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best quote of the years so far Joe 'I think the Chelsea on here are amongst the more level headed of the assembled plastics.' fancy a little slot on my youtube channel ?

I think i was the main person promoting yentzing season back in the day on here instead of 'transfer window talk'. Since those days I must say I have started promoting Yentzing during the season as well and yet at the same time have seen a reduction in Yentzing all year round. I'm starting to warm to transfer gossip

Russia should get automatic qualification for any tournament England qualify for.

I’d say that Hazard for £88.5m is relatively cheap.

Love him for what he did at Chelsea. Can’t say I’ll dislike Real any less because of him.

Usual annual offer of my arsenal season tickets to the forum.

Two available, North Bank upper tier.

PM me if interested.

I thought that fee for a 28 year old with 12 months left on his contract was good business for Chelsea.

lukaku was 80mn

Isn't that what Levy wants for Eriksen?

I've been very surprised with my fellow Chelsea lovers' uproar at Hazard's potential fee... There's only twelve months left on his contract, we're not gonna get £200m for him, we may have done after the world cup but not now... Big Nose went there with only a year left on his contract for only ~£25m and he was being touted as one of the best keepers in the world... Kepa cost us £70m...

Great to see Morata whining like a little bitch about not feeling loved at Chelsea...

Try scoring a few goals, you useless lump...

Aw, thanks, Tim... Tho' I think my fizog would be better suited to podcasts... 👹

Bottled it

Twice

Hazard has set the market for what real could pay for Eriksen,
Is he worth more than hazard to real? Not sure we’ll get as much as spurs fans think we should (£100-£150m)

that's hilarious Corndog. Hazard in a different league to Eriksen. unless I am missing some point about contract status here

I want to be less polite than Jonny.
I will remain quiet.

Some of this defending has been terrible.
Bring on a back 5 of Heaton, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor for England. At least they would stop the other buggers

I'm shaking my head down here in Oz Land...

I guess our challenge is that there’s only Real Madrid that are pursuing him. To get one of the best wide players in the world for £88.5m is a bit of a bargain.

If Spurs get more for Eriksen than we’ve clearly fucked up.

In the context of the market, Hazard was a steal.

He might be my favourite ever premier league player.

Francis benali would like a word with you about that.

It's a fait accompli, there's nothing Chelsea can do about it, he wants to go to Real and Real want him... But Real have to tread carefully, they know they're getting a bargain but they can't take the piss because that would fuck everyone (including Eden) off... Like those NOS Campag Pista cranks you only paid fifty quid for, you don't ask the seller for another tenner off before handing the cash over, do ya?

Francis Benali was my hero growing up in Southampton, everyone else loved Le Tissier (for good reason), but when Franny scored his only goal....

Nice little anecdote Joe. As it happens I might pull the trigger on a Brompton this weekend...

Benali has been a patron of the following charities:

The Children's Fire and Burn Trust[17]
The Dave Wellman Cancer Trust[18]
In August/September 2014, Benali completed a three-week 1,000-mile (1,600 km) challenge running to all 20 Premier League grounds, raising in excess of £100,000 for the charity Cancer Research UK.[19] As a result, he became the first recipient to be awarded with the Spirit of the Game award in December 2014.[20] He was also awarded the Just Giving Celebrity Fundraiser of the Year award in September 2015.[21]

In October 2016, Benali completed another ultra-challenge, running and cycling to all 44 Premier League and Championship stadiums in 2 weeks. He ran a marathon and cycled 75 miles each day and in the process raised over £350,000 for Cancer Research UK.[22] Following this, he was awarded the freedom of the city of Southampton.[23]

In April 2019 it was announced that Benali would race seven Ironmans in seven days, as part of his aim to raise £1million for Cancer Research UK.[24] Despite being hospitalised,[25] Benali completed five Ironmans, raising £1million.[26]

I followed him on the ironman thing, some of the pics and videos were pretty horrific, really pushed himself beyond where anyone should go
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