@philipdelisle @DPJHodges It’s become the new “my dog ate me homework”, hasn’t it?
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Martin Booth
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Martin Booth
@MartinBooth_
Award-winning copywriter and communications consultant. So opinions should be fairly erudite and sensible - unless they're about Chelsea FC (Legacy Fan)
London انضم Mart 2011
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Am I missing something about this McSweeney/WhatsApp saga? When I change phones, the moment I put the sim in, WhatsApp restores all my conversations. Why can't the Met etc demand his current phone, or get a new one and clone his lost phone number @DPJHodges
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@casscj70 @PaterAmore It was Cantona. Still no idea what he was doing back there. Cracking day out though, despite the result.
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@PaterAmore I think we had the better of the 1st half, but Utd gradually took control. Not helped by losing Phelan to a hamstring, Duberry hit the bar and we had one cleared off the line right at the end. Bloody Cantona as well I think!
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Hard to believe it’s 30 years ago this year. Still livid with Craig Burley for that back pass.
FootballRetroPlus@robertmdaws
ERIC & RUUD
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@celery_brigade Imagine Fabregas at the interview.
"So, Cesc, what's your vision for the team?"
"Well, you have some excellent young players but I'll want to add an experienced goalkeeper, centre-back and striker."
"No, that doesn't fit our model."
End of conversation.
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which of the below do you most want managing chelsea next season?
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@AndrewClement6 @1JamesCHELSEA @tonydorigo I can still get furious about that one if I think about it too much. Definitely the angriest I've been after a match!
But at least we weren't relegated at the final whistle... though I'm sure UEFA wouldn't have minded if we had.
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@MartinBooth_ @1JamesCHELSEA @tonydorigo What about the SF defeat against Barcelona in 2009 ? Still not recovered from that one.
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@AndrewClement6 @1JamesCHELSEA @tonydorigo Fair shout but i) I wasn’t there and ii) I never thought I’d see Chelsea as European champs. The manner of defeat was agonising, but just having made it to that level of showpiece occasion was stunning.
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@MartinBooth_ @1JamesCHELSEA @tonydorigo 1988 was pretty grim though. I did the match edit for Sunday Grandstand !
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@AndrewClement6 @1JamesCHELSEA @tonydorigo You didn't miss much at the ZDS... poor game. But always nice to win - and we did owe Boro for '88.
I think we've had the full measure of revenge over the decades since...
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@MartinBooth_ @1JamesCHELSEA @tonydorigo Shamefully I missed that one. Was at the 5-4 win over City. Bought a ticket on the morning of the game. Glad I did !
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Cancer update. Poking over. Treatment starts! Now: PICC line insert. Then chemo and immuno drugs begin ("tough" say the docs). I'm wearing my Disraeli Gears hoodie, multi-hueded Dongeal tweed lid, and acid green shirt. Not Psychedia v Chemo... Psych *helping* the Drugs! 💚✊️💊
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@celtic_jaime Your Uncle Billy was one of the old school. I saw him play for Hull in a 0-0 at Bolton back in the day; he and Sam Allardyce whaled the tar out of each other for 90 minutes. Great stuff.
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My uncle billy wasn’t the best striker at Newcastle United but to say you have played for that club is a great achievement 💪
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Don’t blame Liam Rosenior for struggling in a job he’s not ready for — he’s a symptom of Chelsea’s problems, not the cause
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@journalism_rp @matissearmani @_JoeAlexanderr @AtTheBridgePod @CFCCentral3 @SonOfChelsea @CFCDaily @SimonPhillips03 @charliepatrick0 @MaccaSport Great thread. Nail hit repeatedly on head.
As you say, it’s a separate discussion, but the mule-headed unwillingness of the hierarchy to acknowledge, let alone act upon, our shortcomings in those key areas is central to the anger and frustration among fans right now.
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Your thoughts and views appreciated @matissearmani @_JoeAlexanderr @AtTheBridgePod @CFCCentral3 @SonOfChelsea @CFCDaily @SimonPhillips03 @charliepatrick0 @MaccaSport
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@theodelaney @DAaronovitch @SpursOfficial @ObserverUK An outstanding and engaging read. Which isn’t surprising, considering who wrote it.
But I’m interested to know how a team that finished seven points off the top were “actually” the best side in the Prem in 2017?
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@NeilSpyBarnett @ChelseaFC Interesting shout.
But if he’s any good, and has a backbone, our owners won’t touch him.
And vice versa.
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I know many fellow @ChelseaFC supporters will disagree with me, but I know Gus Poyet well & he is Chelsea through & through & has just won the very competitive K-League + Manager of the Year there & has left the club & is available. EXPERIENCE!!!
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@ChrisCFC1990 Absolutely bang on. Could be sooner...
I can see them cashing in on Palmer, Caicedo and Enzo this summer, pocketing most of the loot, blowing the rest on more "wonderkids" (not the players we actually, desperately need) then feigning surprise when we're 16th at Christmas.
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If this continues, I'm not kidding when I say Chelsea will be in a relegation battle within the next two to three years... And that is not an overaction, that's reality.
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@jojo1cfc @MadMontana I don’t disagree, but… who comes in?
No decent coach would touch the club with a barge-pole. We’d end up with another powerless patsy.
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Agree we need to get someone with a big CV but at this point it can’t get worse & he has to go
Rahim@RahimH94
Rosenior isn’t the guy. Thats clear to anyone. But if we aren’t bringing in someone who’s won one of the big 5 domestic leagues or the CL, then there really is no point sacking him I’m afraid. Replacing shit with shit doesn’t change anything. People need to understand that.
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@AndrewClement6 Atrocious. As were Gusto, Neto, Pedro and, of course, Sanchez.
And if the answer is Garnacho, it’s a very strange question.
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This is the classic chocolate box of Chelsea delights so far.
Passing slowly and backwards? Of course.
Second to every ball? Naturally.
Giving the ball away repeatedly in our own third? Why, yes.
Sanchez looking determined to give away a daft goal? Oh, go on then.
#cfc
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@gate17marco “Note to self: Check out what ‘by mutual consent’ means.”
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Wonder what Rosenior was writing in his notepad just before Everton scored again?
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I’d love to see the stats for distance covered in this game.
Never seen a team spend as much time standing still as this.
Clear sign of a bunch of players who’ve totally given up.
#cfc
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