6 +1 seasons he here. Becuase if he flops, us fans are the ones bailing out the club, it wont be the directors who put the club into the financial black hole we are in, and becasue I dont want our club to asset strip any more to line the pockets of our scummy yanktard owners.

Sigh

Feel sorry for Alonso already given the sh*ts he's going to have to manage if the club cant find new homes for some players.

Monday 20th July and Garnacho is still a chelsea player.

he'd do well to learn the lessons of Andreas Escobar and not be seen in public for the next 2 years of his life. Personally, so I dont have to see his punchable face because we're stuck with him. Argentina's final was against england, they burnt out in that game. Last night's final was painful to watch because we could have and should have beaten both Argentina and Spain. He should never have been in the final after elbowing Anderson in the head in the semi final. And Argentina should have been down to 9 men, but becasue FIFA is more bent than a drugged fentanyl street whore, Argentina could injure players and get away with it. Vile club and Enzo is the face of a racist nation. Can we change the thread title to f**k off Enzo..

Imagine, Crystal Palace go and sign Lecroix or whatever teh guys name is, they get him at a reasonable price, imagine if we had been in for him when palace signed him... we would be paying nearly twice the price. the stupid transfers simply exist because there are stupid owners willing to pay them. Our transfers have maxed out the credit card and the ability to purchase players before they show potential... We sell our players with potential and replace them with more expensive players showing potential. The club is well and truly f**ked if Alonso cant get thie sqaud going.

A. You are probably great at spending your wife's money. b. Does it? c. Glad you think that d. Genuinely feel sorry for you if you think the WC isnt capable of being rigged by a governing body that has been repeatedly proven corrupt over decades. Pick up a book and read about it I just dont see value for players over 45/50 million. I dont believe the market is sustainable at these prices and where do players come from before theyre 100+ million. Academys, scouting and understanding of the game and what makes a top footballer. We've spunked 1.5 billion working this out and have a squad of unsellable players. Hope Rogers becomes the new lampard.

Its funny, I equate 120 million to being a Bale/ Ronaldo messi/ Neymar/ Mbappe type player. 120 million should by you elite, fully fledged player, not someone who two and half seasons ago was plying his trade in the championship. His arrivals just taints the departures of guys like chalobah who would bleed for this club. We could finish mid table every year just promoting from our academy... yet we have just dropped an small islands worth of GDP on a Rogers. It sits really badly with me considering other clubs go out, recruit at much better prices than us and do so much better in the transfer window. We get our pants pulled down on every single player. Rogers is no exception to the rule, we signed another dog sh*t player in Enzo who has underperformed his entire chelsea career. Honestly, I hope rogers becoms our new Lampard, but I just dont see it. Fingers crossed for him though... Welcometo the batsh*t crazy madhouse that is Chelsea.

Im delighted I dont think like you. Glad you think 120 million is good value... Obviously you have a big wallet; are you Roman Abramovich in hiding? Ive said I was prepared to give Delap more time and that he is a different type of striker that sides need. Ive said he will go on and have a decent premiership career at Chelsea or somewhere else. Im also on record on Pedro and you dont remember where we finished last season... As for the World Cup, I dont think youve watched it because some of the decisions that have gone against teams playing Argentina are outrageous. they have been protected and Players who should have had suspensions rescinded upon trumps intervention. Have you followed much international football at all, Sepp Blatter before him. Did you see the five-minute video doing the rounds on socials of England Argentina. Our own scum Enzo elbows Anerson in the head, no var, no card, and it went on and on.

My villa mate is delighted theyve pocketed 120 million. says hes good but no way near worth 100 million. Given Villa is owned by another Yank, this is probably financial book cooking, Villa will buy someone from us in the next 12 month preiod worth 50/80 million. This league is done... football is toast... as demonstrated at the World Cup where professional players knew the game is rigged.

also, I lok at the money and its frankly gross. Im told its the going rate, to be expected in this day and ag etc... paying 100 million for a footbaler is appalling given the inequality among fans n the stands and football industry. Rogers is worth 30 million max. There is nothing worht 100+ million about him nothing. Congratulations CFC, the World Cup isnt over and preseason is 3 days old and my blood is boiling. Game has gone if any fan thinks rogers is a 100 million pound player. Its daylight robbery of fans everywhere.

Bang average England midfielder signs for 118 million pounds. When does this bullsh*t end.

Last night should be the final time we see Tuchel as Manager. We shipped 4 goals last night and France should have, for better finishing from Olise, won the game. Im pretty much done with international football now. I just dont care about it. Certainly not with tuchel leading the national team.

The KGB, short for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security), was the main security, intelligence, and secret police agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its dissolution in 1991. Chelsea and Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk was born on January 5, 2001 NEVER AGAIN IN A BLUE SHIRT, just like Mutu.

I dont really care, like the sports bodies who investigate, how the banned drugs got into his body, it doesnt matter so long as they were found there. they were not found in Mudryks team, they were found in him. He is therefore responsible. He has been banned because banned substances were found in his system, that makes him a drugs cheat in my opinion and to the games authorites who banned the player after repeated tests came back positive for a banned substance found in his system. Until Mudryk can clear his name, he is currently a drugs cheat who got found out, like all sports stars who have got caught juicing. Buck stops with the atletes body banned substances are found in. NEVER EVER WANT TO SEE HIM PLAY ATH THE BRIDGE AGAIN.

NEVER EVER WANT TO SEE THIS CHEAT PLAY AT STAMFORD BRIDGE AGAIN.

We have to sell our own youth team to be able to keep paying this guy... let that sink in.

hopefully a ginger ninja. Welcome whoever you are and hope to see you play for us or our feeder clubs to do some book cooking if you turn out toss

I kind of disagree... I expected far more than throwing on defenders... I couldnt see if he was urging players to get up the pitch, its not normal for a goalkeeper to go long at every opportunity at international level. The squad was horrendously underused and throwing on Tony with a minute to go is a desperate move. For all his faults Southgate got this team to where they are. that was using an internal coach promotion like Argentina. Scaloni, ex international player with little coaching history before being the manager, has utilised the absolute stregnths of his players. This is a wiki entry - "Scaloni began his coaching career in 2016, (Ten years!!!!) starting as an assistant at Sevilla and Argentina's under-20 team. In 2018, he was named the outright manager of the under-20 team, and was chosen to lead the Argentina senior team later that year." Scaloni has done tuchel, absolutely done him in the semi final in the last 20 minutes. Martinez, de paul, were instantly beyond the match tempo and his team were pugnatious all over the pitch in England palyers faces, they were horribly ruthless. Our three lions didnt have a tooth between them. Above all else I just didnt see to much fight in the side in a semi final of a world cup. Think the next manager needs to be Lee Carsley, get the best out of the players from the winning under 21 side etc. It is probably the best/most sensible hire we can get who knows the players and how they can win together. Keep Kane around for the Euros, bring others through, You look at the type of players who have made it to the final, then look at our bit part squad, Tuchel gambled and failed like many before him, best move him on. (Wiki) England national team On 9 August 2024, Carsley was appointed interim head coach of England men's national football team after Gareth Southgatedeparted the role.[79] He said "As I am very familiar with the players and the cycle of international football, it makes sense for me to guide the team while the FA continues the process to recruit a new manager".[80] During his tenure as interim head coach, he gave senior England debuts to Noni Madueke, Tino Livramento, Curtis Jones, Morgan Rogers, Morgan Gibbs-White, Angel Gomes, Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Lewis Hall.[81] (these players would have energy through the squad and we missed it - Carsley has won the UEFA Under 21 European Championship back to back... It will be criminal to keep Tuchel on under the circumstances blocking the developent of an excellent Manager who's won things with two sets of players at international level. Fair?

Might be parody, but the decision will come after the final!!! 🤣

England were playing against 12 men... the referee was AWOL in the first half until he produced the first card of the game against Anderson, who was targeted from the off by Argentina. They got away with murder, as they have through the tournament. And this is a perfect example of it and FIFA corruption, that we have watched in action throughout the World Cup. Specifically that goal against Argentina by Eygpt. there are some on here who have defend Argentinas racists citing it as its part of their nationality... wonder how FIFA will bridge Israels right to murder children... Anyhow, as the Coach of Egypt said, Messi doesnt use his platform to speak out about the kids murdered in Gaza wearing his shirts... he's spot on...