Roman Abramovich has brought league titles, FA Cup wins, the Champions League, magnificent players, great managers, a chance to dream.

For that I love the guy.

But getting rid of Mourinho, appointing Grant, appointing Benitez, what a ******* ****.

Love it lad. I hope Stamford Bridge calls Pienaar an African c*nt in unison. Would be lovely to see the toffees get on their high horse again.

Think Chelsea could have appointed much worse than Benitez, but he really isn't the right person for a short fix. Maybe he'll get the best from Torres and that's all Roman wants. He apparently wanted the league, then the champions league, then sexy football, then the champions league, and now he wants what? Perfection? A smooth journey all the way?

Surely all the Chelsea fans should get behind there manager now, just like Liverpool fans where suppose to get behind Roy.

Pal, they've had CL winners and WC winners manage their club, they will turn against anyone if they get a couple of dodgy results.

You shouldn't be posting on a sports forum, you should be learning English. THEIR, WERE, SUPPOSED. One short sentence, three mistakes.

My objection to scouse whining, mainly from Roddy, was that even if he was performing at a 7/10 level, Roddy would be so bitter he'd be claiming it as a 4. He's still doing it now, even after Hodgson has gone on to England.

Hodgson was simply one of the best available managers to Liverpool who Liverpool fans wouldn't take to, no matter what he did.

If Chelsea fans were polled in the week before which possible candidate they didn't want then IMO Benitez would be the overwhelming number one choice. And Chelsea have just completely ignored their clear animosity to him and appointed him.

Where CFC fans go from here I don't know. Personally, I am disgusted at the CFC board and Roman for making this appointment. I am disgusted at CFC for their shoddy treatment of a good man who delivered to us a CL final win in amazing circumstances. I don't like Benitez, CFC should have never appointed him, but he's our boss and I will try to give him a chance, even though he is a fat, scouse **** who should have never got the job in the first place.

But if Benitez does a 10/10 job, I won't do a Roddy and still claim it as a 6 because of my dislike for him.

Chris Foy is reffing us for the first time since the QPR away game when he Ovrebo'd us. This week just keeps getting better.

speaking of refs http://www.thefa.com/News/governance/20 ... nburg.aspx

speaking of refs http://www.thefa.com/News/governance/20 ... nburg.aspx

flipper wrote:speaking of refs http://www.thefa.com/News/governance/20 ... nburg.aspx So Clattenburg's awesome performance during the game carried on after it. If Mikel used foul and abusive language towards him after the game then he should have given him a straight red for foul and abusive language towards an official. From the perpsective of Clattenburg possibly making a racist remark to Mikel. If he didn't do it then this is the right result. My only issue is that practically every newspaper article and statement by oppo managers on this issue since has set the stage for a whitewash even if Clattenburg did call Mikel a monkey. I don't know what Ramires's grasp of English is. But then again, I don't know how good Suarez and Evra were communicating in Spanish either. I'm reading that we're being slagged off for not apologising to Clattenburg. Well when he apologises to us for the not carding and sending off Evens, for wrongly booking Torres and sending him off, and the lino apologises for not seeing their player being offside all the time during their winning goal then Ramires should apologise for his error. But as we won't get an apology, they can shove theirs too.

flipper wrote:speaking of refs http://www.thefa.com/News/governance/20 ... nburg.aspx So Clattenburg's awesome performance during the game carried on after it. If Mikel used foul and abusive language towards him after the game then he should have given him a straight red for foul and abusive language towards an official. From the perpsective of Clattenburg possibly making a racist remark to Mikel. If he didn't do it then this is the right result. My only issue is that practically every newspaper article and statement by oppo managers on this issue since has set the stage for a whitewash even if Clattenburg did call Mikel a monkey. I don't know what Ramires's grasp of English is. But then again, I don't know how good Suarez and Evra were communicating in Spanish either. I'm reading that we're being slagged off for not apologising to Clattenburg. Well when he apologises to us for the not carding and sending off Evens, for wrongly booking Torres and sending him off, and the lino apologises for not seeing their player being offside all the time during their winning goal then Ramires should apologise for his error. But as we won't get an apology, they can shove theirs too.

I thought the allegation was implausible simply because of the complete absence of any televised pictures of Mikel and Ramires looking outraged.

It was very clear during the Suarez incident that Evra was very upset about something. Surely Ramires and Mikel would have reacted in a similar manner if Clattenberg had called Mikel a monkey?

And, in view of Anton Ferdinand's lack of reaction, I dont think that Terry would have been charged if it hadnt been clear from the pictures that he had actually spoken the words.

But with Clattenberg there were no pictures of him using the word monkey, and a complete lack of any apparent reaction from Mikel and Ramires until after the game.