Originally posted by live4speed
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (eats his words).
You posted plenty of times here, but anyway BIGGER BOLLOCKSOriginally posted by chaser_fan
I haven't posted here since I started the thread, due to the amazing coincidence between that and the Arse's inexpicable lack of form, but now I'm back and all I can say is...
CHAMPIONS! CHAMPIONS! CHAMPIONS!
Originally posted by live4speed
The best goal of the night though was Shearer's, probably goal of the month.
Liverpool and Leeds have both gone a season with only 1 defeat, so if you lose just one match you don't hold any records, heres hoping.Originally posted by Mike Rotch
Can they finish the season unbeaten? I hope so. It will be one awesome record to have.
Originally posted by DQuaN
I read in the paper this morning that Wenger is planning on spending £35m over the summer. He wants Terry and Gerrard. This is a very exciting time. Imagine terry and Sol at the back, Viera and Gerrard in the middle. We will be unstoppable
Originally posted by live4speed
Liverpool and Leeds have both gone a season with only 1 defeat, so if you lose just one match you don't hold any records, heres hoping.
chaser_fanas I do with Chelsea, as buying huge-name players for huge fees that other clubs have developed simply to boost reputation and sell shirts doesn't sit well with me.
Race IdiotWhat big name players did we buy this season? Kezman certainly wasn't, Drogba wasn't, Paulo Ferreria wasn't, Carvalho wasn't. The only two big name players we bought were Crespo and Veron. They've been offed back to Italy.
Race IdiotWhat big name players did we buy this season? Kezman certainly wasn't, Drogba wasn't, Paulo Ferreria wasn't, Carvalho wasn't. The only two big name players we bought were Crespo and Veron. They've been offed back to Italy.
chaser_fanWhat? Kezman isn't a big name player? Come off it mate, he's been one of the hottest properties in European football for a long time. He just never left (or wasn't allowed to leave) PSV and became a bit of a forgotten man because of it. Drogba is also red hot property and many clubs would have killed for his signature. As for Ferreira and Carvalho, well Carvalho was one of the best defenders in the Euro championships as well as Dellas and Ferreira also has a strong reputation after Porto's last two successful seasons. OK, so today's Chelsea are not like Real Madrid who buy on reputation of the name and image alone, but they definately were at the beginning of last season and you can't deny that.Most of Ranieri's buys post abramovitch were panic buys, just to find any willing decent player who would accept large ammounts of cash. Case in point Crespo and Veron, although more Veron.
It just angers me when a club spends offensive amounts of money to build a squad rather than build one up as other clubs have successfully done.
So we've got disposable income lets just not bother using it, that makes no sense whatsoever. Although it would be nice to see some investment in a better/improved youth system, instead of just players.
It also adds a huge amount of pressure on the team that spent big, and that's not good at all. What will happen to Mourinho if he doesn't bring any silverware to the Bridge this season? Will he be treated as badly as Ranieri? I guess only time will tell.
To be honest, I doubt he has any more pressure than any other top flight manager. We had a definite chance at the champions leauge last season and we blew it by playing unfit (moneygrabbing) players. We'll have to see what happens during the season though.
Edit: Oh yeah, all your Viera are belong to real. 👎