It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Time to bag Jose Roman - else many (me included) will not be there next season

Rafa out

Diving ?

Surely not!

Luis Suarez diving: Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers reveals anger

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says Luis Suarez's admission of diving is "unacceptable" and he will be dealt with "internally" by the club.

You might be "just" ahead of us "at the moment" Dil boy but 49 places beneath us in this one -): http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/all-time-table

roflmao ... still alive then Stan :)

Wot they say about about statistics ..... hmmmm , see you in April :)


xxx

Still aint bloody snowing and I gotta go work in work in morning if "at all feasible", MD is a tw*t !

Thank feck I a one man business , never listen to a word I say :)

They must be publishing the table upside down these days if you lot are still top.. Anyway thought you were after our boy Charlie, might let you have him for 12 Mil.. or 10 for cash if your still interested -):

lets all hope SOUTHAMPTON get relegated
a dirt dishonest management the fans must be fools and taken has fools

Keep him Stan we got Campbell for 500k and he's twice as good as Charlie.

Can't see us having many fans at Burnley , we gonna win it at home either against Forest on the 13th or Charlton on the 16th.

Probably be back after a year but I really don't care :-)

Well done Bradford.

Bradford became the first fourth-tier side in over 50 years to reach the League Cup final as they secured a 4-3 aggregate victory over Aston Villa.

"Keep him Stan we got Campbell for 500k and he's twice as good as Charlie."

From the BBC: The Championship leaders are thought to have paid a fee close to £650,000 for the 25-year-old.
Campbell has made 15 appearances during the current campaign, scoring once for the Premier League side, and was out of contract at the end of the season.

1 goal all season?.. You been done son -):

"Can't see us having many fans at Burnley" Just like every other year then -):

Must be 50/50 Chase stays now, Last offer.. 10 million cash.

Aye about 13 of those appearances were for 5 minutes as a sub .

that ball boy (17 yrs old - boy ?) is the son of a Swansea FC director

Cheating ****'s - both the lad and the club

and yes, they did deserve to win on the pitch, so why cheat ?

Lol it was probably from watching your prima donnas he learnt to dive like that in the first place.

Clean up your own act first before having a go at others , your lot spend more time on their ass than their feet .... first half "penalty" dive says it all.


... and I can't stand Swansea but well done to them.

Amen to that Dil :O)

I heard Torres ran over to kick the ball boy as well and missed....:-)

Dil - I agree with your post, but would say "arse" as I don't think donkeys are allowed on the pitch! :-)

Just seen the incident, 2 wrongs don't make a right.

CROOCKS - BARSTEWARDS and the LOT ( ball boys ) spoiling the game already on a bad shape

First - 17 years old is not a boy in my books,( plenty of footbalers of that age in the premier division. he knew well was was doing most likely already teached by the Swansea staff, about retaining the ball on wining.

second - ball boy's job is to get the ball back to the players as soon a posible ( he did not do that but let it run to the wall and on top hold the ball after)

So the fault was with the 17 years old who started the problem. ( Judge and Jury said )

certainly not a Chelsea fan but one has to get into the starting problem, not like others over here being bias talking about prima donas footballers and so on ( most likely Sheep S#aggers themself)

What I have found on looking at the net ............

" Chelsea legend Hoddle stunner: Swansea ball-boy was bent!

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read all about ..........

Before the match the boy suggested he would deliberately waste time during the match, tweeting: “The king of all ball boys is back making his final appearance #needed #for #timewasting.”

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24 January 2013

A kick in the ribs from a multi-millionaire footballer has made him the most famous ballboy in the world.

In the space of a few hours after Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard was sent off for kicking 17-year-old Charlie Morgan more than 83,000 people began following the teenager on twitter.

But debate was still raging today over who was to blame for the incident with singer Lily Allen and former England footballer Michael Owen among those taking to social networking sites to join the row.

The boy, whose father is Swansea director David Morgan, had fallen on the ball as Hazard attempted to retrieve it with 10 minutes left in the Capital Once Cup semi-final second leg against Swansea.

The star lashed out, prompting the teenager to roll on the ground in agony before being comforted by other Chelsea players.

Before the match the boy suggested he would deliberately waste time during the match, tweeting: “The king of all ball boys is back making his final appearance #needed #for #timewasting.”

Police interviewed the teenager after the match before deciding to take no further action while Hazard is waiting to see what punishment he will receive from the Football Association.

The incident has sparked massive debate online, with many posting spoof pictures of the “injured” teenager.

Lily Allen tweeted: “prayforthelittlewelshballboy,” while Gavin and Stacey star and Swansea fan Joanna Page wrote: “Thank you to our 12th player by the way!”

Meanwhile controversial footballer Joey Barton criticised the teenager and said Hazard should have “kicked him harder”.

He tweeted: “Ballboys aged 17, time wasting, then rollin round like they’ve been shot.

“Swansea should face punishment also in my eyes. Hazard only crime is he hasn’t kicked him hard enough.”

Tottenham winger Gareth Bale also criticised the punishment. He said: “Unbelievable decision by the referee to send Hazard off but congrats to Swansea. Who’d have predicted this final?!” while Stoke striker Michael Owen called the teenager’s actions “scandalous”.

The incident will be a major embarrassment for Chelsea, particularly after the club was forced to apologise for a tweet which initially attempted to make light of the incident.

It said: “Has football gone mad? Hazard is sent off for kicking the ball under a ball boy attempting to smother the ball rather than return it.”

Former Chelsea player-turned-pundit Pat Nevin today criticised the ball boy for “over-reacting”.

Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Nevin, said: “It’s disgraceful, it’s unacceptable brittish behaviour. He ain’t injured, he’s acting there.

“He [Edin Hazard] hasn’t hurt the ball boy. The ball boy has behaved disgracefully. That young lad’s actually ruined the game for everyone.”

A Swansea spokesman confirmed the youngster would not be pressing charges, and that Chelsea had invited the 17-year-old - who has been a ball boy at the Liberty Stadium for six years - into their dressing room.

He said: “The police have interviewed the boy and his father and there are no charges going to be pressed, as far as they are concerned that is the matter closed.

“The ball boy has been into the Chelsea dressing room after the game and shaken hands with Eden Hazard.

“As far as we are concerned the matter is closed. He has been a ball boy here for six years with no incidents here at the stadium.”

Hazard later told Chelsea TV: “The boy put his whole body onto the ball and I was just trying to kick the ball and I think I kicked the ball and not the boy. I apologise.

“The ball boy came in the changing room and I apologised and the boy apologised as well, and it is over. Sorry.”

In a twist it is believed the Chelsea stars stayed at Morgans Hotel in Swansea, owned by the teenager’s family, who are worth £42 million.

There was no response from the family at their home outside Swansea today.

A spokesman for South Wales Police said: “South Wales Police can confirm that the Swansea City ball boy has been interviewed in the presence of his father and no complaint has been made. The ball boy did not sustain any injuries.”