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First controversy of the night- maicon voted defender of the year

The clear winner in my book is Lucio by a long stretch.

I predict a repeat of last seasons fixture i.e fulham to carry the day @ the cottage.

scummies habit of starting the season slowly will count in fulham's favour. I hope they fully capitalize on the tantalizing opportunity

v3:
Didn't you see one before creating this one
I'll just link this to the other one, the lock this.

The answer to the pm you sent me is NO.

I recommend Borat, omo ibo or Ibime.

This has to go down as the second most ridiculous deal after Ibra-eto'o last season

Releasing Petrov and Bellamy,(the club's most dangerous wingers/wing forward) further exposes Mancini's ineptitude as a manager.

What could possibly be the rational behind releasing, the club's best player last season, on loan to cardiff

Was this a desperate move on his part to play in the premiership at all cost

He deserves a better club.

BlueDiva:
Which is the official thread?
V3 maybe this should be the blue thread.

This is the official blues thread. any other thread is a counterfeit

rasputinn:
Any dream interpreters in the house
Tow nights ago I had a dream about AW and Liverpool,I've spent the past 24 hrs trying to figure out the meaning but could not,hence I'm throwing the dream on this thread for Dayo and any other dream interpreters to tell me the meaning.

I was in a dream(seriously) and we were at Anfield,with the stands occupied by fans of The Arsenal and Liverpoool,however there was no single footballer on the pitch,[b]only AW was on the pitch and he wore the scousers shorts and jersey and was running from one half of the pitch to the other.[/b]Some section of the stand would applaud him every now and then,while some othersection would boo him loudly to which he would respond by facing the booing section and rub his palm from his chest down his stomach,as if to tell them to relax.

What does this all mean

That's madness in its purest, unadulterated form. you don't have to be Joseph to figure out the meaning of that dream.

One can only cope with trophylessness for so long.

dayokanu:
Exactly just the way Gerd Muller was more respected than any striker of his generation due to his World cup goals,

Fontaine was remembered for years, and almost everyone cant remember who the other strikers in Europe around 1958 were but everyone remembers Fontaine

50yrs later we all talk about Fontaine, Who remembers the CL, Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga top scorers in 1958?

You can't be serious . . absolute gibberish

Who and who talks about fontaine ?

There's a reason why some names (Fontaine,Klose) rarely appears on the list of greatest stikers/footballers ever. I'm yet to see any pundit that

will rate him higher or put him on the same level as Pele,ronaldo lima, eusebio, Puskas,Romario et al. only a drunk goat will include Fontaine and klose

in their top 10 list of greatest players ever. some things are so obvious

kITA TITA:
I am an active blues, but realistically I can not bet for our guys this year.

What's the reason behind your assertion

Good start to the season.

Our awful 4 game losing streak has finally ended. looking forward to the big game tomorrow

Game over. Essien, Drogba, Malouda and Ivanovic were the top performers tonight.

I wish some of our youngsters could have been introduced @ 4-0 when the game was literally over

Goal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why is Ivanovic's not starting. Is he injured

This is THE official thread for the greatest club in the world and current EPL champions

Everyone is welcomed including the haters

May we end the season with cabinet full of trophies . Let's go there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Krayola:
Who wan test our new squad? Ko ni da fun iyalaya premiership. Make una just carry the trophy give us before season start.

Up us!!! This is our time!! Let's go there!!!!!

The "glory hunters union" is back with a bang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where's all these negativity coming from, I don't get it.

chelsea to win by 3-1.

chamotex:
And why is this thread stickied and others aint?

Show some respect for the champions dude

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1302764/Mario-Balotelli-sign-Manchester-City.html#ixzz0wUt0Vnyv

Super' Mario Balotelli jets in to finalise £23m switch to Manchester City

Inter Milan bad-boy ‘Super’ Mario Balotelli has completed his medical ahead of completing a move to Manchester City.

Eastlands boss Roberto Mancini is on the verge of being reunited with a player he brought through the ranks at Inter before pitching up in the Barclays Premier League.

The striker, who turned 20 on Thursday, is believed to be making the switch for an initial fee of £20million with an extra £3m to be paid in add-ons.

The move would cap a memorable week for Balotelli who made his international debut with Italy on Wednesday night.

And the European champions have now given him permission to travel to England, on a private jet laid on by City, to finalise the deal.

His arrival will come too late to be registered for the season curtain-raiser against Tottenham but he is expected to make his debut in the clash with Liverpool on August 23.

Mancini said: 'We are close with Balotelli. Hopefully today or tomorrow. Mario is on his way here today.'

Balotelli's team-mate Marco Materazzi has already expressed his dismay at the departure, he said: 'I am happy for Mario, but we will be weakened by his departure.'

But the City boss conceded the deal to secure James Milner will take a little longer after hitting a snag.

Stephen Ireland's demand for a whopping £2m to leave the club and his attempts to avoid a huge pay-cut from his current £72,000-a-week have put the breaks on the England midfielder's transfer to Eastlands.

It's shocking that no club is showing interest in World cup golden boot winner, Forlan. . . shocking

chrisical:
It looks like Neymer will join us in the coming days.

Santos slam Blues over Neymar
Santos president Luis Alvaro Ribeiro has hit out at Chelsea's conduct in their pursuit of his club's star striker, Neymar.

The 18-year-old, who recently marked his Brazil debut with a goal in a 2-0 win over the USA, has been tracked by the Blues for some time, but Robeiro has had enough and is weighing up a complaint to FIFA.

He told reporters: "The club have made a formal offer that was rejected outright, but the harassment has continued.

"In light of the ethical positions that should govern the relationship between clubs, that is totally intolerable and Santos will defend its interests before FIFA.

"Yesterday, there was a telephone call. They got in touch with my secretary and asked for our fax number.

"That does not mean the opening for trading. Santos has no interest in negotiating over Neymar for any money.

"The contract between the player and the club has a compensation clause. If the clause is satisfied, we cannot do anything."


I don't think so. report from santos suggests otherwise. I will love to see him at the club tho, amazing talent he is

HNIC:
I don't even think he has been that woeful in recent times.
The tabloids and bloggers just delight in writing rubbish about him.
First of all, he has a 'whack' name for a Goalie
Apart from that he's been an alright 2nd goalie.
It's plain daft to be comparing him with Cech.
(Cech is arguably the best Goalie in the world)
He's done a good job everytime he 's been called on.

Spot on.

I couldn't have articulated that any better. People are not giving him the credit he deserves. for a second choice goalie he has done a remarkable

job so far and has already gained my respect regardless of his future performances.

Wenger needs to buy a decent goalie if you are to be taken seriously and win laurels this season. as folli pointed out, your mediocre goalies

have cost you numerous titles in previous seasons and splurging on a decent/world class goalie would be a rewarding investment IMHO.

HNIC:
He's just 34 !!!!

We should offload him to the arsenal to complement the list of duds at the club as wenger seems to have a thing for mediocre goalies

that may just fulfill his fantasies , don't you think

on a serious note: I still have some confidence in the lad to produce the goods in Cech's absence, he is experienced and has risen to the most

difficult challenges in the past. I will attribute his woeful performance in recent times to drop in form which all goalies and players are subjected to.

Dudu has to be the most delusional personality on NL. confirmed

slimshay:
Follypimp you can criticize but really calling AW a buffoon on an arsenal thread?!

What's wrong in pointing out FACTS, or is Wenger not a buffoon?

Follypimpi , I dey gbadun your honesty jare.

mama-gee:
[color=deeppink]Which African Player did that?[/color]

George Weah

He won both the World and European player of the year in 1995

Our performance over the last 2 months, if anything, should have negatively affected our ranking.

Those waste pipes called the super chickens should be ranked 124th in the world behind Burundi

Jarus:
TOP 5 African footbal legend of all time
1, George Weah
2, Samuel Eto'o
3, Roger Milla
4, Abedi Pele
5, Didier Drogba

Great minds think alike

bgees:
Zamora? I see you don't wish us well.

Given your limited transfer budget, Zamora is an excellent addition to the squad.

His quality should not even be in question as he is amongst the top 3 English strikers atm. FACT

Berbatov has ONE decent game and suddenly he is a gem.

When the season begins and He returns to his normal crappy self, all the praises will turn into curses and doom

To be fair on Hilario, he has covered well for Cech in competitive games over the years. notably against Barcelona, Liverpool and scummmies

Perhaps age is catching up with him.

Happy birthday nazzydk, hope you have a good one

dayokanu:
How would you know if Fontaine is a better striker than Batistuta and Romario.

Who is better George Best or Cristiano Ronaldo?

We all hear about Fontaine 40yrs after achieving his record I am still asking anyone to tell us who the top scorer in CL was in 1958, Who the best striker in Europe was between 1965 and 1969?

Anything you do at the World cup supercedes all those Sunday Sunday football

Going by that logic, Klose is better than Klinsmann, Batistuta, Romario, Shearer, Roberto Baggio, Stoichov, George Weah, Del piero et al