English Football Thread 2012/2013

[puddleduck]

That's a bit like chopping someone's nuts off because they happened to step on your foot.

Not exactly a relative retribution

 

[Epic]

Benitez: I will leave at the end of the season - ESPN FC

Poor Benitez, I feel for him, really do.

 

[KBC]

Oscar's first touch. Amazing.

 

[Lee1981]

Benitez: I will leave at the end of the season - ESPN FC

Poor Benitez, I feel for him, really do.

I don't.

At first yes I did, you have to give him a chance, but now what 3-4 months on I can't anymore

He hasn't been good enough, the results prove that.

 

[ste_mc_efc]

I'm far from a fan of the man but this has made me respect him a little more.

He's spot on and it's refreshing to seem someone stand up for himself a little and call out the fans who acting like like spoilt little children.

 

[Epic]

I don't.

At first yes I did, you have to give him a chance, but now what 3-4 months on I can't anymore

He hasn't been good enough, the results prove that.

While I agree he hasn't been good enough, I wonder if we're expecting a bit too much from this squad of players. There's just young and old, no middle ground what so ever.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

hopefully his millions and millions of pounds will help cheer him up a bit.

in truth, I do think the fans are idiots for demanding a business invests tons of money and hires and fires people willy nilly all because they've arbitrarily decided to wear the same t-shirts as them, but it's not as if rafa isn't fairly compensated for doing a difficult job.

 

[puddleduck]

Of course the Chelsea fans take their anger out on the manager. They can't exactly take it out on the chairman, as the same man that is ruining their club, also allows it to flourish. It's a strange twisted circle of logic.

 

[War]

I wonder if Roman is going to get fed up one day soon with Chelsea & say he is giving up the club.

 

[puddleduck]

Don't be silly, how else is he supposed to launder Putin's money. He'll leave when Russia has someone else in power

 

[Lee1981]

I wonder if Roman is going to get fed up one day soon with Chelsea & say he is giving up the club.

Couldn't careless, I've seen us win the premiership 3 times, countless fa cups and a few league cups and of course the champions league.

Anything else now is just a bonus, I'll still be a fan no matter what happens,

Nothing will ever compare to winning the champions league win like that last year,

 

[MasterBlaster76]

That's a bit like chopping someone's nuts off because they happened to step on your foot.

Not exactly a relative retribution

A trophy is a trophy. And you've got to take into account the nature of our exit - it was infuriating!

 

[Epic]

I wonder if Roman is going to get fed up one day soon with Chelsea & say he is giving up the club.

Top 20 clubs - Deloitte Football Money League | Deloitte UK

With revenue of that sort, you don't need Roman.

 

[War]

Why Michael Emenalo must take responsibility for Chelsea's troubles in the wake of Rafael Benitez's rant - Ed Malyon - Mirror Online

Hmm...

Rafa Benitez mocked by Chelsea players after rant | Mail Online

The mail may be trash outside Martin Samuels. But this Neil Ashton cat was pretty much on the ball before everyone before ABV & Di Matteo got sacked. So something could be up again....

 

[shravi]

Liverpool weren't great. Just some individual brilliance from Coutinho, Suarez and some brilliant saves by Reina. That, and Wigan were awful. A slightly better team would have scored a few, because Wigan had some very decent chances, despite playing poorly.