Well,as usual,it's time to take 2 asprin and try to have a good nights sleep........and wish that all our players spend the week off getting fit and getting mad!!!! It's time to remove your fingers lads.No more messing about!!!!!!!
Anything to add DL? City were in dis-array off aswell as on the field, like I said, you base what you say on what you see at face value, instead of thinking about why, that is the only thing being amusingly repeated round here.
Dortmund fluked their way past Malaga? You must have missed the 3 world class saves Malaga's GK had to pull out in the 2nd leg and the countless chances Dortmund missed in Malaga. Real Madrid didn't have a lucky break, they were slightly better than United over the 2 legs and deserved to go through, United's tactics were spot on but a lack of concentration for a 30 minute period cost them the tie. Nothing we've seen from City, United, Chelsea and Arsenal suggests they are close to the four sides in the last 4 now. Take out Chelsea last year (who were a relative anomaly) and no English team has got beyond the Last 16 for two years running, that must tell you something, no? When the English teams dominated from 2005-2009 everybody was quick to say the PL was the strongest, it's only fair that when the tables are turned we do the same.
Was always going to happen, they were never going to allow our ball to be drawn with yours as they don't want Spurs and Chelsea in Amsterdam. Probably the best draw we could have hoped for under the circumstances.
if Rafa wins the EL and the FA cup where does he rank on the list of Chelsea's most successful managers?
He'll never be viewed as a success by Chelsea fans purely on the basis he turned us from title challengers to battlers for 3rd/4th place.
Rafa has turned you into 3rd/4th place battlers? ermm... you finished 6th last season, DL. you've not been title contenders for some time now. no offense.
Obviously he'll be behind Mourinho and RDM (as CL > EL) He'd be ahead of Hiddink, who Chelsea fans seem to love. How many Chelsea managers have 2 trophies? Would he be their 3rd best manager ever?
We were 4 points from top spot. Benitez disrupted the rhythm of the team and decided to field weakened teams in league games hence losses to QPR/West Ham and dropped points to Fulham/Southampton/Reading. Inability to change and make subs cost us many points. The players have to aportion themselves some of the blame, but at least 50% lies with Benitez. 6th was not a true reflection of where we were really at but we curtailed thanks to the cups.
You mean in the premier league era? I think you will find that is Ramos AND George Graham. Maybe the formula for success is to appoint a manager the fans hate? In just the premier league i think its Harry currently
Well....I believe that there's supposed to be this old guy with a long white beard up in the sky somewhere. You're supposed to ask him nicely for whatever it is you want. Personally, I don't know of too many instances where he's taken much notice though.
Can't see him ever stepping into football management, not really his forte please log in to view this image
The rate you guys go through managers i fully expect you to be appointing that Rafa in maybe 2 or 3 years time.
