Steve

Smiler from FCBes.com has answered some questions on tonight's crucial UCL Semi Final Second Leg with Barcelona! Barcelona have lost their last two games, do you think this will effect you going into the second leg of our Champions League encounter? This could work in one of two ways. 1) The proper, (couldn't bring my self to say real) Barca team arrive, pride hurt and angry, ready to show the world (or the press) that they've been written off too soon and play an absolute blinder, qualifying easily for the final. Alternatively, 2. Confidence low, they start off slowly, the crowd begin to get on their backs. It looks like the season has ground to an anti climax. Then, against all expectation and against the run of play, 30 seconds into the game, Messi, with his first touch scores the first of his 5 goals for the night, as Barca easily qualify for the final After losing to Real Madrid on the weekend, Barca are now sitting 7 points a drift from retaining the La Liga title. Do you think you still have a chance of making up the difference? No. We needed to win on Saturday to stand any chance of winning La Liga this season. It looked to me that you went out with a full squad against Real Madrid, do you think this will effect the players and will there be any changed for the second leg? Pique will return to help nullify the expected aerial threat from Chelsea. He's been injured and Pep gambled on Saturday in not playing him. It backfired with their first goal. What were your thoughts on the first leg between Chelsea and Barcelona and do you think Chelsea's play was too negative or spot on? Chelsea got lucky. Barca will never create that many chances again without scoring. After Chelseas scored, the negative spoiling tactics were always going to happen. This will be how Chelsea begin tomorrow nights game And finally, what is your prediction for the second leg of our Champions League Semi Final and who will progress to the final? If Barca score early, I predict a 3-0 win for us in normal time. If Barca score late I predict a 3-0 win in extra time.

HQ Training Photos http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/13035-hq-pictures-barcelona-v-chelsea-training/

No one deserves the title more then Juve this season, anyone that says otherwise is a clueless twat.

Bloody nervouse i am mate, hopefully we can hold onto our 1-0 lead! Welcome to the forum also, stick around!

Welcome lads!

Need to hold on now mate. Big test for the rest of the season!

What time Kerry, it starts a 4.30am here in Aus!

The thing the annoys me so much about this is that United played Barca twice in two finals and lost both times. To beat Barca you need to play the way we did otherwise it will not happen because they are so strong on the ball. There is no point attacking them otherwise they will punish you on the counter. Just look at how Madrid beat them on the weekend, by playing counter attack but no one questioned there tactics.

Nvm Put it this way, I will back Chelsea before Juve any day of the week. I just don't like twats that call Juve cheats when they clearly know nothing about the situation and the history of the club.

I don't understand how Van Der Sar can say that?? What a fucking twat...

This is simple, Sturridge has plenty of potential and he knows he does which is great because it brings out confidence. But his laziness and his selfishness make him look bad to Chelsea fans and other fans. I understand he is not a winger or has he been brought up to play on the right side. But he has been given a job to do by our coaches and he should do it either way. He has all the ability in the world to play on that right side but instead of making smart decisions that is going to keep him in the squad he makes stupid ones that force him out. Some of the great central strikers around the world have started there careers on the wings, that's not because it is there natural position that is because they listen to there coach and accept the playing time that they're are given. He is still young and has so much time ahead of him but if he is going to sulk and not give his all he should not be at a big club, and the reason for that is because he has a small club mentality. At a club like Chelsea or any other big team you play for the team first and your pride second. With Daniel it is completely the opposite, the amount of games this season we could of won if he had of put his head up and done the simple instead of the impossible might of changed the clubs fortune and his own and determined the amount of game time he gets. He started so brightly this season and was actually our leading goal scorer for a bit but when you see players like Drogba who play for the team come back into the squad you will never get annoyed that Sturridge is on the bench. Reasons being is because someone like Drogba is so strong in front of goal, just like Daniel but when Drogs sees a better option he will give it off instead of going for glory himself. This all comes with time and hopefully he will learn from his mistakes but from where i see things, it does not look like Daniel wants to learn and he wants to be the center of attention.

Anyone want to do a preview for the Barca return leg?

Quality game going on here!

Because you need 50 posts or more so people don't just come on here to download the photos and not contribute to the forum.

Downloads Match - Photos - http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/13021-hq-pictures-arsenal-v-chelsea-2142012/

Thanks for this Alex!

Here are some average highlights of the goals only. Esk will post up some better highlights soon!

He has scored a bag full of goals for Chelsea but no one really remembers them. 60 goals for Chelsea from 143 games. 106 of them coming on from the bench, pretty impressive if you ask me.

Chelsea v Arsenal rewind is on Chelsea tv and is pretty good!!

Great win by the lads, missed it because I didnt have internet in the hotel i am in this morning and only just got it connected now. Waits for Esk's hightlights Also just made this its own topic.

Mata was the only one doing it I used to practice this every day with a tennis ball, i think the most I got was some thing like 188. Not as easy as it looks it's pretty difficult learning tricks and stuff like that and takes a lot of practice.

Go for it!