Even Dunne would admit to that

There are cheaper alternatives but we do need a leader. Terry has never been a world class footballer IMO, but he does appear to be a very good leader. We will need a leader when we are in places like Stoke and our fancy dans are not having it all their own way. I cannot think of anyone else who would fit that bill. Vidic would be a decent signing, but I think it would be cheeky to steal two players from United in one season. We will wait until they have a fire sale

We are being linked to Lucio but not sure if there is any truth in that. I don't think he is the solution. Each top team needs a leader(s) IMO. We have some pretenders who could develop into leaders (e.g. De Jong and Kompany) but we need someone who can lead the club now.

I cannot help it. Getting under the skin of John Senior / AP makes me happy

Do you remember seeing thousands of empty seats at your home games last season?

Care to share those lists? If you saw them recently you shouldn't have too much trouble finding them again.

It was free, but I bet the club shop at the Bernabeu was open late and doing brisk business with 80,000 people milling around.

I can understand why 80,000 people would want to pay to watch Cristiano Ronaldo play because he is a magnificent player. But I can't for the life of me figure out why they'd go out of their way to be at a welcome ceremony for him. Sad ****ers should get a life and find something better to do, just like their dozy geordie cousins.

In some ways I find it incredible that a team has such support. It's mind-blowing.

I loved the staged pitch invasion. It was similar to the time in which Beckham was welcomed to Real and a young lad ran on the pitch to hug him. How cringeworthy.

You want to try checking the You Tube footage for the welcome of Darius Vassell at Ankaragucu before commenting upon anyone being sad.

Mmm!

Chelsea were statistically the best supported club for many years before the Second World War. The only time that City were the biggest suppored club in the country was in 1927-28 when we were actually in the Second Division.

However, it is very much true to say that City's support eclipsed Chelsea's throughout the 70s, 80s and early 90s.

Statistically though, because Chelsea had such a large average crowd in the Pre-War years, they are ahead of us in the all time list.

City were always the best supported club in Manchester, until the 1940s, but we used to attract massive crowds for the big games only and did not sustain anywhere near that level for average league games.

That 's not what I was told in a discussion with Andrew Waldon. I cannot remember the exact figures but we managed to get "regular" crowds over 50k pre-war, with some as high as c80k. Certainly not an average anywhere near 80k but I was given the impression that they were c50k by Andrew.

I always thought that Chelsea's attendances peaked in the mid-50s?