Thank you for your feedback. I’ll pass it on to management.

I’m not saying a knee injury’s ever well-timed, with the Women’s World Cup coming up and a chance to rest up for a league that actually pays well, this isn’t the worst time for Bird to miss some game time.

OH DAMMIT meant to attach this pic

Whoa whoa whoa you’re telling me this is a portrait of a man who doesn’t care about anything beyond profits?

Yep, that’s a head scratcher.

To be clear I meant that Chelsea fans are probably not as excited about the game as they would for a typical European final, not that they don’t care about human rights.

BUT IT’S THE LAND OF FIRE

Spain is fine. I know they jacked up flight and hotel prices, but it’s a 2-ish hour flight from London/Liverpool to Madrid, and you could take the rail if you want to spend more time/money. But yeah, Baku is such a dumb place to hold a final even without the human rights considerations.

Good bye, the Land of Fire, hello, land of burning crosses!

I don’t blame Chelsea fans for not caring. They’ve already qualified for CL, their two bright young stars both did their achilles and are out for the foreseeable future, and Hazard is headed out the door.

Shocking that a money-driven decision by one of soccer’s international governing bodies to partner with a despotic government ended up hurting the product on the field (and with only each team only taking 3,000 allocated seats in a 60,000+ capacity stadium, the TV product too).

Deulofeu. He means Gerard Deulofeu.

Not in the Champions League. Loan agreements typically have stipulations against a loaned player playing against his owner club, but UEFA does not allow such agreements to be enforced. So a few years back, Chelsea couldn’t stop Atletico Madrid from playing Thibaut Cortois when the two teams met in the Champions League.

So when Barcelona had their transfer ban, they were still able to buy Arda Turan in July 2015, but couldn’t register him as a player until January 2016, so Arda spent half a season not playing him.

Because he’s always hurt?

So Zidane came out with a quote later about how Bale’s attitude in training was poor and he was never going to get on the field.

Can they though? A loan will still require a player registration, which is what the “transfer” ban actually prevents.

Tikka masala has to be top 3 at worst.

I don’t really want to question other people’s parenting styles, but it really seems like Dell should’ve done a better job of distributing his DNA equitably.

I think Mata and Cazorla are the first names on the “Like the guy regardless of club allegiance” teamsheet. And with Kante playing at the base, the Likable XI would have a pretty good midfield