capriccioso 2,545 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I'd like to see Kalou start. We can't have a situation where Alves gets a whole flank to himself just because Sturridge won't defend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I'd like to see Kalou start. We can't have a situation where Alves gets a whole flank to himself just because Sturridge won't defend.The only problem with kalou starting is he gives away possession on the counter. we saw that happen numerous times early on at wembley and if that happens on wednesday, barca will fry us . i think rdm should have a talk with kalou and calm him because he is better than sturridge for this game although i like the idea of the napoli game - sturridge on the right and ramires on the left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo 1,729 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Fuck is Luiz out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 He's not the calmest on the ball, but he can produce some superb passes. The through ball to Mata was as good as any pass I've seen all year.Maybe he's the technical playmaker we're after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 That's what annoys me a lot about Barcelona. Their fans and even the whole club itself have become so fucking arrogant after a couple of glorious years and now they think all their opponents will just peacefully bend over and be raped without even putting up a fight. The pitch at San Siro was horrible when they played against Milan but so fucking what? It was in a bad condition when they played against Arsenal too and even Wenger, who usually whines like a baby over little things, just shut up and admitted that Milan were the better side. And what do Barcelona do? They lodge an official complaint to UEFA about the pitch condition and like the whiney hypocrites they are they then send Guardiola to tell the media they're better than the rest and a big club like Barcelona doesn't cry over such matters.In addition to games in Europe they cry over pitch conditions in their domestic league as well. Barcelona and Real Madrid fuck over the smaller clubs by unfairly taking more money from TV revenue than the other 18 clubs combined whereas in the PL every team receives pretty much the same amount of money. In Spain the smaller clubs can't even pay their players' wages properly and these arrogant motherfuckers think it's fair to demand that every club should have their pitches in pristine condition because that's the way they like to play football. Bitch please. edit: I take back my words regarding Arsene Wenger. It seems he was being a whining cunt after all. I don't think they are being arrogant, their game rely on quick ground pass and a bad pitch really hinder their game.If you watched barca vs milan. The pitch was really poor, player kept slipping and the ball moves really slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane 2,275 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Chelsea 1-0, Lampard to score - 100/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I don't think they are being arrogant, their game rely on quick ground pass and a bad pitch really hinder their game.If you watched barca vs milan. The pitch was really poor, player kept slipping and the ball moves really slow.Of course but I'd say it's a little arrogant for them to think their opponents will just make the pitch on their own stadiums to be just the way the away team likes it to be and therefore reduce their home advantage. Wouldn't that be a bit counterproductive? When Barcelona are already the better side then why should they be helped by these little things too rather than try narrowing the gap between the teams by making them play on a pitch they're clearly not comfortable playing on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. 57 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 We are a fucking small club, we want to be a fucking small club, why do they think thats an insult to us? Small club > big club any day. We still have a soul, an identity. This mes que un club shit may have been true in 1899 or whatever but not today, you are more than a club if you're a big club, you are the reason for footballs downfall.We're just a small club in Fulham, just a small club in Fulham.....Edit: Right, lets see what being a big club gets you. Here's a post from a die hard Barcelona fan born and raised in Chelmsford:You get glory hunting twats like these supporting your club. Crushing a club and teaching lessons? What is this, primary school?I know that it seems hypocritical of me to defend myself as a non-plastic and yet accuse him, because both of us are overseas fans but let me put in some context. Outside of Europe and South America, the Premier League receives by far the widest coverage, and in the case of Australia, the only coverage on the media. Other leagues are never acknowledged here, Barcelona are never spoken of as current La Liga champions they're always the Champions of Europe. Add into the bargain that our domestic league is pretty poor barring one team and was only created 5 or 6 years ago, I was a Chelsea fan before we even had a league at all, the NSL was nearly defunct by the time I started paying attention to football. The same can be said for the multitude of non-European fans of any other English club. Once you leave English shores though, it begins to look a bit suspect, unless you have a family tradition of supporting that club. I can confirm that its not just the Anglo-Saxon world where the EPL gets the biggest coverage, I have been to Sri Lanka and India and in both countries the EPL was the only football broadcast- the domestic leagues didnt even get a look in on pay tv.This guy, however, is from England, where I imagine La Liga gets not much more coverage than it does over here, he has a very good league to pick a team from, I'll bet his country had a league that didn't fall apart before he was born, and yet, he supports Barcelona.Very good points mate. I don't however see how supporting a team from another country makes you plastic? I've supported chelsea for an easy 3-4 years more then I started following A-league, and will always love chelsea much more, have stronger support for and follow closer than any A-league club that I will ever support, why? because football in our country is purely fucked. They couldn't get their shit together with the NSL, and they way things are going the A-League is going to be dead in a few years. So supporting international clubs is an okay output for situations like this. However this bloke from ENGLAND, being die-hard about a spanish team just isn't right, when he has one of the worlds biggest and best leagues on his home soil. I'm not having a go at anyone, just giving my opinion, and reading this as I'm writing it I think i've somewhat agreed with your argument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,489 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Fuck is Luiz out?out of the first leg most probably. cahill is a good enough replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 all they care about are the pitch conditions LMAOThey want to know if the Pitch is soft enough so they can dive and flop around on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklyFrank 103 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 http://www.barcaforum.com/showthread.php/8914-CL-Chelsea-FC-Barcelona :lol2:Honestly I nearly started crying I was laughing so hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santiago. 1,500 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 http://www.barcaforu...ea-FC-Barcelona :lol2:Honestly I nearly started crying I was laughing so hard.Had a dream we got through do to a controversial penalty in the 90th minute, then about 10 of us created barca accounts and trolled the living fuck out of that Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 "it [our pitch] looks really small ...maybe because it ends right after the lines. feel kinda sorry for the linesmen.PS i just made some measurements. it looks more like 63-64 meters wide. that little tap between the corner and 16m box is 9.15meters. from there to the 16m line is aprox. 2 meters. and from the middle of the goal to that point is 20.16.(16.5+half of the goal which is 3.66) 9.15+2+20.16 x2 all that and it is 31.31x2=62.62" LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnie_666 1,081 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Lol I had a dream/nightmare...that Barcelona score in the 35th minute of the game and the Referee declares the match Over. Over to Nou Camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranklyFrank 103 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 "it [our pitch] looks really small ...maybe because it ends right after the lines. feel kinda sorry for the linesmen.PS i just made some measurements. it looks more like 63-64 meters wide. that little tap between the corner and 16m box is 9.15meters. from there to the 16m line is aprox. 2 meters. and from the middle of the goal to that point is 20.16.(16.5+half of the goal which is 3.66) 9.15+2+20.16 x2 all that and it is 31.31x2=62.62" LOLHaha a barca fan trying to do math = complete failure! I vote we troll the forum if we win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,439 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 http://www.barcaforu...ea-FC-Barcelona :lol2:Honestly I nearly started crying I was laughing so hard.Well, not all their posts are bad...there's a bit of respect here and there:I've talked with Pep and we make the following up:---------Valdés----------Alvés--Piqué--Masch--Puyol--------Busquets---------------Xavi-----Keita-------Pedro-------------Alexis-----------Messi----------Then I talked to coach Chelsea's John Terry, and thus put up:------------Cech------------Ivanovic--Terry--Cahill--Cashley-----------Essien----------------Lampard-----Ramirez-----Torres-------------------Mata----------Drogba------------When you stand in a semi-final in the CL, you should not even feel confident advancement. At this point, any team to do it with one in a few seconds of inattention.I am personally in no doubt that Chelsea come out to defend against us. It could have been interesting to see Messi against David Luiz, but he seems to be out with a muscle injury. Terry is not as mobile as he once was, but he is one of the best defender in the world in the field still. I think Cahill gets ranks as the second center-back. He seems to be a typical heavy defensive player, good in the air, prescient, but maybe not so fast. Ivanovic and Cole are experienced backs, which is still relatively fast. I do not think we will do 1on1 trough the flanks as much. Chelsea is also used to defend widely in PL. This however serves us a bit better, because we love playing our way through the middle.Chelsea usually play with three in midfield, making it more complicated to find a space between their defense and midfield, where Messi can usually have it as the yolk of an egg. Their midfield is likely to be Ramirez, Essien and Lampard. I do not think Di Matteo has the balls to do otherwise. We have played against midfields that was faster, more technical and more fierce than theirs. Lampard will come to look like a dog in a game of pins. I think they're going to focus so much on defending their midfield will not bring much going forward. In the first match I think we make up relatively defensively. Caring for being away from home in the CL. I believe in a midfield consisting of Busquets, Xavi and Keita while we have our two most hardworking wings in the game in the form of Pedro and Alexis.Their attackers are anything but good at finding each other. But with the likes of Torres and Drogba can never be sure of anything. They can easily zip-on-one get the opportunity. We know about Mata from Valencia. Although he should be their MVP, I think he's Alves feed. Torres, Kalou or Sturridge should be taken well care of by Puyol. In the vicinity of our defense coming Torres to handle the ball as Paris Hilton handles toilet cleaning. If his first touch was poor before, so it becomes even worse if he pressed. Problems arise in the running duel with him. If he played free, he can run away from our entire defense. Therefore, pressure on the ball carrier and location of strong defensive players are a must. I expect to Drogba, who is in great form at present, start at the top. One of their biggest threats are the set pieces in the air game. It is not nice. I therefore expect a defensive chain of header powerful people like Alves, Piqué, Puyol and Mascherano and Busquets and Keita in midfield.I think we'll see a fairly tactical Barca in the first match. We will play more controlled than usual. I believe in a 1-1 or a narrow victory.Chelsea know the difference among Catalans and Spaniards:Class club. Maybe we should try something just like Napoli? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Haha a barca fan trying to do math = complete failure! I vote we troll the forum if we win!Oh yeah, would be rude not to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSanti 290 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Well, not all their posts are bad...there's a bit of respect here and there:Maybe we should try something just like Napoli?Never, they are Barcelona, kick their arses, that's only way to deal with this scum shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomCFC 357 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Maybe we should try something just like Napoli?No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Oh look, another player before a CL clash running their mouth again...http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/apr/16/dani-alves-chelsea-barcelona-fear"There is no doubt that was the hardest game we have played, with everything that was at stake, the moment and everything that happened," Alves said. "People say Chelsea could have won but for the referee but that is not our problem. We do not control the referees. We are there to play football, to compete and to try to reach the final. What can we do about the referee?"Chelsea did not reach the final because of fear. The team that has got a man more, is playing at home and winning should have attacked us more. But of course, if you don't have that [attacking] concept of football that Barcelona have, you stay back and you get knocked out. You have to go forward. Stay back: losers. Go forward: winners. I think Chelsea lacked the courage to take a step forward and attack us. They paid for it."Alves admitted Barcelona's players were surprised Chelsea had not played with more attacking ambition after Eric Abidal's dismissal and that they drew encouragement from their hosts' approach. "At that moment we realised they had renounced the game," he said. "We realised that at 1-0 they were satisfied but they forgot that at 1-1 we were through and that is what happened. All they did is get the ball and get rid of it. Ball here, hit it long; ball there, hit it long! They never took that step forward. In other words they gifted us possession. And the worst thing you can do with Barcelona is give them possession." :rant: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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