Learn from Jimmy, Gallas

Gallas would do well to have a good look at the Charlton goal on Saturday. The 2-1 defeat of The Chavs was fairly uneventful, apart from their goal. We were left to hang on for the last 10 minutes, but it just felt like the old days, when results weren't so assured, and a bit of nerves made a refreshing change.

The highlight of the day was shortly after half time, when Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink equalised for the Chavs. Jimmy was the first true goalscorer we'd had at the club for years, since Kerry Dixon really. Flo scored his share, but Jimmy banged them away with far more certainty. His partnership with Eidur Gudjohnsen, turned them both into Chelsea heroes. Jimmy never wanted to leave, but his time was up, Jose wasn't interested, and we let him go to Boro. We've welcomed him back a couple of times before, but he'd never scored. This time he did, and it was down at our end, in front of the Matthew Harding stand.

He took it well, slotted it in, and then peeled away. He was on the edge of the 18 yard box, and refused to celebrate. Mobbed by his new team-mates, he still made a point of not leaping about kissing the new badge! He then turned to us, who had been chanting his name before the match, and gave an apologetic shrug....In this few seconds, (almost) everyone realised the mutual respect, and the whole end, followed by most of the ground, stood up and applauded him. A great gesture by both sides, in the week following all the shit with Gallas and Cole.

Of course, there were the inevitable thick bastards, which there always are, who were complaining that we shouldn't have been cheering an opposition goal. We weren't cheering the goal, you knobs. Can someone really be that thick, not to understand what happened there? Even half of the weekend newspapers got it totally wrong, The Independent even making note of the fact the Chelsea fans had applauded such a superb goal.....erm, it wasn't that good.

This was one of those defining moments in football, one of those times you'll always remember seeing, like the greatest goals, or the dodgy decisions...

So to anyone who thinks we shouldn't have done it, or more importantly is too stupid to understand what it was all about...it's simply respect between players and fans. Something that is incredibly rare these days...Cheers Jimmy, you're a legend!