BlueBeard

Can't believe the crap that's being written about him already by a lot of people on this site! As with any signing, give him the benefit of the doubt - and then, if he turns out to be as bad as you originally thought, then by all means slag him off - but give him a chance first, please! Let's hope he proves to be as good a signing as a certain other right back we got from Barca - Chappie Ferrer! Welcome, Juliano - make these muppets eat their words!

Thankyou, MB - how could I forget the sight of that tw*t galloping about like a headless chicken?

Thought of a few more tracks: - Andantes - (Like A) Nightmare Archie Bell & The Drells - Here I Go Again Darrell Banks - Angel Baby Blackbyrds - Walking In Rhythm Solomon Burke - If You Need Me Clarence Carter - Slip Away / Patches Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music Cynthia & The Imaginations - Hey Boy I Love You Brenda Holloway - When I'm Gone Linda Jones - Hypnotized Major Lance - I Wanna Make Up (Before We Break Up) / Girl, Come On Home / Girls / Since I Lost My Baby's Love Marvelettes - I'll Keep Holding On / Goddess Of Love Jackie Moore - Precious, Precious Ann Peebles - Beware / Love Vibration / I've Been There Before / I'm Leaving You Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Honey Chile Joe Tex - Show Me / Hold What You've Got Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y / I'll Never Stop Loving You Velvelettes - He Was Really Saying Something Great idea, but I think I might get a bit distracted......

Tough one, so many to choose from - but here goes: - My favourite soul albums (no particular order): - Al Green - Let's Stay Together Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On Temptations - Masterpiece Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Stevie Wonder - Innervisions Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye - What's Going On James Brown - Live At The Apollo Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove Four Tops - Still Waters Run Deep Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents... Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett Isley Brothers - 3 + 3 Johnny Bristol - Hang On In There Baby Rufus - Rags To Rufus Otis Redding - Otis Blue Gladys Knight & The Pips - Imagination Favourite soul singles - far too many to mention, but here's a few: - Bar-Kays - Soul Finger Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle Johnny Bristol - Hang On In There Baby James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) / Night Train / Sex Machine Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her / Oh Girl Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number George Clinton/Parliament Funkadelic - Tear The Roof Off The Sucka / Get Off Your Ass And Jam Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame / One Of A Kind (Love Affair) William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got Ronnie Dyson - When You Get Right Down To It Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You Lorraine Ellison - Stay With Me Baby / Try Just A Little Bit Harder Yvonne Fair - It Should Have Been Me Fatback Band - Wicky Wacky Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Where Is The Love Eddie Floyd - Bring It On Home To Me / Knock On Wood Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Lovin' / Reach Out, I'll Be There / Do What You Gotta Do Aretha Franklin - Respect / Angel / Spanish Harlem / I Say A Little Prayer Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart Marvin Gaye - Baby Don't You Do It / Distant Lover / If I Should Die Tonight Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By Al Green - Let's Stay Together / How Can You Mend A Broken Heart / Simply Beautiful Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto Isaac Hayes - Shaft / I Stand Accused Eddie Holman - (Hey There) Lonely Girl Impressions - I'm So Proud Isley Brothers - Shout / This Old Heart Of Mine / Behind A Painted Smile / Summer Breeze Millie Jackson - If Loving You Is Wrong / My Man, A Sweet Man Marv Johnson - I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose Ben E.King - Stand By Me Frederick Knight - I've Been Lonely For So Long Gladys Knight & The Pips - Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me / Just Walk In My Shoes / Midnight Train To Georgia Major Lance - Um Um Um Um Um Um / You'll Want Me Back Shorty Long - Baby Come Home To Me Main Ingredient - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely Marvelettes - When You're Young And In Love Curtis Mayfield - Give Me Your Love / Move On Up / So In Love Mel & Tim - Backfield In Motion Miracles - Going To A Go-Go / You've Really Got A Hold On Me Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is Ohio Players - Fire / Heaven Must Be Like This / Skin Tight Originals - Baby I'm For Real Freda Payne - Band Of Gold Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain / (You Keep Me) Hanging On / I Needed Somebody Wilson Pickett - 634-5789 / Land Of 1000 Dances / In The Midnight Hour Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long / (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay / My Lover's Prayer / Try A Little Tenderness Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run / Dancing In The Street Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All / Tears Of A Clown / Tracks Of My Tears Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough / I'm Still Waiting / Remember Me / Touch Me In The Morning Diana Ross & The Supremes - I'm Livin' In Shame / Someday We'll Be Together / I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (w.Temptations) Jimmy Ruffin - I'll Say Forever My Love / Farewell Is A Lonely Sound / What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted Rufus - Tell Me Something Good Sam & Dave - I Thank You / Hold On, I'm Comin' / Soul Man Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman / Out Of Left Field / Warm And Tender Love Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music / Everyday People / I Want To Take You Higher / Family Affair / M'Lady Staples Singers - Respect Yourself / I'll Take You There Edwin Starr - Twenty-Five Miles / War Supremes - Nathan Jones / Automatically Sunshine / Stoned Love Supremes & Four Tops - You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg / Take A Look Around / Papa Was A Rolling Stone / Ain't No Justice / Cloud Nine / I Can't Get Next To You Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High / Proud Mary / Nutbush City Limits Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack Jnr.Walker & The All Stars - Walk In The Night / Gotta Hold On To This Feeling / What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) / (I'm A) Roadrunner War - Low Rider Barry White - Never Never Gonna Give You Up / You're The First, The Last, My Everything Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher / I Get The Sweetest Feeling Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) / If You Really Love Me / Superstition / Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing / You Haven't Done Nothin' Bloody hell, I got carried away again - apologies to all.... ps - Too bleedin' right!

Watch that a bit closer - Shorey was about to clear it, but Robinson hooked his leg round and it was he who put the ball out wide to the German player. My take on the game: - Robinson - looked a shadow of his former self Richards - looked menacing down the right in the first half, but was pretty anonymous when McClaren stuck him at CB after Brown came on - ridiculous decision Ferdinand - another crap game. At one point the ball came to him on the edge of his own area, nobody near him, and he hooked the ball over his own head and into touch for a German throw-in Terry - decent first half, didn't play well after the break Shorey - same as JT Beckham - waste of space. Clearly not fit, and in the second half showed his selfish and arrogant side by deciding to play wherever he wanted, which meant England lost their shape totally. Apart from a couple of good passes, he was bleedin' useless - and I'm including his free-kicks too! Carrick - average at best Lampard - best I've seen him play in a long time Cole - England's MOM for me Smith - couple of good touches, but largely anonymous Owen - crap (no surprise there) SUBS James - average Brown - crap Barry - I thought he played well when he came on, kept the ball well Dyer - played out of position, missed a sitter SWP - looked great, continuing his excellent recent form Can't remember who the other sub was

I seem to be the only one who's voted "Yes, and get rid of Paulo" - and that was a mistake. I thought it said "get rid of Pauly"

I think Russia have a great chance against England. England have a team of very good players (mostly), but they don't play together as a team - and Steve McClaren doesn't have the ability or know-how to rectify this. Plus, McClaren picks players on reputation rather than current form, and though this has been shown not to work, he won't change - the blokes a w*nker The Germany game tonight is only a friendly, but having said that, England v Germany games are rarely played like other friendlies. Also, it's England's first game at the new Wembley so there'll be an extra edge to the match. Both teams are missing quite a few first choice players, which could go in England's favour, as the English first choice players are generally sh*te (apart from the Chelsea players of course!) this was written from a totally unbiased point of view

I agree with all of that, except Greaves' 'clatter-ability'. Being young as I am, I only ever saw Greaves play against Chelsea when he was at Spuds or West Ham - and every time, Chopper Harris had him in his pocket - Greaves was terrified of him!

Brian, as you have admitted, that list is based solely on goals. No matter what you say, it's easier for a striker to score goals in this day and age than it was years ago, for all the reasons that you yourself mentioned. Not only that, but different circumstances have to be taken into consideration. For instance, Dave Sexton, in his infinite wisdom(?), played Peter Osgood in midfield for quite a long time - you may have seen pictures of Ossie wearing the #4 shirt? So it's not really a fair comparison. as the stats are including games when players weren't even playing as strikers. Likewise, Bobby Tambling played on the left wing/left midfield for most games in his last 3 or 4 years at Chelsea. If he'd stayed up front with either Barry Bridges or Peter Osgood, he'd have got far more goals than he did. Plus, I was going to add some stats of my own, but you can't really get a true picture when you take into account all of the substitute appearances. Some of those appearances were just a few minutes, so it really wouldn't be fair to include them as an appearance, and therefore the stats are bolloxed before you start (statisticians terminology!) Having said all that, I felt I had to include these: - Robert Fleck 4 (43 + 5) 1 goal every 12 games Trevor Aylott 2 (27 + 3 games) 1 goal every 15 games

I was listening to Keith Hackett on TalkSport about an hour ago, and he admitted that he phoned Benitez to apologise. Would he have called Mourinho if the decision had been at the other end? I somehow doubt it, though he did say that he phoned Lawrie Sanchez to apologise for the goal that should have stood in the Fulham/Boro game. He then went on to say he wouldn't be available for interviews for a couple of weeks, as he was going to be busy phoning the entire population of Germany to apologise for Geoff Hurst's 'goal' in the 1966 World Cup Final That last bit isn't strictly true

SWP for me again - third game running - the only time we looked threatening was when SWP ran down the right and whipped in some great crosses.

Can't find that pic, Just, so I tried to get some video caps from the TV clip. Quality ain't that good, but better than nothing.

It's not so much his attitude but the fact that he's a t*at. i was asking BlueBeard to be honest, but as you replied Moos, why do you think he is a tw*t, is it because of the robeen debacle? It was the Reina/Robben incident mainly - and the way that Reina protested his innocence, ably backed by that c*nt Benitez. The fact Reina plays for your lot obviously makes it a lot easier to hate him. I'm totally in Lofty's corner - it's a well known fact that all scousers are scum, and even if a person doesn't come from Liverpool, supporting the scousers makes them scum by association

If it's down to attitude, then here's my XI: - ---------------------Lehmann Neville----Carragher----R.Ferdinand-----Gallas Diouf--------Savage-----Bowyer--------Ronaldo -------------Bellamy-----Rooney Subs: - Reina, A.Ferdinand, Dyer, Gerrard, Keane None of the above would ever be worthy of wearing the sacred blue of Chelsea!

The likes of Eddie Niedzwiecki, Joe McLaughlin, Colin Pates, Joey Jones, Johnny Bumstead, Mickey Thomas, Nigel Spackman, Paul Canoville, Pat Nevin, David Speedie - a sh*t team??????????? Wash your keyboard out this minute, sir!

Well, as exciting as sticking my head up Bluebeard sounds, I think I'm gonna have to pass... I was kinda worried about that comment, too, Brian

Great band, especially while they were still a three-piece (before 1972)!

Agree with all of that, except I'd have Hutch, Tambling and Kerry ahead of Drogba. 1. Peter Osgood 2. Jimmy Greaves 3. Kerry Dixon 4. Bobby Tambling 5. Ian Hutchinson 6. Didier Drogba 7. David Speedie 8. Steve Finnieston 9. Tommy Baldwin 10. JFH Apart from Greaves, I've seen all the above players play for Chelsea, some of them many, many times (though I saw Greaves play against us a few times when he was at N17). I saw Ossie & Co far more times than I've seen the more recent players, so that probably explains my bias towards them. Sticking Drogs in at #6 is no insult - I thought he was brilliant last year, not just for his goals but for his all round play. How would some of them play in this day and age? - Peter Osgood & Co. would absolutely revel in todays game, can you imagine the likes of Ossie or Tambling playing in an era where defenders are hardly allowed to tackle anymore??? Further to that, for players of that era to be able to play on present-day pitch surfaces would be a dream come true. Ossie and other skill players of his time (Cooke, Best, Gray, etc....) would be absolutely priceless in todays game. Alternatively, can anyone imagine Drogba or JFH coping with the pitches of yesteryear, with the likes of Jack Charlton or Tommy Smith breathing down their necks?

What I fail to understand is why no player or member of management has taken it upon themselves to kick the living sh*t out of Bellamy. Everybody knows that he's a total c*nt, yet I can't recall a single report of him being given a kicking by a team-mate - and managers must realise what a gobby turd and troublemaker he is, yet they still sign him. He's rowed with managers throughout his career, though I doubt he'd have had the balls to confront a younger, fitter Souness. If I were Curbishley (God forbid), Bellamy would have been found hanging from the Bobby Moore stand by his balls with his throat cut next morning - God I hate that utter w*nker!

a few more..... Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love Bad Manners - Special Brew Bangles - Manic Monday / Walk Like An Egyptian Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom / Hands Off - She's Mine Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield / We Belong Big Country - In A Big Country / Look Away Black - Wonderful Life Bodysnatchers - Let's Do Rock Steady Graham Bonnet - Night Games David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes / China Girl James Brown - The Payback Mix / I'm Real Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Cars - Drive Tracy Chapman - Fast Car Chicago - You're The Inspiration Clash - Rock The Casbah / Should I Stay Or Should I Go Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis Elvis Costello - A Good Year For The Roses / I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down Randy Crawford - Almaz Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid Steve Earle - Copperhead Road / The Devil's Right Hand Dave Edmunds - Almost Saturday Night Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love Fleetwood Mac - Big Love Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed / The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer J.Geils Band - Centerfold Go-Go's - We Got The Beat Eddy Grant - Do You Feel My Love / Electric Avenue Half Pint - Greetings George Harrison - All Those Years Ago / Got My Mind Set On You Debbie Harry - French Kissin' In The USA Human League - Don't You Want Me / Fascination Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse Chris Isaak - Wicked Game Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls Jam - Town Called Malice Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock'n'Roll Kool & The Gang - Get Down On It Kraftwerk - The Model John Lennon - Woman / (Just Like) Starting Over Madness - Embarrassment / Shut Up Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier / Could You Be Loved / One Love Meat Loaf & Cher - Dead Ringer For Love John Cougar Mellancamp - Jack And Diane Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Out In The Fields Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around Gary Numan - Cars Sinead O'Connor - Sacrifice / Nothing Compares 2U Roy Orbison - You Got It Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love / I Didn't Mean To Turn You On Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down Robert Plant - Big Log Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God / The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me Pretenders - I Go To Sleep / Talk Of The Town Prince - Little Red Corvette / Purple Rain Queen - I Want To Break Free Rainbow - Can't Happen Here / I Surrender Rainmakers - Let My People Go Go Ramones - Baby I Love You Chris Rea - The Road To Hell REM - The One I Love REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River Rolling Stones - Start Me Up Kevin Rowland & Dexy's Midnight Runners - The Celtic Soul Brothers Shakespear's Sister - You're History Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart Michelle Shocked - Anchorage Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong Simply Red - Holding Back The Years Siouxsie & The Banshees - Dear Prudence Slade - Run Runaway Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow / This Charming Man Specials - Ghost Town Special AKA - Too Much Too Young Bruce Springsteen - Fire / Dancing In The Dark Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart / Black Coffee In Bed Stiff Little Fingers - Gotta Getaway Stranglers - Strange Little Girl / Always The Sun / Golden Brown Talking Heads - And She Was / Psycho Killer Thin Lizzy - Killer On The Loose Peter Tosh - Mama Africa / Maga Dog T'Pau - Heart And Soul / China In Your Hand Transvision Vamp - I Want Your Love Tina Turner - Private Dancer Twinkle Brothers - Never Get Burn UB40 - Please Don't Make Me Cry / Red Red Wine Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Undertones - It's Going To Happen / My Perfect Cousin U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) / With Or Without You Suzanne Vega - Luka Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour Stevie Winwood - Higher Love Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna Stand For It / Master Blaster XTC - Senses Working Overtime Yellowman & Fathead - Bam Bam ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' / Sharp Dressed Man The 80's was never my favourite time for music, so I'm really surprised that I found so many songs I liked from that era in my collection. I apologise for the length of the list, but I've drastically cut the list short as it is

I know the answer to this one. Please sir please!! http://www.chelseafcforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4579 Your midfield of Sidwell and Mikel - unless you are going to say that you meant replacing him with Mikel! Ah, I see No, I only selected Sidwell because he'd be up against his old team, extra motivation, point to prove and all that..... seems that Mourinho agreed with me, but naturally he didn't dare drop Lampard to do it, so Mikel went out When Ballack is fit again I'd like to see him given a run of five or six games instead of Lampard, and hopefully playing alongside Essien or Mikel. If Mourinho had the b*llocks to do that, I reckon we might actually see the real Ballack finally appear in Chelsea blue!

That was Tommy Baldwin Alan Birchenall also scored on his debut, away at Sunderland in 1967.

Johnny Boyle didn't have a bad debut either - scored a goal in the first leg of the League Cup away at Aston Villa, then went on to appear in the second leg, and both legs of the final against Leicester. Very under-rated player, Johnny Boyle, I used to love watching him play, he was like a cross between Ron Harris and David Speedie

Where the hell did I say we should replace Lampard with Sidwell???