Group A - Barcelona, Chelsea, Werder Bremen, Levski Sofia

Parks Lives wrote:

ricardojol wrote:José is absolutely right about Frank! But entire wrong on the conspiracy thing...

Rubbish, he knows there's something wrong or he wouldn't of taken him off penalties.

If Jose let Flumps take the pen, the game would still have been 1-0 and Bremen with a chances to take away points. Jose didn't want to gamble and took the sure thing, as easy as that.

He's deluded about everything else though.

dont panic! wrote:
wasnt there at least one other clear penalty for chelsea that didnt get given?....see...thats the problem with your posts....VERY one sided..

Coming from you, I take this as a compliment. Seriously trees, are you for real? I mean, can you write something like that, read your own posts, and still not burst in laughter? If so, you are a phenomenon, or the most deluded, most fatuous guy I have ever come across.

blutgraetsche wrote:

dont panic! wrote:
wasnt there at least one other clear penalty for chelsea that didnt get given?....see...thats the problem with your posts....VERY one sided..

Coming from you, I take this as a compliment. Seriously trees, are you for real? I mean, can you write something like that, read your own posts, and still not burst in laughter? If so, you are a phenomenon, or the most deluded, most fatuous guy I have ever come across.

God, you too are Soooo in love, its so obvious! Stop with all the flirting and for Christs Sake just get a room

blutgraetsche wrote:

dont panic! wrote:
wasnt there at least one other clear penalty for chelsea that didnt get given?....see...thats the problem with your posts....VERY one sided..

Coming from you, I take this as a compliment. Seriously trees, are you for real? I mean, can you write something like that, read your own posts, and still not burst in laughter? If so, you are a phenomenon, or the most deluded, most fatuous guy I have ever come across.

so there wasnt then?

blutgraetsche wrote:

dont panic! wrote:
wasnt there at least one other clear penalty for chelsea that didnt get given?....see...thats the problem with your posts....VERY one sided..

Coming from you, I take this as a compliment. Seriously trees, are you for real? I mean, can you write something like that, read your own posts, and still not burst in laughter? If so, you are a phenomenon, or the most deluded, most fatuous guy I have ever come across.

You dont read Ottos post much do you.

SteveOoO wrote:
You dont read Ottos post much do you.

Otto's postings are almost always tongue-in-cheek, and always funny. Not exactly sure if you can say the same about trees.

Drogba was pushed (for the pen). I think it was more clear from inside the stadium than on the tele.

Lampard's penalty claim was the opposite. It looked a dive in the stadium (although the fans nearby were absolutely incensed - it wasn't just a half-hearted appeal), but tele replays show he was tripped. The only penalty dive came from Ballack (1st half).

Terry should've had a 2nd yellow for a mis-timed tackle (don't blame him for his yellow he did get, they were breaking quickly).

I thought the ref was very fair last night.

PS. Wome likes an elbow or 2 doesn't he? (He got Shevchenko, Drogba and Essien I believe - elbowing them all in the face)

how was ashley cole..my german paper said he was the best player on the pitch..but ive heard he was terrible...odd

German paper = BILD Zeitung I assume. Wouldn't surprise me a bit. Missing The Sun I guess.

dont panic! wrote:how was ashley cole..my german paper said he was the best player on the pitch..but ive heard he was terrible...odd

Ash had quite a poor debut imo in a tight midfield. He had all the wing to himself (something that I actually think doesn't suit him - unlike Bridge). Still, it's early days yet.

I'd say our best player was probably either 1 of the 2 goalscorers (Essien or Ballack). Although Lampard played some excellent through balls, he did little else. Makelele also looked poor.

I also thought Bremen's 2 CBs did a great job on Drogba and Shevchenko.

If you talk about Naldo, I agree S4P. He probably was our best man on the pitch. But Pasanen, although he did ok, is simply not international class. It was due to his mistake that you scored the first goal.

We need Mertesacker back ASAP. Once he and Naldo have geled, our 'Twin Towers defence' should be quite a challenge for any striker, especially in the air.

Well, one flying Dutchman to break through and the twin towers collapse....

Won't happen. Only if the flying dutchman does what the name suggests: dive and get a penalty for it.

Since the Germans learnt us how to make a schwalbe we are getting better and better innit. Robben still has a lot to learn but last night RvP was beautiful!

dont panic! wrote:how was ashley cole..my german paper said he was the best player on the pitch..but ive heard he was terrible...odd

I'm not sure that Cole actually understands that a 'pass' is only a 'pass' if it reaches its intended recipient. By this criteria he made almost no passes - but he did kick the ball to the opposition an awful lot, so that's something at least.

He also got caught on the ball 3 times. But seriously he kept getting into good positions and he ket going - he was clearly nervous.

By chance, any Bremen/Barcelona fans going to their match?

I know TITO's going to Sofia-Chelsea, I can't really go because a) I'm not a season ticket holder, so it's virtually impossible for me to get tickets and b) I can't take any more time off work.

I won't be going to Bremen for the game. I'd rather watch it in the pub here to be honest, it will be a good game but not worth the money (no offence to Bremen fans and German people).

Might go to London for the Chelsea game even if I don't get a ticket though.

cule604 wrote:
Might go to London for the Chelsea game even if I don't get a ticket though.

I should be able to get a ticket for the Chelsea-Barcelona game, but even if I can't, I certainly won't watch it sitting at home on the sofa

Are you going to apply for tickets for the Camp Nou game??

cule604 wrote:Are you going to apply for tickets for the Camp Nou game??

Not a season ticket holder mate, so it'll be virtually impossible for me to get tickets. I'll try, but I probably won't get any.

Would love to go to the match though. (It also depends on if I can get time off work).

Did you go to watch Barcelona-Levski Sofia?

:/

I went to watch the Levski but I should've stayed home, it rained insanely and I missed the 2nd and 5th goal

cule604 wrote::/

I went to watch the Levski but I should've stayed home, it rained insanely and I missed the 2nd and 5th goal

yeah I saw the highlights that evening. I didn't know it rained in Spain

It always rains at this time of the year in Barcelona (dunno about the rest of Spain) and it rain very heavily.

I have to say that the Levski fans were great, they continued to sing even after the 4th goal and with the heavy rain. Barça fans as usual were crap, we only sing when we're winning against a big team.

cule604 wrote:
I have to say that the Levski fans were great, they continued to sing even after the 4th goal and with the heavy rain. Barça fans as usual were crap, we only sing when we're winning against a big team.

Most of our fans are the same. They will raise the tempo if we go down to 10 men or if we're winning against a big team too. They've always been the same too (even pre-Abramovich-Mourinho)

S4P wrote:

cule604 wrote:
I have to say that the Levski fans were great, they continued to sing even after the 4th goal and with the heavy rain. Barça fans as usual were crap, we only sing when we're winning against a big team.

Most of our fans are the same. They will raise the tempo if we go down to 10 men or if we're winning against a big team too. They've always been the same too (even pre-Abramovich-Mourinho)

Here the only noise you'll hear is an old woman/man bollocking you for stading up.

cule604 wrote:

S4P wrote:

cule604 wrote:
I have to say that the Levski fans were great, they continued to sing even after the 4th goal and with the heavy rain. Barça fans as usual were crap, we only sing when we're winning against a big team.

Most of our fans are the same. They will raise the tempo if we go down to 10 men or if we're winning against a big team too. They've always been the same too (even pre-Abramovich-Mourinho)

Here the only noise you'll hear is an old woman/man bollocking you for stading up.

I take it they never went to football in the 80s then? Christ, I used to have to stand on a box behind 6ft+ guys all the time

Actually I think most of the old people in the Camp Nou were there in the 80'sandr even before, some were even in the old stadium (Les Corts). I can't really say how the atsmophere was back then (80's) because I was only born in the 86.

Messiah wrote:i won't we able to watch any games today has i will be picking up my friend at the airport.

this is the kind of post that restores my faith in the Language, and our nation's discourse skills.

Domestic league

Barcelona = 1st
Chelsea = 1st
Bremen = 8th
Levski = 1st