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I'd like to think that Jose will take a risk and put out a really attacking side.

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You're reacting like you won the game.

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ORIGINAL: *emz6*

i know people talk bout robbie and drogs diving a bit

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You're reacting like you won the game.

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ORIGINAL: Peter Griffin

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You're reacting like you won the game.

Getting a draw in the final minutes away at the champions of europe is kind of the same.

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ORIGINAL: Sinatra

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ORIGINAL: Peter Griffin

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You're reacting like you won the game.

Getting a draw in the final minutes away at the champions of europe is kind of the same.

Exactly fucking superb display.
Their keeper was excellent otherwise we'd have embarrassed them.
Their best spell came in the half hour after their second goal but we never gave up.
Lamps was outstanding and is back to his best - to be fair he's played superbly in his last 4
games, his goal was just breathtaking and defied logic???
A lot of booking though and that might come back to haunt us but what a display.
I'm very proud to be a Chelsea supporter today!

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Mattyb is a shining example of what the perfect Empire Forum member is.

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Have to say my favourite bit of the game was Terry booting the ball right into Deco's nuts  

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You're reacting like you won the game.

I think most teams would celebrate winning in the nou camp especially after they were twice down but had a lot of the better play.
Chelsea have taken 5 points off the European Champions, I think thats worth a shout or two. Althought I'm sure United fans would of been totally level headed if they did the same.

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I think Chelsea were disgusting last night, as were Barcelona. I don't think I've ever seen a game with such a huge amount of cheating and diving and playacting. It was embarrassing to watch. Drogba in particular should be ashamed of himself. He's 6ft4 and about 14 stone and yet he takes every oppertunity to roll around on the floor as if he's broken a nail. Essien wasn't much better. Amazingly hypocritical considerint Mourinhio's comments about Barcelona (who were just as bad) in the run up to the game.

No wonder I'm getting less and less interested in football with teams like these apparently the best there is to offer.

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I think Chelsea were disgusting last night, as were Barcelona. I don't think I've ever seen a game with such a huge amount of cheating and diving and playacting. It was embarrassing to watch. Drogba in particular should be ashamed of himself. He's 6ft4 and about 14 stone and yet he takes every oppertunity to roll around on the floor as if he's broken a nail. Essien wasn't much better. Amazingly hypocritical considerint Mourinhio's comments about Barcelona (who were just as bad) in the run up to the game.

No wonder I'm getting less and less interested in football with teams like these apparently the best there is to offer.

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ORIGINAL: Cool Breeze
Mattyb is a shining example of what the perfect Empire Forum member is.

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Our dives were nothingm compared to theirs though, and I lost count of how many times they surrounded the ref
to try and get players booked.

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Our dives were nothingm compared to theirs though, and I lost count of how many times they surrounded the ref
to try and get players booked.

Well I already commented that the Barcelona players were also a disgrace. However, when it gets to the stage that you have to ahve the statistics of "who dived more" in order to try and gain some sort of moral high ground for Chelsea then we might as well just give up completely!

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the HUGE difference between some chelsea players diving a bit and barca is that robben, drogs make the most of things, some other players go down sometimes but are clever about it, BUT barca en masse as a cohensive team constantly fall over, its their game plan!!! the reason the game didnt flow is because Barca fall over so much to break up play, its like their team ethic to fall over, and they are often not over the top dives or theatrical but its just consistant falling over when any physical pressure is applied. Chelsea on the other hand have a couple of players who dive and Robben is the worst! Drogs has been good recently but becoz its a euro match he knows he can get away with it more than in the league, however it is not our team ethic to fall over and back out of physical aspects of the game, JT doesnt fall over EVER, lampsy and Ballack dont fall to their knees at every challenge, Essien DOES NOT either OK!!!! this is the difference so people who say Chelsea acted disgracefully are watchin a different game and simply buying into the myth that is perpetutated by the media that we are a team of cheats!!

and Jose's point about Eidur was not that he is a cheating player it was exactly the opposite! he was stating the Ediur is not that kind of player, that in 6 years at Chelsea he didnt not have this reputation and behave in that way, however he joins Barca and pressure is applied to play in that way. His dive at the weekend was disgraceful and if it had been a Chelsea player you would not have heard the end of it. Jose was simply raising the issue that diving to gain an advantage is part of the Barca (and many teams in Europe) way of playing and that it had affected a player who was not that way. he was not saying Eidur is a cheating basturd he was illustrating how this behaviour would not happen in England because press and fans kill players for it, however in Europe teams are allowed to play this way!

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the HUGE difference between some chelsea players diving a bit and barca is that robben, drogs make the most of things, some other players go down sometimes but are clever about it, BUT barca en masse as a cohensive team constantly fall over, its their game plan!!! the reason the game didnt flow is because Barca fall over so much to break up play, its like their team ethic to fall over, and they are often not over the top dives or theatrical but its just consistant falling over when any physical pressure is applied. Chelsea on the other hand have a couple of players who dive and Robben is the worst! Drogs has been good recently but becoz its a euro match he knows he can get away with it more than in the league, however it is not our team ethic to fall over and back out of physical aspects of the game, JT doesnt fall over EVER, lampsy and Ballack dont fall to their knees at every challenge, Essien DOES NOT either OK!!!! this is the difference so people who say Chelsea acted disgracefully are watchin a different game and simply buying into the myth that is perpetutated by the media that we are a team of cheats!!

and Jose's point about Eidur was not that he is a cheating player it was exactly the opposite! he was stating the Ediur is not that kind of player, that in 6 years at Chelsea he didnt not have this reputation and behave in that way, however he joins Barca and pressure is applied to play in that way. His dive at the weekend was disgraceful and if it had been a Chelsea player you would not have heard the end of it. Jose was simply raising the issue that diving to gain an advantage is part of the Barca (and many teams in Europe) way of playing and that it had affected a player who was not that way. he was not saying Eidur is a cheating basturd he was illustrating how this behaviour would not happen in England because press and fans kill players for it, however in Europe teams are allowed to play this way!

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ORIGINAL: *emz6*

the HUGE difference between some chelsea players diving a bit and barca is that robben, drogs make the most of things, some other players go down sometimes but are clever about it, BUT barca en masse as a cohensive team constantly fall over, its their game plan!!! the reason the game didnt flow is because Barca fall over so much to break up play, its like their team ethic to fall over, and they are often not over the top dives or theatrical but its just consistant falling over when any physical pressure is applied. Chelsea on the other hand have a couple of players who dive and Robben is the worst! Drogs has been good recently but becoz its a euro match he knows he can get away with it more than in the league, however it is not our team ethic to fall over and back out of physical aspects of the game, JT doesnt fall over EVER, lampsy and Ballack dont fall to their knees at every challenge, Essien DOES NOT either OK!!!! this is the difference so people who say Chelsea acted disgracefully are watchin a different game and simply buying into the myth that is perpetutated by the media that we are a team of cheats!!

and Jose's point about Eidur was not that he is a cheating player it was exactly the opposite! he was stating the Ediur is not that kind of player, that in 6 years at Chelsea he didnt not have this reputation and behave in that way, however he joins Barca and pressure is applied to play in that way. His dive at the weekend was disgraceful and if it had been a Chelsea player you would not have heard the end of it. Jose was simply raising the issue that diving to gain an advantage is part of the Barca (and many teams in Europe) way of playing and that it had affected a player who was not that way. he was not saying Eidur is a cheating basturd he was illustrating how this behaviour would not happen in England because press and fans kill players for it, however in Europe teams are allowed to play this way!