Scott Harris

I was the same, but it was mainly because I didn't want us to waste so much money on another striker. I would rather we get somebody that will be good enough long term than sign somebody that will only last 1 or 2 seasons at the top level.

Something that has been annoying me about this is the way some football pundits and some people in the media are discussing this. They are completely ignoring the alleged part in all of this. I was watching MOTD2 last night, and the presenter made it clear that it's ALLEGED racism, and she pointed that out when she started talking about it, but then you have Alex Scott not acknowledging the alleged part at all and is just going with definite racism without any investigation being concluded. Her line of thought is guilty until proven innocent and I think she is very wrong to do that. If it comes out that he is now innocent, then they will have to do a lot of back tracking and apologise. You can't accuse somebody of being racist and then brush it under the carpet if that person isn't actually guilty of it. I'm not liking this trial by social media that is going on either. We can't know for sure what was said, it's hard to tell if he says "black" or "manc", it could even be something else entirely.

Fair enough then, and if that is true then the guy should be banned for life.

Like has been said, if he did say anything racist, then ban him, he'll get everything he deserves. Sterling's comments were pretty vague though. It's hard to tell if he is saying that this guy did say something racist or if he is complaining about how he is treated because he's a black man.

Well, we kind of need one right now, so how about we give it a go?

I would be okay with it if we already had a player scoring a whole load of goals in that position, but we don't. We need more end product from right wing now, waiting 3 or 4 years for a maybe isn't going to do us any good.

Okay, I must have watched it about 50 times now, and the more I watch it, the harder it is to tell. It's either "manc c***" or "black c***". The problem is that I can see both if I am looking for it. Either way, the guy looks completely ridiculous. Some people go too far with abuse at football matches.

Exactly this. I think it's wrong for Ferdinand and Wright to just shout racism like this without definite proof.

I'm still not a fan of Hazard in that role though, he doesn't look the same player playing there. I would much rather see Pedro through the middle and Hazard on the wing. I think we would look a lot more dangerous. Hazard struggled to hold up the ball today. I prefer to see him running at the opposition, not with his back to goal so much.

Tottenham have been lucky tonight, if Leicester had a finishing touch, they would have got a draw at least.

Every so often the Barcelona comes out in Guardiola. He really is bitter when everything doesn't go his way.

Hard to tell what is said there, I don't know how he can jump to the conclusion that it's racist language being used though.

I agree with this, but there is one thing I have always said, I think it's easier to give a decision in favour of other teams than it is to us. It all comes down to media bias and influence. Get a decision wrong against Chelsea, and nobody but Chelsea fans are going to complain about it. Get a decision wrong against United or Liverpool and it's a totally different reaction, you will have the media, radio and football pundits talking about the mistake and putting pressure on the F.A and the refs. The fact is, teams like Liverpool, Arsenal and Man United have a lot of media influence, and I really do think it effects decision making by the refs and even the F.A at times. Just remember the Costa crimes stuff. The F.A tend to only get involved and ban players once the media have had their say. I remember the game against Burnley where Barnes could have seriously injured both Matic, Ivanovic and Zouma, the ref let him get away with it and the F.A and media did too.

It's one of the things that bugs me most, it's bad enough seeing that crap from rival fans, but worse when you see other Chelsea fans saying it.

Luiz tends to perform however the team are performing. When the commitment from the team is there and we are passing the ball confidently, he tends to up his game. When we look like we can't be bothered, he tends to have one of his games like he had against Tottenham. So the cure to Luiz mistakes is to always play well