Heartland

Just back from Bolton. Strange place

I smiled, I cried, I smiled, I cried ...and then smiled.

Bigtime.

There is a God after all.

He just happens to go by the name of Jose ...

well done..

God certainly isn't called Nigel. :-(

You realised I'm going to get endlessly pestered about this when I go to Russia in the summer?

It was bad enough last year, but now Abramovich has actually won something .....

Congrats on winning it. And special congrats to Ranieri for proving that money alone can't buy trophies.

should I give a shit?

James Blast wrote:should I give a shit?

No because a) You have Mickey Mouse footie or b) You're gay.

we had Henrik, for a while

True.

I still remember Paul Elliot.

And unfortunately, Dean Sauders.

As does Paul.

You've been remarkably subdued about your successes so far this season John. I guess it would be churlish to complain now. Let the carpet-bombing commence.

Francis wrote:You've been remarkably subdued about your successes so far this season John. I guess it would be churlish to complain now. Let the carpet-bombing commence.

So much success; so little time to carpet-bomb.

Bolton, eh? Pam's gonna be a bit miffed that you didn't drop in for a cup of tea on the way when I tell her.

It's funny, but it felt a little bit anti-climactic finally winning the title this way, because for a while - and everyone else thought so, so I don't think this is arrogance - it felt like when, not if. Or maybe I just can't compute the idea of my team of misfiring Blues finally being champignons. Oh well. I shall enjoy letting it sink in. I have a feeling this might just be the first instalment... Roll on Tuesday, anyway...

Aye, congratulations from a Man City blue, it does all feel a bit of an anti climax from here. Loads of money, top players and the top coach leads to champioship. As an observer it was a foregone conclusion from far too early...

Top coach underlined as I do recognise it's not just money.

(What's that, we played them twice? Beat them and drew one you say? )

not wishing to be a party pooper...but:-

with £214,000,000 spent even Sedgley Blind School Old Boys XI would have won the title....



still, respect either way, 50 years is a long time to wait for a title and i am sure a few ales will be quaffed in celebration....

reckon can they do the Champ League as well???

Dave R wrote: ... i am sure a few ales will be quaffed in celebration....

Ales? I very much doubt that any Chelsea fans know what an 'ale' is.

Dave R wrote: reckon can they do the Champ League as well???

Let's face it, if they don't win it this year, they'll spend another few hundred million quid in the summer to make sure they win it next time around.


Not that I'm bitter, or anything.

Money is certainly an essential element here. But it's not everything. It's a moot point whether Ranieri would have ever won the league, even if we kept on spending 100 million every year. It's also a moot point whether Mourinho would have still won even if we had only spent 30 million. I don't know the answer, but I do know that OVER TWO YEARS most of that spending money was wasted, and had little effect on the final result. And believe me, whatever Chelsea fans say, we'd much rather have done it without the money. If what Kenyon says is true, we may have to from now on...

Tonight. Oh dear.

2 out of 4 ain't bad. Is it?

too bad matey, for the outsider it was a quality game to watch, even by daughter was enthralled!!!!!

next year eh?

Didn't see many snake-belts tonight. Shame.

Liverpool annilation against AC. Oh dear. I thought we'd struggle in the final and be the underdogs.

We'll all cringe.

Liverpool will do OK in the final. Usual early goal, then defend like mad for 85 minutes - job done.

Loki wrote:Just back from Bolton. Strange place

You mean The Land That Time Forgot? Oooh yes. Did you not realise that The League Of Gentlemen is a documentary?

Dave R wrote:too bad matey, for the outsider it was a quality game to watch, even by daughter was enthralled!!!!!

next year eh?

Aah stop being nice to them. I don't think Jose will there long. Mind you, there's something a bit sus about our Alain 'Reggie' Perrin.

Super Chelsea!

Money can't buy you everything!

From your Cousins Oop North

it was weird watching the game in london, as a celtic supporter I knew all the songs that the anfield crowd were singing and I found it really hard not to sing along with fields of athernry - still classic game to watch - not sure about the goal tho

silk wrote:it was weird watching the game in london, as a celtic supporter I knew all the songs that the anfield crowd were singing and I found it really hard not to sing along with fields of athernry - still classic game to watch - not sure about the goal tho

you can take the tim out of glasgow but....