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Clearly over the line, about time we had a good decision.

I think the main issue here is nothing to do with Eva, but all to do with Eden Hazard's "fragility". Since around the beginning of this year I've noticed that Eden seems to be going down easier and easier when tackled, and putting on the theatrics as though his legs are broken... only for him to be up and running about two minutes later. I know he's the most fouled player in the Premiership, but even so, he is becoming a bit of a diver - perhaps not blatantly as yet, but it's definitely creeping into his game. Jose would be better addressing this than venting anger towards the medical staff who were doing their job correctly as instructed by the referee.

Personally, I don't care whether Chelsea players and/or supporters are black, white, Asian, or whatever. As long as the players are good ones and the fans support the club and don't give us all a bad reputation, I'm happy with that. Social engineering is almost as bad as racism, IMO. We should not be looking to attract minorities specifically - we should look to attract anyone who is a good decent person who wants to support the club. Now bear in mind that per the last census in 2011, the UK is 92% white, 4% Asian and 2% Black. Looking at football crowd percentages, I'd say that you probably see less than 4% are Asian, but more than 2% are black - this is most likely because many Asians follow cricket as their main sport, and there are a lot of black role models in football due to it being so popular in Africa and South America. I am quite surprised there are not more far eastern Asians, given the huge popularity of football in China/Thailand/Malaysia/Japan etc.

Then this result pretty much proves him right...

Well, it was actually a tenner on us to win and Drogba to score first. So I wasn't going to win that one anyway, regardless of the result.

Gutted. :( I had a tenner on us to win today, and another tenner on us to win the quadruple. Both gone now, obviously. Slight consolation is that I put a £1 treble on Chelsea, City and Liverpool to ge knocked out (was just a spare quid and never thought it could happen, I just picked the results offering the highest odds)... so if Bolton can do the business later, I'll collect nearly £2,500 from that.

Liverpool Red Wine for sale. Bottled at Selhurst Park, May 2014...

The "Miracle Of Istanbul" 2005 in reverse! :D HILARIOUS!!!!!

I lost any shred of respect I had remaining for the FA in 2002 when Beckham had that whole metatarsal issue, yet was included in the World Cup squad and ruined any chance we had of doing well in the tournament. All because the FA were desperate to sell Beckham England shirts while out in Asia and keep the money coming in to line their pockets.

Is this on TV?

ohhh Rambo, that was sweet!

Very interesting read (especially for a Daily Mail article..!) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2412691/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-Id-die-Jose-Mourinho-Pep-Guardiola-coward.html

Remind me again of another reason why people post stuff on the internet ;)

Never thought I'd say this but I am so jealous of Arsenal right now. Ozil is probably the best attacking midfielder in the world right now, can't believe they actually got him, what a coup. So much for the special relationship between Spurs and Real... Real selling a world class player to Spurs biggest rival can't have gone down well at WHL! I have a mate at work who is a Gooner, he's absolutely over the moon. I told him I was jealous of them getting Ozil, and he admitted he's been jealous of Chelsea for the last six years!

Yep. That video of Eto'o reminded me more of recent Torres performances than anything else.