Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed May 09, 2012 5:54 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

They share their ground, so they have played there as the away team.

Of course, I'd forgotten that. But it will still be a strange experience for them. And Chelsea will go into the game with an away side's underdog mentality. With 20,000 fans.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed May 09, 2012 6:01 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

The sad thing is, it's only new owners that can excite a fan base these days. Every club sees what's happened at Chelsea and Citeh, two small clubs for many a decade, and suddenly the impossible dreams become a reality.

This is the problem. Most fans from all clubs will now happily accept people who they have never heard of take over their club on the off chance they might win a few trophies. Probably can't blame the likes of Blackburn for going along with it but it's about time the fans of all clubs woke up the next time a foreign takeover is on the cards. Even city openly welcomed a war criminal in desperate attempt for silverware before being resuced by their current owners.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed May 09, 2012 6:43 pm  

Karlos13 wrote:

This is the problem. Most fans from all clubs will now happily accept people who they have never heard of take over their club on the off chance they might win a few trophies. Probably can't blame the likes of Blackburn for going along with it but it's about time the fans of all clubs woke up the next time a foreign takeover is on the cards. Even city openly welcomed a war criminal in desperate attempt for silverware before being resuced by their current owners.

At least he didnt don a shirt and practice penalties!

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed May 09, 2012 7:07 pm  

Cibaman wrote:

At least he didnt don a shirt and practice penalties!

Fair comment.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed May 09, 2012 8:40 pm  

Athleti play half as bad as that and the Copa del Rey final will be a massacre. Woeful.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed May 09, 2012 9:40 pm  

Wnidyone2012 wrote:

Blackburn will be out of the Premier league for a long long time.

Sadly yeah. It's like venky's though to themselves ''right, how can we totally screw a club over and enrage the fans in the process, let's have a bit of fun''

They just hide away in india in complete silence whilst the club rots.

I can understand why their fans are so frustrated.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed May 09, 2012 9:48 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

The man who's won more honours at Liverpool as player/manager than Chelsea have in their entire history

Unless you're now counting big attendances as major honours?

Dalglish is out of touch with the modern game and the only way you'll get rid of him is if he resigns because it's impossible to sack him.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed May 09, 2012 9:55 pm  

Wilbred T Pricklepop wrote:

Dalglish is out of touch with the modern game and the only way you'll get rid of him is if he resigns because it's impossible to sack him.

How is he out of touch with the modern game?

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed May 09, 2012 9:58 pm  

Cibaman wrote:

I think too much is being made of the home advantage. Bayern will never have played in their own ground with 20,000 away fans and a load of neutrals. It will be a very strange experience for them.

It's not just the home advantage I just think bayern will turn up, do the business and get the result.

The suspensions for chelsea are big losses and I think that, plus chelsea's congested fixture list tips it in bayerns favour far more than where the game is played.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Wed May 09, 2012 10:02 pm  

Wilbred T Pricklepop wrote:

It's not just the home advantage I just think bayern will turn up, do the business and get the result.

The suspensions for chelsea are big losses and I think that, plus chelsea's congested fixture list tips it in bayerns favour far more than where the game is played.

Bayern are a better side on paper and on the pitch. If they don't win it, it will be the biggest upset since Istanbul/Mourinho's Porto.