Very true. Though as a neutral you'd have like too see an exciting game i suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
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Very true. Though as a neutral you'd have like too see an exciting game i suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
05/06 is seen by a few people in a similar vein to the Chelsea shitheap this year. I can only really remember Villarreal away in which we just didn't play.
Amazing thinking back about that clean sheet record.
If we won the CL in the same manner as Chelsea, it'd mean we'd have spent a gazillion pounds having ****s like Drogba, Lampard and Cashley in my team that had enough power to sack a manager, and cheering on a racist scum of a captain as he lifted a CL. It depends who you talk to. If you think Chelsea fans don't care about what has happened to their team post-Ambrovich, you're only getting views from 14 year olds twitterers from Malaysia. A couple of Chelsea fans I know aren't happy about it compared to not long ago when they had Vialli, Zola etc. and have become disinterested now (in the same way a lot of neutral fans have).
Yes, I know the point was about style and by point is that Chelsea winning it had nothing to do with 'style' or lack of. The fact that their club isn't revered around Europe has nothing to do with their football and mostly to do with what they are, a billionnaire's penis extension. If they have any sense, that they probably do care about.
True you have a point and i think in 10-15 years when most think back about that game,they will see the final for what it was i guess. Though Chavs fans will see it different and fair play to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Even our run in 2005 was, I'm sure, pretty horrific for a neutral.
Obviously I thought it was brilliant (bar the SF 1st leg, I can't remember anything about it at all; even the 2nd leg was quite poor though tense as fuck).
God how I miss the CL...
I can't remember Villarreal away much but generally, we played some good shit. The clean sheets record and 0-0s were not the result of us playing defensively. Some of them were quite end-to-end and it was very frustrating to see so many chances being wasted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner
I agree. I think we kind of pubbed the group stages (Bergkamp late winner against that epic pub team) but there were great games from then on. Apart from Juventus away - that was their fault for being genuinely crap. Both Real legs are good examples of what you say. But we tightened up at least and showed that 'cup adaptability' which hasn't really emerged since. I could never look at it in the same light as Chelsea though - not convinced they had any sort of gameplan and they really chanced it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
I dunno, you had luck, obviously but you made an effort to go for the win first. I thought the 2-1 win against Juventus was pretty enjoyable tbf. Even though Carson had his customary fuck-up after making saves galore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suarez Is Boss
Oh and yes the 0-0 against Real Madrid was one of the best 0-0's I think there has been.
It's easy to draw tidy conclusions in hindsight but I think the main difference is not having a midfield that had so much energy and ridiculous workrate levels. Need some more runners - although, in theory, Ramsey, Walcott and Gerv could run all day. Maybe need to better the good/shit ratio as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis Bendtner
That's true, Garcia :cloud9:. I did remember thinking we'd blown it when Carson screwed up. But then we also firmly parked the bus in Turin. The Leverkusen games were pretty standard.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Even we got bored of our Chelsea saga after a while though. Riise you idiot :fury:
Horrific is probably too strong a word.
Benitez did seem to have the CL sussed, phenomenal tactician... welcome back Rafa!!