Ronaldo

Despite scoring 22 in the league the next season, with only Henry scoring more? aye, he should have left after we finished 5th imo. He started the season brilliantly but then went seriously downhill and didn't manage an away goal in the whole of 2004 with the exception of a penalty at Boro. Certainly after seeing his performances at the end of 03-04 and start of 04-05 a lot of us knew it was the end and we had to replace him

Honestly amazes me how much money teams like Milan and Madrid waste by always buying players only once they are established elsewhere. With the resources they have those kind of clubs should have the best scouting networks around and be able to pick up 300k gems of their own but instead are totally bloody inept. No wonder they needed to sell Kaka. indeed, it's absolutely ridiculous

and Freddy?

I don't know what will happen if this kid turns out to be s***.

on Monday and Tuesday Eastenders is on

in 2 weeks I think

Surely he wasn't to know that a struggling billionaire who had no knowledge of running football clubs or this area was going to fail?....oh wait... It amazes me that people are having a go at SJH for selling up, do you have such short memories? At the time of the takeover, Mike Ashley was one of Britain's wealthiest persons with an estimated net worth of 2bn, and there was no sign of the credit crunch whatsoever. Iirc, the vast majority of fans, including the ones on this board, supported the takeover and thought MA would turn the club around, why would've SJH thought otherwise? Most of us were fed up with FFS and welcomed the prospect of a new owner with resources to strenghten the declining club. As it turns out, we were wrong, but I fail to understand why should SJH take any kind of blame, when at the time everything indicated that it would be a good move for the club (and for him as well). I guess he and FFS would've been f***ing lynched had they refused to sell. As for selling the club to someone with no football knowledge, it's not like Roman Abramovic had any kind of knowledge of running a footbal club when he took over Chlsea, nor did SJH when he took over NUFC back then, yet both of them were successful. He's a hypocrite and a coward who should take some of the blame for the present situation but wont. Just like the sacking of SBR

my version would be censored nationwide

SJH is a fucking hypocrite for suggesting the players should put the interests of the club first when he did anything but 2 years ago

did you end up crying in agony on the shower floor?

Am I the only one looking forward to next season like no other?

The absolute pinnacle was Kinnear being offered a 3 year contract after he'd just became statistically the 2nd worst manager in our history

because the Bayern coach has admitted that he wants Bosingwa

I've already typed it twice in the last 20 minutes mate

as part of deal for Ribery

And if they dont buy Johnson, they are still the only cover Chelsea have if Bosingwa gets injured

Right, i'm suggesting that Johnson will come in and Bosingwa will go. What the f*** does that have to do with Mancienne and Ivanovic?

So that's why they wouldn't lose Bosingwa and buy Johnson?

Ivanovic is no right back man, and mancienne hasn't proved anything yet

If they buy him it'll be for the first team, can see Bosingwa going to Bayern as part of a deal for Ribery

how would he fuck it up?

Regarding Martins and Xisco I agree with this, both would score goals for fun in that league imho

If you got Fellaini, Yakubu, Mbia and Cahill in the same team i'd put a grand on you finishing 4th

Have Everton signed Mbia yet? Said in Jan he would be a great buy for £10M ish and we certainly would have got him for that. Yet Kinnear and Wise laughed at that figure and bid £8m for Michael Johnson, who hasn't even trained since fucking wankers