Schwarzer has joined chelsea ... o dear

[Sammyffc]

so he would'nt sit on are bench , but will sit on there's ? , and i can't get a link . However , all over twitter there is pictures of him infront of camera's in the chelsea press room

[Holders]

How the mighty are fallen.

[bucksfulham]

so he would'nt sit on are bench , but will sit on there's ? , and i can't get a link . However , all over twitter there is pictures of him infront of camera's in the chelsea press room

Here's the link

http://www.byfarthegreatestteam.com/posts/picture-chelseas-new-signing-pinched-from-fulham/?

[Rhys Lightning 63]

My jaw is still on the floor from when I saw that on Twitter.

[JudgeBread]

Strange. And pretty annoying.

[Sammyffc]

haha i was wounded, then again he won't play anyway . easy money i suppose

[Berserker]

Can't understand it as he wouldn't stay with us as he wanted to be first goal keeper.

[Big Martin Jol]

Fair enough. He's firmly focused on the World Cup and joining a high profile team like Chelsea will keep him in the Australian set-up. The lack of first team football isn't necessarily an insurmountable obstacle - look at Etheridge.

Plus he doesn't have to move house.

[Forever Fulham]

Petr Cech is generally considered one of the top 5 goalkeepers in the world.  Some BBC Sports commentators last season flatly claimed he was the best player in the EPL, period.  Of course, comparing goalkeepers to field players in terms of 'who's best overall' is crazily subjective, but still, the claim was made.  Given that, then, why would a Fulham player who had insisted that his position as a starter was paramount to his decision to stay at Fulham choose to go to the team which has Petr Cech as its current starting goalie?  He knew he wouldn't be the starter at Chelsea.  So, I can come to no other conclusion but that he lied to Fulham management.  Agree?  Maybe he just wants the experience of playing in CL before he hangs the mitts up.  But to my mind, he did not choose Chelsea to fulfill his stated and insisted demand of being the starting goalkeeper.  It will be interesting to see how fans will now view Mark.  Will they give him the 'Dempsey treatment' or does he, as an Australian, get a pass?  Just asking.  Frankly, I thought his skills were diminishing.  His reflexes slower.  His distribution weak.  He was likable, personable.  But I'm curious how the circumstances of his departure are under any less of a cloud.  

[bucksfulham]

Look closely at the picture :not convinced that it isn't a "photoshop" fake

[SouthfieldWhite]

I say good luck to him, he's my only Chelsea player I like , as others have said, at a high profile club, he doesn't have to move house, and his boy can stay in our academy

[KP_FFC]

ummm........ WHAT!?!?!?!? 
completely against everything he said

[Forever Fulham]

Bucksfulham, Mark's head does seem superimposed.  Any other corroboration out there?

[YankeeJim]

Petr Cech is generally considered one of the top 5 goalkeepers in the world.  Some BBC Sports commentators last season flatly claimed he was the best player in the EPL, period.  Of course, comparing goalkeepers to field players in terms of 'who's best overall' is crazily subjective, but still, the claim was made.  Given that, then, why would a Fulham player who had insisted that his position as a starter was paramount to his decision to stay at Fulham choose to go to the team which has Petr Cech as its current starting goalie?  He knew he wouldn't be the starter at Chelsea.  So, I can come to no other conclusion but that he lied to Fulham management.  Agree?  Maybe he just wants the experience of playing in CL before he hangs the mitts up.  But to my mind, he did not choose Chelsea to fulfill his stated and insisted demand of being the starting goalkeeper.  It will be interesting to see how fans will now view Mark.  Will they give him the 'Dempsey treatment' or does he, as an Australian, get a pass?  Just asking.  Frankly, I thought his skills were diminishing.  His reflexes slower.  His distribution weak.  He was likable, personable.  But I'm curious how the circumstances of his departure are under any less of a cloud.  

He will be forgiven by the faithful just as Dembele was.

[Wimbledon_White]

http://bit.ly/1a92rV4

Confirmed on the Cfc website

[Riverside]

Does not have to move house
Chelsea can afford to pay him well to warm the bench
So makes sense ?

However we have been hearing for months that he wants to be a starter . That will not be happening with Chelsea ......

Regardless I think we have signed a replacement who could be as good as he was at his peak and better than he is now . Hopefully one who can distribute as well as ball stop !

[Forever Fulham]

Hmmmm.

[Buffalo76]

He's gone there for one reason only - MONEY. He'll play a few cup games and nothing else, assuming Cech stays fit. So much for wanting regular football with the World Cup next year in mind. 0001.gif

[Max Headroom]

Whatever happens I still wish him well......

He has the chance to play some champions league football. He has probably asked or a minimum number of games....

[Wimbledon_White]

Yanks got a chip on their shoulders much?