6 Match Ban for Drogba

Remember this?? So yea, Drogba was banned for 6 matches for berating the ref after that controversial champions league game. Personally I think this was one of the greatest flip-outs of all time. But not better than Cantona destroying someone in the front row:

Where Will Ribery Go???

According to soccernet.com, it seems Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery is very much in demand these days. Supposedly Chelsea, Barcelona, and Manchester United have all tabled bids for his services, with Real Madrid possibly doing the same. Personally i'd like to see him go to Barcelona because then it will be even more fun to watch them destroy teams 200-1 with their beautiful passing game. Don't really want him to go to the EPL though, cause then I'll have to watch him tear up my baby gunners 4 times a year.

I'll leave with a highlight tape of his so the uninformed can know what type of skill these teams would be paying for...........enjoy:

Live Chat/ Blog: Liverpool Vs Chelsea

Reminder: Liverpool VS Chelsea Live Chat Tomorrow @ 11AM

Just a reminder that we're going to be hosting another live chat session during the Liverpool - Chelsea game tomorrow at 11AM. If you want a little taste of what the live chats here entail, then look back in the blog archives for the last live chat we had last week during the Man U - Tottenham game.

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Tottenham Sign Cudicini and Chimbonda

Tottenham announced today that they have successfully signed both Pascal Chimbonda, and Carlo Cudicini from Sunderland and Chelsea. In Chimbonda's case I guess he really missed White Hart Lane because he just left only 6 months ago and now he's back. For Cudicini, he was most likely brought in to challenge Gomes for some playing time seeing how Gomes has been in awful form for what seems like forever.

Will these moves keep Spurs outside of the relegation zone this year? I dont know, but if their performance against Man Utd in the FA Cup this past weekend is any indication, they need to shake things up.

Do you think they'll be one of the three to make the drop this year? As a gooner I would love to see it happen but I don't wanna jinx it.

Cudicini to White Hart Lane?

Well it seems Tottenham are going to take a step in the right direction.. FINALLY! Word on the street is that they have just offered Chelsea a £1 million bid for their back up keeper Carlo Cudicini. With Heurelo "Hands of Bricks" Gomes not playing up to his level of talk in the beginning of the season. (He claimed that Tottenham would be in the race for the championship) It is clear that a transfer in is needed. Cudicini will be out of contract at the end of the season so this is an easy way to make some money. If this deal goes down, Chelsea fans need to pray for Chec to stay healthy because Hilario isn't the best of keepers. Here's some of Cudicini's best (along with the worst compilation music ever)

Chelsea Possible €100 million Bid for Kaka

I just got wind of this story. Besides Kaka being he amazing player that he is, it is quite odd to me that Chelsea would want him now, because last I heard was that Scolari was wanted to thin out the team... now he's picking up another midfielder? Frankly I dont understand it unless they're going to play him up top possibly along side Drogba because their midfield is stronger then this cat. They've got Lamps, Essien, Deco, Cole, Makelele, and Ballack just to name a few of them.

But besides all that.. every team could use Kaka.. and I hope he makes the trip over to London because as soon as he does, he's going to be on my fantasy team.

How much is Ar$havin Worth??

Here he is.. you can have him for £24 million!! Yesterday Barcelona bid £12 million and was shot down like a dodo bird with Zenit saying he's worth £24 mill.

This strapping 27-year old fellow lead Zenit St Petersburg to the UEFA Cup victory. In the final he managed to tally two assists in their dominating 2-0 victory against the Scottish side Rangers. He also lost me free breakfast and lunch when he made the Dutch defence look like a bunch of school boys when he lead Russia to a 3-1 victory where he had a goal and an assist in extra time. But when they played Spain in the semi-finals i didn't even know he was on the field

So is a £24 mill price tag fair. In my opinion, not a chance. Lets take a look at the transfer market history and see who else has been moved for a fee of around £24 mill. The names that pop up on this wonderful list are Pavel Nedved £25.5, Daniel Alves £25.33, Arjen Robben £24.46, Mickael Essien £24.43, and Didier Drogba at a whopping £24 million. I know these players hadn't reached their peak before their transfers, except for maybe Robben, at the time they were FAR better players then Arshavin.

What I find even funnier is that Inter bids £8 mill on Lampard who is arguably one the best midfielders in the game. He has scored over 100 goals in 7 years at Chelsea, now if that doesn't seem odd to you get a cat scan cause some thing's wrong upstairs. You may ask, well how many goals did Arshavin score while he's been at Zenit. Well it doesn't matter... Zenit plays in Russia and the leagues aren't exactly at the same level. The age difference... well Lampard is 3 years his senior but the level of play is dramatically different.

This £24 mill price tag is great for Zenit, because the Roman Abramovich (Chelsea's owner) is Russian, and I'm sure he'll pay that pocket change for his home boy. Its amazing what people will pay for players that play great in a couple games in their life.

Is he worth it... I think not....

Ref Blows Match For Liverpool; MLS Refs Impressed By Level Of Suckitude

In a refereeing performance which could be compared to those seen in over 30 rec league matches, referee Rob Styles cost Liverpool 3 points by awarding Chelsea a dubious penalty kick and in turn got himself pulled off of a match this upcoming weekend. As I watched this game I got him confused with one of the refs who used to ref my summer league games in high school, meaning he was one of those refs who couldnt cut as a player so he bacame a ref who became too involved in the games he was reffing, therby becoming a shitty ref. The most suprising thing to me is how Styles made it out of Anfield alive........I thought every fan in "the kop" would rush the field and maul his ass to death before he could escape. On another point, I think MLS should look into doing the same thing, punishing shitty reffing performances, but the problem is that if they took a ref off of a game they would probably get a shittier one to replace him because if they had a "better" one he probably would have been working the game anyway.

Chelsea Fails To Sign Alves

Its a shame Mourinho could'nt sign Brazilian right back Daniel Alves, as I was really looking forward to seeing Mourinho turn a highly skilled defensive player into a stay at home right back who only serves in crosses to the one offensive player. Didier Drogba. All jokes aside, this year it looks as if there is some creativity in the Chelski attack with the addition of Malouda and others, but last year i swear every Chelsea goal highlight was of Drogba just shitting on the other team all by himself.