Comments on: Why Chelsea should sue Burnley, FA and the London Police

By: Dave Stopher

Dave Stopher — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:55:38 +0000

I think that Burnley fans did not help the situation but I think that in the last two season the Carling Cup has started to get a bit of traditional now! Look at Arsenal!! They play there best football in the Carling Cup and the average age of the team is 19!!

By: Liverpool_Fan

Liverpool_Fan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:10:13 +0000

opinion* !

By: Liverpool_Fan

Liverpool_Fan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:09:30 +0000

ok Brian, you are intitled to your open and we can both admit our first choice midfield (even Chelsea’s second choice) are full of quality players. I dont agree with Gerrard being overrated he gets a good amount of assists and goals a season and can play so many positions.

Im half hoping we dont have to settle in the CL semis because our squad isn’t big enough to compete on all fronts so just let Barca knock us out next round

By: newcastle fan

newcastle fan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:35:26 +0000

Such a big reaction when its a team like chelsea as the “victim” here. quite a different reaction on your website against joey barton and newcastle, when it was sunderland with the crowd trouble the other week (and barton didnt throw anything back at the sunderland fans):

http://soccerlens.com/ferguson-keeps-talking/14522/

By: Brian W

Brian W — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:31:49 +0000

@ Liverpool_fan:

Lampard, Essien and Mikel, without a doubt. Inject Deco, Ballack, Joe Cole into those spots…sorry pal, but I think we are most potent in the middle of the park.

To each his own: Mascherano is becoming the most talented pure DM in the world now, but we all know that Gerrard is overrated, and Alonso is a wild card, but capable. I guess we’ll settle the debate again the the UCL semis, ehhh?

By: Brian W

Brian W — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:28:45 +0000

As a Chelsea supporter I am again ashamed of Drogba’s actions. While the Burnley supporter must be held accountable, and the FA and police need to do more to prevent these occurences and punish those whom they catch, Drogba is a professional footballer. While he should not be subjected to these actions, he is held to a higher regard as a paid professional, and his childish antics yet again will cost his club. I am sick of his tiresome act and cannot wait until it leaves Stamford Bridge.

By: Liverpool_Fan

Liverpool_Fan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:25:37 +0000

Not really because i dont support Argentina

By: Al Smith

Al Smith — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:24:33 +0000

“On paper yes they are the best side”

It’s a shame they play on grass really isn’t it.

By: Mal

Mal — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:29:45 +0000

In relation to Rafa resting first team players, Fergie and Wenger did the same thing this week. The difference was they won and LFC lost. But the principle is the same for all three teams, rest the main players and give the squad/youth a run out. If you criticise one manager for it, then you should criticise all three.
Rafa has been pilloried for not prioritising the league in previous years. I think it’s clear that he is prioritising it this year and being knocked out of the league cup is a small price to pay for that.

By: Steve Butterworth

Steve Butterworth — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:55:37 +0000

Here’s a thought! We now know? that the count is around 8 missiles [nuclear warheads etc].If coins they cannot possibly be from Burnley fans as we are all out of work and hard up in the North. Drogbah is a fantastic footballer and Chelsea are a superb team the goal Chelsea scored was brilliant, but he spoils himself time after time with the antics that infuriate all fans by feigning injury when tackled and even worse taunting opposition fans when scoring etc.
Football mirrors society in percentage terms and one can never end violence in soccer until violence is eradicted in mankind. We can however with good surveillance seek out the guilty parties and punish them.
The original argument seeks to sue the whole world because of 1 2 or 8 guilty people [I am sure this will be increased as the debate unfolds]. By that token when we have a murder in society we the sue the whole of society and introduce night-time curfews,ban people from going out alone etc etc.
It seems to me that Chelsea have a duty to monitor the crowd for trouble and knowing that away fans are almost always videoed someone should be caught and punished. I believe all clubs should also ban their players who provoke a response from visiting fans without the need for the FA to intervene.
However we should all reflect on recent event that have been really disturbing such as the failure of social services in Harringay leaving a small child abused and dead. Serious people with every armament on their side police, courts etc still could not protect him. Surely this incident is simple to deal with but whatever is done will not prevent this happening again somewhere