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[titch juicy]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> red devil Wrote:

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> > I'm not writing him off. Before the first leg I

> > said it would be interesting to see how

> Bayern's

> > high line defence would fare against Real's

> pace

> > and counter attack style. In the first leg they

> > got away with it with Ronaldo just coming back

> > from injury and Bale benched with 'flu. Real

> > could've easily won that game 3-0 Last night we

> > saw how tactically naive that high line was...

>

> Barca also played a high line for many seasons and

> Puyol read the game/orchestrated any necessary

> last ditch recoveries. You need very sharp players

> to make the tactic work, but it can work as it

> stifles the oppositions midfield - its a

> possession winning tactic.

>

> (edited to add that with the wrong personnel, eg

> AVB's Spurs, it can be made to look naive)

agreed on all counts

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red devil Wrote:

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> Real were fantastic, but what has happened to

> Bayern?

TBH they didn't look great in the last round either " dull and tentative and tetchy and could be vulnerable if the mancs can put a barnstorming 'run-at-the-buggers'-type attack" - but then they were only playing ManU :)

[red devil]

Moyes' Utd...making teams look good since Aug '13

[El Pibe]

Excellent and a Cole mistake to boot*.

Sweeeeeet

*the pun would have worked better on an own goal but I'll take anything.

[Parkdrive]

Apparently the CSKA Fulham fleet of buses was unavailable last night as they were busy ferrying passengers stranded by yesterdays tube strike, such a selfless act. After the game Wenger called Mrs Maureen to offer words of comfort, from one specialist in failure to another.

[Millhaven]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> Apparently the CSKA Fulham fleet of buses was

> unavailable last night as they were busy ferrying

> passengers stranded by yesterdays tube strike,

> such a selfless act. After the game Wenger called

> Mrs Maureen to offer words of comfort, from one

> specialist in failure to another.

LOL Mourinho a specialist in failure? Righty-oh.

[Parkdrive]

Millhaven Wrote:

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> Parkdrive Wrote:

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> > Apparently the CSKA Fulham fleet of buses was

> > unavailable last night as they were busy

> ferrying

> > passengers stranded by yesterdays tube strike,

> > such a selfless act. After the game Wenger

> called

> > Mrs Maureen to offer words of comfort, from one

> > specialist in failure to another.

>

> LOL Mourinho a specialist in failure? Righty-oh.

Glad you agree, plus you missed a classless self promoting twat, and that's just his good points. Finally the British media have found him out are are starting to be less sycophantic than than used to be. The funny thing is this season Moyes who has won the Charity shield will have more trophies to his name than Maureen. Specialist in failure, how that phrase has come back to haunt him. If he'd been as good as he thinks he is he would have gone for it in Madrid and not parked the fleet. Couldn't happen to nicer bloke.

[Millhaven]

Are you being serious? You are looking back on just this past season? You do realise the charity shield is only contested by the winner's of the previous season and winners of the FA Cup? And well done Moyes for beating a championship side to win that.

If your football knowledge only stretches back 10 months I am not sure what point there is argueing further. But I will agree that Moyes has definitely won more trophies this past ten months than Mourinho. I am aghast that Man United sacked the poor fellow.

[StraferJack]

Mourinhio didn't win anything season before this either did he?

[Parkdrive]

Millhaven Wrote:

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> Are you being serious? You are looking back on

> just this past season? You do realise the charity

> shield is only contested by the winner's of the

> previous season and winners of the FA Cup? And

> well done Moyes for beating a championship side to

> win that.

>

> If your football knowledge only stretches back 10

> months I am not sure what point there is argueing

> further. But I will agree that Moyes has

> definitely won more trophies this past ten months

> than Mourinho. I am aghast that Man United sacked

> the poor fellow.

Unlike Chavs fans whose collective memory only goes back to 2005 eh? You've got the manager your club and the fans deserve. Di Matteo wins the UCL Ancelloti does the double, both sacked by your club but Maureen is welcomed back as a tactical genuis. The sight of Terry crying last night was a joy to behold. Long may the specialist in failure continue to be hailed as a hero by your club.

[Millhaven]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> Unlike Chavs fans whose collective memory only

> goes back to 2005 eh? You've got the manager your

> club and the fans deserve. Di Matteo wins the UCL

> Ancelloti does the double, both sacked by your

> club but Maureen is welcomed back as a tactical

> genuis. The sight of Terry crying last night was a

> joy to behold. Long may the specialist in failure

> continue to be hailed as a hero by your club.

You'll find there are plenty of us that remember Chelsea winning the cup winners cup way back in the 70s (I was 11yo) and all those years in the wilderness after that. Which makes the period of sustained success all the more sweeter. The trouble is, when you finally achieve regular success, especially when a investor unafraid of losing money comes along, this will breed resentment/jealousycontempt from other club supporters, which goes with the territory.

Mourinho will always wind some rival supporters up because he is brash and sucessful, but I think you will find that not just Chelsea supporters are of the opinion that Mourinho is a tatical genius as you put it. Some Chelsea supporters may even disagree with some of the things he says. For example I thought his comments after the West Ham game were ill-judged. I was at that game and felt that West Ham defended resolutely. We should have been able to break them down, but we didn't.

I think the board decision to sack Ancelotti was a disgrace. Deserved another season after winning the double. I knew Roberto might not be the one to take us onwards despite the CL win but once the board elected to keep him on they should have at least kept him until the summer, instead of giving us the debarcle of having Benitez in charge.

[Parkdrive]

Lots of successful managers aren't despised in the same way that Maureen is, he is the special one in that respect. As for the debacle of Benitez, didn't he also win a trophy for you? Lest we forget Maureen also tried to gouge the eye of an official from an opposing team. One of just a few reasons he is despised.

[Millhaven]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> Lots of successful managers aren't despised in the

> same way that Maureen is, he is the special one in

> that respect. As for the debacle of Benitez,

> didn't he also win a trophy for you? Lest we

> forget Maureen also tried to gouge the eye of an

> official from an opposing team. One of just a few

> reasons he is despised.

Yes, not exactly the sort of behavior to enamour you with anyone I have to agree.

Benitez was almost universally hated by every Chelsea supporter. Don't really expect anyone outside to understand. Unless they have been through similar with their own clubs.

[Parkdrive]

Millhaven Wrote:

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> Parkdrive Wrote:

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> > Lots of successful managers aren't despised in

> the

> > same way that Maureen is, he is the special one

> in

> > that respect. As for the debacle of Benitez,

> > didn't he also win a trophy for you? Lest we

> > forget Maureen also tried to gouge the eye of

> an

> > official from an opposing team. One of just a

> few

> > reasons he is despised.

>

> Yes, not exactly the sort of behavior to enamour

> you with anyone I have to agree.

>

> Benitez was almost universally hated by every

> Chelsea supporter. Don't really expect anyone

> outside to understand. Unless they have been

> through similar with their own clubs.

So why do you not show the same level of hatred for eto'o who once famously said he would rather sell groundnuts in his home village than play for Mourinho? Your fans also slated Benitez for failing to play attaractive flowing football but the current guy is lauded for playing defensive dour football. Hypocritical? Just a tad.

[Millhaven]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> Mourinhio didn't win anything season before this

> either did he?

Just a domestic cup I think - not the copa del ray. The other one.

[Alan Medic]

Didn't Mourinho get sacked from Chelsea for not playing attractive enough football? He won things but that wasn't sufficient for RA if memory serves me correctly. I don't despise him at all as I can't help thinking he's just acting most of the time. Pep, who was the bees knees at Barca is now getting flack for his style of play at Bayern from no less than Franz Beckenbauer. It must be hard to be a manager, apart from the money you earn.

[Millhaven]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> So why do you not show the same level of hatred

> for eto'o who once famously said he would rather

> sell groundnuts in his home village than play for

> Mourinho? Your fans also slated Benitez for

> failing to play attaractive flowing football but

> the current guy is lauded for playing defensive

> dour football. Hypocritical? Just a tad.

It would be hypocritical if you weren't talking bollocks. Benitez was hated for comments leveled at Chelsea whilst being in charge at Liverpool. Eto'o did make comments then retracted them when after he actually worked for the man. There were some that hated the fact Eto'o came to Chelsea but most if not all have warmed to him. Anyway, football is full of hypocracies.

[Parkdrive]

Millhaven Wrote:

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> Parkdrive Wrote:

> >

> > So why do you not show the same level of hatred

> > for eto'o who once famously said he would

> rather

> > sell groundnuts in his home village than play

> for

> > Mourinho? Your fans also slated Benitez for

> > failing to play attaractive flowing football

> but

> > the current guy is lauded for playing defensive

> > dour football. Hypocritical? Just a tad.

>

> It would be hypocritical if you weren't talking

> bollocks. Benitez was hated for comments leveled

> at Chelsea whilst being in charge at Liverpool.

> Eto'o did make comments then retracted them when

> after he actually worked for the man. There were

> some that hated the fact Eto'o came to Chelsea but

> most if not all have warmed to him. Anyway,

> football is full of hypocracies.

Love the way I talk bollocks but you talk perfect sense. True Chelsea fan, well done.

[Millhaven]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Didn't Mourinho get sacked from Chelsea for not

> playing attractive enough football? He won things

> but that wasn't sufficient for RA if memory serves

> me correctly. I don't despise him at all as I

> can't help thinking he's just acting most of the

> time. Pep, who was the bees knees at Barca is now

> getting flack for his style of play at Bayern from

> no less than Franz Beckenbauer. It must be hard to

> be a manager, apart from the money you earn.

We'll never know for sure but I am of the belief that the board became concerned with the negative football and the mounting negative press the club were getting, specially post Friskgate. But I also believe Mourinho and Abramovich parted on good terms and that Mourinho wanted/needed another challenge.

[Alan Medic]

Despised, hate...........words you wouldn't really expect to be used about a GAME where grown men (ADULTS) run after a ball and try and kick it into a net. Silly world.

[Millhaven]

Totally agree, Alan. I think many of us supporters lose our sense of perspective about footballing matters. Me included.

[Jah Lush]

To the sound of Slade's Come On Feel The Noise. Spurs fans make their feelings known about David Moyes. Thought this was rather funny.

 

[red devil]

:)...

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Can we genuinely play you every week please Jah?

[StraferJack]

Brighton in play offs. Premiership football down the road a possibility next season. Come on!