Chelsea Battle Plans leaked

growler · 30-11-2005 6:21pm #1

Interesting reading for those interested in football tactics, the story is that this document was supposedly lost by Makalele after the Newcastle game, it may well be a fake but the details would suggest it is not.

PDF here:

whiskeyman · 30-11-2005 6:24pm

Cant download it... that hosting site seems rubbish.
Got a feeling I know what it is... but can you cut and paste it into a jpeg or something?

Pepe LeFrits · 30-11-2005 6:26pm

whiskeyman wrote:

Cant download it... that hosting site seems rubbish.

seconded

MrJoeSoap · 30-11-2005 6:28pm

http://www.badongo.com/download.php?id=21827

growler · 30-11-2005 6:33pm

just tried it again and it's woking fine for me, it is nearly 5mb though so not 56k friendly , too big to attach here I imagine ! how the hell do I save a PDF as a jpeg ?

whiskeyman · 30-11-2005 6:33pm

MrJoeSoap wrote:

http://www.badongo.com/download.php?id=21827

just brings me to main page.

I'll cut to the chase... is it just a rough sheet of paper with "We will win" or "score more than them" written on it?

Probably doesnt auto open as I've internet security here... wont allow for such.

growler · 30-11-2005 6:35pm

no, it's 5 pages of detailed analysis of newcastle tactics, formations, set pieces, weaknesses and details of how to play against them.

such cynicism :eek:

whiskeyman · 30-11-2005 6:42pm

growler wrote:

no, it's 5 pages of detailed analysis of newcastle tactics, formations, set pieces, weaknesses and details of how to play against them.

such cynicism :eek:

haha.. sorry man

Sounds interesting alright.

homerjay540 · 30-11-2005 6:49pm

... Given inconsistant in croses. Uses punches to clear croses.

is that true? i would have thought given is very comptant defending crosses. i know he is small but he jumps well, is strong and has good hands.

MrJoeSoap · 30-11-2005 6:54pm

Given does like a punch, but he is quite good at them and gets distance on them.

If this document is a hoax it is quite an elaborate one (and also quite sad).

If not, José M is some man.

eirebhoy · 30-11-2005 7:10pm

homerjay540 wrote:

is that true? i would have thought given is very comptant defending crosses. i know he is small but he jumps well, is strong and has good hands.

All its saying is he doesn't do the same thing over and over (consistantly).

MrJoeSoap · 01-12-2005 12:10am

Given had a bad flap at a cross tonight.

s8n · 01-12-2005 12:19am

can someone re-host this pls

MrJoeSoap · 01-12-2005 12:38am

http://rapidshare.de/files/8411270/19-11-2005.pdf.html

mchurl · 01-12-2005 1:43pm

some hoax if it is or else the special one really likes details:p

eirebhoy · 01-12-2005 2:04pm

Why is it called match "report"?

seabee · 01-12-2005 2:20pm

mchurl wrote:

..... or else the special one really likes detail

I'd say this type of document does exist but the one shown on the website must have came via e-mail from somebody in chelsea.If it was something that Makelele left behind him it would probably have been a printed document therefore it would have to be scanned in to make the pdf file.
I think these type of documents are real because I was watching a documentary about "The Special One" and some of the players were interview and they said that he goes into a lot of detail and he can sometimes predict how they (Chelsea) will score, who will score & when it will happen - that's why he doesn't always get excited when they score - he knew it was going to happen!

Third_Echelon · 01-12-2005 3:51pm

You know, I wouldn't put it past Jose to have something like this for every game....

chiller · 01-12-2005 4:27pm

id say its true havent seen it yet but gonna download it now and c it wouldnt put anything past the special one at dis stage

growler · 01-12-2005 4:33pm

I'd have thought that all prem teams have such preparation done in advance of their games, regardless of the opposition, it's just interesting to see the level of detail that they go into.