Reality

[Tipsychubbs]

I personally didn't want Chelsea to win due to not liking Abramovich's Real Madrid-esque policy of ruthlessly sacking managers without giving them more chances, (even if they've had a relatively poor season, time is needed to build etc.) so I was hugely dissapointed that he's finally got what he wanted after all these years, 100 managers later!

But the money thing? I've long since grown used to it, no rules are being broken, nothing can be done about it. It makes things harder to compete against bottomless pockets, but not impossible since we are not the paupers we portray ourselves as. Sink or swim stuff.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

i agree. You cant criticize Man Utd at all. Ferguson won the title numerous times with players he brought through the ranks. No comparison at all with Man City or Chelski who bought their titles. Its all about squads - Chelsea's squads under Moronhio included top level cover in every position. Man City are the same. Thats what wins things.

Pretty much. Its not about the money that is spent. Its about where the money comes from and most don't seem to grasp that.

[cricketsi]

That's true, but it doesn't follow that opposing fans should sing the same tune. There should be continuous resistance to the ways these clubs do business. Otherwise it will become the norm and the natural conclusion of that will be far fewer clubs. That's what the mega rich owners want to see and we should need to be vociferous in our opposition to that if we want to retain even a fragment of the things we appreciate about football.

Funnily enough though, I don't think money played a huge role in the one-off game tonight because the chavs were embarrassingly thrashed in everything bar the score. For all their money they simply couldn't live with Bayern. And yet Bayern contrived to even things up. Their manager made a crucial mistake changing things when they were in the lead with a few minutes to go and utterly on top of the game. He was negative and he reaped a negative outcome.

NQ tells it like it is, with or without the whisky.

[AKBapologist]

I personally didn't want Chelsea to win due to not liking Abramovich's Real Madrid-esque policy of ruthlessly sacking managers without giving them more chances, (even if they've had a relatively poor season, time is needed to build etc.) so I was hugely dissapointed that he's finally got what he wanted after all these years, 100 managers later!

But the money thing? I've long since grown used to it, no rules are being broken, nothing can be done about it. It makes things harder to compete against bottomless pockets, but not impossible since we are not the paupers we portray ourselves as. Sink or swim stuff.

Let's see if your singing the same tune when RVP goes to Madrid and Hazard to chavs or City.

Hell, a part of me will shed a tear when spuds "best team in over 50 years" gets ripped to pieces this summer.

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[Xhaka Can’t]

Let's see if your signing the same tune when RVP goes to Madrid and Hazard to chavs or City.

Hell, a part of me will shed a tear when spuds "best team in over 50 years" gets ripped to pieces this summer.

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How do you sign a tune?

[Cripps_orig]

Speak to Simon Cowell?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How do you sign a tune?

Abramovich will know.

[Tipsychubbs]

Let's see if your signing the same tune when RVP goes to Madrid and Hazard to chavs or City.

Doesn't bother me. I'm fed up with the direction of the club and I'm a fan. So what about the players, and I mean the 'winners' who are not just picking up their pay cheques but their hearts are in the game. After years of wasted potential and seeing other top players jump ship, I wouldn't blame a 29 year old who has carried the team for a season, for going for that last big move. Injuries have been unfortunate over the years, curtailing his seasons but you can't say he never tried. He always went on scoring runs before getting injured. This type of season would have been the norm if it wasn't for those injuries. He's also in a powerful position right now. I'd be surprised if he stayed.

Hazard? Well at least it shows they're not complacent, strengthening after winning stuff, that's a good thing and I don't care about the money. As I said no rules are being broken so what are we complaining about? Dignity? Honour? Respect? Tell that to our board who have their snouts stuck in the trough, conning us into a stadium move and making us pay super high prices for a sub-standard team and resources that are not being used to their potential.

My tune will stay the same until I see some serious change at the direction of this club.

[Niall_Quinn]

Doesn't bother me. I'm fed up with the direction of the club and I'm a fan. So what about the players, and I mean the 'winners' who are not just picking up their pay cheques but their hearts are in the game. After years of wasted potential and seeing other top players jump ship, I wouldn't blame a 29 year old who has carried the team for a season, for going for that last big move. Injuries have been unfortunate over the years, curtailing his seasons but you can't say he never tried. He always went on scoring runs before getting injured. This type of season would have been the norm if it wasn't for those injuries. He's also in a powerful position right now. I'd be surprised if he stayed.

Hazard? Well at least it shows they're not complacent, strengthening after winning stuff, that's a good thing and I don't care about the money. As I said no rules are being broken so what are we complaining about? Dignity? Honour? Respect? Tell that to our board who have their snouts stuck in the trough, conning us into a stadium move and making us pay super high prices for a sub-standard team and resources that is not being used to its potential.

My tune will stay the same until I see some serious change at the direction of this club.

Let's not just assume it's RvP who wants to go. Let's not overlook the possibility a board that has consistently held the cash tight and written themselves huge pay-offs won't be engineering exactly the same shit again.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Let's not just assume it's RvP who wants to go. Let's not overlook the possibility a board that has consistently held the cash tight and written themselves huge pay-offs won't be engineering exactly the same shit again.

The board seem to be getting away scott free in all this.