Ollie 4,400 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 The refs from scandinavia are very good, they dont blow for stupid little pointless things. Maybe that will be to our advantage. The ref for Man Utd vs Arse was Danish i think and he was excellent. Best ref display ive seen all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badboy 1,526 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 i dont remember henry scoring against us since jose mourinho....... I dont remember him playing agianst us after jose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badboy 1,526 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Thierry Henry has been included in Barcelona's squad to travel to Chelsea for the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final. The French forward was the subject of conflicting reports regarding his fitness after suffering a knock to the knee in Saturday's 6-2 win at Real Madrid. Reports had claimed that Henry would be sidelined for a fortnight, only for Barca to quickly declare that the player would be fit for Wednesday's game. Though he sat out training on Monday, the former Arsenal captain has been included in the travelling party for the clash at Stamford Bridge. His presence will be a major boost to Barca coach Pep Guardiola, who has a defensive conundrum to consider for the tie, which is delicately poised at 0-0. Rafael Marquez suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first leg, while Carles Puyol is ruled out through suspension after being booked at Camp Nou. Gabriel Milito is also sidelined, so the likes of Martin Caceres, Victor Sanchez and Eric Abidal are vying to partner Gerard Pique in central defence. Puyol is joining the squad in West London and Guardiola has also found a place for young defender Alberto Botia. Skysports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemBlueBob 0 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Wow, what a great thing for us I do not wish injury on others but if they do get hurt and are out, I am EXTREMELY HAPPY Anything that gives us a better shot is a plus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnie_666 1,081 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I hate the media. Most of them are calling Chelsea favourites to go through and are talking how Barca are overrated and how they wont beat a well organized physical side like Chelsea. Only one week back, they were expecting Barca to steam roll us. I see this as a jinx. Whoever the media considers as favourites and goes gaga over them, they just happen to jinx them. Expect Mikel and Essien to stick to xavi and Iniesta. Ballack wont play as Iniesta and xavi would out run him. Mikel will be deployed to man mark them along with Essien to Stem the passes to the front three. Anelka on the right wing and Ashely and Boss in their respective postions. Hate to keep Ivanovic out, but Boswinga has speed to cath up with Henry on the flank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemBlueBob 0 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Most of them are calling Chelsea favourites to go through and are talking how Barca are overrated and how they wont beat a well organized physical side like Chelsea. You and me must read different things because everything I have read that isn't written by a Chelsea fan/site has Barc beating us and it possibly getting ugly as they get revenge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnie_666 1,081 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Ive watched football talk shows on fox soccer, read articles on timesonline and guardian. Pretty pissing off. We are still the underdogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanO 7 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I don't mind us being the underdogs it keeps most of the pressure on them and not us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStamfordBlues 0 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Noticed how no Chelsea players are saying anything - just Barca players commenting on how they're going to win. Chelsea's more interested in getting ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,313 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Barca do seem to be giving it the large one. OK so they beat Madrid by the same margin as Liverpool -who we beat. As long as Drogba stays on form - saturday two assists and a goal we can be confident against their two replacement centre backs ... - although I think Hiddink was taking a risk Saturday that players werent injured, playing all those first teamers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Madrids defending at the weekend was woeful! They played such a high line and allowed Barca behind them far too easily. We will not do that, but we will hold strong at the back and attack them to exploit their weakness. We most certainly can win this game and i would love to see us stick a few past them and shut them up good and proper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I agree he took a risk Sat but it showed we're still dodgy at the back and also that Analka and Drogba together the way to go so hopfully paid off Yeh we have been pretty quiet.Under dogs and like Frank said lets prove wrong about us being desinted not to win it... Just need bloody focus!And not do an Arsenal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood 2 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 manure are in. poetical final that is,guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Come on Chels!!!!! Had a blody dream we were 3-0 down then got 2 back and then woke up cofnused lol then it was ahhh we havent played yet!! Just bloody stay focused!If we go 2-0 up dont piss about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,313 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Come on Chels!!!!! Had a blody dream we were 3-0 down then got 2 back and then woke up cofnused lol then it was ahhh we havent played yet!! Just bloody stay focused!If we go 2-0 up dont piss about Lol -it wont be easy , think they will try to kill it early on as ManUtd did last night -but even if they score Chels have a lot more character to come back than the Arse had last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombayblue™ 55 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 My hands are ice cold and shaking in this 35 deg Celcius temperature.. I kid you not.. Come On Chelsea.. Just to get you all pumped up a bit.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,313 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 My hands are ice cold and shaking in this 35 deg Celcius temperature.. I kid you not.. Come On Chelsea.. Just to get you all pumped up a bit.. Theyve put a block on Youtube at work -cnuts. Deep breaths mate, in Guss we Trust- Could do with some of that heat Aroop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombayblue™ 55 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Theyve put a block on Youtube at work -cnuts. Deep breaths mate, in Guss we Trust- Could do with some of that heat Aroop... Honestly Greg, I wonder how you've through all these years of football related stress, the Ups and downs you've seen at the bridge far outweigh most of ours put together lol.. Your astute sense of humour must come in handy.. Guss is the man.. anyways G, here's the text version of Al Pacino's talk.. I don't know what to say really. Three minutes till the biggest battle of our professional lives. It all comes down to today. Now either we heal as a team, or we're gonna crumble. Inch by inch, play by play, till we're finished. We're in hell right now, gentlemen. Believe me. And we can stay here, get the shit kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back into the light. We can climb out of hell. One inch at a time. Now I can't do it for you. I'm too old. I look around, I see these young faces, and I think... I mean I've made every wrong choice a middle-aged man can make. I pissed away all my money, believe it or not. I chased off anyone who's ever loved me, and lately, I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror. You know when you get old in life, things get taken from you. That's part of life. But you only learn that when you start losing stuff. You find out life's this game of inches. And so is football. Because in either game, life or football, the margin for error is so small. I mean... one half a step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half second too slow too fast, you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They are in every break of the game, every minute, every second. On this team, we fight for that inch. On this team, we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches, that's gonna make the fucking difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying! I'll tell you this - in any fight, its the guy whose willing to die who's gonna win that inch. And I know if I'm going to have any life anymore, it's because I'm still willing to fight and die for that inch. Because that's what living is! The 6 inches in front of your face... Now I can't make you do it. You've got to look at the guy next to you, look into his eyes. Now I think you're gonna see a guy who will go that inch with you. You're gonna see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team, because he knows when it comes down to it, you're gonna do the same for him. That's a team, gentlemen. And either we heal, now, as a team, or we will die, as individuals. That's football, guys. That's all it is. Now, what are you going to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,313 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Honestly Greg, I wonder how you've through all these years of football related stress, the Ups and downs you've seen at the bridge far outweigh most of ours put together lol.. Your astute sense of humour must come in handy.. Guss is the man.. anyways G, here's the text version of Al Pacino's talk.. Cheers for that A. Inspiring talk by Pacino. Gus at Half Time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombayblue™ 55 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Cheers for that A. Inspiring talk by Pacino. Gus at Half Time I just hope the Referee doesn't fuck us over... cos then Tony Montana will be really pissed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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