Fair do's ...

... Chelsea haven't brought through many of the English players themselves (there are as many products of Arsenal's youth system in the current England squad as Chelsea's) so that doesn't bother me too much.

Mourinho I find loathsome - I enjoyed his persona when he first arrived, then I found it quickly dissolved into self-parody and unjustified arrogance.

Shevchenko's a very talented player who's not delivered - there are individual players in the Chelsea squad I like but they're subjugated into the sort of system I'd expect a senior member of a Fascist organisation to devise if he were managing a football team.

Offset that against the foreign ownership, the involvement of Peter Kenyon, the tactic of paying ludicrous amounts for players they don't really want just to stop competitors having them and the presence of Arjen Robben and that makes (for me) a team I could only wish failure upon.

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on April 10th 2007 at 22:06:52

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David Pleat quote (Other Football) - earthleakage, Apr 10, 20:19:43
- I hate the way Tyldesley says "Good news from Spain" when Chelsea score (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Apr 10, 20:57:13
  - This comment seems to have gone down rather badly. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Apr 10, 22:28:32
    - I hate Tyldesley too, you're not alone. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Apr 10, 22:29:45
      - Thanks AB, for rallying round me at this difficult, made-a-twat-of-myself time. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Apr 10, 22:33:52
        
        Would that be Amon Tobin? (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Apr 10, 23:06:52
        
        I'm really enjoying his latest album - Foley Room (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Apr 10, 23:12:54
        
        Yup; that's the one that got deleted (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Apr 10, 23:21:36
        
        Yeah, but you don't like Talking Heads. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Apr 10, 23:12:46
        
        Fair point (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Apr 10, 23:26:41
  - It's no different to you saying that every right minded neutral wants chelsea to lose (n/m) (Other Football) - scruffy, Apr 10, 21:12:25
    - That was a bit more tongue-in-cheek to be fair ... (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Apr 10, 21:50:24
      - Like is a bit of a stretch (Other Football) - scruffy, Apr 10, 22:02:00
        
        Fair do's ... (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Apr 10, 22:06:52
  - I actually want them to go through (Other Football) - conker, Apr 10, 20:58:36
    - The 'project' at Chelsea stinks on every level and I can only wish them failure. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Apr 10, 21:01:55
      - Have I mentioned (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Apr 10, 21:04:10
        
        No (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Apr 10, 21:05:26
        
        He offered (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Apr 10, 21:07:47
        
        How could you not notice Mike Milligan? (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Apr 10, 21:10:46
        
        I noticed him (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Apr 10, 21:11:51
- My favourite from last round: "Scholes walks away gingerly" (n/m) (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 10, 20:48:14
- David Pleat quote (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Apr 10, 20:34:47
- He's a tool of the highest order (n/m) (Other Football) - scruffy, Apr 10, 20:22:26

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