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Until the final that is, then the omens will be against you, we get through the next round and I'll start believing

http://www.claretandhugh.info/spooky...o-wembley-win/

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Can't believe we have put a three year 60k per week deal in front of him, just hope the medical is stringent

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A motive is involved l gather.;)

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bit dodgy that. i doubt it will stick.

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God help Spurs, if they beat Sheffield. Chelsea, done everything possible to batter Liverpool with stamping, and thumping players.

And yet, Mourinho was complaining about HIS players getting rough treatment from the ref.

Costa, should have walked TWICE. He did his best to foul every Liverpool player. And the stamping. My god what is football about.

Its about time, we had a fourth official who had the bottle to step in and tell the referee about these things.

Chelsea do not rule football. The officials are scared of them. Dirty players

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Love it! :p:

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We can always rely on Arthur to have his daily moan about rival football teams.

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I really like Costa, one of those players that will always put in 100%, gets stuck in and has the talent to back it up. He reminds me of Roy Keane, rival fans hate him but not one wouldn't want him in their team.

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Yes he is a very good player but there are no excuses for his stamp though last night.

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And like Suarez he's no use to your team if he is suspended regularly.:rolleyes:

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The question is, where the legs there when he started to put his foot down? Although I haven't seen these particular incidents, it does annoy me when players are penalised when the other player wasn't there when they started their movement.

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http://mediacdn.fanatix.com/media/3c...634/upload.mp4

Looks deliberate to me.:rolleyes:

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Indeed.

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Looks like just going to get the ball. More "trod on" than "stamped on". In the 2nd view in the video you can see that as Costa's right foot is moving forward it gets caught on the Liverpool players left foot. What about the Liverpool player kicking at Costa's left hand?

Wasn't there meant to be another incident?

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#5

:D

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:LOL: @ Arda Turan

https://vine.co/v/OTYA9hqqZe9

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Well Arthur a trip to Wembley ain't bad for your beloved Spurs.

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A three or four match ban awaits methinks.

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Chelsea will most likely appeal so no avoiding him Saturday Man City but then that will mean he misses the League Cup final if found guilty twice that is.

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BBC reports he has appealed.

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Nothing like being a fool who is guided by the fools.

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Appeals tomorrow, so even if he loses and gets another game added on for a "Frivolous" appeal, he'll still be ok for the final. Think violent conduct is only a three match ban.

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I forgot to reply earlier, sorry Dad. Can't find anything about a loan fee from Everton, or West Brom before them, and I didn't think we got one anyway. You normally hear if one's involved. I don't really disagree with regards to what you said about the youth players. But I'd like to have some sort of age restriction on overseas youngsters coming in. That's another thing that restricts opportunities.

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Chelsea v Man City - BPL - appeal
Aston Villa v Chelsea - BPL
Chelsea v Everton - BPL
PSG v Chelsea - UCL - void
Chelsea v Burnley - BPL
Leicester City v Chelsea - BPL - Postponed
Tottenham v Chelsea - Capital One League Cup Final

A 4 match ban which is likely would mean he misses the final.

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Appeal heard and denied today, and the ban stays at three games. So Chelsea v. Everton will be the last match he sits out.

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he denied the charge. can Chelsea not now appeal? I thought it was respond to charge then ruling then choice of appeal against ruling ?

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No today was the appeal. There is no further right of appeal - it's done, three match ban beginning tomorrow.

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right decision that appeal failed he knew what he was doing with the stamp

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Messed up my fantasy team completely now!

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Lukaku's loans fee to Everton was around 3 million apparently

http://www.vavel.com/en/football/261...u-on-loan.html

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:D;)

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That's just rumoured though, and without trying to diss that site, I've never heard of them! That's not to say they couldn't be reputable. Maybe that's the sort of figure his wages would have been? That works out at around 57k a week?

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Ditto...

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Gary Neville agrees with me ;)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-love-him.html

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Oh dear Gary Neville puts his foot in it again.:td:

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What is being got at is the fight in the game cannot be diluted to a state that it will destroy the very game we all love. As an Arsenal fan for the past decade we've seen plenty of a lack of fight and its pathetic. Had the whole game been the same then the stadiums would have been empty. I don't agree with pure evil malicious acts but then I don't agree with a pathetic form of football!

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Yes l like aggression but l don't like thuggery.

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It wasn't thuggery though was it. I still think its unclear whether he actually meant it, at no point did he look down at where his leg was, his eyes were on the ball the entire time. I don't think you claim he went out to hurt the Liverpool player. Like Neville said in his piece, hes the type of player defenders hate to play against...what an asset that is for a team to have. Theres no team in the world that wouldn't put up with his occassional over aggression to have a player like him in their side.

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I think we've all seen a lot worse, but I understand why he was banned. Was amazed at how quick the appeal was held though. They ever been that quick before?. I know cards get rescinded quite quickly but this was different. The FA will continue to lack consistency though.

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It was probably The FA hitting back at Joses 'campaign against us' comments. There have been loads of cases where its taken days to process charges which leads to appeals allowing 'x' player to play the next game he should have been banned for.

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Possibly, but imagine what he'll be like if they aren't this quick next time it happens :D

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If someone was laid on the floor in front of them 99% of people would look down to ensure they did not step on that person, not step right on them as Costa did.:rolleyes:

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It's a ban. I don't think it's a surprise, it did look like a stamp.

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That's a fee in addition to what ever he's wages they also picked up, loans fees are pretty standard practice on six month or season long loans, here's another about a deal that didn't quite happen

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-Cuadrado.html

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http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31074323

Thoughts to Tommy Smith and Family, Huddersfield player air lifted from the pitch .

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Yes lets hope and pray that he is alright.

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Well thenry won't be having many grumps today it seems.:)

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stroll in the park for Arsenal

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CL football awaits methinks next season again.

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yep as usual 3 places all ready taken for sure City Chelsea and Arsenal only question is who be 4th team

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Man Utd l reckon but those pesky Saints supporters might say otherwise.:)

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Not if we play like that.

Very disappointing.

Missed Long badly.

So many wasted chances...

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The only negative today for Arsenal would be the goal count should have been soo much more.

Surprising to see Southampton lose. And the final stretch is yet to come.

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Looks like Nottingham Forest are looking for a manager again.

Stuart Pearce has left the club this afternoon.

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Stuart...ail/story.html

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l cannot say that is a surprise as it would be lovely if the club could get back to the PL but sadly that seems a long way off currently.

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but you did not think you be so high in league did you you had a very good season so far

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And as if by magic, Dougie Freedman is announced as his replacement.

That must surely have been lined up in advance, far to quick ...

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official

http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/ne...d-2241612.aspx

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Shame. I don't think he's a 've y good manager or anything, but we've had a few ex players in recent years turn up as manager and when it doesn't work out it tarnished their standing at the club. I feel for the Forest fans a bit now - they were with him as well.

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They must have had him lined up weeks ago and he certainly would not have been my pick.:td:

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Oh for f...

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???

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Davide Santon booted out of Newcastle after rejecting Inter Milan the first time round. Santons girlfriend confirmed via Twitter the player has been politely been told to GTFO.

Awful stuff. A loyal lad turning down a return to a European giant gets the boot anyway. I think Andy Carroll deserves an apology now.

The sleeping giant is rotting away.

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Looks like West Ham are in hot water with FIFA.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31091016

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Surprised Chelsea have let Schurrle go, he always looked like a good player to me. Maybe he wanted a move because he wasn't getting much game time?

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Yes l think you have hit the nail on the head totally Shadow.

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Southampton FC ‏@SouthamptonFC · 5m5 minutes ago
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l am surprised Chelsea let him go.

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They must be delighted. Sell Chambers and Shaw and still end up with the best two young full backs in the country.

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Hardly, Bertrand is 25 and was third choice at Chelsea,;)

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Indeed, stats support that Andy. :)

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So, if West Ham do get thrown out of the Cup, do Bristol get their place?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31103752

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Sky Sports News HQ ‏@SkySportsNewsHQ · 7m7 minutes ago
BREAKING: Harry Redknapp resigns as QPR manager. More on #SSNHQ now


Les Ferdinand in temporary charge

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To have knee surgery apparently.

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And to count all the money in his dog's bank account :rolleyes:

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That sounds young to me!!!

On a serious note I didn't realise he was quite 25, but he's hardly past it either, is he, and he's a really really decent player. I don't know about third choice at Chelsea, but let's face it - if you have a player as good as Azpilicueta you play him, even if he is really a right back.

Perhaps I should have said two of the best full backs in the country, but they are well up there and Southampton should still be well chuffed with their business.

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Let not his reputation suffer because of his knee :sleep: 'Arrys mugging us off :LOL:

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Want to sell Clyne?

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He doesn't sound young to me when you consider he has made 28,appearances in nine years as a pro at Chelsea, seems like a waste to me.

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Well if the top clubs don't want to give regular places to top English talent then he was wise to go to Southampton and on performances he should be considered for the international squad.

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I meant he sounded young because I'm older than that, but I agree with Den's point - some of the top clubs have a habit of stockpiling young talent, often to their detriment.

Having said that, when you consider loans he's actually made over 200 appearances.

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Being on loan is different from playing regularly for a parent club for a variety of reasons but loan is preferable to development squad football any day. I really hope young players resist the urge to join mega rich clubs for the sake of their careers, Scott Sinclair agrees and he should know better than most

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/spor...-give-8574198?

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I think Wilf Zaha has a few thoughts on the subject as well!

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Yes bought for £15 million but rarely played in more then a handful of games.

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All the blame lies squarely in the shoulders of ******* agents.

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And those leeches sadly still infest our game.

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I actually think he got pretty lucky, he didn't waste that much time on the sidelines and spent most of his time loaned to his old club where he knew the surroundings, his team mates, training regimes, coaching staff etc it could've been worse for him plus palace have done very well out of it to!!

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In an ideal world we'd just legislate them out of the game, if players want representation what's wrong with the pfa handling negotiations, it's what Gary Neville did and he's hardly in the poor house

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Well we only got £10m up front, he obviously never did enough to allow us to get the add ons that would have taken it to 15. We've paid £3m to get him back, rising to £6m, which in our team he'll probably manage. So United are only £4m down until you factor in loan fees from us and Cardiff and realise they probably broke even.

What we're left with is a fantastic academy product who already knows that the grass isn't greener so we should do alright out of it but it might not have gone that way, and for what? If our chairman hadn't fought for him he'd be yet another poor United signing discarded early. Fortunately for him we've made sure that didn't happen and provided him again with the chance of a career. He is indeed the lucky one.

Just look how long it took Routledge to get his career back on track after Spurs turned his head. I hope Zaha is an object lesson to all our young kids.

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There's been so many object lessons for them, we have one called Reece Oxford that's being courted over and over before he's even old enough to sign an adult contract, fortunately it seems like he has seen sense and will sign with us but what's the point of the club training and developing his talent for him to be tapped up and stolen for peanuts.

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Bit of a fairytale, think one of the members here lives in that village to...

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31118527

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Paddy's had it, sadly.

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Ozil finally starting to repay the astronomical fee that Arsenal forked out for him.

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Brilliant, the Flying Pig strikes again.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/am...awrence-video/

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Kane should have been sent off not booked for his studs up challenge earlier.:rolleyes:

Bad luck Arsenal.

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Left it a bit late there didn't we Julian! :D

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Find myself in the pretty awful position of wanting a Liverpool win. Only side in the bottom half to win today so far.

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Indeed we did Cobby....

:D

Mane was great today and even Yoshida did ok in the LB position after Targett's horror injury.

Just need The Daddy's gang to nick a point or three off utd tomorrow. ;)

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Three would be nice

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What on earth was going on here then?

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Quite. MacArthur and a Leicester player were involved in a challenge in front of the dugouts, which resulted in them both tripping over each other. MacArthur bundled into Pearson and knocked him over. It looked like they were initially laughing with each other, but then Pearson appeared to be holding MacArthur down with both hands around his (MacArthur's) neck. After MacArthur managed to free himself and stand up Pearson held on to his arm/shirt for a few seconds preventing him from returning to the pitch.

The game was ongoing for the entire incident.

Not sure what to make of it, but I expect there to be some action taken against him.

Leicester had a lot of possession and a few chances but they are really prone to errors at the back, don't appear to have anything close to an actual striker and their manager looks like he's let the pressure of it all really get to him. They're down - two to go. Southampton's late winner was very welcome!

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Its surprising that the BBC don't mention a thing on their website about the incident.

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How the hell did vanpersie not get sent off for that filth?

He even looked to see where the man was before smashing his face.....