briggaman Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Well, that was a boring match. Barcelona are by far the better team and actually know how to play football. Chelsea just lobbed every player behind the ball and hacked their way to a draw. They got the tactics right on the night I suppose. Yet what are they going to do at home? Surely they will need to try to play some football. If they do then I can see Barca hammering them. Unless Chelsea go ultra defensive again. Such a shame when the best footballing team (and the better overall team) doesn't beat a team like Chelsea. Hopefully Barca will finish them off in the second leg. My only fear is that Barca will be missing defenders plus they have to play Real Madrid at the weekend. It will be footballs loss though if Chelsea get to the final. Considering all the money that has been spent on them they still aren't anywhere near being the best in Europe..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Well, that was a boring match. Barcelona are by far the better team and actually know how to play football. Chelsea just lobbed every player behind the ball and hacked their way to a draw. They got the tactics right on the night I suppose. Yet what are they going to do at home? Surely they will need to try to play some football. If they do then I can see Barca hammering them. Unless Chelsea go ultra defensive again. Such a shame when the best footballing team (and the better overall team) doesn't beat a team like Chelsea. Hopefully Barca will finish them off in the second leg. My only fear is that Barca will be missing defenders plus they have to play Real Madrid at the weekend. It will be footballs loss though if Chelsea get to the final. Considering all the money that has been spent on them they still aren't anywhere near being the best in Europe..... If Chelsea beat Barcalona next week then they deserve to be in the final. If they play 10 behind the ball and go through on penalties then I would agree with you but I don't think they will be doing that in front of their own fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Well, that was a boring match. Barcelona are by far the better team and actually know how to play football. Chelsea just lobbed every player behind the ball and hacked their way to a draw. They got the tactics right on the night I suppose. Yet what are they going to do at home? Surely they will need to try to play some football. If they do then I can see Barca hammering them. Unless Chelsea go ultra defensive again. Such a shame when the best footballing team (and the better overall team) doesn't beat a team like Chelsea. Hopefully Barca will finish them off in the second leg. My only fear is that Barca will be missing defenders plus they have to play Real Madrid at the weekend. It will be footballs loss though if Chelsea get to the final. Considering all the money that has been spent on them they still aren't anywhere near being the best in Europe..... If Chelsea beat Barcalona next week then they deserve to be in the final. If they play 10 behind the ball and go through on penalties then I would agree with you but I don't think they will be doing that in front of their own fans. I don't think they will do that infront of their own fans either. Which means that if Barca aren't worn out after their game against Real Madrid then they should thump Chelsea. They are by far the superior team. I can't stand Chelsea at all and would hate for the prawn sandwich brigade to win the CL. In my opinion it would show all that has gone wrong with football in modern times. If they win it then they will effectively have paid for the CL. Call me old fashioned but it just seems like a shame and shows how football has gone downhill. For that reason I hope Barca roll them over at the Bridge and show them how to play football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 barca i think still have caceres at CB to come in, good player but hardly ever plays messi wont be that poor twice either, i can see barca wiining it on away goals 1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I can’t see them playing Toure at CB when he did such a good job in CM last night. Abidal has played at CB for France and Lyon before so seems the logical one unless they have a player we don’t know about or if Marquez makes a miraculous recovery. Hleb wouldn’t take Toure’s place if it did happen anyway… Keita or Busquets are his replacements for the DM position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mileage Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I don't think they will do that infront of their own fans either. Which means that if Barca aren't worn out after their game against Real Madrid then they should thump Chelsea. They are by far the superior team. I can't stand Chelsea at all and would hate for the prawn sandwich brigade to win the CL. In my opinion it would show all that has gone wrong with football in modern times. If they win it then they will effectively have paid for the CL. Call me old fashioned but it just seems like a shame and shows how football has gone downhill. For that reason I hope Barca roll them over at the Bridge and show them how to play football. Barcelona are not a much better team than Chelsea like was shown agaisnt Man Utd last year they had all the possession but couldnt do anything with it. Barcelona have a much stronger attack, Chelsea have a much stronger defense even when missing two first team defenders. And its not like Barcelona do not spend a huge amount of money on players its not just Chelsea. Barca spent getting on £40-£50m this season, and around £60m the season before that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I don't think they will do that infront of their own fans either. Which means that if Barca aren't worn out after their game against Real Madrid then they should thump Chelsea. They are by far the superior team. I can't stand Chelsea at all and would hate for the prawn sandwich brigade to win the CL. In my opinion it would show all that has gone wrong with football in modern times. If they win it then they will effectively have paid for the CL. Call me old fashioned but it just seems like a shame and shows how football has gone downhill. For that reason I hope Barca roll them over at the Bridge and show them how to play football. Barcelona are not a much better team than Chelsea like was shown agaisnt Man Utd last year they had all the possession but couldnt do anything with it. Barcelona have a much stronger attack, Chelsea have a much stronger defense even when missing two first team defenders. And its not like Barcelona do not spend a huge amount of money on players its not just Chelsea. Barca spent getting on £40-£50m this season, and around £60m the season before that... Yes but Barcelone don't have a rich Russian that has suddenly popped out of nowhere and is throwing money at them. They have built their success much like Man Utd. Chelsea were going nowhere until Abramovich showed up. Barcelona had won things in the past whereas Chelsea had won very little. There is a big difference between the two financially. Barcelona have made the money they have spent on players, whereas Chelsea have got it from a rich Russian that wants to use them as a toy. Big difference..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danversp Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 how ironic would it be that Arsenal won the hampions league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 im not rly interested in tonights game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 im not rly interested in tonights game Firstly, why post then? Secondly, I am watching now, hoping ofr lots of goals and fighting but can see it being another tactical game..... as I write Tevez should have scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted April 29, 2009 Author Moderator Share Posted April 29, 2009 Was that a great save or a bad miss? I'd say a little of both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted April 29, 2009 Author Moderator Share Posted April 29, 2009 **** it who cares, GOAL **** off Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danversp Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Man Utd. all over Arsenal, should be at least one up now they are ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Utd score (o'shea) and it could be 3 with 2 fine saves from Almunia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 United, Arsenal games are always terrefic.....it's just a fact! Emirates game earlier in the season was the best game i've seen this season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted April 29, 2009 Author Moderator Share Posted April 29, 2009 United, Arsenal games are always terrefic.....it's just a fact! Emirates game earlier in the season was the best game i've seen this season! Its Off topic but personally the best I've seen was Arsenal v Spurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecatmanbeep Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Man Utd are so much better with Tevez up front. The speed of their attack is frightening with him instead of Berba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparey16 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 personally best ive seen is villa v everton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I usually love the lots of goals games, but In pure footballing terms, it was just chance after chance after chance, so much great football. another good save from Almunia, Ronaldo didn't connect with his header properly, great game though, it's what sets English teams away from the European teams at that moment, that extra tempo each team seems to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted April 29, 2009 Author Moderator Share Posted April 29, 2009 personally best ive seen is villa v everton Everton v Villa was far better. In response to the other post, yes Utd are far better with Tevez rather than Berbatov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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