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It appears that, as the 2016/2017 season approaches, there has been a clampdown on player`s behaviour and in particular the manner in which players approach/speak to match officials.

Players now run the risk of red / yellow cards for transgressing the boundaries that have been agreed by the Premier League, English Football League and the Football Association.

Talking about the introduction of these new guidelines, the Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore has remarked,

'It is our collective position that these types of behaviour should no longer be tolerated.

'Things happen in the heat of the moment during fast and highly competitive football. We still want to see the passion fans enjoy and demand, but players and managers have to be aware there are lines that should not be crossed.'

Offences which could earn players a Yellow Card

• Visibly disrespectful behaviour to any match official.

• An aggressive response to decisions.

• Confronting an official face to face.

• Running towards an official to contest a decision.

• Offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures towards match officials.

• Physical contact with any match official in a non-aggressive manner.

• A yellow card for at least one player when two or more from a team surround a match official.

New Red Card offences

• If a player confronts match officials and uses offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures towards them.

• Physical contact with match officials in an aggressive or confrontational manner.

Interestingly, not a single Premier League player has been sent off for insulting or using abusive language towards a match official in the last five seasons!

Right, who can we see suffering the indignity of taking an early bath in the early stages of the season as the players start to get to grips with the new code of conduct? A) Diego Costa B) Diego Costa C) Diego Costa D)Diego Costa

Costa is staying after all.

Don't I just need a legal counsel

Nihilist:
I thought griezman just signed a new 4 or 5 year deal

Really? That is one piece of bad news then.

We keep getting linked with forwards that are yet to really impress me. Morata and Icardi aren't names to be trusted.

Honestly it feels great to know Zouma is back in training.

With Costa reportedly leaving, we would most likely be in the market for a forward. IMO Griezmann would be a great addition. You watch this lad play and you're forced to believe that he would be up there someday hustling to win the Ballon'dor with the best legs.

A Costa swap deal go make sense.

Pataki:
From Chambers to Coquelin to Kante? For a club that that will not even feature in CL, heck! Even EUROPA league, no show.

How wonderful it must be, to be a fantastic dreamer.

Then the wise warning. . .

Griffon: You're the one dreaming 'cos you're yet to wake up to the fact that money answereth all things.

Coquelin and Kante aren't pocketing up to 100k weekly at their respective clubs. Pataki you should know what a dying Chelsea is capable of achieving.

timbros:
You guys keep hammering it like a club CANNOT attract big name without Champions League football.

Last transfer Chinese cash splash in Europe should have been enough for a rethink.

Afterall it's just one season we will miss european football. Yes, just one season. Players looking at the bigger picture will know that Chelsea is a big club. European football is guaranteed, forget about this crazy season we had. Is the player signing for just one season?

Na wao...

What happens next?

N'Golo Kante moves to Chelsea from champions Leicester - BBC Sport‎.

Chelsea are reportedly set to complete the signing of Leicester City star N’Golo Kante. Meanwhile, what's up with Costa? I read somewhere that the ninja has handed in a transfer request.

Conte held his first meeting with the media today, with the start time scheduled for 14:00 hours. In front of a horde of journalists from a variety of backgrounds. Here’s a full transcript of Conte’s opening press conference as Chelsea boss, after being pictured holding our famous home shirt for a battery of photographers.

Conte’s introduction

‘Good afternoon everyone. It’s a great pleasure to be here. I’m very happy. I think that I worked a lot to get here and I’m excited for this moment and to start a new season with Chelsea. This is a new chapter for my life, for my career, for me, and for my family. I’m very happy to start to work in a new country, a fantastic country, in a fantastic league. I think this league is very difficult – the most difficult in the world because there are six or seven teams that can win the title, and Chelsea is a great team. I’m very proud to be the new manager of this great team.’

What has he seen in training so far?

‘This is my second day of training in Cobham, and I must say it’s fantastic to work in Cobham. In these two days I saw players with the right attitude and behaviour, with a great will to fight for this shirt, to fight and to go back soon to compete for the best position, to compete to win the title. After these two days I’m very glad to see these things and I think that this is very important.’
On John Terry’s captaincy and potential new role…

‘John Terry signed a contract as a player, not as a different role. He is captain of this team, he is a great player with a great personality, a great charisma. I like to speak with him because I know he knows the club, he knows the right spirit to play for this club. For me he is an important player, like the others also. All the players know that I’ll judge from the training pitch and choose my starting XI. Those who deserve to play will play. When he plays he will be captain, always.

‘I repeat that John Terry is an important player, for me, for the club, for the fans. He signed in May, but all decisions we take together – me, the club – and yes I am very pleased that John Terry signed a new deal with Chelsea. I spoke with him several times and for me it was the most important thing that John, when he signed, was that he was happy.’

Does he feel under pressure at Chelsea?

‘The pressure for me is not important because I was born with pressure. The pressure is not important for me. It’s normal, when you are a player or a manager of a great club, you must play to win, to win the title, or to fight with the other teams to win the title. I know that this league is very difficult, because there are six or seven teams that can win the title and for this reason this situation is very exciting. We know that this year won’t be easy for us because if we think of last season – 10th position was a bad season. We know that, me, the players, the club. But I think we must (focus on) the present, to work very hard every day, every week, every month to achieve something important. The fans need to see a team ready to fight until the end, and to compete with the other teams. Only one team can win the title but we must stay there at the end of the season, to fight for the title, for Champions League (qualification). Chelsea belongs in the Champions League, we must stay there.’

What tactics can we expect to see?

‘We’ve started to work on different aspects and I think that every manager has their own method, their own philosophy. I want to transfer my ideas to the players. I think that it’s important to work on different aspects – tactical, technical and physical, and also on mentality – to become strong and help us to overcome difficulties during training sessions and games. It’s important also to have players who have the ability to bring your ideas and methods. At the moment I’m happy about this because I know to have players ready to fight, to play, to transfer our emotion to our fans. I think this is the most important thing this year. Win or lose, but if we are able to transfer our passion to the fans, I think this is a great victory for me, for the players, for the club.

‘Usually when you arrive in a new team, I evaluate the right positions for the players. When I was in Italy I liked to say the manager is like a tailor who must build the best dress for the team. You have to respect their characteristics, their talents, and then you decide. In the past I started other seasons with one idea of football and then I changed it, because I saw that the system for these players was not good. Three at the back, four at the back, it’s not important for us – what’s important is the spirit of the team if we want to compete again for the title. I think I can improve my players a lot. It’s important, I repeat, that there must be a good ability and I’m sure we can improve a lot through the work.’

Is this is biggest challenge?

‘I don’t know if it’s the hardest challenge in my career. When I arrived in Juventus, we had two 7th-place finishes in the previous two seasons, and then we built something fantastic because we won the title in the first year, then the second and third. Also the experience with the national team was fantastic but also very difficult. We had a great pressure from the media and the whole country who follow you and who see what you’re doing. I think this is a great challenge. I think this is the right moment for me to arrive in England, in this tournament. (It’s) very tough, but I like this, I like the challenge, I like to prove myself in this situation. I’m sure with the players and the club all together we can achieve great satisfaction at the end of the season.

Is he another ‘Special One’?

‘I’m not very good at finding a different name for myself. I hope during the season I will give you the opportunity to find a new name for me and I hope it’ll be a good name. The most important message is that I’m a worker, I like to work, I know only this road to winning – to go back for this club very soon to compete, to go back to play in the Champions League, to go back to winning the title. I know only this verb – work, work work. But I’m very happy because I’ve seen the right attitude in Cobham and I’m very happy with this.’

On the signing of Michy Batshuayi…

‘He is a young player, but very strong. Good technique, he uses two feet, great talent. I’m very happy that Batshuayi joined us, and I know that the club bought a great player for the present and for the future.’

Will we see touchline antics like at the Euros?

‘This is how I am. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing but I have a great passion for football, for my team, for my work. During games and during training sessions I like to stay with my players, to train together, to play with them, to win with them, to lose – I hope not so much – but that’s me, I have great passion and I want to transfer my passion onto my players. Also to my fans because I suffer during the game and I want my players and fans to see this because we work during the week very hard to reach our target. When this doesn’t happen, I’m not happy, but I find with all my strength to reach with my players the final victory.’

What about his intense training methods?

‘This league is very tough, very physical. High intensity. Very strong compared to other leagues. If you want to win, you must play good football and attractive football, but must also have a good physical condition. Usually if you have great organisation and great talent you also run more than the others. Then I think you have more probability to win and for this reason I like to work on all aspects. I think that’s important.’

sixtus3606:
Griffon!!! We are birds!!!
Need to flock with you someday.
#GrammarMustRepent

Hehe. No sh1t homie

pamcode:
like seriously. You to dey lie lacer.

Phuck off hombre

raumdeuter:
Well said Ibime

One of my homeboys used to support Chelsea then maybe because of Gullit or Babayaro, Chelsea pre Roman and in the 90's had many superstars like Dennis Wise, Le Seaux, Desailly, Weah, TA Flo, Zola, Gus Poyet, Gullit etc. Vialli won the CL with Juventus and reported to Chelsea

For some reason Chelsea was the most attractive club to foreigners then even more than Manure who stockpiled mainly british players

So this myth that Chelsea were mid table or garbage pre Roman isnt true. They were the clear 3rd best team in England, By Roman first season Chelsea was already beating Lazio 0-4 in Rome and making the CL semi finals, finishig 2nd in the league to invincibles Arsenal

Good stuffs coming from you Dayo, is it really snowing in hell?

nateevs:
This! Money can't buy this. . When we didn't care about the UCL but never forgot every moment of trashing United 5-0.

Ladies and Gentlemen, shall we indulge in reminiscence?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK_ysW2uPUY

Nihilist:
You're right. The stories must be true then...

With deduction you can provide absolute proof of your conclusions, given that your premises are correct. I actually fell in love with deductive reasoning during my first year in college.

Now phuck off my screen, I'm having a bad day

Yet to do anything out of the ordinary when under the influence of alcohol. As a matter of fact, I tend to speak good English when I'm high.

Nihilist:
But I thought you were quoting sun sources as gospel regarding emenalo the other day

C'mon brah, the transfer peccadilloes of Emenalo wasn't carried around by just SUN. I provided you with many news sites that did too many stories about our incompetent TD.

That is quite different to this very Messi report, it seems only SUN were eavesdropping when Roman met Messi's father.

I'm not entertaining these Messi to Chelsea rumours. Who is smoking what?

Who hasn't been boarded in Roman's yacht? Messi's father spending time there with our owner might be a good premise but then again, we are not just well positioned to lure the Argentine to the Bridge.

I don't think it's all pie in the sky and yeah, someone better advice these SUN reporters to stop doing drugs.

Die Maanschaft!

Conte we need you in London abegi.

It would appear that as far as Radamel Falcao was concerned each shot he had cost Chelsea £800,000 and that every touch cost Chelsea £57,000.

Who endorses this sort of useless deals?

Ibime:
FPL done start? Make I go defend my title jare.

Slow your roll man, I'm just looking forward to a lovely EPL season with Zlatan in it.

Ibrahimovic and Aguero on my FPL team for next season already. Let the revolution begin

There has been a change to the squad number Pedro will wear on the back of his shirt ahead of the upcoming 2016/17 season.

The Spaniard will take the no.11 shirt - vacated by the departure of Pato - having worn the no.17 on his back during his first campaign in west London.

Eleven is the number Pedro has long worn when representing his national team including at this summer’s European Championships


- Chelsea Football Club understands that some supporters will already have purchased the new 2016/17 home shirt with Pedro’s name and the number 17 on the back. We will be offering anybody who has proof of purchase from an official club store a free exchange, subject to availability, from 1 July - 31 July 2016 inclusive. Please contact customer.services@chelseafc.com for further details.

With contracts having come to an end, we today say farewell to three players who were part of the squad during last season - Falcao, Pato and Marco Amelia.

Falcao joined the Blues on a season-long loan from Monaco last July and made his first appearance in a Chelsea shirt during our summer tour of the USA, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1-1 draw against Paris Saint-Germain in Charlotte. He was one of six Chelsea players to convert a penalty in the subsequent shoot-out.

The Colombian striker’s competitive debut came on the opening day of the season when Swansea visited Stamford Bridge, and he scored with a diving header in the following home game against Crystal Palace.

However, after featuring against Liverpool on 31 October, Falcao was not involved again until April due to injury. His return game, away at Swansea, would prove to be his last for the club.

Pato arrived on loan from Corinthians in January when our striker resources were stretched. The Brazilian netted a debut goal, scoring from the penalty spot in a 4-0 win at Aston Villa in April, and made his one start for the Blues a week later at Swansea.

Amelia was brought in to provide goalkeeper cover after Thibaut Courtois underwent knee surgery.

The former Italy international signed as a free agent last October but although he was named as a substitute during the campaign, he was not called into action on the pitch.

Chelsea Football Club thanks the players for their contributions and wishes them success in the future.

- Chelsea FC

Nihilist:
Mitchy for 33m makes no sense to me.

He's not particularly prolific. He can't even displace his age mate Lukaku at Belgium, so I'm not convinced that he can displace Costa.

Yet you can't spend 33m on a striker and not play him, so I guess a switch to a two striker formation is on the cards.

Conte 352 loading?

Mitchy is good, maybe not the price, but then, you can't blame Chelsea for splashing out massive.

There are inferences that Crystal Palace had £31mil agreed for the ninja and Spurs had already submitted 30milla, it was always going to be a competition hence we acted with ruthless efficiency.

If we stick to a 4-2-3-1, this ninja has got no problem riding the bench whilst giving Costa reasons to stay ruthless. If we eventually switch to a 2-man front-line, this ninja is equally good to start.

Moreover, this deal is much more better than the reported
£65mil requested for Lukaku.

Ibime:
No let Jigsawkillah hear this one o. Na him babe be that.

Jiggy na my man but that barney no just make sense. I dey pass many orange girls for street wey set pass that chick and that is the cold-blooded truth

Meanwhile, the dumbest chick I've ever dated/bedded has got more class in her repertoire than the current Miss Nairaland.

This thing don lose standard mehn.

raumdeuter:
Some funny shittt. I support epl but don't support the English nt

Only idiots would claim that after they were disgraced

How can you support the players when he puts on club jersey but not support him when he puts on a national jersey

Like saying I support muller and Boateng in bayern jersey but suddenly wish they fail when wearing the German jersey

Hardly do we see barcelona or madrid fans who don't support Spain, chic2pimp supports Milan and the Italian NT. I support bayern and German national team.

That's how to know liars and fake fans. For say England win today dem go don dey blow up my mentions but England lost now we're hearing I support epl but don't support the English national team

Now ask them what national team he supports

You know this makes little sense.

Some choose to support a league whilst caring less about the league's national team. The factors that informed your choice of loving the league might be non-existent in the national team, this is certainly a no brainer.

I love the EPL because of its competitiveness, twists, excitement and for the fact that Chelsea are a member of the league, these factors are non-existent in the English national team, so why support them?

Nateevs is a big fan of the Dutch national team, I don't see him supporting Ajax or PSV. I'm a big fan of Die Maanschaft because I love the team's organisation and the entire setup, that doesn't necessarily infer that I care about the Bundesliga - a league that lacks competitiveness and excitement.

You don't enjoy the right to define people's choices.