Dan, is there a technical term for the kind of psychological insurance that some posters seem to be trying to take out here, telling anyone who'll listen that "it's over" when it plainly isn't?
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Dan, is there a technical term for the kind of psychological insurance that some posters seem to be trying to take out here, telling anyone who'll listen that "it's over" when it plainly isn't?
You know what, I change my mind, it ain't over til the fat lady sings as they say.
It's just part of the script, we almost never win things easily, this team always do their best to give us heart attacks before they win something.
Right now it's half time in Istanbul, it's the 89th minute in Wembley and we're down 3-2, it's a penalty shoot out and we've missed our first two pens, it's 4-4 and extra time, there's 10 minutes left to play in Wembley we're 1-0 down and we're being dominated.
Come on boys we can still do it.
It's just part of the script, we almost never win things easily, this team always do their best to give us heart attacks before they win something.
Right now it's half time in Istanbul, it's the 89th minute in Wembley and we're down 3-2, it's a penalty shoot out and we've missed our first two pens, it's 4-4 and extra time, there's 10 minutes left to play in Wembley we're 1-0 down and we're being dominated.
Come on boys we can still do it.
Said on here a while back that if we were going to fuck it then il'd rather we had fucked it up a month ago than right at the end, just makes it all the more gutting for everyone to get so close, i know its shit logic, its just you know it will be way more painful and hard to get over when it was so near.
Well, technically, it's still in our hands. We need to put 8 past both Palace and Newcastle.
Yes we can.
Newcastle are utter shit. Manure put 4 past them. we can put 8 by those cunts.
Suarez is utter shit against good teams right? And great against shite teams? So wer'e palying two shite teams ... IT IS DOABLE.
By the same token, an experienced and organised team like that were never going to be unsettled by a fast start, especially since it's our standard approach. Despite all the mind game crap from Mourinho, he knew a win here actually gives them a good chance of winning the league. On that basis, at some point I'd have expected them to come out and attack, since settling for a draw would have been the same as a defeat for them so they'd have nothing to lose by going for it. However, we didn't need to win today and a draw for us would have left things in our own hands still. For those reasons, varying our approach and not doing exactly as advertised by Rodgers might have been a useful tactic.
We knew this might happen, so in many ways it was not such a shock to me. Disappointed ... Yes, but the truth of the matter is that against 90% of the leagues other teams what we put in today would have created a million goal chances, but Chelsea have an expensive defensive unit, and my worse nightmare came flashing back ... Brazil 82 against Italy, all that passing at the back and all it took was a slip from SG and they scored - so similar. My only concern from today's game is if Rodgers actually has the ability to play the type of game Jose played against us, and indeed his mid-week encounter against Athletico. I know it is anti-football but sometimes to win games or get the right result you need to play that sort of game - we knew Raffa could do it well, but can Rodgers.
One thing that was mentioned today which really annoyed me was if we would have that extra gear like true champions ?... what the fuck was that all about .. I mean all those commentators saw what we did against, Sunderland, West Hame, Man City, and Norwich where we held our nerve so I really hate this thing that keeps getting mentioned 'have they got what it takes to be champions ?' .. go fuck off you cunts. What they should have said was that Chelsea came to us as the under-dogs, and indeed played against us like they were the weaker side - because that is what weaker sides do , they sit back with 10 men behind the ball, and the onus is on the stronger team to break them down. You would think they would know considering the way in which we played that CL semi (first encounter) against them.
One thing that was mentioned today which really annoyed me was if we would have that extra gear like true champions ?... what the fuck was that all about .. I mean all those commentators saw what we did against, Sunderland, West Hame, Man City, and Norwich where we held our nerve so I really hate this thing that keeps getting mentioned 'have they got what it takes to be champions ?' .. go fuck off you cunts. What they should have said was that Chelsea came to us as the under-dogs, and indeed played against us like they were the weaker side - because that is what weaker sides do , they sit back with 10 men behind the ball, and the onus is on the stronger team to break them down. You would think they would know considering the way in which we played that CL semi (first encounter) against them.
I still believe!
But, even if we don't do it, they do say a team has to come close to winning the league before actually winning it. Remember Moyes = Souness, various other parallels I cant remember just now, and, maybe, City or Chelsea = Leeds.
This is the start of something not the end
But, even if we don't do it, they do say a team has to come close to winning the league before actually winning it. Remember Moyes = Souness, various other parallels I cant remember just now, and, maybe, City or Chelsea = Leeds.
This is the start of something not the end
Agree with Fark, too. Any goal we were going to score was going to have to come from the flanks. Suarez needed to pull out there and try his magic to wriggle his way through and set up someone with an easy finish, similar to the goal Dirk got at United. They were too organized, too numbered for us to play our natural game through the middle. It was a good effort nonetheless, and the result really flatters Chelsea, as will any highlights packages. They were shithouses throughout.
That City 2-2 Sunderland game, even though that was a great result for us it was a damn shame Sunderland couldn't hold on, had a feeling that equaliser might prove to be big for them.
Our goal difference, all those games we took our foot off the gas when the game was won looks like it could come back to bite us, hard to really be critical of it but its a lesson to be learned in future.
Our goal difference, all those games we took our foot off the gas when the game was won looks like it could come back to bite us, hard to really be critical of it but its a lesson to be learned in future.
If we do indeed miss out there are lots of incidences which could be deemed as decisive in the end.
You know what they say about imitation?
True.
There's still 180 minutes of football to play for all 3 teams, and there's one or two more twists in this race.
"As I walk through the valley of shadow of death (also known as watching a Mourinho led football team park the bus), I will fear no evil"
It's not over ...
"As I walk through the valley of shadow of death (also known as watching a Mourinho led football team park the bus), I will fear no evil"
It's not over ...
Ha!
It's a psychotic defense of sorts against the anxious fantasy that hope destroyed equates to intolerable dread.
But to be fair, I internally attributed our loss today to the fact that I couldn't find my daughter's toy ring to wear and left the tv on in the kitchen!
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