Guz

Seems to be mileage in it every transfer window

Why? Money isn't everything. He and his family may not want to uproot so far north, he may have been left totally convinced by Arsenal and only want to go there.

Almost £5000 for a season ticket? Think you've got something wrong there!

For a moment there I thought you said he's due to have a medical at Anfield tommorow Seems fair enough.

I cant remember exactly what happened? Were we the only club to be dealing with his agent who got a wedge of the pie while everyone else were concerned with the club? Memory has totally gone as to how we snuck in so quietly .

Arsenal game is at home

One of the broadsheets i think, independent maybe.

On a related note, Given is over rated IMO. Good keeper and if he has any ambition will dump Newcastle for someone like Arsenal or abroad but dont think he's quite as good as is made out.

As much as he may rate him, I highly doubt Rafa himself would want a chunk of his transfer budget (which £5m still is) spent on a 16 year old given our "right player for the right price" mantra.

He was also the ref that gave us a penalty in 2004 which Zidanny tucked away.....i think He's a s*** ref though whoever he's reffing

Definitley not native To be honest, the few pubs I've met a few Chelsea supporters and they've been alright, had a quick chat at the bar in the pub while watching the footy (neutral game mind you) and all that, decent people. Walking down fulham road with my red/white bar scarf on my own before the CL game in december and no problems. Some c***s yeah and he crowd is different for sure but like all clubs has a lot of good but a few rotten.

I live 10 minutes down the road from Stamford Bridge and think you're over over stating it just a wee bit However, if Liverpool v Chelsea becomes the new Manchester United v Arsenal then yes a rivalry will develop but obviously not as intense as the blues**** or red mancs.

It's Manchester United v Liverpool. They hate us, we hate them. They ALWAYS raise their game against us, anything can happen. This thread makes me more nervous than the "Welcome Danniel Agger" thread

Zola's flick vs Norwich from a corner a few years ago was something special. Came running in towards the near post then just drifted away and flicked it into the net. Brilliant

I don't know, solely because I've hardly seen him play but my point was that we've got someone else who can play on the right of midfield now which may make us less desperate for a genuine right midfielder in this transfer window.

So, Gerrard v Olympiacos - shouldve been booked + sent off and everyone wouldve been ok with it then I guess? Crazy world

Kromkamp

Football365 and kitbag have a few. I remember seeing a "Benitles" shirt a while ago but cant find the bugger.

They still have nightmares about those 6 minutes probably

So you'd have been ok at the time if Gerrard had picked up a 2nd yellow against Olympiacos last season? The number of fans running down the kop when he scored to celebrate certainly was dangerous.

Rooney and van Nistelrooy *runs*

At the moment, yes but if we are to continue to progress as we are, we're gonna need to start putting these chances away and need a bit more a predator in the box. We're mirroring Valencia to a tee in my opinion, just not so quickly for obvious reasons. At the moment we're shaping up like their first title winning team, great defence, goals from all over but not that many goals scored and no one single goal scorer.

Belief Team Spirit More posession football (still lots of room for improvement though) Ability to 'dig in' when needed A defence the team trusts More competition for places Goals from the midfield No more getting bullied away from home More tactically flexible

It was a farcical decision to send Robben off, dont care who he plays for, it is a f***ing stupid rule if it exists. Football will only get colder and colder by the day with daft regulations like that.

It's also being sold on the reebok site for a few quid more, anyone used subside sports? Reliable etc.?