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I have "Gudjohnsen 22" on my 01-02 home shirt. Wear it with pride till today. Love the bloke and got to meet him in person when they came to Malaysia in 03. Eidur left in 06, Ash joined in 06. Don't think they'd have played all that much.

They way I wanna live my life.

You know a thread should be closed and locked when the topic went from discussing the possible axing of our current (and most expensive) manager, to, uh, well...coffee. >.< Oh, and AVB shld stay for at least another 1-2 years.

If we hadn't dropped all those points post Spurs, we'd be 1 point behind Utd and City today, in 3rd place. Just saying. Still believing, though.

Iniesta is 27 - 254 apps, 25 goals. No info on assist, however.

De Goey Ferrer Desailly Lebeouf Soxy Petrescu Wise DI Matteo Poyet Zola Flo

Cech Ferreira Gallas Terry Ash Cole Maka Lampard Essien Robben Zola Drogba Subs: Cudicini, Desailly, Duffer, Eidur, Wise, Di Matteo, Mata Basically, our 05/06 squad, sans Zola and Cole

Don't worry, no one will hire you. Its another City-esque fixture. Will need all of JT's heart and AVB's tactical nous to navigate this match. Cech Branna Luis (if fit) JT Cole Ramires Romeu Meireiles (this is a tricky one, especially given Frank's poor form vs considerable experience) Studge Drogba Mata As things stand now, our first XI essentially pick themselves. Not a good thing, really.

My all-time favourite Chelsea midfielder, bar none. But, how much of a player will we have when he comes back from injury?

Di Maria is one of his favourite attackers and has been in good form since joining last season. I very much doubt he'd be sold.

Judging by the way this story is being played by the media, the hacks certainly want to see it :P

Just so sick and tired of everyone and their mothers undermining AVB at every turn. Player power. No support. Rifts. That bloody "instruction" to celebrate with the bench. His lack of enthusiasm about Drog's recent games. Players not going down on manager after every goal. Every-f**king-thing is brought up and regurgitated over and over again. f**k 'em all.

Utter garbage. Drogba away for a month, along with Kalou and we pin our hopes on Lukaku and Studge? Must be nice.

Fools, he's signed for Tranmere Rovers!! Do we really need to discuss this any further?

I'm mildly optimistic about things. Spurs have gotten stronger in midfield with the addition of Parker, but their frontline is still garbage IMO, so getting 3 points is not as impossible as it was a few weeks ago. AVB just needs to learn that the high backline needs to be dropped for this season, especially when going up against Defoe and Lennon.

Hamsik is prolly a bridge to far for us, but what about that Fiorentina chap? Jovetic? He could take up a slot just behind the main forward and swap with Studge and Mata for a truly mobile frontlne. He's got quite a shot on him too.

If we can go to WHL and get 3 points (tough, I know, but doable), the next 3 games of Villa, Fulham (both home) and Wolves (Away) should give us 9 points that will go some way to keep the pace with City and utd, Thoughts?

http://rutube.ru/tracks/5103247.html?autoStart=true&bmstart=18971 The highlights, in Russian.

Heh. Supposed to be defensively more stable (FM reference only, mind) Not a lot of players in that category, but I am seriously liking Edin Hazard. That boy can run! Maybe Douglas Costa. Having said that, I think both those players are CL-tied.

Greg van der Wiel (sp?) anyone? Ajax are in the Europa League and he is cup-tied, but we could sign him in Jan and have him move in June.

I'd imagine this is not how Giggs'd imagined his last season in football to turn out. Would Fergie re-sign him just to give Giggs another crack next yr? Surely not.

I played a lot. Even when I was studying.

Recently uninstalled my game, after spending 8 seasons managing Chelsea. 7 league titles 5 CL titles 3-4 league cup and FA cup titles Now comes the fun, my signings (yes, I'm bragging, no I didn't cheat when I bought these guys): Douglas Costa 10 mil Ezequiel Lavezzi 25 mil Neymar 41 mil Marek Hamsik Free Lionel Messi FREE!!!! Best damn signing money (and multiple CL victories) can buy. Should've taken screens as proof, but oh well....

Not sure where to put this, dont want to open a new thread (leaving that to Davey whatshisface). Vast majority of our squad have been Chelsea players for about 7 years now, except JT and Lamps who were CR boys through and through. In those 7 years, we have won 3 PL titles, 3 FA Cups and 2 League Cups. 8 trophies in 7 years is a good run from the current bunch and it IS time to move on. Is this season over? No. If it were all down to me, I'd tell the boys to go out, do their best and achieve as high a standing as possible, get a good FA Cup run and try to get some form going. No lofty expectations. No crumples against top 6 teams either. Anelka, played well without throwing a strop for the most part, scored some crucial goals and was one of the only good things to come out of the Scolari era. Drogs, a demon so rightly feared by all and sundry, mind-f**king Senderos so bad he never developed a professional footie career. Malouda, reason no #14964 why we all love Guus to death. Kalou, on his day can beat just about any marker with aplomb. Sadly, will then proceed tofluff the simplest of finishes, even on his day. Mikel, cool and composed on the ball, sadly, cannot run to save his life. No room for slowpokes in the new Chelsea Essien, I weep for him. In the last 6 years, he has been MY Chelsea midfielder, in real life, in Football Manager, everywhere. But damn his knees, doing a Judas on the man. Alex, strong and solid at the back with a right foot Roberto Carlos would have been proud of. Again, like Mikel, not the fastest. The above players have all been worshipped like gods at some point in their Chelsea career. Some still are. But their time has come and gone and should be cleared out. This is the season we get the new guys playing the way we will be playing for the next 3-5 years. Studge, Mata, Romeu (fingerscrossed), Luiz, Ramires. They are the future. By the end of his career, Mata will be spoken of by the Blue and white army in the same breath and with the same reverence as Zola Romeu will be the new Maka. Just gotta keep Barca the f**k away from him. Studge is already 10X better than Walcott ever will be, possibly (with some footballing brains) gonna be bigger than Rooney. Time will tell. Ramires and Luis taking up Essien and Terry's places in the squad, Ram (The Ram anyone?) with energy and strength (saw the way he outmuscled that Valencia CB, who was much larger?), while Luis leading the backline with heart and skill. Lukaku, sadly not seen enough of him so far, but, if FM is anything to go by, he'll turn into a beast in a few years. I'm not gonna go into who we should and shouldn't buy. That's pointless. I've chosen to speak in the here and now, with a glance to the future. BELIEVE! Cheers.

Saw Shay Given break down last night against Swansea. My knees went weak when I found out why. RIP Mr Speed. *sadface*