knockoff nige

http://rafasackedyet.com/

Kapri

Love it.

It is getting beyond a joke now. I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of Abramovich.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAKW8m8Casc

papilon

Your team won anything yet???????

knockoff nige

What a dope

ozzieeagle

Villa are the ones really imploding.

Massive problems there.

papilon

Funny because up until the Chelsea game Villa had been quite impressive, they played some really nice football with a young team. I hope they survive the drop as next season they could progress. Football as Greavsie would say really is a funny old game. Chelsea who where the form team over the Xmas period then go and lose at home to bottom club QPR who until that point where terrible.

As for managers at Chelsea, they all go into the job knowing the demands, are paid very handsomely and none have been critical after being sacked. The club under Abramovich has continued to win silverware even with the many changes. Whilst most clubs cannot afford to get rid of managers when it doesn't work out Chelsea can. Arsenal have been very loyal to Wenger and won nothing in 8 seasons.

knockoff nige

Football is truly a funny game. Chelsea spanking Villa, Villa beating Liverpool, Liverpool thrashing QPR, QPR beating Chelsea. All in the space of a few weeks.

papilon

And that's why the world loves the EPL.
Massive here in Indonesia, you can also see in the ground advertising increasingly directed at home markets around the world and many in there own language. People may like to knock the EPL but it really is an incredible Business success story. Clubs individually may run losses but the EPL brand is only getting bigger.

ozzieeagle

Dont get me started

Phuc Yu Tho from Bangkok is probably more important to Chelsea than Billy Bloggs life time supporter and 700 game attendee from Shepards bush.

papilon

Must be a lot of Phuc Yu's flying in for every home game then?? Faces on the tv still look predominately Anglo to me. People need to stop living in fantasyland, The EPL is big business and it does it very well. Don't see to much interest around the world for Bundesliga. People do not have a god given right to be able to attend a sporting event. Football is not a state subsidized event and neither should it be, why should every tax payer pay so a few thousand can attend. The Australian model is wrong in my opinion. Taxpayer funded stadia, taxpayer grants and then the clubs spent big money for Del Piero etc etc.
EPL may not be perfect but the whole thing is self funded and actually raises millions in tax revenue. Bundesliga is no more competitive and also has a small group of clubs that dominate.

papilon

PS what's the lad Zaha like?? Should we be putting in a bid? Or is it hype?

ozzieeagle

He's staying.... Plus Palace have a few others in the pipeline... he could make the difference between promotion and staying in the championship..... Hence his price will be half of the fee you get for PL status... 30 mill.

papilon

Just watching some local tv here in Indonesia and on comes the Chelsea anthem 'blue is the colour' the ad was for a local bank offering a Chelsea themed credit card. Have also seen one for Man U.

knockoff nige

Villa V Swansea league cup final and Rafa the next manager of Blackburn.