BlufPurdi

We're emotional people.

Why do I never get excited about the fixture list? First game? Really couldn't give a fuck. Who will we get? Really couldn't give a fuck... got to play them sometime.

Don't do it..

Man, I hoped the penalty miss might bring him down a peg or two. Obviously not. Starting to wish Chelsea had won, and maybe it really would have. He's probably better off going to Madrid, he loves himself and they're good for that sort of cunt.

Good, and you won't find many Scottish based football fans saddened. I'd like to liken their rise to that of Chelsea's, which no one respects or applauds at all. They bought players well beyond their means, they took no steps to try and establish themselves as a side that intends to stick around. They sat and sponged off an insanely daft man that essentially thought it would be cool to do something like this. Feels sorry for their fans, I really do. All ten of them. Real ones that is.

People say bad news, but it's kind of a relief. He's in dire need of help, and that's about the only place he's getting it. All his old connections, friendships (footballers, Chris Evans and the likes), etc have cast him out to sea. Yet they'll no doubt tell you how sad it is.

That's exactly it, that is exactly why he's captain. Not sure why there's such a fuss regarding it either. I wouldn't mind him being captain until, as the Indy article says, one of Terry, Gerrard and Rio prove themselves worthy. We've not got any important games, so it really doesn't matter.

Aye, i don't really see where all this 'deserves it' business has come from? The other obvious captains haven't exactly 'done' anything yet; but no one's really had a run. What's Beckham done differently, in this amazing comeback? Got fit? I'm not surprised; he's got three olympic gyms in his cellar. Congrats. He'd have 'deserved' it, had he gone to another top class team and tried to apply himself to another league, show he can adapt once again. Instead, he went for a wee power trip to America to get even more famous. The guy has an outstanding freekick on him, that's both from an assist point-of-view and a shooting basis, this is why he's still getting involved in the goals etc. If we'd have gotten to the Euros this year, he'd have stuck out like a sore thumb against the top class midfields that are there. I know this will be debated, and I also know we'll never know if this is true, but it does usually go that way. He was never such a gifted footballer that he could fuck off to some non-entity of a league and still retain some magical talent that kept him up there with the best.

It's a fucking PR stunt. Deserves it? Aye, sure he does. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/beckham-back-as-captain-in-england-bid-to-win-cup-votes-837474.html

I'm in the "Slightly worried for now, but positive it'll all sort itself out in the end" camp.

That's about it in a nutshell. It's got nowt to do with him being English, as according to Gol.

But it's clearly Mourinho's team. Had he done shite, everyone would have said, "not his players", but he did well, so all the credit goes to him? Incidently, didn't Benitez win the CL in his first season? With a definitely worse team than Chelsea's.

Fair play to him.

Got to say, as everyone did, I seen this coming but I actually agree with it. Well, in the sense that if I was Roman, I would have. Mind you, I would never have given it to him in the first place unless this was his plan all along whilst he sniffed out someone else. He's a nice guy, but as someone has said, he wasn't up there with the likes of Fergie or Wenger. This was Mourinho's team, and essentially it was his ground work that got them this far. The team pulled together at various points to overcome the odds, but I think we'd be fooling ourselves if we said it was down to anything Grant did specifically. In my opinion of course. Sadly, they'll go get a proper manager in now and he'll do the business. All they need is a faily well proven manager to instantly have the respect of the players, and get them playing for him the way he wants them to. With the amount of cash they have, they don't need the world's absolute best, but I don't think Avram was even good enough for that. Would be nice to see him go try somewhere else and prove everyone wrong, but I doubt he will, or can.

I may just have to agree with that, Fugazi. What an utter arsehole Drogba is.

That can't be true! PS. He definitely gobs on Tevez.

I think it's called respect. Sometimes it has to be given.

Surprised Fergie didn't croak. That was nervy enough for me.

The misses couldn't have happened to nicer people. Credit to the Man U like, deserve it overall, in my opinion.

Hilarity. Couldn't even do it Zidane style, it was just a little gimp slap.

Ho ho..

Ooft!

Chelsea, Ballack winner.