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The thread has been an interesting read. When Chelsea park the bus against a superior team they're the scum of Europe, when Swansea do it they're just being "pragmatic". :facepalm: :lol:

Who are you arguing with? No one has said any of that. These weird straw man arguments about the UK are beyond tiresome. I don't know why La Liga fans have such a chip on their shoulder when it comes to the EPL.

Villa :tito:

Liverpool will out play them, but concede three goals from random bits of brilliance/poachery from RVP, Rooney or Hernandez.

Italy doesn't. It's one of the reasons their coefficient has been so poor, traditionally at least, lately they've taken to it a bit more perhaps.

Makes you wonder why he isn't playing. He did look poor whenever I saw him for Liverpool, very passive and seemingly uninterested. The rumour was that he never really wanted to go to Liverpool, so maybe his attitude behind the scenes stinks?

You think Scholes is more of a cunt than Suarez?

He would be more endearing if he were just trolling, but it seems like he just can't help being a cunt.

Not bad for a left-back.

Selective quoting if ever I saw it :lol:

I am now, seeing as how you misunderstood, but it is what I meant. I have no love of Chelsea, but the idea that Roman bankrolled them out of obscurity simply isn't accurate. They certainly bought their success to some degree, but they were already a big-ish club in England to begin with too.

Bale has actually got a lot of stick from the press to be fair.

I said they were "one of the best sides in the league before the Russian appeared", which they were. They finished fourth the year before, as I'd already said.

It's fairly self-explanatory. I never said they were 'historically' one of the best sides in the league, I said they were one of the best when Abramovic turned up - which they were. 4th the season before he turned up, and 2nd the season before he started splashing the cash.

I seriously doubt that. It's rare that players find themselves in positions like Graham did, the men on the most usually push out after the ball has gone towards the opposite end, but are they are there for any direct headers or shots from the initial ball in. I'm sure I've seen many more cases...

They finished in the top four the season before he arrived, higher than they did last season.

You said they were plastic. In reality they already had a decent amount of history and were one of the best sides in the league before the Russian appeared.

Chelsea were already a top four team before Roman arrived.

2-1. Another Collins goal, another Joe Cole assist.

1-1 Collins. Assists for Joe Cole on his (sort of) début.