It's Liverpool Again

[TrueChelseaBlue 105]

got a feelin, we'll do the fuckers

[misschief 24]

I dunno, its almost a traditional part of our season now to lose to the dippers in CL.

[TrueChelseaBlue 105]

hmm thats true.. but we need revenge tbh..for 'That Goal'

[Laylabelle 9,539]

Well we played against the Turks and their fans are nothing compared to that.Their fans are overhyped anyway,got a goal down and silence.

Third time lucky,second leg at home.Be so werid if Grant does what Jose never did...wont like the guy but be crazy

We gotta knock them out,if they win it gah be hearing about it forever esp after they nearly didnt make the stages and plus doubt UEFA would be looking forward to a Man you Liverpool final.Gana be blood shed lol and if anything happens course if wont be scums fault

Edited April 9, 2008 by Laylabelle

[Ollie 4,400]

I'm over the moon that we have this chance again and this time is our time. Avoiding defeat at anfield is huge. The last player to score at SB for them was Bruno 'The Next Zidane Cheyrou like 4 years back and that was about 10 games ago in Chelsea liverpool games at SB. Would love us to nick a goal away and even 1-1 would be sweet. Coming home from the game yesterday i was so happy it was untrue, i wanted Liverpool, if i could pick any team in europe to knock out of the UCL its them. 2nd leg at SB is massive.

3rd time lucky hopefully, if they beat us again, i'll never live it down. I wouldnt be able to comprehend 3 semi KO's by liverpool in 4 years and 4 Semi KO's in 5 years. That aint worth thinking about. It just cannot fucking happen.

[Laylabelle 9,539]

It better not happen cause all we'll hear is how great they are and if they win the bloody thing considering the horror show they had during the knock out stages..gah!!

Grant is your chance to make your mark!!Dont play Heim for fuck sake and gah get it right!!!

Eeeeep bring it on!!

[Ollie 4,400]

Well our last 3 Performances at Anfield have been complete shit. We were by far second best in the league game at Anfield this season but we got away with 1-1. We never attack there and i have no idea why. Whatever happens, this tie is gonna be fucking close. The home advantage swings it in our favour i believe but that all depends what happens in the first leg.

[tlax25 0]

Well, I am probably going to get stick, but CFC v. liverpool is the last thing I wanted to see happen in the CL. Not only do we seem to not be able to beat them in the CL, the games are almost always a complete bore and terrible football. The only CL game that was entertaining, for me, was the goal-that-never-happened game. I am resigned to seeing the scousers in Moscow in May. For some reason we never play our best football against liverpool, especially in the CL.

[TrueChelseaBlue 105]

i can see why you feel that way, but please, for the sake of the team, Have faith in the Players. cos tbh Avrams fucked up.. so he aint got my backin.. but the players have.. and i feel the players want this just as much as the fans, every player dreams of winnin the CL...Ask any of em..there's not one player that doesn't wanna win it.. we need revenge for that goal that shouldnt of stood.. So lets Get behind the lads and lets do the scouse pricks like theyve never been done before.

[chelseapaul 0]

If/when we win I would love to be at the England training camp when JT and Lamps start waving their PL & CL medals in front of ickle stevie G.

Just like he and that other arab sounding vermin caraghar did the first time round.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Chelsea find themselves in a Catch 22 situation. They have to beat Everton in the league. If they do, Everton falls behind Liverpool for the 4th place race and that will give Liverpool a chance to rest their important players just before the Semis against Chelsea. If Everton are still 2-3 points behind Liverpool, then it would be interesting how Liverpool manages its team.

Chelsea dont have the luxury of resting most of their top players, as they have to beat manchester united and Everton and Newcastle, inorder to stay in the league.

Now we know why Rafa Puts UCL ahead of EPL....and this is precisely the reason why i feel we are the underdogs in the semis as Liverpool will probably have fresh legs on the field.

[Elliott 7]

I... actually feel more confident ahead of these Liverpool games than I ever did with Jose in charge. For some reason, Jose could never outwit Rafa in the Champions League, but who knows how Grant will do? If he doesn't know what he's going to do, how will Rafa know what he's going to do?

[Fulham Broadway 17,363]

I... actually feel more confident ahead of these Liverpool games than I ever did with Jose in charge. For some reason, Jose could never outwit Rafa in the Champions League, but who knows how Grant will do? If he doesn't know what he's going to do, how will Rafa know what he's going to do?

Lol good point. I think the players are up for it despite Grant. He's just the pervy school caretaker hanging round the sports field. We'll miss Essien in the first leg, there should be an appeal for that yellow -bouncing the ball ?- but in this climate of ''respect''it would fall on UEFAs deaf ears probably.

I'm confident of progression to the final, beacause of the second leg, and Abramovich in Moscow seems pre ordained.

[Badboy 1,526]

I... actually feel more confident ahead of these Liverpool games than I ever did with Jose in charge. For some reason, Jose could never outwit Rafa in the Champions League, but who knows how Grant will do? If he doesn't know what he's going to do, how will Rafa know what he's going to do?

Laugh out loud hahahahaha

[Ollie 4,400]

I actually agree with Elliott strangely enough but i reckon the last 2 wouldve been different if we were at home 2nd. Grants been lucky this time with having home advantage 2nd but i'll love to see how Grants Chelsea play at Anfield. I hope we play 4-4-2 at anfield but i know we wont.

[bombayblue™ 55]

pool are gonna be really tough but i hope we do them and then barca in the final and also win the prem in the process but on second thoughts that will earn grant a ten year contract so i'm confused

[misschief 24]

So, here we go again then? It’s time for the Dippers annual mouth-off where we’re all subjected to a drone of “Kings of Europe”, “we’ve won it 5 times”, “history”, blah, blah, blah. Even Veronin, who apparently hasn’t got a clue what they’re saying because of the “peculiar local accent”, doesn’t need an interpreter for the traditional pre-CL drivel it’s so predictable. They’re so excited bless them. No wonder it’s so hard to contain themselves though, watching everyone else play out 38 games a season while they wait for the only competition Tubby’s ever let them enter. Little wonder they feel the need to be heard then, when their whiny voices are the only things likely to be above the top three during the course of the football year.

Chelsea forums littered with posts written in the style of your average 5-year old, complete with authentic grammar reliably informing us we might as well stay at home. Now, I could say something here about this being the sensible option as far as contents insurance goes while they’re in town, but that’d be as predictable as them telling us they have the best supporters in the land. Honestly, a spot of ground decorating – they’re the boys to do it, emergency service vehicles – they’re only too willing to give a little push, they’ll even offer to hold your ticket for you! So, while they’re busy having a go at us for being “prawn sandwich eating” dispassionates - clearly a much more offensive stereotype than bin-dipping, robbing, giro worshippers eh? – they feel obliged to inform us their tickets to Moscow are already paid for (or at least will be once sufficient household goods have been secured).

Self-righteous? Arrogant? Or just a result of knowing their first team will get the customary rest in preparation? Albeit not convincingly, they have beaten us in our previous meetings in this competition, but how much can be put down to them focusing solely on one competition a year? Certainly we looked dead on our feet this time last year but they hardly outplayed us over 210 minutes. So maybe the extra time off from competitive football is well spent practising penalties? Or better still, perfecting the art of keeping their halo’s firmly in place whilst assuming the correct position for officials to pucker up? Needless to say, if its the latter then they’re right – we just can’t compete – so should we take a leaf out of Rafa’s “Ten Steps To Becoming A Glorified Cup Team” manual instead? Answers on the back of a stamp please.

Personally, I prefer being a proper team prepared to fight on all fronts. Although dogged and somewhat less than attractive at times, we’ve consistently got the necessary results over the course of the season to give Utd the title race they thought Arsenal were up for. Ok, we might not play the sexiest football, we might not dispense with teams as efficiently as we’d like, in fact, we might even scrape more than the odd game but we can justify a place in the CL at the end of the season. Finishing with a points total more befitting a middle of the table side or having the rules rewritten to accommodate you isn’t quite as satisfying as actually earning your place I’d imagine. But then, that’s assuming ‘earning’ isn’t a totally alien concept of course.

So what can we expect from this year’s almost traditional fixture? Another bore-fest? Us standing off and giving them far more respect than they deserve again? Rafa relying on his back 10 and the infamous 12th man (must mean the ref surely?)? Well, the fixtures are reversed this time so that should have some bearing on how the games are played. Rafa will surely want to wrap it up at Anfield seeing as they have failed to score at SB under his leadership. But what about Grant, how will he play it? If we manage to get an away win, will he opt for the ten-man defence at home? We’ve already seen the chaos created by his defensive tactics this season so maybe we should try to keep it as tight as we can at Anfield and go for the home win? Rafa’s record against Mourinho of course counts for nothing here and his poor attempts at mind games won’t leave an impression this time. Despite my complete lack of faith in Grant’s abilities as a manager however, the one undeniable fact this season is that we have consistently got results. Personally I think that’s more down to luck than judgement though so I will definitely be hoping he steps in a rather large quantity of something prior to these games and comes up smelling of roses.

[Laylabelle 9,539]

Im sorry but we have to stop them lol.All we'll hear is 6 times should they win it we're the as said Kings of Europe.No sorry Madrid have won it 9 times!!!!

Second leg at home should help..then again depends on how badly we screw up the away one lol.We get a away goal should be more ooo but grr no Essien!!!

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Considering that we have seen Chelsea vs Barcelona every season for the past few years, maybe fate will see us drawn in the final.

[Ollie 4,400]

that post from misschief was awesome by the way.

Now i just need to post this because we need to avenge this. Everytime i see it, i get mad. The referee was not going to give a pen and send cech off if no goal was scored and of course, the ball wasnt over the line.