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I think the problem is that "you know who's" heart is no longer in the team not that he is not good. Sometimes we all need a new challenge to get us back up to speed. I think the best thing we can do for the guy is allow him go seek something new rather than try to force him to stay.

Goal. cool

Well I think the signs are kinda getting clearer for Drogba.  I wonder how much we'll get for him.

goal.

Finally, some relief.  

Just got home now and can't believe the score. Is this a joke?  

the percentage of people worldwide that can say they have not lost money in this global financial is very minimal if not infinetisimal. So what the heck is all this argument about RA's riches and all what not. @ Nateevs, e don do. Y do u keep tryna break stone with coconut. When someone is arguing with u with facts and figures dug out of the air and yet u keep trying to convince the person. U no dey tire?

Abeg make we discuss football for this thread and not finance. I believe there is provision for all these finance stuff in the business section.

Abeg make una ignore the guy.

I cant believe anyone in his/her right senses will be asking for a coup in this age and time? You want a coup? How old are you and what do you know about coups and the trauma of not knowing what that gun totting military man will do to you under any pretext he likes just because you no longer have any right? Even in this Civilian dispensation, you are treated as second class citizens by the military personnel and you are now asking for military coup!!!! Please if you have nothing better to do with your time go and jump in the lagoon. Idiot like you asking for coup. Some people just make one wanna puke. Idiots.

Now that the financial arguments are out of the way, we can get back to some footballing issues. 

The thing with being a fan is that even when all the pointers are pointing to probable failure, U still hope somewhere deep within you that your team can somehow reach into their bag of magic and come up with that one last trick that somehow wows you. I think that's the way this season's going to be for Chelsea. The only thing that will make it worse is if they fail to plan for the future and we find ourselves in this kind of boat again next season. I really hope that the team will surprise me this season.

@ Akola, You didn't get my point. What I'm saying is that Drogba wants away. His heart is no longer in it and he has said it in more ways than 1, he even said he got tired of playing football. What else do we need to sell him while we can still collect some little change? The guy is no longer motivated and if someone's heart is not in something, even money will not keep it focused for too long. As they say "You can force the horse to the stream but you can't force it to drink water".

I think the problem has been captured rightly by previous posters.

1. RA wants instant success hence the thought pattern was more about instant success than growing into it (success).
2. LPS cannot achieve what he wants with the current crop of players.
3. It would be almost practically impossible to get the kind of players he wants instantaneously.

Solution? We should forget about this season and go back to the drawing board and start planning for subsequent seasons. And we shouldn't allow any want away player hold us to ransome. 

My 2cents anyway.
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The whole team and coaching crew needs a complete overhaul. I used to be a Drogba fan but for the life of me, I still don't understand what he is doing in the team. The guy wants away and we keep behaving as if without him we are nothing despite the fact that he has kept proving that with him we are probably worse off this season. And seriously speaking I thing the whole technical/coaching crew needs a complete overhaul because it seems the LFS just makes his substitution out of thin air as if he is watching a different game than the one in front of him. He is yet to make the kind of substitution that produces results and even if one argued with it at the time one can look at in hind sight and acknowledge the reasoning behind it. I'm already giving up on this season and hoping that they use this season to learn the lessons and plan for a better one next time around.

So very embarassing. No fight, no desire, no plan, no change in tactics, absolutely nothing. Even Grant was able to bring something out of the players. LPS is absolutely clueless.

Still don't know what to post.       Very embarassing.

I guess that does it. Where dem dig this Scolari from?

Don't know what to post.  

Now mind games are no longer ok for Sir "feckuson", they've decided to hire terrorists to set fire to the hotel where Chelsea are staying. Na so fear catch dem reach?

Chelsea disrupted by hotel fire alarm

January 11, 2009
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Chelsea's preparations for their vital Premier League clash against Manchester United were interrupted by a hotel fire alarm early on Sunday morning.

Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, his backroom staff, players and other hotel guests were all evacuated from their Manchester hotel when the alarm was raised at seven o'clock.

The entire Chelsea squad was kept outside while the local fire brigade made certain the hotel was safe.

Fire officers searched the hotel floors to ensure it was safe to return and the Chelsea players spent around 50 minutes outside and in the lobby before being allowed to go back to their rooms.

Chelsea face United at Old Trafford this afternoon knowing a victory will leave them just one point behind leaders Liverpool at the top of the table.


, http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=608526&sec=england&cc=3888

Guess Football just aint football no more. It's played on the pitch and not based on the history books. Derby 1 - Manure 0.  

Maybe we need to learn a lesson or two from Derby County. Hope LPS is watching and not in some bar guzzling beer with 'em guys.

Methinks manure just got 'eir a**es whooped by Derby who? county.  

@ Nateevs n Cabali, guess it's just a combination of many things going wrong at the same time. I guess Sunday will go a long way in determining our fortunes this season. Make I join una siddon look. 

@ Cabali, Well what can we do? LPS seems to have it all figured out "wrong", n the team spirit which used to sustain the team seems all but dead. I don't think it all boils down to age as Nateevs was saying. I think it's more of the players' psyche right now. These are still the same players that Grant had and was getting results (at least most of them), so LPS is definitely doing something wrong or how else do you explain the fact that every tom, d'ick and harry now believe Stamford bridge which used to be a fortress is now a stomping ground to go and throw tantrums and come out with results. Though I don't support Ibimes' complete loss of belief in Drogba but I think if he wants away then we should let him go and stop behaving as if he (Drogba) epitomizes Chelsea. We were doing allright without him but now things just seem to be going all awry n bitter.

Chelsea with our inconsistencies. I wonder which of the "Chelsea" teams will show up on 11th against manure. I guess if we lose that then we should start preparing our minds for another trophyless season.  I seriously think LPS is losing the plot, that is if he ever had any.

Toure set to leave Arsenal in January?
By Soccernet staff

January 1, 2009
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Arsenal defender Kolo Toure's will demand a move in the January transfer window after a furious bust-up with team-mate William Gallas, according to reports in the English media.


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The Ivorian has not played as much for the Gunners this term.

The Ivory Coast international has reportedly handed in a transfer request after falling out of favour at the club in recent games.

The defender got into a row with former captain Gallas following the 2-2 draw at Aston Villa on Boxing Day and has now told the Emirates club that he wants to quit in January, news which will alert Manchester City who are keen on bringing the £10million-rated defender to Eastlands.

A source told the Daily Star: "Kolo doesn't want to stay - he cannot stand Gallas and Gallas cannot stand him.

"Gallas is showing him complete disrespect and Kolo believes he's been mouthing off to Wenger about them not being able to play together and Wenger is listening to him."

Toure was dropped for the unconvincing 1-0 win over Portsmouth on Sunday after playing alongside Gallas in the heartbreaking draw at Villa Park.

Despite the 27-year-old's desire to quit north London, Wenger could still reject his transfer request - but could be forced to part with the versatile defender to boost funds.

Wenger hopes to bolster his midfield ranks, with Everton playmaker Mikel Arteta and Switzerland international Gokhan Inler on the Frenchman's radar.

And with Toure contracted to the club until August 2010, Wenger could be tempted into parting with the defender to release his £3.5m-per-year salary.



http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=606120&sec=england&cc=3888

As some peeps have already said, I think the story about Romans' selling either the club of his Yacth is hogwash. The only Billionaire that i know of selling his club is Bjorgflur Gudmundsson. See excerpts below. So haters, make una try somewhere else.

Billionaire Blowups of 2008
by Luisa Kroll
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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Anil Ambani

Dozens of the world's wealthiest lost billions in recent months, but these 10 distinguish themselves for some of the biggest flops.

It was a dreadful year for the world's wealthiest as markets and currencies around the world tumbled.

More than 300 of the 1,125 billionaires we tallied on our annual list last March have since lost at least $1 billion; several dozen lost more than $5 billion. The 10 richest from our 2008 rankings dropped some $150 billion of wealth, dragged down by steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, estranged brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani and property baron K.P. Singh, who together dropped $100 billion. America's 25 biggest billionaire losers of 2008 lost a combined $167 billion.

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But even in such an awful year, the stories of a few billionaires and now former billionaires stand out as particularly dreadful.

Take David Ross, one of the UK.'s most successful entrepreneurs. Earlier this month, Ross notified four public companies in which he was a major shareholder and director that he had borrowed against his shares to fund real estate investments that had soured. He will likely have to sell some of those stakes to pay off his debts. So far he has resigned from three of the four boards and stepped down from his post as an Olympics adviser. His fortune, which we estimated at $1.4 billion in March, is now worth about $150 million.

[b]Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, former chairman and a large shareholder in Landsbanki, Iceland's second largest bank, saw the firm seized in October as the worst of the credit crisis tore through the island nation. The failure wiped out his $1.1 billion fortune. He has since had to put his holding company, Hansa, into voluntary liquidation and is selling his UK. soccer team, West Ham.[/b]Russians were some of the biggest losers in the past year. Vladimir Lisin's Novolipetsk Iron and Steel is down three-fourths since its June peak. Dmitry Rybolovlev's fertilizer company, Uralkali, has fallen 90% since it peaked around the same time.

But those losses pale compared with the troubles facing Oleg Deripaska. In March he was the world's ninth richest person and Russia's richest man, with a fortune we estimated to be worth $28 billion. Since then Deripaska has been forced to sell shares in Canadian carmaker Magna International and German construction firm Hotchief, and had to borrow $4.5 billion from a state-controlled bank to hold on to his stake in Norilsk Nickel. He will likely sell off additional assets to avoid losing even more of his fortune, now estimated at $10 billion. Or less.

The biggest loser of all was Anil Ambani. Touted on the cover of our 2008 billionaires issue for having added $24 billion to his fortune in one year, Ambani has dropped $30 billion since then. But don't worry too much. His Reliance Entertainment is investing $500 million in a new studio venture with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks. Plus, he remains quite wealthy, worth $12 billion That's something many others can't claim.


In Pictures: Billionaire Blowups, 2008

1. Anil Ambani

March net worth: $42 billion
Current net worth: $12 billion


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Oleg Deripaska 

The biggest billionaire gainer last March is now the year's biggest loser. Ambani lost $30 billion in the past nine months, more than anyone in the world. Stock of his telecom company dropped after his estranged brother helped scuttle a deal with African telecom MTN. It's quite an achievement in a year in which three of his fellow countrymen--estranged brother Mukesh, steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and Indian KP Singh, all of whom ranked earlier among the world's 10 richest--lost more than $20 billion apiece.

2. Oleg Deripaska

March net worth: $28 billion
Current net worth: less than $10 billion

Former metals trader survived Russia's gangster wars but may not withstand collapsing markets and heavy debts of at least $14 billion. Russia's one-time richest man recently received a $4.5 billion loan from a state-controlled bank in order to keep his 25% stake in Norilsk Nickel, which faced a margin call by Western banks from which he had borrowed. Other margin calls forced him to divest a $1.5 billion stake in Canadian carmaker Magna International and a $500 million stake in German construction company Hotchief. He's also selling stake in insurance company Inogsstrakh.

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3. Anurag Dikshit

March net worth: $1.6 billion
Current net worth: $1 billion

Dikshit designed the software for PartyGaming's successful PartyPoker game, which allowed live gambling over the Web. He left the company and sold a chunk of shares in 2006, the year the US. government banned gaming. He recently pleaded guilty to violating US. gaming laws and agreed to forfeit $300 million. He could face up to two years in jail but apparently won't be sentenced until 2010. He has already paid $100 million of his fine and will pay the rest in two installments next year.


© Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images
Bjorgflur Gudmundsson

4. Bjorgflur Gudmundsson

March net worth: $1.1 billion
Current net worth: zero

The October collapse and government seizure of Iceland's second largest bank wiped out the $1.1 billion fortune of Gudmundsson, the bank's chairman and biggest shareholder, along with his son Thor. His holding company, Hansa, has since gone into voluntary liquidation and is looking for a buyer for its UK. soccer team, West Ham. It's not the first time he's run into trouble. A former shipping executive, he was charged with fraud and embezzlement in relation to the firm's 1985 collapse, and was eventually found guilty on five minor counts and sentenced to 12 months' probation.

5. Luis Portillo

March net worth: $1.2 billion
Current net worth: $15 million

Spain's short-lived real estate gold rush left one of its most visible speculators holding a nearly empty bag. Portillo--who acquired real estate firm Inmocaral three years ago, then led the takeover of the larger Inmobiliaria Colonial in 2006--personally borrowed a reported $1.4 billion from more than a dozen banks during boom times, using his stock as collateral. He resigned as chairman in December 2007 and then tried to sell his stake to a Dubai fund earlier this year. When the deal fell through, he had to sell most of shares to pay debts.

Click here for the full list of the Billionaire Blowups of 2008.

Additional reporting by Tatiana Serafin, Russell Flannery, Naazneen Karmali and Cristina von Zeppelin

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Having said that I think Chelsea really need to get their acts together in this New Year, the greatest thing we always had going for us was the team spirit and ne'er say die attitude. That i think is what Scolari really needs to work on. It's the same players just a different attitude,

Didn't see the match but at this rate I'm not too sure LFS can deliver any good if we keep dropping points like this. Na wah o.

I hope LPS gets his act together, can U imagine players demanding for more strenous training sessions? Shouldn't he as the coach or whatever be the one demanding such from the players? I hope the guy doesn't just completely mess us up this season, his substitutions always leaves a lot to be desired.

@ Cabali see as u chase efribody comot thread!! Okay may the persecution of Drogba continue so the thread wont be so dry. Anyway having said that I think we should still give honour to whom it is due and even if we'll argue that Drogba is better than Anelka we must thank Anelka for contributing a large chunk to the wonderful goal difference we are currently enjoying in the premiership.

Guys,

I agree with the peeps that say Anelka's doing well right now whether it's by chance or hard work. I think the name of the game is team work and if the other guys are creating the chances, the least Anelka can do is utilize those chances, though i still think Anelka goes missing in some games where we need him but let's hope he'll be able to overcome that timidity and perform for us in the really big games.

It's the Carling cup now, n u know how it always is when it's the teams from the lower leagues. they always play as if their whole existence depends on it, not that i'm making excuses for how we played but I'll say better this than any of the more important ones.

well there it is Mikel just kicked us out of this tourney. So early in the season, one down 3 to go, lets hope we fare better in those ones.

we are now level as they've also lost one of theirs. lets see how it'll end.