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CL Final: United -v- Chelsea

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    im a neutral (villa fan)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,049 ✭✭✭✭adox


    Great to see that no players will miss the final through yellow card suspensions.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,046 ✭✭✭eZe^


    Chelsea have won my support for the final to be honest. And it's not because Man Utd beat Barca, I can't explain, but for some reason, I've just warmed a little to them. I absolutely hated Lampard for so long, and today after all that has happened, he played excellently again(despite everything), setting up drogba in the first half when he tapped it wide. His pass to Kalou for the goal was a peach too. But when I saw him crying on the ground in celebration of his penalty, I was actually close to tears myself, I felt genuinely sad.


    Also, in the post match interview, Avram talked about why he fell to the floor in celebration at the end of the game. It was because its holocaust day back in Israel and he was remember all of the people on his fathers side of the family who were murdered. He has been treated unfairly in my opinion, he has received anit-semitic death threats, his wife has been threatened and white powder was sent to him. Its seriously ridiculous, I feel sorry for the guy to be honest, he doesn't deserve this treatment.


    I honestly will be behind Chelsea FC 100% for this final, it would be a great achievement despite the constant criticism this whole season. I hope that Ballack and Essien can also continue their performances, they've been fantastic lately. Plus, I'd like to see Ten Cates notching up another CL.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,714 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    eZe^ wrote: »
    Chelsea have won my support for the final to be honest. And it's not because Man Utd beat Barca, I can't explain, but for some reason, I've just warmed a little to them. I absolutely hated Lampard for so long, and today after all that has happened, he played excellently again(despite everything), setting up drogba in the first half when he tapped it wide. His pass to Kalou for the goal was a peach too. But when I saw him crying on the ground in celebration of his penalty, I was actually close to tears myself, I felt genuinely sad.


    Also, in the post match interview, Avram talked about why he fell to the floor in celebration at the end of the game. It was because its holocaust day back in Israel and he was remember all of the people on his fathers side of the family who were murdered. He has been treated unfairly in my opinion, he has received anit-semitic death threats, his wife has been threatened and white powder was sent to him. Its seriously ridiculous, I feel sorry for the guy to be honest, he doesn't deserve this treatment.


    I honestly will be behind Chelsea FC 100% for this final, it would be a great achievement despite the constant criticism this whole season. I hope that Ballack and Essien can also continue their performances, they've been fantastic lately. Plus, I'd like to see Ten Cates notching up another CL.

    Yeah nice post.

    I think over the past week we have been reminded yet again of the wonderful determination and never say die attitude of the Chelsea squad - something that was instilled by Mourinhio and has remained this season despite all the barbs aimed at Grant and his squad. As a Liverpool fan, I'll find it easy to root for them during the final.

    AND YES - ENOUGH OF THESE ****ING POLLS!! WHO EVEN PAYS ATTENTION TO THEM ANYWAY??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    Arsenal fan, I really do not know who to support in the final, was cheering on Chelsea tonight but for the final, I really don't know, possibly United.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,235 ✭✭✭iregk


    eze thats a quality post. as a chelsea man all I can say to sum that up is thanks.

    G


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,595 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    Strange the 2 teams that reach the final played their midfield hardman at right back.

    I don't think anyone can call the final, the sentiments, romance, etc are nice, but it will come down to who wants it more on the night and who has the bollix.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,467 ✭✭✭smemon


    As a Utd fan, i'm delighted we're playing Chelsea and not Liverpool.

    Liverpool up their game on european nights and would probably spend the next 3 weeks preparing for it by resting their entire starting 11.

    Chelsea are in the same position as Utd, they must win all their remaining matches and therefore have to play full strength sides and really go for it.

    Provided Utd's back 4 remain injury free (Evra, Vidic, Rio & Brown), i think Utd will have the steel to do it. The defeat at the bridge and all the shenanigans afterwards left a bitter taste in Utd mouths and i can see this one boiling over.

    I agree Chelsea are a nicer team to stomach under Grant and there's no circus around them - they grind out results without anyone really noticing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    I'd be wary about reading too much into the game at the Bridge, considering that it was at home, and United rested some key players (Scholes, Evra, Rooney) and got injuries to Vidic early on.

    I think the game will be finely balanced, but it's ages away, and there's a league to win first.

    If I could choose right now between the two, I'd pick the league.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,077 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    PHB wrote: »
    So who's left as a neutral? Arsenal fans? City fans? Spurs fans?

    Well being a City fan does that make me a neutral even though I'm firmly behind Chelsea for the game?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 416 ✭✭Predhead


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Well being a City fan does that make me a neutral even though I'm firmly behind Chelsea for the game?


    No I think he's referring to the regular fans and not bitter fans of lesser clubs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,077 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Predhead wrote: »
    No I think he's referring to the regular fans and not bitter fans of lesser clubs.

    Meeeeow put those claws away.

    So if it was a City/Chelsea final you'd be supporting City? Nice one!

    Oh and please refer to us by our proper title - 'lesser club who beat United twice this season'.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 416 ✭✭Predhead


    I don't mean to be harsh but I just can't stand people who focus more on wishing a team to lose rather than supporting their own and when they're not playing just to enjoy whatever game. Swallow your egos and enjoy football. It's easier than wishing successful teams to always lose. And it you can't enjoy it being bitter. That's my two cents! :pac:


    P.S. Utd fan, wouldn't have liked 'Pool to win it but wouldn't care too much if they did (not against us though!).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 416 ✭✭Predhead


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Meeeeow put those claws away.

    So if it was a City/Chelsea final you'd be supporting City? Nice one!

    Oh and please refer to us by our proper title - 'lesser club who beat United twice this season'.


    I honestly wouldn't care, I'd prefer them not too maybe, but it woudln't bother me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,077 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Likewise it doesn't really bother me, I'd just like to see Chelsea win it before our biggest rivals. No disgrace in that is there?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭LuckyCharms


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Oh and please refer to us by our proper title - 'lesser club who beat United twice this season with a manager who will soon be sacked regardless'.

    Fixed that for ya :p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Het-Field


    As far as I am concerned Manchester United are the only true English team left in the competition. Chelsea have bough their success thus far. Look at Manutd. Who scored the goal that got them to the final ? Paul Scholes. I remember when Scholesy was a wee lad scoring two goals against Port Vale in a League Cup tie in 1994, before almost chipping Busquets

    Lampard and Drogba cost 34Million between the two


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 416 ✭✭Predhead


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Likewise it doesn't really bother me, I'd just like to see Chelsea win it before our biggest rivals. No disgrace in that is there?


    Not at all, it's just when people practically spit venom at other fans/clubs and it would ruin they're year if a team they didn't like won.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 416 ✭✭Predhead


    Originally Posted by Xavi6 viewpost.gif
    Oh and please refer to us by our proper title - 'lesser club who beat United twice this season with a manager who will soon be sacked regardless'.
    Fixed that for ya :p



    Well done, a few more of those and you's will be nearly on a par with West Ham! :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,077 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Fixed that for ya :p

    :o Sad but true
    Het-Field wrote: »
    As far as I am concerned Manchester United are the only true English team left in the competition. Chelsea have bough their success thus far. Look at Manutd. Who scored the goal that got them to the final ? Paul Scholes. I remember when Scholesy was a wee lad scoring two goals against Port Vale in a League Cup tie in 1994, before almost chipping Busquets

    Lampard and Drogba cost 34Million between the two

    And Rio Ferdinand cost how much? Or Wayne Rooney?

    Isn't John Terry just as home grown as Scholes?
    Predhead wrote: »
    Not at all, it's just when people practically spit venom at other fans/clubs and it would ruin they're year if a team they didn't like won.

    Ah yeah I know what you mean. Of course I want United to lose but if they're the better team on the night and deserve to win then I'll be the first one to say as much and won't lose any sleep over it.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,391 ✭✭✭One Cold Hand


    PHB wrote: »

    If I could choose right now between the two, I'd pick the league.

    Out of interest, I wonder what the players would pick? I reckon the Champions League, considering they won the League last year.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 416 ✭✭Predhead


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    :o Sad but true



    And Rio Ferdinand cost how much? Or Wayne Rooney?

    Isn't John Terry just as home grown as Scholes?



    Ah yeah I know what you mean. Of course I want United to lose but if they're the better team on the night and deserve to win then I'll be the first one to say as much and won't lose any sleep over it.


    Yeah nice one. No point getting a ulcer over it! ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 416 ✭✭Predhead


    Het-Field wrote: »
    As far as I am concerned Manchester United are the only true English team left in the competition. Chelsea have bough their success thus far. Look at Manutd. Who scored the goal that got them to the final ? Paul Scholes. I remember when Scholesy was a wee lad scoring two goals against Port Vale in a League Cup tie in 1994, before almost chipping Busquets

    Lampard and Drogba cost 34Million between the two


    I assume you mean that Utd got to the level they are over the years through hard work and well run club generally, youth system etc (though not recently).

    Whereas Chelsea have paid money to get to where Utd and Liverpool are, we've spent money to sustain it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Likewise it doesn't really bother me, I'd just like to see Chelsea win it before our biggest rivals. No disgrace in that is there?


    Doesnt the term rival mean someone your in competition with??? sorry now, but your actual rivals are Portsmouth, Villa, Everton, West Ham and all the other teams that dont have a hope of playing champions league football this season!! :)

    We are on a level above you, therefore not a rivel, a hated adversary maybe, but rivals... nah

    Another good performance by the Chelski tonight, starting to get bad feelings about a Chelsea double here lads....The only hope i can take to stop this siberian express is that they have got to be feeling the strain and fatigue at this stage, two really tough games spent running non stop in such a short time, surely they will be tired and slip up hopefully in the league, the way Ballack is playing at the moment is making me feel worse about never getting to see him in a united shirt, what a player. he is on a mission and will be hard to stop by the looks of it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,077 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    kryogen wrote: »
    Doesnt the term rival mean someone your in competition with??? sorry now, but your actual rivals are Portsmouth, Villa, Everton, West Ham and all the other teams that dont have a hope of playing champions league football this season!! :)

    We are on a level above you, therefore not a rivel, a hated adversary maybe, but rivals... nah

    So your only rivals are Arsenal and Chelsea? We must be in the same category as Liverpool so seeing as they don't challenge you for the league either. I can live with that and taking six points from our 'adversary'.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,750 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    United fan, not so sure how it'll turn out. As PHB said, we've a league to win first, and I'd prefer to win that than the CL.

    Match has the potential to be a cracker, but as happenes sometimes, both teams cancel each other out and the match becomes boring. I think we can win it, though


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭tomred1


    I really think Chelsea can win, i dont think they will suffer from Fatigue as looking at satats, only 2 Chelsea players have played over 25 games this season.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭delija_sever029


    Still a lot of time till final,Chelsea deserved to won last night while Liverpool was awfull,i still hope United will win this final although Chelski will play at home so i am a bit suspicious of some set up's there.....


  • Posts: 14,379 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    PHB wrote: »
    I'd be wary about reading too much into the game at the Bridge, considering that it was at home, and United rested some key players (Scholes, Evra, Ronaldo, Tevez) and got injuries to Vidic early on and Rooney near half time and Anderson not long after.

    I think the game will be finely balanced, but it's ages away, and there's a league to win first.

    If I could choose right now between the two, I'd pick the league.

    Corrected for ya there!! :pac::pac::pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,173 ✭✭✭✭kmart6


    Right people were saying here that it would all depend on who wins the league!

    United won it....they'll be on a high now,Chelsea might have been ok if they had won,but that draw might get them a bit!

    Anyone notice the way Ferguson was sayin how if they'd lost they'd find it hard,but since they won how there bouncing into it!

    Chelsea are going to have to lift themselves!


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