Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

[Yippee Ki Yay]

I love Poch, I really do.

But can you tell me ANY big time manager that got a genuine (not emergency, mid season) big club move without having won a major trophy.

A guy like Ancellotti was given an old transitional Milan after his failure at Juventus.

Benitez got the Liverpool gig after his incredible run with Valencia winning La Liga in 2004.
Mourinho with Porto

Rijkaard got the Barca gig with no big club experience coz Johan Cruyff pulled the strings for him.

I just don't understand how Poch couldn't even win an FA Cup with Spurs and still gets a PSG level gig.

Because he did so well at Spurs and turned them in to a club who consistently got top 4 and reach a CL final, along with the fact he used to play for PSG

 

[Cape Town JHB]

chelsea now have more reel european trophies than the great MU.

chelsea are just one kick away from having more european cups than MU.

let that sink in.

so even the ever touted history will help us less and less when it comes to attracting new players.

chelsea have won more since 2004

chelsea spend big and have few financial constraints

chelsea are in (a nice part of) london

chelsea have won more in europe and have won 4 european trophies in 10 years compared to our 1

chelsea have a better manager

and then we have citeh and liverpool to deal with as well.

we need to wake up

Manchester United are a club that was managed by Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson.

You can't buy that kind of history and prestige.

I remember in the early 2000s, managers getting the Barcelona job was the epitome of their managerial career, even though Barcelona had only won 1 European Cup.

But the prestige of Johan Cruyff and the Dream Team still ebbs from their colors to this day.

Same goes for AC Milan and their legendary managers and teams.

That said, United have been in deep shytt for quite some time now

 

[Bboystyle]

The form Ballack was in for Chelsea in 2008 is scary

The white Seedorf

 

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[TobiOT]

Blackpool back in the Championship.

 

[Premeditated]

Congratulations to Chelsea! Man C fans would've been insufferable had they won.

I've never heard a good argument why the away goals rule is a bad thing.

that's bullshyt. the away goal rule is one of the good thinks about cl, to me. adds more drama to it.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Idk if this was mentioned but the ref put in a clinic last night. One of the better refereeing performances I’ve seen in a big game.

SN: Joke like joke, Chelsea has 2 UCL trophies within a decade. Meanwhile Man U still looking like buns...

 

[mson]

that's bullshyt. the away goal rule is one of the good thinks about cl, to me. adds more drama to it.

What?

 

[3rdLetter]

I've never heard a good argument why the away goals rule is a bad thing.

I never had a problem with the away goals rule. I just think it should be scrapped if the 2nd leg goes into extra time.

 

[Lakerman0834]

That was one of the worst PK ever taken

 

[Yehuda]

 

[bigdaddy88]

I liked the away goal avoids ultra defensive showings (first leg at least),and of course it helps the inferior team get away with murda

 

[ÆTHER]

Werners runs are critical and he is so dangerous and fast that all the others get more space. If he could score he would be a monster.

He needs another scorer next to him or for Chelsea to start scoring by committee to get the pressure off, his problem is that he can't get out of his own head right now because every opportunity he gets has some life or death stakes for him. If he gets 4-5 scruffy goals in a handful of easy wins he'll be good the problem is Chelsea right now don't do easy wins.

that's bullshyt. the away goal rule is one of the good thinks about cl, to me. adds more drama to it.

It punishes the team that hosts the second leg for no reason because even if all things are equal at the end of 90 minutes the away team in the second leg gets the advantage of an extra 30 minutes where every goal they score effectively counts twice. Even if they don't scrap it entirely the rule definitely needs to be looked at.

 

[Roberto Firmino]

I never had a problem with the away goals rule. I just think it should be scrapped if the 2nd leg goes into extra time.

This, I can go either way with the away goals, I would scrap them but I don't hate it, them counting after extra time is a joke though.

 

[Lakerman0834]

This the US team media forcing down our throats