TJB

Richard Dunne

Fernando Morientes

Darius Vassell

Signed

Nothing like that. There was an EDL march held on Saturday and West Midlands Police requested the game be moved to Friday. Tbh, it would be no bad thing if the PL helped clubs playing in Europe more by pushing games back, like they do elsewhere.

They got pissy about it since the time we beat them at the Bridge under AVB and it was played after the game, thought we were taking the piss out of them or something. Since then, every time they beat us they play it. They even played it after winning the title the first time. As you say, no originality.

Gotta give him credit, great composure to finish that. Pity after making such a good start.

The fact that he's a scouser and looks like a scumbag?

Never a pen, great tackle to be fair.

The Nicklas Bendtner of opening-day performances - much-hyped and occasional signs of brilliance, but ultimately a bit of a let-down You scored 5 out of 10

I'll have to hold my hands up to this one as well. Club names is another one.

---- EPL and Europe ---- 1. What's your predicted EPL top 4? (and Chelsea's finishing place if outside top 4) Top 4 will be Chelsea, City, United, Arsenal. 2. 3 EPL teams to be relegated? Bournemouth, Norwich, Leicester. 3. Premier League Top Scorer? Aguero 4. Premier League Most Assists? Juan Mata 5. Player of the season in the Premier League & In Europe? (answer both) PL: Hazard Europe: Messi 6. Young player of the season Premier League? (23 and younger at start of the year) Sterling 7. Champions League winning team? Barcelona 8. EPL overachieving team (relative to finances) Swansea City 9. EPL underachieving team (as above) Spurs 10. EPL most improved team (based on finishing ladder position from one year to the next) Newcastle 11. EPL biggest declining team (as above) Leicester City 12. EPL manager of the year No matter what he does it won't be Jose. I'll pick Koeman ---- Chelsea ---- 1. Chelsea best player? Hazard 2. Chelsea top scorer? Costa 3. Biggest improver? Willian 4. Biggest decliner? Ivanovic 5. Surprise packet (Chelsea player who will do better than most think) Willian 6. Biggest disappointment (opposite of above) Oscar 7. How far Chelsea will go in the Champions League (group stage, round of 16, quarters, etc) Depends on the draw obviously. I'll say QF 8. Broadly how well Chelsea will do in the cups (FA and League) I would expect semi-final minimum in the LC and 6th round FA Cup. 9. Most over and under used Chelsea player this season Over-used: If last season is anything to go by you could name 7 or 8 players here :) I'll say Hazard though. Under-used: Remy

I could understand, to a degree at least, that kind of attitude being taken towards the League Cup or maybe even the FA Cup, but after going 5 years without a league title, I would have thought even the most spoilt fan would appreciate how difficult winning the league is and how it should be celebrated as a major achievement every time we win it.

Gutted he's going there, but can fully understand his reasons. I wish him the best and thank him for the last 11 years.

Cracking game. Well deserved win for Barca. Credit to Juventus, gave them a good match.

No reason they couldn't keep the Newcastle coverage and our title celebrations on separate channels. They had 3 channels showing games today. f**king bullsh*t.

A fitting farewell.

Once the club remains in the PL and the money keeps rolling in, with minimum investment from him, he'll be happy. If he's so ambitious, why didn't he insist those below him get a replacement for Pardew in?

Arsenal doing all they can to turn that "title challenge" of theirs into another 4th place finish. Selfies galore next week if they can pull it off.

I've no problem with what Gerrard said, it was a cheeky comment, he took enough in return throughout the game (which was also funny, bar the lamented signs) . If you dish it out you have to be able to take it.

Mine was replaced with that about a year or so ago.

Good ovation for Gerrard when he went off

Substitution makes no sense. Mikel is having a nightmare, RLC has looked good, and doesn't look tired.

We should get the ball to Hazard as much as possible, he's destroying Can. A penalty or a red card waiting to happen.