Popular Post! NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted June 29, 2012 Popular Post! Share Posted June 29, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC7IonfqU1w&list=FL6fHVxXoDIoG7kso-fgHD-A&index=8&feature=plpp_videoMiss him so much! ;( CHOULO19, Munky, jmarlow and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Wonder what Ballack was thinking during the CL final.I wondered whom he was rooting for. He did after all play for both sides. But if memory serves, his time at Munich wasn't his favorite part of his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Ballack said before the match that he thought Bayern would win because of the advantage of playing at home. He said he personally couldn't lose with whomever won the final. However I feel that he would have secretly preferred Chelsea. He lost a champions league final here, not to mention other heartache in the competition, and knew how much it meant to this club having never won it before.There were also a lot more players in the Chelsea team who were former teammates than in the Bayern team, and I'm pretty sure he is held in greater regard amongst our fans than he is with the Bayern fans. Beirut_Blues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I love this pic! jmarlow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I'm so so happy that i was at the Byern Leverkusen game last season in the Champions League group game where Ballack was greeted with a fantastic reception from our fans. A proper send of.Then i virtually jumped out of my seat and ran down onto the pitch to judo chop him when he nearly scored haha!Ballack is probably the only German player I can tolerate, what a geeza! jmarlow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I still have dreams at night of how our midfield could have looked in 2007 if we had actually signed Gerrard as wellCechFerreira Terry Carvalho ColeMakaleleBallack Lampard GerrardDrogba Schevchenkosigh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I still have dreams at night of how our midfield could have looked in 2007 if we had actually signed Gerrard as wellCechFerreira Terry Carvalho ColeMakaleleBallack Lampard GerrardDrogba Schevchenkosigh...When you look at the names...lovely...but I doubt that would've worked...midfield trio is too similar and Drogba and Sheva partnership... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I'm so so happy that i was at the Byern Leverkusen game last season in the Champions League group game where Ballack was greeted with a fantastic reception from our fans. A proper send of.Then i virtually jumped out of my seat and ran down onto the pitch to judo chop him when he nearly scored haha!Ballack is probably the only German player I can tolerate, what a geeza!Ballack is one of the ALL TIME great guys ....footballer and gentleman .....think how lucky we've been .. to have had Ballack ,Zola and Vialli Duppy Conqueror and daBlackMamba7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Ballack is one of the ALL TIME great guys ....footballer and gentleman .....think how lucky we've been .. to have had Ballack ,Zola and VialliAnd Drogba! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 And Drogba!Drogba did stupid things at times ,,, The three I mentioned never did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Drogba did stupid things at times ,,, The three I mentioned never did.Drogba's header to send the CL final into extra time alone gives him Legendary status. Drogba's goals along that rocky road won us the Champions League, of course with many other factors i.e. Cech and Cole but if it wasn't for Drogba we wouldn't be European Champions a feat that no other player at Chelsea had achieved until DDA pulled it off. Not to mention the F.A. Cup final winners he scored and countless goals he scored in big games for us! He truly was an astonishing player for us and I believe it would be ridiculously disrespectful to not place him within the same brackets as Vialli, Zola and certainly Ballack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Drogba's header to send the CL final into extra time alone gives him Legendary status. Drogba's goals along that rocky road won us the Champions League, of course with many other factors i.e. Cech and Cole but if it wasn't for Drogba we wouldn't be European Champions a feat that no other player at Chelsea had achieved until DDA pulled it off. Not to mention the F.A. Cup final winners he scored and countless goals he scored in big games for us! He truly was an astonishing player for us and I believe it would be ridiculously disrespectful to not place him within the same brackets as Vialli, Zola and certainly Ballack!He's a top class man and I love him to death, I literally couldn't respect the man more. That being said, there were times where I despised Drogba...he acted like a cunt on more than one occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Drogba's header to send the CL final into extra time alone gives him Legendary status. Drogba's goals along that rocky road won us the Champions League, of course with many other factors i.e. Cech and Cole but if it wasn't for Drogba we wouldn't be European Champions a feat that no other player at Chelsea had achieved until DDA pulled it off. Not to mention the F.A. Cup final winners he scored and countless goals he scored in big games for us! He truly was an astonishing player for us and I believe it would be ridiculously disrespectful to not place him within the same brackets as Vialli, Zola and certainly Ballack!Im not denying what Drogba did ,,,but Im using criteria which he doesnt match , In the same way JT or Ashley wouldnt ...but Petr Cech might Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 He's a top class man and I love him to death, I literally couldn't respect the man more. That being said, there were times where I despised Drogba...he acted like a cunt on more than one occasion.Im not denying what Drogba did ,,,but Im using criteria which he doesnt match , In the same way JT or Ashley wouldnt ...but Petr Cech mightAs a personality on the pitch Drogba could act like an absolute tit and really wind any Chelsea fan up when all we wanted was for him to just do what he did best and that was being a beast, scoring goals. Having said that off the pitch Drogba has done a lot for charity and been a stand up professional when representing Chelsea and football both locally and internationally! Vialli had his bad moments too but i suppose it is a matter of opinion and i guess mine on Drogba has become a lot more positive after the way he carried on being a great player for us on the pitch. Kieran. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 As a personality on the pitch Drogba could act like an absolute tit and really wind any Chelsea fan up when all we wanted was for him to just do what he did best and that was being a beast, scoring goals. Having said that off the pitch Drogba has done a lot for charity and been a stand up professional when representing Chelsea and football both locally and internationally! Vialli had his bad moments too but i suppose it is a matter of opinion and i guess mine on Drogba has become a lot more positive after the way he carried on being a great player for us on the pitch.You are using different criteria ,,,, I will put it this way . Footballers are often told they should be role models. The ones I mentioned I think are, I don't deny the work Drogba did for charity or his generousity of spirit ,, but I agree with Kieran Vogel At times Didier was an embarrassment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 You are using different criteria ,,,, I will put it this way . Footballers are often told they should be role models. The ones I mentioned I think are,I don't deny the work Drogba did for charity or his generousity of spirit ,, but I agree with Kieran Vogel At times Didier was an embarrassmentYou are using different criteria ,,,, I will put it this way . Footballers are often told they should be role models. The ones I mentioned I think are,I don't deny the work Drogba did for charity or his generousity of spirit ,, but I agree with Kieran Vogel At times Didier was an embarrassmentYea I must admit his diving and mood swings could really make me want to smash my telly in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Yea I must admit his diving and mood swings could really make me want to smash my telly in.Drogba was the most wonderful Drama Queen we have ever had . He will be loved and remembered long after Vialli and Ballack have been forgotten. Blue Armour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanicus 5,208 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I'm confused by his position in midfield? Is he anchor, box to box?And which player currently playing is similar to his style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I'm confused by his position in midfield? Is he anchor, box to box?And which player currently playing is similar to his style?if you mean Ballack ...he was the complete mid fielder ... For Germany he was their driver . With Chelsea he sacrificed his normal roleto provide stability in the Midfield allowing Lampard to play the more attacking role , As a current player Stevie Gerrard if Ballackwas playing in his German role ,,,or Schweinsteiger nachikethas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanicus 5,208 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 if you mean Ballack ...he was the complete mid fielder ... For Germany he was their driver . With Chelsea he sacrificed his normal roleto provide stability in the Midfield allowing Lampard to play the more attacking role , As a current player Stevie Gerrard if Ballackwas playing in his German role ,,,or SchweinsteigerSo manually he was attacking midfielder, not defensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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