FA Cup Final: Chelsea v Manchester United

@Toon

Essien made loads of mistakes, which isnt surprising as he is not a CB, was very lucky to get away with them.

I thought the best players yesterday were Rooney, Vidic, Robben, Scholes and Cech. Everyone else was pretty rubbish, which isnt surprising considering how poor the game was.

@Grim

The game yesterday was boring, but it wasn't $h!t on a stick, thats for sure.

Ps Rooney has been one of the best players in two Fa Cup finals and has lost both of them, maybe next time he will play really badly and win.

@Rez

Call it what you like - but that was a terrible game of football I've seen for a long time.

Not saying that because I despise both teams

Chelsea especially, were shocking after the break - they even stopped their usual "hoofs" to Drogba - no attempt to win the game whatsoever...why they took off Joe Cole is beyond me - he was the only player who looked interested.

At least in United's case - they had a 10 min spell where they tried to win the game without creating any clear cut chances.

Grim Reaper wrote:

I'd be very surprised if those foreign posters think the same after watching yesterdays game

Yesterday's game was terrible, but the CL semi was a crime against humanity.

Axeslammer wrote:

Grim Reaper wrote:

I'd be very surprised if those foreign posters think the same after watching yesterdays game

Yesterday's game was terrible, but the CL semi was a crime against humanity.

The CL tie at least had tension and atmosphere and a moment of quality in our goal

Yesterday up until drogba's goal this game had absolutly nothing going for it whatsoever

A criminal atmosphere to break in a brilliant new stadium. chelsea fans do not sing ANYTHING whereas united fans just sing the one song about ronaldo which they stole from us

the first 45 minutes was the most lax, unadventurous, ponderous, pitiful excuse for football all season. no team put ANY effort in at all. This can't be said of our semi final. It lacked quality but at least had intensity

Also practically everyone I came across the next day said they enjoyed our match precisely because there was tension in it. Nobody could have enjoyed that yesterday

Only a slight bias there.

pip you say slight.

Listening to cotr and his ramblings is quite frankly embarrasing i don't think he realises how deluded he is

L.r.d wrote:Listening to cotr and his ramblings is quite frankly embarrasing i don't think he realises how deluded he is

and here was me expecting you to agree


find me one person who actually seriously enjoyed that game yesterday and ill be astonished. owen obviously doesn't count

I have never heard the commentators mention how boring a game was so much in my life. they did this for a very good reason

L.r.d wrote:Listening to cotr and his ramblings is quite frankly embarrasing i don't think he realises how deluded he is

TeamSpirit™ wrote:

S4P2 wrote:And by the way TS, does Mikel count as a UNIT yet?

The man's a beast. Nice to see him just bump Scholes off him, when Scholes was having a little nibble at his ankles.

Seems quite strong - but it his sheer composure that stands out for me. But your probably right - if you put Essien's style of play & mentality in Mikels body, he'd be in the UNIT hall-of-fame, no doubt.

Never doubted his talent - just his attitude & application. Jose seems to have sorted him right out over the course of this season. Bye-bye Maka.

don't know why chelsea are wasting him in the holding role, he's just far too talented to be restricted to that role. People say chelsea lack creativeity in the final third, i feel he can provide that. Essien(who's far better defensively) should be used in the holding role and Mikel( their most creative CM ) should be used in a more attacking role. He can dictate the pace of games from there and am sure will also get them goals and assists.

Yeah, seen Mikel play a more attacking midfield role a few times for a poor Nigerian side, he is far more effective, great touch, good vision and decent shooting (scored a nice goal from edge of the box last ANC). Playing in this Chelsea side he probably gets a fine each time he has a shot. Should have joined Utd.

Because Chelsea shoot very rarely from distance

I said the Chelsea side, not Frank Lampard.

Essien, Drogba, Carvalho have all scored long sitance shots this season and thats off the top of my head.

It's clear what I meant, he has virtually no creative license in such a negative set-up, and stays deep, playing within himself so as not upset the balance of the rigid system, I'm sure his instructions are effectively look long for Drogba, do not dwell, do not dribble and stay as close to the half-way line as possible when we are in possession.

i saw mikel at the under 20s where he was the star along side messi and he also dominated in the anc and it is clear to me that he doesnt get much freedom in chelsea. i hope he will a role like roy keane had for chelsea instead of just sweeping up for the others.

supermadrid(zizou legend) wrote:a role like roy keane had for chelsea

Did I miss something.

A comma after had, I believe.

Nah it wasnt me it was Mikel who lost the chance to be a Keane.

Axeslammer wrote:

Grim Reaper wrote:

I'd be very surprised if those foreign posters think the same after watching yesterdays game

Yesterday's game was terrible, but the CL semi was a crime against humanity.

Crime against humanity?

Please explain - rather than just make idiotic comments and making yourself look like one

Second thoughts, never mind - its a lost cause

Although Yesterday's match was nothing much to get exited about - it wasn't as bad as the C.L Semi-Final between Liverpool & Chelsea.

As Brian Clough once said: "If God had intended for us to play football in the clouds he wouldn't have put grass on the ground."

So you have 2 semi final games where both teams tried to win the tie - so many chances created - both keepers put on MOTM performances to keep their respective teams in the tie - had goals - add to that the drama of a penalty shootout....

And then you have a Cup final with 120 mins of football with 1 real chance/moment of brilliance in extra time to set up the winning goal.



I blame Sky

TeamSpirit wrote:Although Yesterday's match was nothing much to get exited about - it wasn't as bad as the C.L Semi-Final between Liverpool & Chelsea.

As Brian Clough once said: "If God had intended for us to play football in the clouds he wouldn't have put grass on the ground."

Yawn, Get over it

Luis wrote:

TeamSpirit wrote:Although Yesterday's match was nothing much to get exited about - it wasn't as bad as the C.L Semi-Final between Liverpool & Chelsea.

As Brian Clough once said: "If God had intended for us to play football in the clouds he wouldn't have put grass on the ground."

Yawn, Get over it

Why do you seem to think every non-pro-Liverpool comment is some sort of personal attack?

TeamSpirit wrote:

Luis wrote:

TeamSpirit wrote:Although Yesterday's match was nothing much to get exited about - it wasn't as bad as the C.L Semi-Final between Liverpool & Chelsea.

As Brian Clough once said: "If God had intended for us to play football in the clouds he wouldn't have put grass on the ground."

Yawn, Get over it

Why do you seem to think every non-pro-Liverpool comment is some sort of personal attack?

Why are you still going on about the semi final, it's boring now, yes it was '$h!t on a stick' but you cant change it now

Because it's laghable that Liverpool fans can go on about how boring a showpiece game was, at this moment in time.

Don't get your knickers in a twist, boy.

TeamSpirit™ wrote:Because it's laghable that Liverpool fans can go on about how boring a showpiece game was, at this moment in time.

Don't get your knickers in a twist, boy.

We're going on ( I actually haven't) because you all went on about us, saying Chelsea-United would be much better in the final, well look what happened it was a shocking game and Liverpool finals are never dull really so everyones logic went down the pan

Either you come up with something that quotes me on that, or stop bitching.

And if you actually look in the Liverpool thread - you'll sere what i've said about your style of play - which basically amounts to, "You only do that against Chlesea."

TeamSpirit wrote:Either you come up with something that quotes me on that, or stop bitching.

And if you actually look in the Liverpool thread - you'll sere what i've said about your style of play - which basically amounts to, "You only do that against Chlesea."

All I'm saying is that I don't see why people are still going on about the semi final, I was there and I actually thought it was an OK game, sure it wasn't a 3-3 thriller but the atmosphere was fantastic and it was a game that meant so much, so why must we constantly talk about how boring it was, why cant we talk about Liverpool-Milan instead?

Grim Reaper wrote:

Axeslammer wrote:

Grim Reaper wrote:

I'd be very surprised if those foreign posters think the same after watching yesterdays game

Yesterday's game was terrible, but the CL semi was a crime against humanity.

Crime against humanity?

Please explain - rather than just make idiotic comments and making yourself look like one

Second thoughts, never mind - its a lost cause

Blimey that was clever. I bet Axe is positively devestated.