Kellfire
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Why is being better in attack better than being better in defence?
Are you really so blinkered in football?
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Why is being better in attack better than being better in defence?
Are you really so blinkered in football?
BeachGolfer
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Most satisfying part of this evenings entertainment? Seeing that ? Platini handing over that massive pot to a British team.
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That's up to you if that's what rocks your boat but you are in a very small minority.
Awful to watch,fact.
In_The_Rough
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Sometimes you have to win ugly, Man Utd have been Masters at it, Italian and German teams have been at it for years so hats off I say. Great to get and English teams name on the trophy again and a new one at that. Off to pour another Beer now and watch the highlights. Cheers and a safe journey home to all the CFC fans in Munich and best wishes to Arry
Kellfire
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Ask a Bayern fan if, until Drogba scored, that was a bad match to watch.
Did you actually watch the game or are you on the wind up??
There was only one team trying to win it and it wasn't the team in blue.It was a poor poor game and the winners had a massive part to play in it.
Personally I couldn't watch a team play like that but hey their brand of football has won the prize,possibly the worst team to watch over the seasons comp to have won the big cup but they do have it.
Kellfire
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You really don't understand football at all, do you?
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To a certain extent I agree with dodger but if you play good football and get. knocked out in the quarters every year like arsenal then I can't see the point of being in that competition.
Sometimes you do have to be defensive and get the result by stifling the better side that's tactics.
Chelsea have knocked out some good sides this season to get to the final but the antics of drogba in the 1st leg against barca leaves a very sour taste on this victory.
Sometimes you do have to be defensive and get the result by stifling the better side that's tactics.
Chelsea have knocked out some good sides this season to get to the final but the antics of drogba in the 1st leg against barca leaves a very sour taste on this victory.
Yes,thanks.
Funnily enough I was just thinking you are clearly not the most educated when it comes to the game.
AuburnWarrior
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I think it's worth noting that this wasn't Chelsea's strongest team and three of the back four were carrying injuries so Chelsea were never going to go hell for leather.
I don't think it helped that it was 0-0 until the 80th minute. I reckon it would have been a good game if one of the teams had scored in the first half. At 1-1 I thought it became a fairly attacking game considering what's at stake.
Also, much has been said about Drogba but I thought he played well tonight (bar the penalty.....
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I don't think it helped that it was 0-0 until the 80th minute. I reckon it would have been a good game if one of the teams had scored in the first half. At 1-1 I thought it became a fairly attacking game considering what's at stake.
Also, much has been said about Drogba but I thought he played well tonight (bar the penalty.....
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Kellfire
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You're the one suggesting that winning isn't the most important thing. Well in.
I aint questioning the tactics,I'm questioning the need for them,team worth millions yet chose to park a bus and in doing that they made for a bloody awful game to watch.....again.
Re Drogba Stuart,it puzzles me why the pundits pull their chains over him....a bigger cheat on a football pitch you will struggle to find yet they love him.
I think it's worth noting that this wasn't Chelsea's strongest team and three of the back four were carrying injuries so Chelsea were never going to go hell for leather.
I don't think it helped that it was 0-0 until the 80th minute. I reckon it would have been a good game if one of the teams had scored in the first half. At 1-1 I thought it became a fairly attacking game considering what's at stake.
Also, much has been said about Drogba but I thought he played well tonight (bar the penalty.....
And the hosts had a depleted team too don't forget.
Kellfire
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a bigger cheat on a football pitch you will struggle to find yet they love him.
How many Bayern players claimed throw ins or corners they knew weren't theirs tonight?
Every one is a cheat.
You are such a typical, cookie cutter football fan.
Neddy
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Have to agree with Kellfire.
There is no "right" way to play football, as long as you play within the rules of course. Some teams play like Chelsea, some like Stoke, some like Barcelona. Most somewhere in between. Variety is the spice of life and all that.
Chelsea did go into the game with a defensive mentality. It was up to Bayern to break them down, which in fact they did reasonably successfully. But they were wasteful and have only themselves to blame for not winning IMO.
I actually agree with Dodger in that I don't think Chelsea needed to play that way against Bayern. They are good, bot not so good they demanded that much respect.
There is no "right" way to play football, as long as you play within the rules of course. Some teams play like Chelsea, some like Stoke, some like Barcelona. Most somewhere in between. Variety is the spice of life and all that.
Chelsea did go into the game with a defensive mentality. It was up to Bayern to break them down, which in fact they did reasonably successfully. But they were wasteful and have only themselves to blame for not winning IMO.
I actually agree with Dodger in that I don't think Chelsea needed to play that way against Bayern. They are good, bot not so good they demanded that much respect.
AxelBenito
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I am a Chelsea fan and didn't think we'd get past Napoli. I don't care if we didn't entertain some people, doesn't matter how you win it.
You obviously struggle to read,try it instead of reading what you want to.
I know each and every player is a cheat but you'll struggle to find a BIGGER one than Drogba.
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I aint questioning the tactics,I'm questioning the need for them,team worth millions yet chose to park a bus and in doing that they made for a bloody awful game to watch.....again.
Re Drogba Stuart,it puzzles me why the pundits pull their chains over him....a bigger cheat on a football pitch you will struggle to find yet they love him.
Unfortunately the best team doesn't always win and I've witnessed this a few times this season.
Drogba when he 1st came to chelsea was superb though his diving and his blatant admittance to it on MOTD only to use the "I didn't understand the question" excuse turned a lot of people against him. Andy Gray used to cream himself whenever he's was commentating on chelsea games at sky.
I don't get it myself like.
Bayern had more than enough chances to put that game to bed.
sawtooth
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Chelski did all they could do. If they tried to play football they would have lost 5 nil.
They ground out a result and certainly rode their luck, a carbon copy of the Barca games in that respect.
Nobody can claim that the best team won tonight but at the end of the day - who cares. They won and thats all that matters. I hope Wenger was watching tonight and took notes on how to win ugly.
There is definitely a lesson to be learned from Chelsea's success.
They ground out a result and certainly rode their luck, a carbon copy of the Barca games in that respect.
Nobody can claim that the best team won tonight but at the end of the day - who cares. They won and thats all that matters. I hope Wenger was watching tonight and took notes on how to win ugly.
There is definitely a lesson to be learned from Chelsea's success.
Kellfire
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Yes, they can. Football is NOT all about attacking.
