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Canny gutted I'm not at this. First proper CL home game I'll have missed. Enjoy dickheads.

Chelsea home in the FA Cup when Kluivert scored was pretty brutal for weather as I remember. My season ticket was in the 4th row and my legs were just getting covered in snow. Really old guy next to us didn't come out after half time. Was sitting there freezing.

That sounds stressful as fuck, I didn't realise VAR was in such constant communication ("both holding"). I'd have heart attack doing that for one half. edit: never mind, that's the linesman

Are you getting mixed up with the Gullit one, cos that was the wettest game I ever remember? Playoff was before my time - or there were two soaking derbies?

I think that was Charlton! Pretty sure I'd gotten off the metro already. Don't think it was so much snow on the pitch but considered a safety hazard around the ground.

Pistone also scored away at Boro. Might've been same game? There was a close up of my face on telly at one of them. Dabizas also scored at boro around then. While Dabizas, Domi, Helder and O'brien all scored at the mackems around then too. Our precarious defenders loved a goal down the road.

I'll have no trouble getting up for these games now we've seen the sorts of characters making up the blue and black teams.

Let's not forget Pistone.

Guy's a prick, saw another one someone posted here where he's crossing the road to have a go at someone texting stationary in traffic. Mehrdad is being an idiot there though.

That's got to be a sacking or proper grovelling apology. The whole thing

(The scale on these looks mental)

Can't wait til these are affordable enough for fans to do for getting manager's sacked, instead of plane flyovers.

Remember he only actually played 4 games the season he arrived before getting injured!! In those 4 games we almost doubled our points tally that had been accumulated across the whole first half of the season. Huge few games. (Watford D, Leeds W, Everton W, Villa W). Made a huge impact in that short time then travelled with the squad on crutches.

This set me off on a Pancrate tangent. His wiki page

David Ginola, Laurent Robert, Hatem Ben Arfa, Yohan Cabaye, Didier Domi...Alain Goma, David Rozenhal, Fabrice Pancrate

You seem confused about which team this message board is for.

Doubtful. But so fuck? The Premier League hypothetically could be shit. Okay. The French league is shit You support the dominant French champions on you're on here trying to start arguments with an English team that finished 4th and for the first time in decades. Probably tells you all you need to know. Now let's focus on the reality of what is, and the match.

Yes. And nobody makes the French league competitive

Seems quite unlikely he'd have a worse knowledge of footballers than me given the career he has, and quite disrespectful to him to suggest so.

PS bagsy not in nets

Howay the whites. @AyeDubbleYoo's brother I assume?

Re the Fulwell End - isn't it easy enough just to change the word? Since I was a kid I'd sing that but skip that word. It's a one syllable word that isn't part of a rhyme, easily replaced. Some freaks probably committed to it. Not that it's a special chant like.

People actually have their phones out during the match now? I've only been to a handful of home games last few seasons (more away ones, where obvs doesn't happen)

Took him ages to get one Then scored a few close together. One of them quite memorable, plus the Leverkusen goals, probably make his goals linger and inflate in the memory more. (His debut was Sept 2000 and first PL goal not til April 2002!)

I always wonder if unused subs like Dubravka and Targett are hating faking it or its genuine. (not so much the youngins or likes of Ritchie who are probably happy to be there) style