Celery1989

Not sure how comfortable people are to talk about this but I'm interested to know exactly to what extent FV still exists today. I know a few people who used to get involved, so to speak, back in the heyday of the 70's and 80's and from them I get the sense that it happens on a much smaller scale nowadays; no more than a few dozen blokes, generally saving it for the big rivals, often not even scrapping that near to the ground. Seems like it kicks off more abroad generally. Apparently the Chelsea Firm is split into different age groups or something as well. Anyone happy to share anything on this?

I've read a lot about someone called 'SS' that was part of the Tottenham firm back in the day I think. Who is he?

Apparently it all depends on whether Mike Dean saw the incident with Koscielny or not. If he didn't then Costa will get a 3 match ban for violent conduct.

That was actually the hipflask that my sister got me, just in time for Porto away .

My birthday too today mate! Happy Birthday to you. Love beating Arsenal! Feel like we're on our way back. I have to say I was very worried when I saw the team selection but to a man I thought we were very good. Credit to Ivanovic for responding so well after all the criticism which has rightfully been levelled at him. I thought Zouma was awesome, he's got some future ahead of him. Imagine a future CB pairing of Zouma and dare I say it, John Stones? Wow. Great to see Fabregas with another assist, if it was up to me I wouldn't have picked him haha! Diego Costa - What a c*** but don't you just love him?

26 years old today. Pretty great birthday weekend so far, a Spurs defeat here would be brilliant!

To be fair something we could really use is a left-footed AM that can play on the right. Mahrez can also take set pieces as well which would help given that we don't have a single left footer that can take a free kick. I like how Mahrez will fearlessly take players on rather than checking back like many of our AM's instinctively do.

Also I'm really surprised how many of you have included Roberto Carlos. Terrific player to watch, some unreal goals and freekicks but from what I remember he was very suspect defensively.

I was born in 1989 so will only consider players that have played since: ---------------Schmeichel-------------- --Cafu----Maldini----Terry----Cole-- ----------Vieira----------Pirlo----------- ---Messi-------Zidane-----Ronaldinho- ---------------C. Ronaldo--------------- Strongly considered Buffon, Zambrotta, Nesta, Scholes, Makelele, Giggs, Henry, Raul, Ronaldo.

Honestly just don't even know where to start, it is staggering how many problems there are at CFC at the moment. Just seems like virtually everything has gone wrong both on and off the pitch since the end of last season. What concerns me above all is the lack of fight from the players. It's almost as if Jose's lost the dressing room, but how on earth can that have happened since last season? These are the same players that gave everything to win the Title and COC. I'm 100% behind Jose, he deserves the time to right the ship, but ultimately he will be shown the door if the players don't start to fight fo him again. It's good that we have Maccabi in a few days at home rather than having to wait until the Arsenal game on Saturday. This is just the kind of game that we could do with to hopefully get the winning feeling back again. I'm expecting a huge improvement from the players.

You think you've seen it all with this club don't you but there always seems to be some unprecedented controversy waiting around the corner!

Mary O'Rourke is a total idiot or has a serious agenda. José Mourinho : 'Even if you are a kit man, a doctor or a secretary on the bench, you have to understand the game."

Bingo.

Exactly. I know its a different sport but in the NFL there are countless iconic stadia that have been renamed but the fans still refer to them as their classic names.

Respectfully disagree. Ashley Cole has been England's best player in that time period. Always delivered on the big stage whereas Rooney has consistently underwhelmed in major tournaments since Euro 2004.

I've seen a lot of acrimony on social media towards the naming rights issue, but personally I don't really this is as such a big issue. Ideally, would I like our ground to remain as Stamford Bridge? Yes. But, rightly or wrongly, Football is a business now and the sad reality is that we need the money. I'm sure that as fans we'll still always refer to it as the Bridge anyway.

The best part of £300m spent by LVG and to me both their starting XI and squad look pretty average.

Real have been courting him for ages. You can't buy until the seller is prepared to sell. United obviously don't need the money so they tactically waited until the end of the window in order to squeeze the most out of Real. Unfortunately for them, because of their own incompetence, it looks as they may have to settle for half of what Real were prepared to pay in Jan or nothing at all next summer!

Not sure if it's been asked but any word on whether the original wall of the Shed will stay? Can understand if it needs to be knocked down but would be great if it could remain where as it is.

Would love to see Wales play against England. Honestly I reckon Wales would have a good chance of winning. Sit back and attack Cahill and co. using Bale's pace. Sure, England have better individuals overall but Wales would have the best player on the pitch and perhaps a better team ethic.

Or perhaps he had a party where people brought their vodka and Bacardi?

I'm kind of 50/50 on what I've seen so far: I really like how they've tried to create something different, and not another bog standard, identikit bowl stadium. I think the gothic/cathedral-style architecture outside could look really cool. But what I don't really like at all is the fact that the opening of the roof is circular and that there are no defined corners/edges between the stands. I worry that it will just look like another bowl from above, despite the club's best efforts. Anyone else share this view? Also I really wish that there would be more normal seats and less corporates but then what else did we expect? At least there won't be the 'ring of silence' like there is at the Emirates, ie. the middle tiers of the ends will be for regular fans. Ideally I'd have liked a single-tier end but it seems like this wasn't feasible.

My mate's an estate agent and been doing a valuation on McEachran's flat today. Cigarette butts everywhere apparently...

To those that have been to the recent consultation. was there any update given on the Wembley situation? I've read rumours in some papers that a deal has been all but agreed, but there's been no official news on this.

Thought it was called the Dog's B*ll*cks?