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I was hoping that Mick McCarthy would get the job and relegate Chelski, until a friend on Facebook reminded he was now at Ipswich. In which case, let's get Rafa in there and see Chelski next season at Elland Road.

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Harry Redknapp?

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Maybe, but for me that would be worse than him managing ****, sorry Tottenham.

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:nono:

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I think they sacked RDM too early. He did brilliant for them while he was temp manager and start of season has been good for them excvept last few weeks. When will Roman reallise he needs to just keep 1 manager and give him time and stop sacking them beacuse of a few bad results.

If this happened to SAF years ago i wonder where MUFC would be now. Also AW has been given time at Arsenal and its got them some cups. Ok so Arsenal havnt won anything for about 6 years but yet the board still give AW the backing to do the job

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i have no issues with him sacking the manager.

He puts the money into the club, he gets to choose who he wants. If people are not happy, let them put their money into the club. Problem with that, fans are quick to complain about things, but slow to use their own money.

What would the english premiership be like without all the money that went into it? I suspect not as good. Who would want to play here, apart from the money? Most other countries have better weather, more appealing.

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I agree, but on the flipside, just think how many World Cups or European Championships we could have won since 1966 if we didn't have too many foreign players in the Premiership?

This is why I have said in the past that maybe Hodgson needs to look to the Championship downwards to find English players to bring on. God knows in the Premier League they get little playing time unless they are excellent or playing for a club who can't attract foreign players, or decent foreign players at that.

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agree 100%

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Not convinced that keeping foreigners out, would make England a better team, and you would win the world cup, european championship.

Firstly, that would presume all other countries would not be as good, or better in that scenario. And it isn't just being english, it is structure of the leagues, style of play etc. That has nothing to do with nationality of players.

I feel you are delusional if you think England would have won more world cups, if they only had english players.

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Thierry Henry could join Arsenal for third spell, says Arsene Wenger

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20421407

That will please the great man on here.:)

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:D im happy of course but this doesnt take away the fact mismanagement is still live and kicking.

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I didn't say ban ALL foreign players, I do think a quota would be the best way to go. Ditto a wage cap, so no-one can earn more than £100k a week after tax is paid.

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I would say less than that. No football should be on that sort of money anyway i dont think

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0?

You don't strengthen your national team but removing competition for the players. :confused:

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I suppose, where would you have the cap set after tax is deducted?

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Zenit v Malaga now. Iscos on the bench and Santa Cruz starts for Malaga. if you tune in youll soon hear the annoying stadium annoucer!

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Rafa Benitez to be appointed short term manager at Chelsea.

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no more than £70,000. I dont understand why they get paid so much money, its stupid

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because of growth in various areas not just mega buck owners.

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Please may this be true! :)

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Turn on SSN my great man.:)

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The fat spanish waiter is back

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-articl...itez-appointed

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Have you seem Basil yet.;)

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Wilshere hasn't started brightly....

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City first up for Rafa. Shame I don't care. F1 final :D

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As usual the same keystone cops defending from Man City but alas that has been a common occurence this season.:td:

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God forbid rafa coming to city. I wouldn't put him in charge of any club...ok, maybe Man Utd :D

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No Christian Gross would have been the perfect type to follow Fergies shoes.;)

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This game is stressing me out! Arsenal attacking well but look a bit uneasy when defending, as usual.

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I don't mind City losing, but I wish they would start playing better.

Some of the passing is sloppy, they should do better.

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Things will only improve if Mancini is given the boot and thus then the new manager is given considerable funds to purchase the 4 world class players they still need to become a force in Europe.

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Yes, I think you are correct.

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Wow, rafa as chelsea boss, just read it. Poor them

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new manager, more funds? i think only a decent manager. Pep may well be spoilt for choice and get huge contract offers come end of the season.

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I suspect he would have, regardless

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AHH!!!

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In my mind, Pep is off to Chelsea come season end and I firmly believe Jose Mourinho is the next Manchester United manager.

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time lapse? :D

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Hate watching chances come to nothing.

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One things certain and that is he won't be coming to North London.

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7yrs

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Don't mind so much that, just annoyed with missing those chances!

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can you please be quiet :mad:

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I think mancini is purely fascinated with systems, not teams.

Normally I expect a manager to make the team greater than the sum of its parts. Man City aren't a team, just talented individuals. I don't see them playing as a team.

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yeah missed chances have been increasing for 7yrs, it just happens to be the same amount of years being without silverware. he didnt listen in 08.

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Depends what he wants. Arsenal would offer complete control of the team and transfers, and stability. He would know that Arsenal would allow him time and a bad season or two. He would not get complete control or time at City or Chelsea.

However they would offer more transfer money, a better chance of a league and champions league title.

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Nah, we've had better seasons inbetween with scoring.

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Imagine if Chelsea win their last match, and juve lose. Not impossible

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Three at the back makes me cry

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Temper temper my young padawan.:)

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Wilshirreeee!!

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Nice from Giroud

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lovely :D

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At last a English club making us proud this week in Europe.

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I wish we would press more. I think we give teams too much time to ponder their decisions against us.

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maicon can't pass

Good result for Arsenal, if it stays the same

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we dont force the issue efficiently so teams gain a foothold. its been going on for years.

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Agghhh this is too tense and Giroud might have given away a penalty there if he wasn't careful/their player didn't dive.

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OH YESSS!!!!! What a goal!

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Just talking about this game.

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another fine goal :D

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strength! there by oxo cube

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To all Chelsea fans. I wonder if this is what Rafa has been doing for 2 years

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...43001202_n.jpg

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thats more like it. SPARKS!

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If we stay ahead in this game I am not sure if I want Schalke to score to ensure we qualify or for the result to stay the same there so that we can go first in the group...

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Very soft penalty...

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away at Olympiacos will be tough. id take qualification to the K.Os tonight.

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Schalke have scored. If these results stay the same we'll qualify.

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Yeah. Rather have it in the bag tonight really.

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you're welcome :D

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The ref in the city game has had an absoloute shocker tonight...some awful decisions

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Gervinho coming on. God help Montpellier.

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Qualified.

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:D

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It is said that by 2020, no matter where you are, you will be no more than 12 feet from a former Chel$ki manager.

:D

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or a former Tottenham manager.

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Former Dutch player tells Sky that Huntelaar is likely to be Arsenal bound this winter
http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/t...ely-to-be-arse

yes please! :D

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Apparently he was misquoted. Arsenal are interested but Chelsea are favorites.

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Why would Chelsea be favorites? Roman wants Torres to be a success.

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Well they wanted Falcao in the summer. I am not sure if it's true, it probably isn't. 99% of transfer stories are just press fodder or spread around by agents.

https://twitter.com/honigstein/statu...77975231004673

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they probably did want Falcao. they probably put in a bid too but Falcao is a different type of striker to Huntelaar. Huntelaar and Torres would clash. Falcao and Torres wouldnt. depending on formation/system of course. Sturridge is an asset until a world beater comes in.

i dont know. may be. may be not. i hope not. we could do with Huntelaar :D thats if Bendtner and Chamakh ever leave.

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fair enough with Honigsteins comment

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I wouldn't mind Huntelaar or Falcao or another top striker. I just wouldn't get your hopes up too much.

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Henrys coming home instead. play the safe card and gamble with average crap :(

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:nono::nono:

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Giroud was top striker in the French league. The only safe players are those already established in the Premier League and Champions League.

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Huntelaar should be ours then.

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Oh dear those dreams are prevalent again.:nono::)

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In English please.:)

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Well we shall see in 6 weeks maybe thenry.

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I'm sure this leaked a couple of years ago. anyway heres Carlos Tevez's payslip for 08/09

<deleted at OP's request>

Breaking News!

Mark Clattenburg Cleared By The FA. The FA will not take disciplinary action against Clattenburg.

John Obi Mikel has now been charged with misconduct!

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Arsenal will announce a 'significant' commercial deal tomorrow. Probably switching kit maker/sponsor. The start of the period when our old, rubbish, deals expire and the new ones up to modern standards start to arrive. One of Arsenal's biggest problems has been the fact they the deals that were done to help finance the stadium have been dwarfed by the value of equivalent contracts now. Even Liverpool's kit deal was a multiple of our own.

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i think itll be 25m or +. i doubt itll be lower. and not a 5yr deal!

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Rene Girard said Montpellier will try help Arsenal top the group by beating Schalke in their final game. "We play Schalke next and if we can help our friends of Arsenal, we will." :D

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I'll go with zero, the same as we won from '67 up until the start if the premiership and a salary cap is a silly idea unless the whole world and not even just Europe joins in and what do you think would happen to the cash if players and agents didn't get,it, think it would trickle down to grass roots or they'd put prices down, think again imo we's end up with more kronkie's and Glaziers milking clubs.

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More chance of him ending up at at arsenal than Liverpool...

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It had to happen, there's hope for us all yet

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddball...ame-experience

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Indeed there is but my advice is don't give up the day job yet.:)

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If l was Clattenburg, l would take legal proceedings against Chelsea, it proves that they are a bunch of liars, and think that they are gods.

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Action will taken against the player who made the accusations and l am sure Chelsea will agree in private a compensation deal with Mark Clattenburg for the trouble and slight to his reputation this has caused.

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The action against Mikel isn't because he made the allegations (it was actually Ramires) but because he swore and confronted the Clattenburg after the game. No action will, or should, be taken against Chelsea because it hasn't been proven that they made the allegation in bad faith. They had a duty to report a incident in which one of their players felt they had been racially abused.

It seems that Clattenburg likely said 'shut up Mikel' and Ramires, whose English is poor, went to Mikel to confirm what was said and Mikel had been heard as monkey.

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Latest on the BBC News ticker

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Arsenal have extended the deal with the Emirates for stadium/shirt sponsorship for 5 years. £150 million.

http://www.arsenal.com/newemiratesdeal

Puts us second behind United in terms of sponsorship but it includes stadium as well.

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No surprise at all l am afraid and the question is who is next.

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30m a season :erm: Utd will get 45m a season from 2014. I'm not too happy with the length and extension for stadium naming rights but hey ho on we go.

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Just be thankful for small mercies as at least you have got a nice new stadium as we are still waiting for ours.

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United are significantly bigger than us worldwide. We're second at the moment and have gotten more than Barcelona and Real Madrid for their shirt sponsorships and a nice sum on top of that for the stadium. The stadium obviously means we haven't trounced Barcelona or Madrid, we've probably matched them or just come under them in the case of Barca, but it's hard to quantify how much the stadium rights were worth.

So not too bad. Don't mind the stadium keeping the name, it's what I know it as anyway.

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the stadiums great I just don't like the fact we've been tied down for soo long with naming rights.

I understand the money. The shirt deal looks good even though it could well become low in value when the deal comes to an end, basically in the final 1-2 years. Its the stadium rights. I know the current deal had years running so negotiating was a must still I think its been undervalued. I need a break down of it all. Our rep is huge even throughout our decline we're still well respected.

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I'm not happy.