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As a South Korean I'm glad South Korea did not get it. As great as the prestige would've been (and the fond memories from the 2002 run) the stupid argument by the SK commitee that it will help bring peace with North Korea is such a crock of liberal wishful thinking sh*t it soured me on it. Also the vague promise that some North Korean cities could host the event which frankly makes me want to kill someone. The only way a North Korean city should host a World Cup game is if the ball is Kim Jong Ill's head.

I wish I could've been a Chelsea fan 6 years earlier so I could've experienced the Jose era. From what I've read he seems like the most interesting man in the world.

There's been a lot of potshots being taken against Chelsea this week, I hope the boys use that as motivation to give Birmingham a thrashing and remind everyone why WE'RE THE CHAMPIONS.

A billionaire owner fires an assistant to send a message? It feels like deja vu for this American fan. If Abramovich fires Ancelotti and replaces him with an asian guy I'm officially going to get freaked out.

It's my first year supporting Chelsea, at the start of the season I just assumed Chelsea destroying opponents 6-0 were the norm. No seriously though, I don't think you're truely a fan until you feel absolutley disgusted with a loss. So I finally feel like a real Chelsea fan.

That interview made it clear what a deluded fool Hicks is, the worst kind of owner and businessman. I am no longer rooting for Liverpool to get relegated since it would proabably make that scum Hicks happy.

NOOOOO! That's a competent owner, I was looking forward to more misery and suffering for Liverfool!!!

Pleeeeeease do this. I'd love it!!!!

Thanks for the warm welcome guys, very much appreciate it. Couple of footnotes I'd like to add. -I saw that ESPN columnist Bill Simmons (also with no roots to EPL) chose Hotspur to be his team. So I really dodged a bullet picking Chelsea instead of the Spurs. Because me rooting for the same team as Bill Simmons, that would be like accidentally marrying my sister. I'd like to share with you the inspiration for me getting into "soccer". Marc Stein is a NBA columnist (NBA is my first sport) whom I have huge respect for. http://unprofessionalfoul.blogspot.com/2008/08/interview-with-marc-stein-part-i.html

I'm obsessed with FIFA 10 right now. Got it like a month ago, first football game I've ever played. I recently began manager mode with Real Madrid and I submitted transfer offers for Landon Donovan, Park Ji-Sung, and Drogba. I love playing the villian!!

Hi Phillip, sorry for the late response. Obviously I'm aware of Park Ji-Sung and root for him but I didn't want to get on the Man U bandwagon. I know a lot of koreans root for them and I tend to go in the opposite direction the crowd goes. PloKoon13 Haha, nice.

Hilarious Carlo would say that because I've recently been playing FIFA 10 on Playstation for the first time. Ironically my video game Chelsea team is sucking at the moment. Hope they avoid relegation.

This Chelsea team is like a video game.

It'll be a test of your loyalty, you love Chelsea so much you'll drape yourself in that pea puke green kit.

I was reading Bebe's wikipedia profile and when it read "performed at homeless world cup" assumed it was wiki vandalism LOL!! It's an actual event!!

I have no connection to football so I used my random criteria to select a home team. I chose Chelsea because: 1. I like the logo 2. I am Korean and I support Samsung I was also considering Tottenham Hotspur because one of the rare times I've heard a EPL team referenced was when Steve Nash said he was a Spurs fan. I'm an American and new to the EPL and football in general. I registered last year but kind of forgot about it and the World Cup rekindled my interest. I was unfamiliar with the formations and other intricacies of the game but I downloaded and played FIFA 10 on my iPhone recently so I think I have the basics down.