bcimage.jpgGuys! I’m truly back and taking full control from Blue Devil. Thanks to him for chipping in during my absence. I bring some good news. I have a new image-identity idea called Identicons which takes care of impersonation. No, you don’t have to register. I understand that you don’t see registering as something very exciting. Identicons would require a couple of changes in the blog.

Entering a name is mandatory. So there can’t be any ‘Anonymous’ comments unless the commenter takes the pain to type ‘Anonymous’. If someone is making a comment s/he should stand up for it and hence it is only fair to expect him/her to have a name or a nick.

Entering an email address is also mandatory. Now, this must annoy people. The email address input is very essential for the detection of impersonation.

Now, do you see a geometric image under the ‘comment number’ on the left hand side? That image is generated based on the email address that you’ve given. The email address typed in by you while you input the comments, will not be visible to anyone else. So, no one can recreate the image that is unique for you as they wouldn’t know the email address that you typed in. These images are randomly generated and assigned to email addresses. The identicon you see above is mine.

One good thing is, once you’ve opened the blog and entered your name and email address for one comment, that info would remain in those fields until you close the blog. That’s what happens when you allow cache to be saved.

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I hope this idea works. Let’s see how this goes.

Ok, something related to football now, after all. When I wrote the match reaction for the Birmingham match, I had not checked what was the general mood and feeling about the performance. Even ‘The Offside’ website had a similar feeling as mine about the match. They titled their post ‘Well, that was undeserved‘ and called it one of the worst performances of the season. Vital football was no different.

The new kid Franco di Santo is still on cloud nine without realising that he could even make a debut if Anelka gets injured this week. 18 year old Franco, who is taller than the tallest of Chelsea strikers now at 6 ft 5 in, has not yet come to terms that he would training with Drogba, Lampard etc and sharing the locker room with them. I like his humility despite being called the next Maradona. I’m not sure about this but any Argentine teenager arriving in Europe should be next Maradona, right?

I am still checking myself because sometimes I feel like I am dreaming. I didn’t imagine this was going to happen so quickly. So much has happened to me over the last 18 months and this has made me very happy. I know nobody there knows who I am but I am calm and will try to win myself a place in the team and also some respect.

Always good to see a level headed youngster. Before we start celebrating him, let me remind you that his name is still not appearing in the official Chelsea website’s player list. In three to four years from now, I hope the average age of the Chelsea playing XI comes down to 22-24. That should be exciting!

It is getting very very clear that Drogba wants out. There were interview and rumours before and the club had to come out and clarify that he was misquoted. Now Yaya Toure claims that Drogba spoke to him about his moving to Milan, Madrid and most preferably to Barca. If there is any truth in this, we should simply forget Drogba and move on. I don’t we should give him an improved contract. See how Lampard reacts to rumours. He said he wanted to be Chelsea forever and contract talks would be concluded soon. That’s like a gentleman. With Drogba, it is getting very annoying and frustrating off the field (on the field he gives his 100% without doubt). If Drogba wants out, we should let him go, at the right price.

While Drogba dreams of pairing with Eto’o in Barca, Roman probably dreams of pairing these strikers in Chelsea! Tribal Football (ok Den, you broke the news here!) says that Chelsea is preparing for a massive 40 million bid for Samuel Eto’o. Maicon has penned a new contract with Inter. So let’s stop rumouring about him. Now that Belletti has settled in so well, some tweaking of Paulo Ferreira would do.

That’s it for now. We’re all still waiting for your stories about your Chelsea possessions! See ya!