Jonty

Sell Cech for 10 mil and bring in Falcao for more than twice that. If true, it's nice to see that we've reverted to our business model of the early Roman days.

The difference is that with a standard settlement the money goes to those who have been wronged. In this case money went backdoor to the Irish FA to be spent on who knows what while the players and fans, the people who actually matter, got shafted once again.

Van Nistelrooy's game was hardly dependent on physicality either, it was more about being clinical and having a knack of always being in the right place at the right time.

I don't really have an issue with it to be honest, all it imposes is that clubs give one extra candidate an interview, hardly a massive burden, and if it keeps idiots like Sol Cambpell quiet than why not. Maybe a few clubs will stumble upon great candidates they previously wouldn't have considered through this process too.

So now its come out that the Irish FA accepted a 5 million pound bribe not to complain about Thierry Henry's handball at the 2010 World Cup.

The people who have invested money in the death and mistreatment of foreign "slave" workers will have spent millions of dollars for nothing. Sounds good to me.

Milner officially announced by Liverpool: http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/186300-liverpool-agree-deal-to-sign-milner Still to come: the statement re: the history and integrity of LFC being the primary factor in his decision.

Even a loan seems far fetched considering hes essentially the first backup at CB right now. I know Ivanovic can fill in but surely Jose won't leave us that bare unless he wants Kalas and/or Christensen to get some first-team exposure? No, even that I can't believe we'd let him go unless there has been a falling out.

Was just thinking, Remy has played a few games out wide at the end of this season, both in the prem and in the post-season friendlies. Now that Jose has ruled out Griezmann and Falcao looks likely, i wonder if Jose is intending to use Remy more in that position next season, hence the need for another striker but not a big name winger?

I hope the whistleblowers don't get off lightly either, they should still lose all their money and see some time in gaol, for their cooperation they could see a reduced prison stretch but that should be it.

Didn't he get found out smoking in the showers after a game or something? And thats why he got dropped? Clearly does not give a f**k, he's made enough money and taken enough w**ky selfies.

Good point Fellaini is probably a better example. However of all the flop signings over the years Fellaini is really the only one that can be considered a turn around success and even then it's only because United have catered their entire style of play to him, and its sh*te.

A few of my mates went down for the Sydney game a day earlier than I did and bumped in to a few players and coaching staff, no surprise that JT was the most willing to wait and pose for pictures and sign autographs for anyone that was asked while a few others including Jose didn't really stick around.

That depends, how tight will their uniforms be?

So long as we're recovering the majority of what we paid for him it's a no brainer to get rid in my opinion. I don't think i've seen a player start so awfully that has eventually come good. Maybe Jordan Henderson but he's hardly the gold standard.

Was in about the fifth row in the shed end with the other supporters groups, we made plenty of noise only shame was that we kept having 2 or 3 different songs going at the same time. There was celery everywhere and a bloke jumped through a chair and broke it when doing the bouncy. The first half was great, the second half we seemed to coast and some of the young players seemed to struggle to make an impact, we sorta escaped with the win at the end there. Massive attendance and everywhere I went in Sydney there were Chelsea fans everywhere, hopefully this encourages them to come back again soon.

I am, my friend flew down a few hours ago (my flights not for another 18 hours or so) and she said she just met John Terry, very jealous.

Drogba...12?

Except they are always plagued by injuries and we aren't, its no coincidence.

Spain and France as well as around 1/3 of UEFA nations voted for Blatter.

Seriously though, how do you pick up a player who is supposedly the best player in the league by a mile, supposedly far better than Hazard, and still finish with less points than the year before?

It only takes a 1 syllable response from Jose to get under the skin of opposition fans these days

Surprised they didn't burn it considering they've virtually become the Dippers of the South.

I blame Emenalo and Carlo.

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