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Re: Chelski vs Arsenal

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ChelseaFC wrote:Your guessing correct..

No i didnt do english at uni, was no point, considering i can speak it alot better than i can spell it.

Spelling no difference DUDE, we know how you make your money... Licking the cheese between the toes, ive already established that.
nice argument are you sure ur 22 not 12?
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sparrow wrote:
ChelseaFC wrote:Ticket for cheese ha.

So you still want the Toe cheese makie?
If course your going to agree with Spanko i mean Sparrow, cause we have already had are disagreements you fu-shiraz idiot. are you that stupid you forget sh-it too?

Haha, Company car... 1 house?? Pfftt..

Makie, i still live with mummy and daddy, i own a house and my OWN car, in which my company doesnt need to run for me, i also earn a very decent wage..

Not many people at the age of 22 will say they own a house and have a decent wage.. Dont worry, i did the hard yards of studying a uni. Relax your prob twice my age!
You have proven nothing on this forum other that you are a compulsive liar. Own your own home at age 22 do you?
Went to Uni? Centre for mental health is not a Uni.
i don't think housing trust houses count as your own chelseaFC
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Haha, your cooked Sparrow, believe all you like buddy, jealousy dont make situations better for you trust me.

I work in IT bud, Server administrator, hence why i sit on Footballnews.com.au all day.

Do your research...
Im on an Average Administrator Wage!!!
Dont be too jealous you werent making this money when you were my age.. Chances are i wanted to be something in life and work hard towards it to accomplish!!

Where as, you worked in the same business for 15 years and got a promotion but im guessing it was factory work then become a Manager of some sort!! Av 60-70K a year if that!
If you're standing On a corner With a red scarf Round your neck.
Chelsea boys Will come and get ya And we'll break, Your f ucking neck.
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Toe Cheese, dont worry about me, No ones going to have any cheese left between their toes once your done with them, and you'll be out of business...

You wont be in a housing trust..
But you will be looking at renting... Potencially one of my Properties.
If you're standing On a corner With a red scarf Round your neck.
Chelsea boys Will come and get ya And we'll break, Your f ucking neck.
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ChelseaFC wrote:Haha, your cooked Sparrow, believe all you like buddy, jealousy dont make situations better for you trust me.

I work in IT bud, Server administrator, hence why i sit on Footballnews.com.au all day.

Do your research...
Im on an Average Administrator Wage!!!
Dont be too jealous you werent making this money when you were my age.. Chances are i wanted to be something in life and work hard towards it to accomplish!!

Where as, you worked in the same business for 15 years and got a promotion but im guessing it was factory work then become a Manager of some sort!! Av 60-70K a year if that!
i hope to god ur not the IT administrator for my company, although that could explain why IT are so rubbish.
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ChelseaFC wrote:Toe Cheese, dont worry about me, No ones going to have any cheese left between their toes once your done with them, and you'll be out of business...

You wont be in a housing trust..
But you will be looking at renting... Potencially one of my Properties.
don't think i'd need to worry about renting one of ur properties, if ur half as annoying in person as u r on the forum i'm pretty sure you won't be around too long.
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ChelseaFC wrote:Sparrow..

Every team has a decision given to them/against them
its football, and there is always going to be harsh decisions such as the onez mentioned....

BUT.

As a supporter of my boys in...BLUE.. Todays decision has cost me and my boys victory.. As a supporter i have the right to feel hard done by. And also have the right to be posting to all that this infact was an off side goal given. Im going to voice my fuc-king opinion because your no Suddam Hussan, therefore have no right to tell me what i can/cant post.. As for me supporting leeds, i dont know whether you've cooked yourself beyond the point of return, are blind or just plain stu-pid

but my name
<--------------- ChelseaFC Makie!! Not Leeds..
And my posts are either about Chelsea, Random (Sh-it) or just paying out deaf, blind, dumb-fu-cks such as yourself :D

sour grapes,

face it you lost to the better team, you created fark all chances, we even had to score your goal!
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ChelseaFC wrote:Haha, your cooked Sparrow, believe all you like buddy, jealousy dont make situations better for you trust me.

I work in IT bud, Server administrator, hence why i sit on Footballnews.com.au all day.

Do your research...
Im on an Average Administrator Wage!!!
Dont be too jealous you werent making this money when you were my age.. Chances are i wanted to be something in life and work hard towards it to accomplish!!

Where as, you worked in the same business for 15 years and got a promotion but im guessing it was factory work then become a Manager of some sort!! Av 60-70K a year if that!
Seriously dude who gives a fuck what you or anyone on this forum do. Jealousy is not in my vocabulary, each to their own.
If you must know, double your estimate tosser on the salary.
You're hiding behind a keyboard discussing totally irrelevant shit.

Back to the topic. Good win for the Gunners
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sparrow wrote:Good win for the Gunners
:D :D :D
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People love me cause im not scared to go against them like everyone else seems to be like here...

People are aware of me because i put myself out there to be made aware of!

People come and talk to me because at 22, not many people have accomplished what i have.
And im not scared to stick up for myself! As you are aware.

Im not annoying, you just find me annoying because i enjoy a little bust up every now and then..
You find me annoying because your stupid posts allow me to show you how stupid you are.
You find me annoying because i put my point across and make it very visable to all. Whether they decide to go with me or against me.
You need to understand at my age you were still contemplating asking your parents if you could walk down the street to get a bottle of coke!!!

Sparrow, Off Side!
If you're standing On a corner With a red scarf Round your neck.
Chelsea boys Will come and get ya And we'll break, Your f ucking neck.
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LOL @ WE DIDNT CREATE CHANCES....

Did you not watch the game?

You got BLITZED... hahahaha
Arsenal are sh-it and if you think your going to finish in the top four this season you got Issues dating back to the 1800's
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[quote="ChelseaFC"]People love me cause im not scared to go against them like everyone else seems to be like here...

People are aware of me because i put myself out there to be made aware of!

People come and talk to me because at 22, not many people have accomplished what i have.
And im not scared to stick up for myself! As you are aware.

Im not annoying, you just find me annoying because i enjoy a little bust up every now and then..
You find me annoying because your stupid posts allow me to show you how stupid you are.
You find me annoying because i put my point across and make it very visable to all. Whether they decide to go with me or against me.
You need to understand at my age you were still contemplating asking your parents if you could walk down the street to get a bottle of coke!!!

Sparrow, Off Side![/quote]

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ChelseaFC wrote:People love me cause im not scared to go against them like everyone else seems to be like here...

People are aware of me because i put myself out there to be made aware of!

People come and talk to me because at 22, not many people have accomplished what i have.
And im not scared to stick up for myself! As you are aware.

Im not annoying, you just find me annoying because i enjoy a little bust up every now and then..
You find me annoying because your stupid posts allow me to show you how stupid you are.
You find me annoying because i put my point across and make it very visable to all. Whether they decide to go with me or against me.
You need to understand at my age you were still contemplating asking your parents if you could walk down the street to get a bottle of coke!!!

Sparrow, Off Side!
sorry but you are annoying and not for those reasons, ur annoying because ur iliterate & retarded. I would also hazard a guess that not as many people love you as you would think, besides sounds like you love yourself and thats all that counts. unfortunately you give all chelski supporters a bad name, you shouldve stayed with Leeds.
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chelsea have played arsenal, pool and man united all at stamford brige for a total of 1 point outta 9!
thats pretty bad
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Lemme guess you think that being behind the keyboard typing on a Forum i want people to like me?
You two mean nothing to me, actually thats a lie, you mean more to me than you think..
You are my entertainment for the day.. When i get paid to do fu-ck all i dont care who i blabba too,
I can talk as much sh-it or no sh-it doesnt fase me you dont believe me, i prob wouldnt believe you either.

Perception is reality! Your perception of me is im the biggest di-ck youve ever spoken to secretly.
My perception of you is a bored little kid at home doing nothing watching a little bit of what you call soccer!!

Like who licks cheese between toes for tickets?
I guess you do!
If you're standing On a corner With a red scarf Round your neck.
Chelsea boys Will come and get ya And we'll break, Your f ucking neck.
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ChelseaFC wrote:Lemme guess you think that being behind the keyboard typing on a Forum i want people to like me?
You two mean nothing to me, actually thats a lie, you mean more to me than you think..
You are my entertainment for the day.. When i get paid to do fu-ck all i dont care who i blabba too,
I can talk as much sh-it or no sh-it doesnt fase me you dont believe me, i prob wouldnt believe you either.

Perception is reality! Your perception of me is im the biggest di-ck youve ever spoken to secretly.
My perception of you is a bored little kid at home doing nothing watching a little bit of what you call soccer!!

Like who licks cheese between toes for tickets?
I guess you do!
what are you talking about ur the one that said people love u?? i just said probably not as many people as u would think.

it's no secret that i think ur the biggest di ck i've ever spoke to and ur spot on you sure can talk sh it.
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ChelseaFC wrote:Your guessing correct..

No i didnt do english at uni, was no point, considering i can speak it alot better than i can spell it.

Spelling no difference DUDE, we know how you make your money... Licking the cheese between the toes, ive already established that.

hahahahaha ur the f-ucking blorrsttt bloke ever!!!

well done arsenal - great game to watch, i though Kalou was unlucky with a few early offsides, but as said at half time, sometime you will b unlucky, and then sometimes the luck will fall your way....
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:lol: I love ChelseaFC, simply for the fact him and his little arguments make me laugh.

On topic though, say what you like about it being offside and etc, the fact is Arsenal came out of the match with 3 points. Yes you're entitled to complain
about it, but don't go on about it for too long.

Well done Arsenal.
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If Thierry Henry is the king of Highbury, then perhaps RVP is the prince of the grove :o
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arsenal always do well against the rest of the big 4 as they are football playing sides, against the teams which are physical and that fight it out and play direct, so called ugly football arsenal struggle as it upsets their rhythm and the can't play the ball on the deck with slick passing, wouldn't be suprised if arsenal beat chelsea, man u and liverpool both times they play this year, but they still wont win the title...
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pires7 wrote:
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hulk87 wrote:shiraz OFF BACK TO FRENCH LIGUE 1, shiraz OFF BACK TO FRENCH LIGUE 1.

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ChelskiFC, that was NOT an offside!

Offside is when a assistant referee holds up the flag and the referee blows the whistle and a free kick for 'offside' is given. Did not see either of those 2 things happen, therfore NO offside.

And BTW NO 3 points.
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ChelseaFC wrote:Not many people at the age of 22 will say they own a house and have a decent wage.. Dont worry, i did the hard yards of studying a uni. Relax your prob twice my age!
LOL @ being 22 and knowing fark all.
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dont really care if it's an offside or not ..
im happy with the result ..
it doesnt mean i want arsenal to success now ..
i hope they choke this weekend against weaker side :lol:
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lol chelsea fc is the biggest joke in forum history. it is ok to say once that he was offside but when you continue on about it like you are, you must be the biggest tosser. yes he was in an offside position but tough luck, if chelsea 'blitzed' arsenal, they wouldn't need to care about one offside goal. get over it
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totsreds08 wrote:lol chelsea fc is the biggest joke in forum history. it is ok to say once that he was offside but when you continue on about it like you are, you must be the biggest tosser. yes he was in an offside position but tough luck, if chelsea 'blitzed' arsenal, they wouldn't need to care about one offside goal. get over it
oh no, don't get chelseaFC going again, it's been nice surfing the forum today without having to decipher his dribble.
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The Stamford Bridge Derby Player Ratings


And now we're rating and slating the twenty-two starters in West London...

Chelsea

Petr Cech
Could not be blamed for either goal having made a good stop to deny Van Persie shortly after Chelsea opened the scoring.
Rating: Six.


Jose Bosingwa
The best attacking right-back in the league, Bosingwa has solved Chelsea's problem position and caused Nasri - most obviously in the build-up to Djourou's own-goal - far more problems than the young Frenchman caused him. Deemed to have played Van Persie onside for the Dutchman's equaliser - a decision that, although wrong, was less emphatic than the Sky replays suggested. Approximately one-tenth-of-a-second later, Bosingwa was guilty of dropping too deep and that was enough to sway the linesman into keeping his flag down.
Rating: Six.


Branislav Ivanovic
Luiz Scolari's post-match moaning flounders not only on the simple fact that Chelsea did not produce a single shot on target in the final half-hour but also on Ivanovic committing three bookable offences in the final half-hour alone and only being cautioned for one. How he escaped proper punishment for his clothesline neck-high slam on Clichy defies explanation. The sooner the under-appreciated Ricardo Carvalho returns to fitness, the better Chelsea's title challenge will be.
Rating: Five.


John Terry
And Chelsea could - and arguably should - have finished the game with nine men after Mike Dean adjudged Terry's hefty (but, in mitigation, low) two-footed lunge on Sagna as only worthy of a yellow card when the rulebook states it is a red-card offence. Chelsea do not lose often. The sour and misguided reaction of their skipper and manager expressed as much.
Rating: Five.


Ashley Cole
Playing better than at any other stage during his time at Chelsea, the left-back was actually one of the home side's brightest attacking threats. Not that Cole will take much consolation from that though after a miserable outcome against his former employers.
Rating: Seven.


Mikel
Mikel is a great player to have on your side when the match is going well but Scolari's decision to substitute him immediately upon falling behind was instructive. A year or two ago, Mikel offered promised to become the complete midfielder. Now he is a clone of Makelele minus the big-match nous. He needs to produce more - and protect better.
Rating: Five.


Michael Ballack
Anonymous. To state more would be to imply a contribution that he simply did not make.
Rating: Four.


Frank Lampard The only Chelsea player seemingly willing to take the fight to Arsenal, Lampard battled manfully - and enjoyed plenty of minor victories - despite being outnumbered in the middle of the park. He was also unique in the home team for being the only player who looked like he might score a goal.
Rating: Seven.


Deco
The pass of the weekend had to be Deco's instinctive reverse ball for Cole but the midfielder otherwise flattered to deceive. His early season form has evaporated - as many suspected it would, else why would Barcelona have been so indifferent to his departure? - and given way to a series of plodding performances. Given that Chelsea's only plan seems to revolve around Deco, his decline must be a huge concern to the suddenly under-pressure Scolari.
Rating: Five.


Salomon Kalou
Began brightly but faded as quickly as he emerged. Kalou is a good player but no better than that - and Chelsea, especially in their current formation, need better than good up front.
Rating: Five.


Nicolas Anelka
Asked as recently as Wednesday night what Chelsea were missing without Didier Drogba, Mark Lawrenson's reply was unequivocal: "Nothing". Five days later and F365 has 90 minutes of damning proof for why the BBC should cease to proclaim the over-appearing Lawrenson as their 'football pundit expert'. Given limited support and even less service, Anelka's task was a thankless one and his regret at the absence of a Plan B was almost palpable. What a contrast to last March when Anelka and Drogba joined forces to turn a match that Chelsea were trailing to their north London rivals. Still think they aren't missing Drogba, Lawro?
Rating: Five.


Arsenal

Manuel Almunia
The Spaniard's terrible decision-making was the start of Chelsea's goal and his poor positioning was its conclusion. As F365 is fond of observing, Almunia is a goalkeeper of few saves so it was just as well for the visitors that their hosts did not muster a single shot on goal after falling behind.
Rating: Five.


Bacary Sagna
Very solid. The Frenchman is also a better player in the air than his height would suggest - an attribute that came to the Gunners' rescue on more than one occasion.
Rating: Seven.


William Gallas
Has - and here's a sentence that seemed an impossibility just two weeks ago - the disruption caused by Gallas served to galvanise and unite the Arsenal dressing-room? By all accounts, the deposed captain has been professionalism personified in training for the past ten days and it may be the case, now that he has assumed the role of experienced pro, that Gallas is finally providing the leadership he couldn't as captain. Perhaps. Regardless, this was an excellent display from the 31-year-old.
Rating: Eight.


Johan Djourou
The headline feature of the youngster's afternoon was, of course, his own goal but Djourou cannot be faulted for attempting to clear what was a dangerous cross. He should also draw considerable consolation from both his inclusion in the starting line-up - F365 has said for a long time that Gallas requires a tall player alongside him - and a display that, despite that early calamity, was as composed as his partner's as they successfully reduced Anelka to anonymity.
Rating: Eight.


Gael Clichy
Every bit as good as Evra was in the Manchester derby. Clichy's anticipation and pace is simply phenomenal.
Rating: Eight.


Alex Song
There's a strange limit to Song's trackbacking, as if he is prepared to follow an opponent back as far as the penalty area but then hits a wall and can go no further (replay, for instance, Lampard arriving unaccompanied into the box to send his header into Almunia's arms in the tenth minute). That said, Song did a useful job, particularly in the second half, to reinforce the conclusion that Arsenal require a defensive midfielder. The question that remains unanswered is whether Song can be that player.
Rating: Six.


Denilson
Put in a decent shift on the right of midfield - a position that he is clearly ill-suited to fill - and provided a cute through-ball for Van Persie's offside equaliser. Beginning to establish him at Arsenal despite the lingering suspicion that he is not quite good enough to be a regular in a top-four, title-threatening side.
Rating: Six.


Cesc Fabregas
A class apart in Arsenal's midfield. After a very average start to the campaign, Fabregas' promotion to captain has coincided with a match-winning through-ball to defeat Kiev in midweek and his best display since March's masterclass in the San Siro this weekend. He must be wondering what Gallas' fuss was all about.
Rating: Seven.


Samir Nasri
Only the scoreline can save Nasri from censure because his individual contribution was woeful. The Premier League still seems too quick and robust a league for the 21-year-old newcomer but that's no excuse for his failure to cover Jose Bosingwa for Chelsea's goal and his passing, which is frequently soft both in terms of weight and decision-making.
Rating: Four.


Emmanuel Adebayor
Palpably short of full fitness, the Togo striker spent most of his 80 minutes labouring to escape the attentions of John Terry and the pushy Branislav Ivanovic but still managed to make a contribution for Van Persie's winner. Substituted late on and the muted reaction of the away support was a reflection of their general ambivalence towards him.
Rating: Five.


Robin van Persie
Partly because of his petulance and partly because he has missed so games with injury, the Dutchman is an unheralded class act but his two goals at Stamford Bridge underlined what an influence he could be in the league in which his 65 starts have brought 35 goals. A smashing finish with his right foot followed two minutes later by a smart swivel and shot with his left peg, he was only denied a 'perfect' hat-trick by Gallas flicking the ball off his head during the first half.
Rating: Eight.
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