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Because it costs you nothing to be respectful, you nog c*nt.

Yea fair point, last thing he'd want to do is be the best player at a top team in the EPL at 22 years of age, that didn't work out well for Modric, Carrick or Bale and their careers after either so I see where you are coming from

sad world

END OF A CENTURY - A KINGS ROAD REVIVAL Growing up as a Chelsea fan during the 1990s was a thing of real beauty. From Gullit to Zola, Di Matteo and Vialli, the re-emergence of Chelsea laid the foundations for everything that followed in the 2000s. This is Chelsea. If both London and Chelsea had lost their glamour somewhat in the late 70s, then the mid-90s ushered in a return to prominence of both. With ‘Cool Britannia' London was ‘swinging' again and, whilst the Kings Road was no longer its epicentre, pop stars and actors were flocking to Stamford Bridge in a way not known since its heyday in the late 60s and early 70s. The likes of Damon Albarn and Phil Daniels making bi-weekly trips to watch a team newly packed with the sort of talent which had not been seen since the glory days of Osgood, Hudson and Cooke. In a nation pervaded with the sense that things could only get better, at Stamford Bridge there was a sense of optimism seldom before seen. In hindsight, and probably with a slightly rosy tint, football at the time seemed to perfectly straddle the old and the new. It included all the benefits of the modern game, twinkle toed imports and reflected the positive outlook of contemporary Britain, all whilst retaining the rough round the edges grass roots appeal. It remained tribal. Grounds may have been developed since the Taylor Report but they retained, in the most part, their individualism and their character. Likewise, on the pitch there were distinctive individuals and characters. Most importantly the game remained within the financial constraints of the average person or family, while clubs remained, in the main, the sole preserve of those with a geographical affinity to the team they supported. It was a heady mix of progress and tradition. Chelsea was a microcosm of this both on and off the pitch at Stamford Bridge. The virtual waiting room was still a Portakabin outside the ground. The old West Stand with its corrugated roof, concrete benches and wooden seats still stood next to the sparkling new North Stand (paid for through a loan from Matthew Harding); the past and the future also blended together between the prefab walls of the changing rooms at the clubs Harlington training ground. The likes of Mark Stein and Craig Burley shared the same limited resources as Ruud Gullit and Mark Hughes. While the foreign imports had brought with them dieticians and fitness experts, the youth team still had a club tab at the local kebab shop. Progress and tradition. The seeds had been sewn in the summer of ‘93. There'd been a first Cup Final in 24 years in 1994, a run to the semifinals of the European Cup Winners Cup the following season and another cup run spoilt by United in 1996, but it was when Gullit succeeded Hoddle that Chelsea's rise really began. Mixed in with home-grown talents like Eddie Newton and Michael Duberry as well as longstanding Chelsea men like Dennis Wise, Erland Johnsen and Steve Clarke was the flair of Zola, the elegance of Di Matteo and the guile of Vialli. There was Dan Petrescu — a full back — who could chip the keeper from 25 yards. Frank Leboeuf — a centre half — was hitting pinpoint 60-yard passes. For an 8-year-old who'd stood on his seat in the temporary Shed against Blackburn Rovers, resplendent in a replica tangerine and graphite Gullit 4 on the back, telling Ken Bates where he could stick George Graham was what life was all about. It was my football club and it was the first time I could remember them being fucking good. For the first time in my life, indeed in a few generations, the players were genuine superstars, and yet they remained accessible. Watching the team train during half term at Harlington continued in the same vein as when I was waiting for Gareth Hall and Darren Barnard. For those who had waited for a side like this — a brief resurrection under John Neal aside — for a quarter of a century this was ample reward. Finally, Chelsea were a team fit to challenge for trophies, and consistently win them. A good cup team. In fact, a brilliant cup team; probably the last great one before the domestic cups were devalued by Manchester United pulling out of the FA Cup to play in Brazil, the TV spreading games out over almost the entire week, the all-encompassing Champions League and the conceit that fourth is somehow a trophy and that the manager who fields a weakened side in cups to focus on the league is doing the right thing (not to mention the abolition of the Cup Winners Cup and the absurd idea of the Europa League in Europe). Nearly every great memory of the period is inextricably linked with Cups. The 1997 Cup run in particular was something special, clearly, and although the third round victory over West Brom was fairly routine the rest of it was anything but. Perhaps the crucial moment was bringing on Mark Hughes to inspire the second half come back from 2-0 down at home to Liverpool in the fourth round. Perhaps it was Erland Johnsen's dive in the replay against Leicester after being pegged back from two up to 2-2 in the away leg. Either way, the trophy itself was sealed by Di Matteo inside a minute from 30 yards out, and Eddie Newton iced the cake with a second after half time. The celebrations in and around the ground went on for ages. I've still got the t shirt I bought off the spiv outside. After finally leaving Wembley and the famous old twin towers my old man and old dear dropped me and my sister round my nan's and joined the throngs of thousands back on the Kings Road. Matthew Harding's death, the floral tributes and the outpouring of grief that had followed it the previous October had been a stark reminder that football clubs were about a lot more than what went on the pitch and this reinforced that in more positive circumstances. Chelsea were back, hello, hello. That summer the West Stand was demolished. This coincided with the opening of a new all seater two-tiered Shed End. If this was signalling a shift from the balance between the old and the new then I wasn't yet aware of it. It had only stood for just over 30 years but like the Shed, demolished three years before, it had been central to the formative years of many Chelsea fans. I was too young to have stood singing in the Shed, though I have vague memories of it being there in my earliest days going to Stamford Bridge. However, I spent the majority of my childhood years supporting Chelsea from the West Stand, whether on the benches or in the wooden seats. I'd love to still be watching Chelsea from the benches £10 for adults, £5 for kids, but as a 10-year-old it was just one of those things. In the playground at school and the parks of West London there were other football focuses, between swapping Merlin stickers, the attempts to emulate Gazza against Scotland had long since been replaced by even less successful attempts to emulate Zola free kicks and Zola's goal against Wimbledon (another great Cup memory) and Zola twisting Julian d*cks inside out and Zola's goal at home to United and so on and so on. When on the odd occasion I wasn't running about pretending to be Zola it was trying to get the other kids to join in copying that celebration from the 5-0 win against Middlesbrough. In February 1998 the Dutchman who had masterminded our resurrection was relieved of his job. However, despite initial incredulity at the decision the love affair with the cups continued apace. Di Matteo set the tone against Arsenal in Vialli's first game in charge — after a glass of champagne from the new manager before kickoff. Hughes' volley against Vicenza reinforced it. Di Matteo (and then Frank Sinclair) secured a trophy at Wembley again. However the season's defining moment was still to come. For the generations before mine who attended the European away days that season (and the previous foray into Europe in 1994/95), the sense of adventure must have been something else. Before the internet had taken hold, before endless trips to Schalke, Porto and Valencia in the Champions League group stages and before Ryanair and Easyjet, the furthest afield Chelsea really travelled in 25 years was Le Harve for the Cross Channel Trophy. If appetites had been whetted in front of the water cannons of Brugges, then 97/98 was to serve up far more. Vialli in the snow in Tromso. Flo's brace against Betis. The adventure culminated with Zola's goal in Stockholm, sparking pandemonium on all four sides of the stadium. His second touch of the match secured the trophy we'd won 27 years previously and had reached the semifinals of three years prior. The next season began with reigning European Champions Real Madrid being put to the sword in the Super Cup. It effectively ended on 18th April with a Steve Guppy equaliser ending our first title challenge to extend past Easter in generations. Typing that sentence still hurts. Despite all the success since, if ever a side deserved a title it was that one. In between Madrid and Leicester record signing Pierluigi Casaraghi scored his first goal for the club and then promptly broke his leg (and never played again). New great white hope Brian Laudrup decided London wasn't for him and returned to Denmark homesick. And despite that Chelsea played the best football I've ever seen. The ‘what ifs?' about Casaraghi and Laudrup shouldn't distract from how good we were. Between an opening day reverse at Coventry and defeat at Highbury on 31st January we were undefeated for 21 games. A Zola and Flo-inspired 4-3 over Blackburn at Ewood Park at what was something of a bogey ground for Chelsea at the time particularly sticks out from that run. However, stuttering form towards then end of the season meant it wasn't to be, and we finished four points short. The following year Chelsea entered the European Cup for the first time, a full 44 years after being the first English club to qualify for the competition. The expected title challenge failed to materialise but treble winners Manchester United were humbled 5-0 at the Bridge, where even Chris Sutton scored. However, despite indifferent league form, we excelled in Europe, particularly away from home in the first group stage. Dennis Wise, in his testimonial year, equalised in the San Siro against AC Milan in front of a travelling support numbering over 8,000. At the Ali Sami Yen Galatasaray welcomed us to hell, and aping the flag held aloft by the travelling support, the players responded with a performance suggesting ‘we're not bothered' as they put five on the Turks in their own back yard. After qualifying to and then from the second group stage, Chelsea welcomed Barcelona to Stamford Bridge for the quarter finals. I watched stood on my chair in the uncovered, incomplete new West Stand as the ground rocked as goals from Zola and Flo saw us race into a three goal lead. I've seldom seen Stamford Bridge more up for it. Figo nicked one back for them in the second half and we eventually succumbed to defeat in extra time of the second leg in the Nou Camp, but Chelsea had proven they were a force to be reckoned with against the very best of European football after being denied the chance by the FA in the 1950s. Domestically a third trophy in three years was secured as Di Matteo was again on hand at Wembley to seal another FA Cup. Like most great institutions of the 1990s it came to an end with the new millennium. By 2000, the team had already begun to be broken up — Petrescu was sold to Bradford, Leboeuf was on the verge of a return to France, and the sacking of Vialli and appointment of Ranieri and his public spat with Dennis Wise only sped up the process. We may have won a lot more since but nothing will come close to that side. They may have not got the title they deserved but they put Chelsea back on the map. They were by far the greatest team the world has ever seen, they were superstars who remained ours. It is no coincidence that most who played in that side retain an obvious affinity with the club, and they will always be my favourite Chelsea side.

Is that a 'boy' as in 'The things I would do to this man'? I think itis - I know ur on what I'm on

POF? Really...

using pof as some kinda moral compass is asking for touble at certain points in peoples lives they might just not want kids

One year left b... Now even you know your chatting sh*t. players around his age or older:seb larsson, quincy, lupoli, simpson, rhys murphy, anthony stokes, barazite, ryan garry, rui fonte and randall all spring to mind Most of those players have gone and got playing time and done f*ck all. bit like our friend the0 end product, only they didn't cost us 9 million (no, not naira) and 60k a week.they all showed the basics, which is more than this no talent, fish finger eating, hovis 'best of both', coffee-stained imp can say. It was WILD at the time, but now FUCKING HELL. If your even daring to say Nacer, a thousand negs. how is that backtracking? barazite is the true heir. rvp is any boromir, muddying the throne.nacer's being groomed at the moment. when the time's right, the king shall return.

Left Arsenal after 6 incredible seasons to take over Schalke. BVB & Bayern have dominated Germany. I'm looking forward to this project. It's a 3-year project. Year 1: Achieve CL football Year 2: Become Bundesliga champions Year 3: Win the CL. Will stay there an extra season or two depending on CL success. Wish me luck guys.

Koppaberg isn't beer

London pale ale for a chap please sir

Now my life is easier part killed me As if cause you have kun, hazard and alexis you have a cheat code at life lmfao "yo LS, I need you to do a 20 page dissertation for next Friday" "you know I have kun, alexis and hazard right?" "oh wow. I didn't know! Don't worry about it then" *fistpump* Comment reminded me of a soft sell tooth whitening advert "ever since I got my teeth whitened with brite white my life hasn't been the same, I feel like a new person"

Lahi you're a weird yout ya kna.

Lupe just raised the levels of "hook-writing" with 'Adoration of the Magi'.

Because it costs you nothing to be respectful, you nog c*nt. The irony commanding respect for some gut that fits your nog ethos. Oh wait, it's a pdc affiliate. All adds up. When will the begging stop. ol David Attenborough takin a selfin stick to the hood for snap shots with monkeys seeking approval ass nigga.

Here's some knowledge from one on my favourite books; Think and Grow Rich. This should required reading for everyone before they leave school but that's a completely different topic. Take a quick scan of these issues and see how many are not only hugely apparent in the black community (urgh feel dirty after typing this) but also positively encouraged. 30 Major Causes of Failure (I've highlighted the ones relevent to this thread) UNFAVORABLE HEREDITARY BACKGROUND. There is but little, if anything, which can be done for people who are born with a deficiency in brain power. This philosophy offers but one method of bridging this weakness—through the aid of the Master Mind. Observe with profit, however, that this is the ONLY one of the thirty causes of failure which may not be easily corrected by any individual. LACK OF A WELL-DEFINED PURPOSE IN LIFE. There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim. Ninety-eight out of every hundred of those whom I have analyzed, had no such aim. LACK OF AMBITION TO AIM ABOVE MEDIOCRITY. We offer no hope for the person who is so indifferent as not to want to get ahead in life, and who is not willing to pay the price. INSUFFICIENT EDUCATION. This is a handicap which may be overcome with comparative ease. Experience has proven that the best-educated people are often those who are known as “self-made,” or self-educated. It takes more than a college degree to make one a person of education. Any person who is educated is one who has learned to get whatever he wants in life without violating the rights of others. Education consists, not so much of knowledge, but of knowledge effectively and persistently APPLIED. Men are paid, not merely for what they know, but more particularly for WHAT THEY DO WITH THAT WHICH THEY KNOW. LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE. Discipline comes through self-control. This means that one must control all negative qualities. Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. You may see at one and the same time both your best friend and your greatest enemy, by stepping in front of a mirror. ILL HEALTH. No person may enjoy outstanding success without good health. Many of the causes of ill health are subject to mastery and control. These, in the main are: a. Overeating of foods not conducive to health b. Wrong habits of thought; giving expression to negatives. c. Wrong use of, and over indulgence in sex. d. Lack of proper physical exercise e. An inadequate supply of fresh air, due to improper breathing. UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES DURING CHILDHOOD. “As the twig is bent, so shall the tree grow.” Most people who have criminal tendencies acquire them as the result of bad environment, and improper associates during childhood. PROCRASTINATION. This is one of the most common causes of failure. “Old Man Procrastination” stands within the shadow of every human being, waiting his opportunity to spoil one’s chances of success. Most of us go through life as failures, because we are waiting for the “time to be right” to start doing something worthwhile. Do not wait. The time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. LACK OF PERSISTENCE. Most of us are good “starters” but poor “finishers” of everything we begin. Moreover, people are prone to give up at the first signs of defeat. There is no substitute for PERSISTENCE. The person who makes PERSISTENCE his watch-word, discovers that “Old Man Failure” finally becomes tired, and makes his departure. Failure cannot cope with PERSISTENCE. NEGATIVE PERSONALITY. There is no hope of success for the person who repels people through a negative personality. Success comes through the application of POWER, and power is attained through the cooperative efforts of other people. A negative personality will not induce cooperation. LACK OF CONTROLLED SEXUAL URGE. Sex energy is the most powerful of all the stimuli which move people into ACTION. Because it is the most powerful of the emotions, it must be controlled, through transmutation, and converted into other channels. UNCONTROLLED DESIRE FOR “SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.” The gambling instinct drives millions of people to failure. Evidence of this may be found in a study of the Wall Street crash of ‘29, during which millions of people tried to make money by gambling on stock margins. LACK OF A WELL DEFINED POWER OF DECISION. Men who succeed reach decisions promptly, and change them, if at all, very slowly. Men who fail, reach decisions, if at all, very slowly, and change them frequently, and quickly. Indecision and procrastination are twin brothers. Where one is found, the other may usually be found also. Kill off this pair before they completely “hog-tie” you to the treadmill of FAILURE. ONE OR MORE OF THE 6 BASIC FEARS. Poverty, Criticism, Ill health, Jealousy, Old age, Death. WRONG SELECTION OF A MATE IN MARRIAGE. This a most common cause of failure. The relationship of marriage brings people intimately into contact. Unless this relationship is harmonious, failure is likely to follow. Moreover, it will be a form of failure that is marked by misery and unhappiness, destroying all signs of AMBITION. OVER-CAUTION. The person who takes no chances, generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing. Over-caution is as bad as under-caution. Both are extremes to be guarded against. Life itself is filled with the element of chance. WRONG SELECTION OF ASSOCIATES IN BUSINESS. This is one of the most common causes of failure in business. In marketing personal services, one should use great care to select an employer who will be an inspiration, and who is, himself, intelligent and successful. We emulate those with whom we associate most closely. Pick an employer who is worth emulating. SUPERSTITION AND PREJUDICE. Superstition is a form of fear. It is also a sign of ignorance. Men who succeed keep open minds and are afraid of nothing. WRONG SELECTION OF A VOCATION. No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like. The most essential step in the marketing of personal services is that of selecting an occupation into which you can throw yourself wholeheartedly. LACK OF CONCENTRATION OF EFFORT. The “jack-of-all-trades” seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one DEFINITE CHIEF AIM. THE HABIT OF INDISCRIMINATE SPENDING. The spend-thrift cannot succeed, mainly because he stands eternally in FEAR OF POVERTY. Form the habit of systematic saving by putting aside a definite percentage of your income. Money in the bank gives one a very safe foundation of COURAGE when bargaining for the sale of personal services. Without money, one must take what one is offered, and be glad to get it. LACK OF ENTHUSIASM. Without enthusiasm one cannot be convincing. Moreover, enthusiasm is contagious, and the person who has it, under control, is generally welcome in any group of people. INTOLERANCE. The person with a “closed” mind on any subject seldom gets ahead. Intolerance means that one has stopped acquiring knowledge. The most damaging forms of intolerance are those connected with religious, racial, and political differences of opinion. INTEMPERANCE. The most damaging forms of intemperance are connected with eating, strong drink, and sexual activities. Overindulgence in any of these is fatal to success. INABILITY TO COOPERATE WITH OTHERS. More people lose their positions and their big opportunities in life, because of this fault, than for all other reasons combined. It is a fault which no well-informed business man, or leader will tolerate. POSSESSION OF POWER THAT WAS NOT ACQUIRED THROUGH SELF EFFORT. (Sons and daughters of wealthy men, and others who inherit money which they did not earn). Power in the hands of one who did not acquire it gradually, is often fatal to success. QUICK RICHES are more dangerous than poverty. INTENTIONAL DISHONESTY. There is no substitute for honesty. One may be temporarily dishonest by force of circumstances over which one has no control, without permanent damage. But, there is NO HOPE for the person who is dishonest by choice. Sooner or later, his deeds will catch up with him, and he will pay by loss of reputation, and perhaps even loss of liberty. EGOTISM AND VANITY. These qualities serve as red lights which warn others to keep away. THEY ARE FATAL TO SUCCESS. GUESSING INSTEAD OF THINKING. Most people are too indifferent or lazy to acquire FACTS with which to THINK ACCURATELY. They prefer to act on “opinions” created by guesswork or snap-judgments. LACK OF CAPITAL. This is a common cause of failure among those who start out in business for the first time, without sufficient reserve of capital to absorb the shock of their mistakes, and to carry them over until they have established a REPUTATION.

Everyone needs to stop addressing his comments throughout the forum.

theres too much talking, marching, and protesting and article-ing. just do.

Ade is actually finished. Starting to feel sorry for him but the guy is our top earning on 100k a week ffs Just needs to move to MLS

my paypal account is locked. can do western union.

smh need sharia law on that shit

When i was doing support the amount of calls i got from people asking whether the email they received saying " You have a parcel pending delivery please click this link to arrange a re delivery" its peak , most non I.T literate people click the links and fill their details. Meanwhile Kofi is skiing in the alps with their funds.

No one said that. It can't be classed as assisted at all ffs.

Interstellar dvdscr has dropped

Dudes talking like the Chamakh thread can't get bumped.

Builders and pubmen must be raging.

Can't remember the last time I saw or cared about page 3 tbh Good 10+ years

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21?! you're getting bumped mate 400k £9.94 here. used it twice and ive got my coins within 10 minutes each time http://www.utfifas.co/fifa-15-xbox-one-coins/

Got Guyver talking about Tension with Crazy Titch in the studio and clashing Wiley & Flow Dan

These are suppose to be fully grown adults as well

Looooooooool title. Pos.

read the title like not again remix coming soon

john obi mikel soon land

KINGS and QUEENS b. White people floss, I live in Essex, so I know they certainly floss. Yeah but more time they actually have solid careers, businesses and families.Essex is a completely different demographic anyway BUT and this is a big BUT fundamentally, the problem of which we speak affects poor people of all colours...black people just do it bigger and boasier than everyone else, but also more able to be lampooned But why do we talk like there isn't black people with solid careers, businesses and families. Because what else would these people do if they couldn't harp on and moan about what black people are or aren't doing? It's the quickest way to make themselves feel superior and to let those who feed into remain lower than they need to be.

TF is this Just saw it advertise

lol he will get it back within 3 days....

Brixton Hill. Treating this like a come-up...might just work. These 67/86/BP/ABM kids aren't playing, videos are doing numbers and this kinda stunt gets remembered. Compare this to the Raphs situation and it kinda revived the Raphs rap ting. These lot have been putting in mad video work. Trap God's right though, things done changed. Youts running it red right now.

*rollseyes*

What and ended up playing for Spurs?

sad world

koppaberg> in summer with a zoot >>