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What`s wrong with what I said? it`s true! I glad you know where the sun comes from, and you`re sounding more pathetic by the minute. Support Chelski now do you? I`ve never denied being a red. Bellend

Fake Ronaldo loses the ball sooooooooo easily. Goal 1-0 deco

Who do you all fancy to win this? I`ve bet on Ghana. 1-2

Go Portugal.....................I`d say at least 3-0

Yeah but it`s an open draw and the fixtures are not selected. He makes it sound like it`s been happen for 20 years; when in fact Chelski haven`t been playing at this level very long at all.

Ahhhhhhhh......pms!

Being..........

Most blues still seem very loyal to "once a blue" though!

Boo hoo hoo! Mourinho predicts fixture list Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has cheekily forecast next season's fixture list in his 'crystal ball'. Mourinho has a long-standing complaint that his Chelsea team get a raw deal when the fixtures come out. He claims the Blues are handed away games after internationals and Champions League matches but rivals Arsenal get a home game. Mourinho expects the same thing to happen when the Premier League reveal dates for the new season, next Thursday. He predicts Chelsea's first game of the new season will be away because it comes after a midweek international. Mourinho said: 'I think in England you say, `I have looked into my crystal ball'. So this is what I saw. 'For sure our first game will be away from home. 'After international matches, Arsenal always play at home, Manchester United and Liverpool are 50-50, Chelsea always away. 'So, with an international match on the 16th and the first Premier League game on the 19th, Chelsea will be away. 'Players will arrive back from their national teams on the 17th in the afternoon and we travel on the 18th to play away on the 19th.' The Chelsea boss went on to claim his team will be asked to play away after all the Champions League dates. Mourinho said: 'Last season was unbelievable. After the Champions League, Chelsea was nearly always away, especially after the group phase matches. 'There is protection to some clubs, nothing for others. I don't know the intention but I know the reality, it is impossible to deny it. 'Sometimes matches after Champions League can be on a Sunday or Monday to have one more day to rest. Never for us. 'I am here for the third year, I still don't know who is in control but for other teams it looks like perfect fixtures.' At Christmas, the former Porto boss expects his champions to play twice in three days as others get extra rest. Mourinho said: 'In the Christmas period, one day between matches. 'Again other teams have two days' rest between matches. But these situations make us stronger, because we know from the beginning, we are not in an easy position. 'Last game of the season, for sure away, two years running for us at Newcastle. 'Arsenal at home. Man United and Liverpool, we will see.' To complete his tongue-in-cheek dig, Mourinho claimed Chelsea would be forgiven for their past indiscretions as they bid for a hat-trick of titles. Mourinho said: 'Referees! Penalties! Red cards! Offsides! Suspensions! Charges! 'I prefer to leave these things in my memories and believe that, this season, we can get more respect and the tendency is an improvement. 'Everybody starts with a clean sheet. I always hope the Premiership gets better. 'We, Chelsea are here to help it. We want to play well and repeat our success.'

Pity that no girlies were involved................. Dutch fans watch match in their underwear BERLIN, June 17 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Dutch fans had to watch their team's 2-1 win over the Ivory Coast in their underwear in Stuttgart on Friday after stewards at entry points to the stadium rumbled an ambush marketing ploy. The Netherlands supporters all turned up in garish orange lederhosen displaying the name of Dutch brewery Bavaria and were ordered to remove them by stewards before being allowed to enter the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion. They then went into the match and watched it in their underwear. Anheuser Busch's Budweiser is the official beer for the tournament and world soccer's governing body fiercely protects its sponsors from brands which are not FIFA partners. Markus Siegler, FIFA's director of communications, said at its daily media briefing on Saturday that the governing body was alert to the kind of 'ambush' marketing Bavaria had attempted. 'Of course, FIFA has no right to tell an individual fan what to wear at a match, but if thousands of people all turn up wearing the same thing to market a product and to be seen on TV screens then of course we would stop it. 'I don't know exactly about what happened in Stuttgart, but it seems like an organised attempt to conduct a mass ambush publicity campaign was taking place.' Peer Swinkels of the Dutch brewery said it was 'absolutely ridiculous' and 'far too extreme' to order the fans to take off their lederhosen and said the brewery had complained to FIFA. 'I understand that FIFA has sponsors but you cannot tell people to strip off their lederhosen and force them to watch a game in their underpants. That is going too far.' Most people had hopefully been wearing orange underwear, he added, denying that the trousers were an ambush and describing them instead as a Dutch nod to German culture. Only men had been forced to strip according to his information, he added.

What the hell is pmt?

Does anybody else feel that too many yellow cards have been handed out at the WC. I think it`s been far too strict, takes all the grit out of it. Spoils the flow of the game. One keeper got a card for time wasting...........in the 50th minute!

I didn`t know the ins and outs of the Bent story. Bellamy is a boyhood Liverpool fan which might help explain his reluctance to play for Everton.

Ok, redshite this and redshite that, all bitterness and nastyness aside...............what do you think of this signing for 6mil? I think it`s superb business. Liverpool to sign Bellamy for £6m Dominic Fifield Saturday June 17, 2006 Guardian Craig Bellamy will join Liverpool next week for £6m after Rafael Benítez chose to activate a get-out clause for that amount, due to expire at the end of the month, in the striker's contract with Blackburn Rovers. The Wales international, a Liverpool supporter as a child, has proved a controversial figure in recent years, not least after his very public falling-out with the then Newcastle United manager Graeme Souness when he was at St James' Park. He will replace the outgoing Djibril Cissé at Anfield, as talks continue with Marseille to loan the injured France striker to the French club with a view to a permanent move. Bellamy's desire to leave Ewood Park since his £5m purchase from Newcastle after a season of relative resurgence under his former Wales mentor Mark Hughes will disappoint Rovers, who had hoped to persuade the 26-year-old to remain in east Lancashire. But the clause in the striker's contract was due to expire at the end of June, after which Blackburn could have demanded a higher fee for their leading scorer from last season, with Liverpool finally choosing to make a move after months of deliberation. The striker had made it clear he would favour joining Liverpool, who will offer him an immediate return to the Champions League, and Hughes was unable to persuade him otherwise. Even so, Benítez needed convincing that Bellamy, who scored 17 goals last season, was the right man to partner Peter Crouch on Merseyside. Indeed, Benítez's initial plan was to pursue the Charlton Athletic striker Darren Bent. But once it became clear that Liverpool could not sell Cissé for about £8m - as had been hoped until he suffered a double fracture to his right leg in a friendly for France - those plans quickly shifted. Although Bent has enjoyed only one season in the Premiership, Bellamy actually represents a cheaper option in terms of his transfer fee and undoubtedly offers more proven pedigree.

I`d play "once a blue" for at least half the game becuase he needs match fitness. If he doesn`t play at least a full half of the next game he won`t be match fit in the next round, and not really much use. Same applies for Owen.

...................and win a treble with him, yeah that really would be mad alright!

Heskey is shite for a top flight club with serious ambitions, but for a mid table outfit like Wigan he a good addition to the squad.

Bellend

He`s being linked to just about every team in the PL.

Good team, but SerbiaM were utter shite. Atgentina are beatable and have yet to face a top team. I think Holland will beat them. They might have peaked too soon.

Real Madrid will get him.

Yes, this site was recommended to me by bluetex, who is a good friend of mine (despite being a blue), he was attracted by the "thinking evertonian" bit, which I admired until I read a few Reg Regan posts.

I think Cahill is a good player and certainly has a lot of drive and passion, which I admit HK is short of. But I think HK is a more skillful player. Tbh, I don`t think there`s a big difference if you evaluate them on an overall basis.

I´d say if Cahill scores afew more he`s on the way out!

Whatever!