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Rodgers didn't really knock Chelsea back like, he just said in an press conference he wouldn't be interested. I didn't believe him at the time and I still don't.

They can't pull the wool over my eyes! Just be happy with your 2 wrestling belts Pards and stop getting greedy. I say this before it starts getting daft and he hands Sammy Ameobi the Award for the World's Bestest Knobbly Knees.

The lack of football is making some people talk some crazy crazy shit, I've been noticing it left, right and centre.

http://i.imgur.com/8qZGw.jpg No chance in hell Leon Best was the first ever black player.

Bit disappointed for Swansea, they haven't been in the league long enough for me to hate them and this sucks for them.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/attachment.php?s=70809259777018362fe9cb1b15c21c2d&attachmentid=55242&stc=1&d=1142920093

Eh, why did you mention Andy O'Brien? Was he going to the World Cup as well?

Wouldn't want to sing a song about him before knowing he deserves it, could end up with egg all over our faces.

And as for the £2 which will doubtless be money down the drain... Keep it, keep it. You can always buy me something of equivalent value at a later date - big marker pen, pint of bitter...

OK I joined, now leave me alone.

Doesn't really come into it imo. I'm not absolving Tittus of any blame by any means, not saying it should be a part of the case or owt. Just something that came to mind. Don't see why you'd agree to share a taxi with someone's who's already got a fairly unsavoury reputation who's trying to coerce you to his house. Had she definitely even heard of him? The other lass hadn't. Anyway a lass should be able to jump in a taxi with someone and have the other person accepting no to mean no without them touching them up regardless. This is stuff he was willing to do in front of a taxi driver n'all, what an utterly dopey twat.

Doesn't really come into it imo.

Hmm 46 career goals in 146 games, all in the lower leagues, and he's a million or 2 cheaper than Cisse.

Like him and think he could do it at this level but would be wary as he seems a bad egg who might unsettle the squad.

Done Hatem, look forward to seeing you play this summer.

What the fuck.

Love him on FIFA, that is all.

Yes it was their original Asian billionaire, who is now a fugitive from the government in his own country. Aye that's the fella.

Jo wasn't bought by these current Man City owners mind iirc.

Yeah true Baba, I think a list of players that have cost Chelsea £10m+ would be more interesting, there must be fucking loads.

Take inflation into account as well though, and Chelsea have bought plenty of players that were less than £20m but not cheap.

Yep. Chelsea - Highest transfer fees paid Name From Fee Date 1 Fernando Torres Liverpool £50M 2011 2 Andriy Shevchenko Milan £30.8M 2006 3 Michael Essien Lyon £24.5M 2005 4 Didier Drogba Marseille £24M 2004 5 Juan Mata Valencia £23.5M 2011 6 David Luiz Benfica £21M 2011 7 Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City £21M 2005 8 Romelu Lukaku Anderlecht £20M 2011 9 Ricardo Carvalho Porto £20M 2004 10 Ramires Benfica £18M 2010 Compared to Man City btw: Name From Fee Date 1 Sergio Agüero Atlético Madrid £35M 2011 2 Robinho Real Madrid £32.5M[5] 2008 3 Edin Džeko Wolfsburg £27M 2011 4 Carlos Tévez Media Sports Investments £25.5M 2009 5 Samir Nasri Arsenal £25M 2011 6 Emmanuel Adebayor Arsenal £25M 2009 7 Mario Balotelli Internazionale £24M 2010 8 David Silva Valencia £24M 2010 9 Yaya Touré Barcelona £24M[6] 2010

Chelsea's youth development system has been a joke as well. They've spent a canny bit of money on poaching kids from quite a young age and they've reaped no rewards whatsoever. Also I remember when they reigned their spending on the first team in a bit then they stopped winning things so they just went proper apeshit again.

At the moment Chelsea are worse, because they've been doing this for nearly a decade while claiming they'll become self-sufficient. Man City have made similar claims which are largely based around building those amazing training and youth facilities, so we'll see but it's probably a bit doubtful. Chelsea did build from a better starting point but it can't be said that they'd had an elongated period of success and achievement before the Russian arrived.