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The Official Chelsea Thread (pg. 85)
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| jonze |
| quote: | Originally posted by trunks1022
jonze you're lucky i think you're a swell chap :p chelsea was the more consistent team throughout the match. maddening play from nani. questionable substitution with o'shea coming on instead of tevez. |
haha, thanks. i actually missed the match because i've been moving. i set my alarm but slept right through it. judging by how pissed vern is, i really wish i had seen it. hopefully this was a preview of the CL final |
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| TranceGiant |
| Chelsea outplayed the Mancs big time. Complete domination were it not for Carvalho's abysmal fault. Chelsea with 3 strikers would have equialised anyway, no doubt about that. Serves Fergie right for thinking he can rest his top players and park the bus same as he did against Barca. Will be a great finish :p |
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| verndogs |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceGiant
Chelsea outplayed the Mancs big time. Complete domination were it not for Carvalho's abysmal fault. Chelsea with 3 strikers would have equialised anyway, no doubt about that. Serves Fergie right for thinking he can rest his top players and park the bus same as he did against Barca. Will be a great finish :p |
The parking the bus tactic was working after Rooney's goal until Chelski got massive help from the ref ;)
Having said that, Chelsea completely dominated the 1st half, but the 2nd half was more even. Nani was just TERRIBLE all game long and should have been substituted to start the 2nd half. |
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| jonze |
| quote: | Originally posted by verndogs
The parking the bus tactic was working after Rooney's goal until Chelski got massive help from the ref ;)
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you guys couldn't stand up against the offensive juggernaut of chelsea. liverpool was so scared of us that they decided to score on themselves. |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonze
you guys couldn't stand up against the offensive juggernaut of chelsea. liverpool was so scared of us that they decided to score on themselves. |
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| jonze |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
:stongue:
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it's not often that a post will make someone laugh and angry at the same time. |
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| Saka |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonze
it's not often that a post will make someone laugh and angry at the same time. |
Thats because he's not a real liverpool supporter. |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Saka
Thats because he's not a real liverpool supporter. |
Note the angry face came later. It was sort of a graphical version of 'so funny I forgot to laugh'.
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| jonze |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Note the angry face came later. It was sort of a graphical version of 'so funny I forgot to laugh'.
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i thought it was more like, 'haha that's funny. oh wait, he's making fun of my team. i should be angry.' |
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| Nery |
Chelsea 1-1 Bolton
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:
Manchester United are the champions again!:D |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| Cue a load of glory supporting foreigners claiming 'their' team are champions. |
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| RaverSpike |
Chelsea have started their search for a new manager after sacking Avram Grant on Saturday.
Grant, who replaced Jose Mourinho last September, was expected to be removed from his post following Chelsea's failure to win a trophy for the first time in three seasons.
The 52-year-old Israeli found it hard to come to terms with being thrust into the spotlight and although he guided Chelsea into their first Champions League final, the penalty shoot-out defeat in Moscow last Wednesday paved the way for his departure.
After two days of meetings, Chelsea confirmed their decision in a statement.
It read: 'Chelsea can confirm that Avram Grant has had his contract as manager terminated today.
'This follows meetings over the last two days. Everybody at Chelsea FC would like to thank Avram for his contribution since taking over as manager last September.
'We will now be concentrating all our efforts on identifying a new manager for Chelsea and there will be no further comment until that appointment is made.' Grant joined the club last summer from Portsmouth to take up the post of director of football.'
Then manager Mourinho, whose relationship with the board was already fractious, was unhappy with the appointment.
Mourinho was later dismissed after their 1-1 draw with Rosenborg at Stamford Bridge in their opening Champions League game.
Grant, who had never managed a club in England, was asked to takeover and later given a four-year contract.
A close friend of the club's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich, Grant's brief reign was tainted by reports of anti-Semitic abuse but remarkably he equalled a nine-match winning run set by Mourinho's side two years earlier.
Grant brought in Henk ten Cate as his assistant as well as new fitness and goalkeeping staff.
But his appointment was never really accepted by the fans, who steadfastly refused to chant his name until the final game of the season, and his sour-faced demeanour did him few favours.
He was also criticised for being tactically inept but guided the club to the final of the Carling Cup in February only to lose 2-1 to Tottenham.
But remarkably, Chelsea pushed Manchester United to the wire in the race for the Premier League and earned a place in their first Champions League final against Sir Alex Ferguson's side.
But his entire spell in charge was littered with speculation that he was just a stop-gap appointment and that he would leave in the summer.
Chelsea consistently denied they had plans to change their manager but the deafening silence from the club's board after Wednesday's defeat by United, told its own story.
Both chief-executive Peter Kenyon and chairman Bruce Buck paved the way for change by insisting that Chelsea's performance this season was simply 'not good enough'.
Buck said: 'We have very high expectations at Chelsea and a couple of second place finishes is just not good enough for us - so although we never would have thought in September when Jose Mourinho left that we would be able to make it into a Champions League Final as we did - and that is fantastic - Chelsea are here to win trophies. So although it was an excellent season, we are still disappointed.'
A series of discussions finally resolved Grant's future and it is understood the Israeli said his farewells to the players on Friday - telling them it had been a 'privilege' to manage the team.
Souce: espnSoccernet
, I'm not supried that this was goiing to Happen my qestion why didn't they get a really good cocah to start with, maybe now they get a really expeinced coach this time.aaaaaaaaaAAAA |
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