[football] barca chelski
 

**** me, how badly did chelsea get owned in the first half... they looked.... human ;)


in all honesty though, most dangerous player on the pitch: ronaldinho, they should be getting more of the ball to him as there is a player running rings around the people trying to stop him and having a good game at the same time, i like to see a man enjoying his work :)


can chelsea score 2 in the second half? i think so, but unless they manage to come up with something to do about ronaldinho, i dont think however many they score will matter.


oh, i will say though that i think nealry/all 50/50 decisions have gone barcas was (as far as i have seen anyway, i missed the first 10 mins)

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

1-1 was a fair result.

Chelsea didn't make anything tonight for two reasons:

1. Mourinho just got it wrong, both with the starting line up and the substitutions.

2. Robben was absolutely rubbish. I've no idea why Cole was taken off, as Cole created everything good for Chelsea, whereas Robben did nothing. See 1.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

anyone care to speculate how much money Ambramovich would have to shell out to buy Ronaldinho? For a multi-billionaire, it must seem like the obvious answer however much he costs.

Last summer I think it was rumoured Chelsea offered £70-80 million and were turned down.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

I don't think any amount of money would have Ronaldinho play under Kenyon and Mourinho. There will be an amount which Barca may accept, but Ronaldinho is definitely someone playing for the love of the game and not for financial compensation.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Quoted for truth!

What was that penalty all about? Bloody joke, now Mourinho can say the didn't lose etc.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

The offside decision was wrong, the penalty decision (given the lack of an offside flag) was right. I suppose the incorrect offside here balances the false positive given when Duff was clean through.

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He still said '11v11 chelsea would've won'

****ing twat.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Yeah, it's not like debatable red card decisions change games or anything :rolleyes:

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Ambramovich sold his multi-million oil company. Not surprised considering thousands of people had their homes destroyed due to the pipelines he owned which has inflicted trauma on hundreds. That comes from the time when Sir Alan Sugar came to our school (he lives right next to it at least it used to be his main house - now the fields around it are just used as a Tottenham Hotpsur training ground they seldomly visit)

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

John Terry kicking Gio's trailing leg from when he cleared the ball is not a penalty IMO.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

The defender didn't get the ball.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Looked like his did on the replay despite David Pleat's anti Barca commentry.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

David Pleat thinks that it's David Duff and that it's strange for William Gallas to play at left back.

I don't base my opinion on what he says.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

He is truly terrible, my favourite tonight was when Eto'o missed with his shot and he pipes up with "that's a miss by his standards!" :D

I still think Terry makes the contact even if Gio doesn't reach the ball but it is difficult to tell if he made contact with the ball from the replay angles.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

apart from the goal

game was like watching paint dry.

2 teams poncing about with possession not doing very much with it.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Did Chelsea play tonight ?

I hadn't noticed. I was too busy listening to http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4778628.stm

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Lampard and Robben were awful. Terry had an ok game.

It was pretty boring, though.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Lampard was sitting back far too much, he was in the Essien role. It's difficult to say if that's because of instruction, lack of ambition or lack of match fitness though. It's also true that Chelsea didn't have as much time around the box as they usually have when Lampard is at his attacking best.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

told you so.

barca ftw! \0/

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Lampard didn't look too bothered at the end of the game either, smiling and cracking jokes with Ronaldinho, Terry looked gutted though.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

proper football :up:

hope to meet you lot in the cup next season, i want to make the away trip.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Ronaldinho has 100million release clause iirc, also

Also when is abramovic going to start asking questions? Surely he should win all 4 trophies?

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Re: [football] barca chelski
 

I concur.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

it was a penalty, but i dont see how the ref could have seen it tbh :)


ok game, ronadlinho the only outstanding player though, and his goal was very well deserved :)

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Be afraid !

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Accrington Stanley.

Who are they?

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

****s sake



EDIT: ****ing useless forums just deleted about half a dozen posts from this thread fs

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Chelski :crymeariver: :crymeariver: :crymeariver: :crymeariver: :crymeariver: :crymeariver: :crymeariver:

What a shame, what a darn shame.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

yea now we have to look at Ronaldinho & co. again!


:((((((((((

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

Why would losing against one of the strongest teams in europe be a shame?

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Because after the talk, and all their money, they couldnt cut it? They dont even entertain, its no wonder people are happy to see them lose.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

It's not like Barcelona have no money and keep quiet.

People are just bitter. Chelseas spending has been good for the game. It's broken the Man U/Arsenal domination of the Premier League and has created another genuine contender for the European Cup.

Re: [football] barca chelski
 

No, but Barcelona entertain.

Breaking the Man Utd / Arsenal axis is probably a good thing, but im not sure it is a good thing _at any cost_. What if Chelsea didnt have the money they do? The title race this year would be good. Man Utd vs Liverpool. Who knows, even Chelsea pre Chelski could have got there on merit. Maybe Tottenham would have kicked on ANOTHER gear.

I'm very well aware i'm bitter, i dont deny that. However;

As much as i disliked (and still do dislike) Man utd's last minute winner policy that won them so many titles, they were _entertaining_.

As much as i disliked (and still do dislike) Arsenal's diving and unbelievable flukery at times, when they were in full flow, they were _entertaining_.

What are chelsea? Who's interested in seeing a bunch of souped up london thug fans buy a title and grind out results they probably dont always deserve, irritating everyone in the process?

Remember the Pompey fans applauding Arsenal off the pitch when they demolished them? Ask yourself whether that would happen now with Chelsea. I dont think so