You're correct, Chelsea went for the players you mentioned above first, who incidentally are all good full international players. Man City have gone for the likes of Tevez, Adebayor, Robinho who are also good full international players.

Chelsea then made the step up for the likes of Drogba and Sheva, which is exactly what Man City will attempt to do this summer. Whom they bring in is anybody's guess but they will be top, top quality players. If the likes of Torres, Villa or Benzema become available you can bet your life Man City will be sniffing around!!



No disrespect but I don't see them fighting to go to Chelsea either

IIRC Kaka was very, very close to accepting their offer





You mean like Liverpool?? Finished 2nd last year after pushing all the way, have been to 2 Champions league finals and 2 other champions league semi finals in the last 5 years?? It can all go very wrong, very quickly!! Why is a player of Cesc Fabregas's undoubted quality still hanging around the Emirates when it is clear Barcelona or Real would snap him up tomorrow, when Arsenal have not won anything for 4 years??




You have it all wrong. You seem to think I am a Man City fan


I do agree with you though when you say 'I'd rather be in our position then yours' - Reason........I'm a Liverpool fan









Chelsea are undoubtably a far better team then Liverpool this season, but was it the same last season?? and will it be the same next?? Chelsea may have won the odd premier league title and are certainly a big side right now. I just wonder what will happen once Roman gets bored



Liverpool will ALWAYS be a bigger club than Chelsea



The [ionly[/i thing you have over [ius[/i is money. With that, the rest will come back to Anfield

But sniffing around isn't getting.

We were able to get even better quality players because we were second in the Premier League and reached the semi finals of the Champions League. We also then went and got a Champions League winning manager who added even more clout.

You're expecting Citeh to do the same thing just on the strength of qualifying for the CL?



We've had the enquiries about the Kaka's, the Ronaldinho's and players of that type. We got nowhere. Man United have had similar problems bringing in the absolute top players. But you think that Citeh are going to be able to make those signings.

Our signing of Sheva was one of the biggest wastes of money we've ever made. He was too old, too slow and never going to be what we needed. We'd have been far better off if we'd never got him. But you're going to get lucky when you make your massive signings?

And Kaka being very, very close to signings is still Kaka not signing.



I never mentioned Liverpool as being more of a draw than Citeh, I said Chelsea and Manchester United.

Fabregas has stayed at Arsenal because he's never been the subject of a serious bid from Real or Barca. And there's also been the belief that Arsenal were building towards their bright future. Their bright future has proven to be a lie, so Fabregas's ties to Arsenal are probably at their weakest. It's just a question of whether Real/Barca think he's worth the massive amount he'd cost.



It's difficult to keep track of the Citeh fans. They only seem to come on here when things are going good. Has anybody heard anything from any of them since the United defeat?



I felt Chelsea were a better side than Liverpool last season. It was just the error of appointing Scolari that meant they finished higher than us in the league. But we knocked them out of the CL, should have reached our second CL final in a row and won the FA Cup.



Maybe you will. Maybe you won't. Bigness is not something I'm particularly bothered about.



Things we have over you.

1. We have two Premier League titles (probably three on Sunday). You have none.
2. We have a far better squad than you.
3. We have a better location than you.
4. We're never killed anyone.

Only a thief would choose to go to Liverpool over Chelsea. That's why Glenn Johnson chose to go to Liverpool rather than come back to Chelsea - he wanted to be in with his type. Bet he thinks he made the right choice, eh?

Was having a pleasant football debate until you come out with utter $h1te like that you f***ing retard!!

Now kiss it

We were having a pleasant debate, until you started coming out with your typical scouse 5hite.

But typical scouser, you want to brag about the good things Liverpool have done but erase the bad from history.

And back to the subject of Citeh buying whoever they want and nearly buying Kaka. Chelsea nearly bought Gerrard and they are supposed to be setting up a £70m bid for Torres. We didn't sign Gerrard though and we won't get Torres. So these nearly signings aren't worth a thing.

Huddlestone should be off. He's clearly tried to stamp on a Citeh player, the ref's seen it and only given him a yellow.

Thought that the Citeh tackles were dangerous before that and the ref should've whistled well before that, but cannot understand why he hasn't sent him off for it.

Records being broken at Motherwell?

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How many points were Man City on when Sparky got the boot? I seem to remember 35 from 19 meaning the best they can do under Mancini is 34 in 19 if my maths are correct?

2nd biggest spending club of the last 2 seasons beat biggest spending club of the last 2 seasons to the glory of 4th spot, a truly glorious day for football.

well done to spurs fully earned 4th spot

Do you ever have anything remotely positive to say?

I've just praised the achievement of an underdog, I didn't think I did it subtly.

Just for you I'll try and use simpler language, and maybe a bigger font, next time.

You are going to try and sell the board that there was no sarcasm or your usual boring negativity in the last post?

Good luck.

I'm not trying to sell anyone anything.

Really annoys me that people are saying that Spurs have gotten into the CL after securing 4th place. It's a qualifying position, FFS. Look at what happened to Everton back in '05. Yeah, Spurs could end up finishing 3rd. And if they do, THEN they can say they are playing Champions League football.

Massive disappointment at the Council House.

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FFS they've been knocking on the door for 4th for a few years. They've finally managed it. Let them have their moment of glory.

I hope they get stuffed in the qualifier and don't play in the CL proper, but 4th place is what they wanted and they've done it.

Looks like Ronaldo is beating Mallorca single-handedly.

Be interesting to see the comparisons with Messi's output if he'd been fit all season.

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Even though Real's season will probably end in failure, Ronaldo has been a big success hasn't he? Glad for him, he's a magnificent football player.