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ORIGINAL: jimminycrickets

Yeh, you're right. I'm only basing it on watching Makelele, Shevchenko and Ballack play for a decade, what do I know! I've stayed out of this thread thus far, but this "Chelsea players don't dive" rhetoric makes me fucking furious, as it does if Man Utd, Arsenal or Liverpool fans claim that it's all the dirty foreign teams as well. Every team in world football dives, get over it.

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ORIGINAL: impqueen

Without Sheva on the Pitch Drogba reverted back to acting like a dick and falling over at the slightest touch. The first half of the game was ridiculous and pathetic, grown men being paid thousands of pounds a week to play a game they supposedly love prancing around like idiots, it really pissed me off last night, Chelsea and Barca were disgraceful fucking falling over each other and pushing each other like pricks, stopping the game and crowding the ref like animals.

Luckily the second half was better and there were some moments of class football from both sides, Lampard was excellent and Robben should have scored, and Ballack too. The one thing to take from this game as a Chelsea fan is we again showed our determined spirit not to give up and to continue to battle for the game to the death, and it paid off (Barca complained about the amount of extra time, if they could control their players less time would have been wasted during the 90 mins and they would have won) Great to see John Terry leading from the front and kicking the balls of the annoying and certainly diving Deco as well as being in the opponents box during the 93rd minute.

Chelsea vs. Barca will continue for years to come it is inevitable that this tie will develop into one of the “great” football rivalries, even more so than it is now I just hope the players can grow up and stop fucking around and just play the impressive football they often can, unfortunately the teams bring out the worst in each other... Oh and I can see Barca qualifying into the next stages of the competition so it’s bound to be Chelsea/Barca quarter final.  

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ORIGINAL: jimminycrickets

I know, I was actually going to comment on that. See, I used to like Chelsea under Hoddle, Gullit, Vialli and Ranieri - great players and always a degree of class about the team (obviously not Bates) but under Mourinho it's a different story. He's created this hysteria around the club and the (majority of) fans have been sucked in. They think everyone's out to get them for no good reason, make outrageous statements about opposition clubs and players, are terrible winners and worse losers. They're a malevolent stain on the game, if I was a Chelsea fan (which my Dad and brother are - admittedly from afar) I'd be thoroughly ashamed of my club (which they are) and certainly wouldn't look to perpetuate any myths that narccisistic twat has fabricated. I honestly hope you regain your style, but it's very far off indeed.

That and it is always easier to continue to argue until you are blue in the face than admit your failings, as either a club or an individual.  

Of course I could be spouting total bollocks...

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ORIGINAL: jimminycrickets

I know, I was actually going to comment on that. See, I used to like Chelsea under Hoddle, Gullit, Vialli and Ranieri - great players and always a degree of class about the team (obviously not Bates) but under Mourinho it's a different story. He's created this hysteria around the club and the (majority of) fans have been sucked in. They think everyone's out to get them for no good reason, make outrageous statements about opposition clubs and players, are terrible winners and worse losers. They're a malevolent stain on the game, if I was a Chelsea fan (which my Dad and brother are - admittedly from afar) I'd be thoroughly ashamed of my club (which they are) and certainly wouldn't look to perpetuate any myths that narccisistic twat has fabricated. I honestly hope you regain your style, but it's very far off indeed.

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Chelsea fans do my fucking head in, Barca were bad but you guys were equal to it.

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What you, you grubby little proletariat, fail to realise is that the Fiver is never wrong. If you don't laugh at our jokes, that's your fault for being boring, not ours for being unfunny. If you don't agree with our opinions, that's your fault for being wrong, not ours for being not right. If the Fiver arrives at 10.44pm, that's some Superman-Y-front-wearing nerd's fault for clogging up the information superhighway, not ours for taking a 10-hour lunch snorting Merlot. And if the Fiver gets blocked by a firewall, that's your company's fault for being priggish, not ours for failing to realise the contemporary meaning of "Cincinnati bow-tie".

All of which puts us in good company with Chelsea, who today predictably blamed Barcelona, the referee, full-fat milk, reality TV, Victor Kiam and pretty much everyone but themselves for the gigantic dump that they and Barcelona took on the beautiful game at the Nou Camp last night. "It's a shame when you see world-class players trying to get others booked," deadpanned John Terry, correctly excusing himself from criticism on the grounds that a) he tried to get Rafa Marquez sent off, not booked, and b) he isn't and never will be world-class. "Maybe Barcelona feel a bit threatened by us," he added, as that misunderstood charmer Ricardo Carvalho went round the Barca training ground whirling a chainsaw like Leatherface with a poodle perm.

On Terry went, his sense of injustice fuelled by the fact that Uefa will automatically fine Chelsea for having six players booked. "Barcelona are a great side but we are not too sure why they are so cynical," he what me'd, symbolically belly-flopping into a pool of Persil. "With the referee against us and everyone against us, we were the better side." He's right there. With the laughably underrated Michael Essien outstanding, Chelsea showed that - now, finally, after spending just GBP784m - they are equipped to win Big Cup. They are close to being a great team, and have an irrefutably great manager.

But until they stop acting the eejits, those things will matter less and less.

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ORIGINAL: clownfoot

From yesterday evening's Fiver...

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What you, you grubby little proletariat, fail to realise is that the Fiver is never wrong. If you don't laugh at our jokes, that's your fault for being boring, not ours for being unfunny. If you don't agree with our opinions, that's your fault for being wrong, not ours for being not right. If the Fiver arrives at 10.44pm, that's some Superman-Y-front-wearing nerd's fault for clogging up the information superhighway, not ours for taking a 10-hour lunch snorting Merlot. And if the Fiver gets blocked by a firewall, that's your company's fault for being priggish, not ours for failing to realise the contemporary meaning of "Cincinnati bow-tie".

All of which puts us in good company with Chelsea, who today predictably blamed Barcelona, the referee, full-fat milk, reality TV, Victor Kiam and pretty much everyone but themselves for the gigantic dump that they and Barcelona took on the beautiful game at the Nou Camp last night. "It's a shame when you see world-class players trying to get others booked," deadpanned John Terry, correctly excusing himself from criticism on the grounds that a) he tried to get Rafa Marquez sent off, not booked, and b) he isn't and never will be world-class. "Maybe Barcelona feel a bit threatened by us," he added, as that misunderstood charmer Ricardo Carvalho went round the Barca training ground whirling a chainsaw like Leatherface with a poodle perm.

On Terry went, his sense of injustice fuelled by the fact that Uefa will automatically fine Chelsea for having six players booked. "Barcelona are a great side but we are not too sure why they are so cynical," he what me'd, symbolically belly-flopping into a pool of Persil. "With the referee against us and everyone against us, we were the better side." He's right there. With the laughably underrated Michael Essien outstanding, Chelsea showed that - now, finally, after spending just GBP784m - they are equipped to win Big Cup. They are close to being a great team, and have an irrefutably great manager.

But until they stop acting the eejits, those things will matter less and less.

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Chelsea fans do my fucking head in, Barca were bad but you guys were equal to it.

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ORIGINAL: jimminycrickets

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Chelsea fans do my fucking head in, Barca were bad but you guys were equal to it.

hahaha, what a crock of shite....
I love being Champs... you get people talking sense all the time and can dismiss it out of hand as jealousy, the equivalent of "I know you are but what am I?".

Drogba took his fair share of dives and to say we were equal is bang on the money....

Most of their players were flying all over the place... we kicked them a few times but they deserved it because they're better at football and everyone likes them more than us.

Second in the league!!!!

I'm very proud to be a Chelsea fan... I thoroughly enjoyed the game - for all it's dramatics and incidents there was also some great great football.... especially from Barcelona.

Oh and I love Jose's incessant whining, narccisism, myopia and schizophrenia....

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ORIGINAL: jimminycrickets

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Chelsea fans do my fucking head in, Barca were bad but you guys were equal to it.

hahaha, what a crock of shite....
I love being Champs... you get people talking sense all the time and can dismiss it out of hand as jealousy, the equivalent of "I know you are but what am I?".

Drogba took his fair share of dives and to say we were equal is bang on the money....

Most of their players were flying all over the place... we kicked them a few times but they deserved it because they're better at football and everyone likes them more than us.

Second in the league!!!!

I'm very proud to be a Chelsea fan... I thoroughly enjoyed the game - for all it's dramatics and incidents there was also some great great football.... especially from Barcelona.

Oh and I love Jose's incessant whining, narccisism, myopia and schizophrenia....

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ORIGINAL: impqueen

So any thoughts on today's game?  
 
I think we will win but it'll be difficult and Spurs are on a high after their game in Europe this week, yet history is on our side(which means fuck all but hey...)
 
2-0? But I would like it to be 4 or 5 nil...(Our goal difference sucks at the moment when compared to United)
 
 

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ORIGINAL: borstal

Weve got Ronny who does it but to be fair he is neither built or as strong as Drogba.

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‘We don’t feel happy when we lose local derbies,’ he summed up on the closing of a 19-year record, ‘because for the fans it is a special disappointment. But I think the record we beat when after 50 years we won the championship gives us space in the supporters’ hearts when we make these mistakes.’

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ORIGINAL: impqueen

Mourinho proved his class

Interview: Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho

Interview: Tottenham manager Martin Jol

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ORIGINAL: WilliamMunny

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ORIGINAL: impqueen

Mourinho proved his class

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho criticised referee Graham Poll after his side's 2-1 defeat at Tottenham.
Poll disallowed a Didier Drogba header for a foul on Michael Dawson and sent off John Terry in the second half.
"I never ask referees as they always have an excuse. I cannot find a reason for Terry's red card," said Mourinho.
"Mr Poll goes home and nobody can ask his reasons. Referees should have news conferences but they would be fake because they'd bring their excuses."

Interview: Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho Interview: Tottenham manager Martin Jol
Terry was handed a second yellow card after the break for a seemingly innocuous incident involving Pascal Chimbonda, which outraged Mourinho.









"He sends John Terry off because he is pulling Chimbonda and keeps Spurs midfielder Hossam Ghaly on the pitch when he gives a clear elbow on Michael Essien's face," added the Blues' Portuguese boss.
"Referees always have an excuse. He has perfect vision - two matches with him and five points we have lost.
"Have you ever seen a referee come and say 'It was my mistake, and I influenced the game?'"

Classy.

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ORIGINAL: WilliamMunny

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ORIGINAL: impqueen

Mourinho proved his class

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho criticised referee Graham Poll after his side's 2-1 defeat at Tottenham.
Poll disallowed a Didier Drogba header for a foul on Michael Dawson and sent off John Terry in the second half.
"I never ask referees as they always have an excuse. I cannot find a reason for Terry's red card," said Mourinho.
"Mr Poll goes home and nobody can ask his reasons. Referees should have news conferences but they would be fake because they'd bring their excuses."

Interview: Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho Interview: Tottenham manager Martin Jol
Terry was handed a second yellow card after the break for a seemingly innocuous incident involving Pascal Chimbonda, which outraged Mourinho.









"He sends John Terry off because he is pulling Chimbonda and keeps Spurs midfielder Hossam Ghaly on the pitch when he gives a clear elbow on Michael Essien's face," added the Blues' Portuguese boss.
"Referees always have an excuse. He has perfect vision - two matches with him and five points we have lost.
"Have you ever seen a referee come and say 'It was my mistake, and I influenced the game?'"

Classy.