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Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Quote of the day

If a squad that is worth several hundred million pounds decides they want to park the bus, they will park the bus successfully.

reader's comment on the website of The Guardian

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23 comments:

sashi said...: Abso-fu*king-lutely true! Chelsea should be ashamed of themselves... Hiddink is total crap...; 29 April, 2009
Etsp said...: I'm not sure I agree that Hiddink is total crap, he just has huge respect for Barca's offensive qualities, and therefore parked the bus.

It sucks that Marquez and Puyol are both out for the return leg though, I don't really think Caceres is anywhere near being able to handle that responsibility. I almost hope we'll see Abidal in the centre and Sly on the left.; 29 April, 2009
ElovesBarca said...: Chelsea was disgrace last night....they were not pros...most of them didn't cross our midfield... shame! shame on them !; 29 April, 2009
Skoob, Sweden said...: Unfortunatly, Chelsea did exactly what they came to Camp Nou for... everyone fears Barcelona this year, we are amazing in every position, even though I have a few opinions about the back...

It´s a shame though, a game that promised so much, turned in to the Rangers-game all over again... but hopefully the boys get a good result against Real Franco CF and then go on to annihilate Chelsea.

Visca el Barca, Visca el Catalunya!; 29 April, 2009
Helge said...: It's sad to see that even football reminds you from time to time that we are living in a completely unjust world.

Although compared to all the true injustice in this world, a football match like this is nothing.

But I have to admit it would be a nice exception if football was always just.; 29 April, 2009
Anonymous said...: Th3 sad thing about all this Chelsea and other teams like last year Man u, defending with 10 men behand the ball and not even tryin to play fotboll is..

when this teams beat barcelona and go thru, NO ONE except us true barca fans, will remember or even care....

if chelsea win the CL ppl wont remember how BAD of a team they really show up to be at Nou Camp

and that hurts more then the game it self....

knowin we are far more better, if the game was fair n even.. but its not

amazing how many times a chelsea player needed to commit foul before he got booked; 29 April, 2009
Anonymous said...: Well said Helge. Football for alot of us is escapism, fantasy. We dont want to see win at all costs football. Footabll isnt about winning, its about football. Winning is only good if it is by playing football.

@anon above, I completely agree the rest of football world appreciate barca, but that will never stop us from doing so. Savour every moment of this beatiful season.; 29 April, 2009
Anonymous said...: two days ago hiddink stated 'chelsea will play attacking football' what the fuck happened to that did he thin the milions of ppl watchin the match wud be somehow blind to the display of defensive kack he put on. all i can say is what a typical chelsea man he is now. he ruined that game for me. but they will actually have to play next match n well bloody have them then. revenge wont be sweet it will be brutal

Maxi; 29 April, 2009
Sid said...: I don't agree. Anyone who for a second thought there was anything in the comments of Hiddink about attacking football were naive

What pisses me off is that we allowed them to get away with a draw. We barely had any threats from them. We should have shown some purpose ansd intent instead of the horizontal football we did.; 29 April, 2009
Anonymous said...: i hate to correct you sid but maxi is right. On BBC sports website on the day before the match Hiddink is quoted by saying that they will play attacking football. So not reli naive mate he just quoted him. Chelsea are still a bunch of wankers though.

Sam; 29 April, 2009
sashi said...: yep... Sid u better check the archive files of the blog... u would find tat Hiddink is gonna fight fire with fire... attack wit attack.. blah blah... my balls he attacked... never in teh history of Chelsea would they had such a poor ball possession (<30%)... and they are blooody happy about it... am proud to be a Barca fan even though we lose the tie (touch wood)...; 29 April, 2009
doogle said...: I think what Sid meant was that Hiddink's commments was just part of the smokescreen...; 29 April, 2009
Anonymous said...: i dont think so i think sid was just being a bit naive himself yeh sam n maxi have got it hiddink plus chelsea equals a royal pain in the ass for football; 29 April, 2009
hieifcb said...: m so glad i didnt pay for the ticket to watch tht match... they just ruined it for the fans, especially the Chelsea fans who travelled all the way(probably paid alot) to see their team play but they only have 30% ball possesion. shame on chelsea; 29 April, 2009
Anonymous(1) said...: hey pep. i've got a problem out here. sometimes when i visit the blog i get old news. like i visited the blog this morning but saw the news of 26th april. i tried and tried but it was the same and now suddenly it is ok. i can see the latest news. this has happened even before. any idea why is this happening.
thank you!; 30 April, 2009
rahul said...: i agree wit all bt every team can play teh way they want. altough they r a disgracful team hell teh whole english league is disgraceful bt its their choice how to play. bt teh worst was teh ref tht guys kept helping chelsea, puyol makes one tackle n gets a card n ballack n malouda essien, alex make dirty tackles one after teh other n dont get any card. etoo offside ? henry shud have had a penalty. even wit all their freaking money they still cant win it in proper n fair way. disgusting league.; 30 April, 2009
barcaaaaa said...: Whatever it is.. They got the result they want..

I agree with this quote.. I blame Barca for fail to break the bus..; 30 April, 2009
V-Lo said...: Even today, Arsenal had some passing moments which completely blew anything Man Utd did apart, maybe these 2 teams, Man Utd and Chelsea are the most successful in recent history, but hey, you'll forever be pretenders with prize money to the purists.

Fact is, we've all been warped into believing that its a must to get a home lead to take into a second, anything else is heartbreak, tbh, its a new generation, and not conseeding an away goal is more important, we did that!

Guardiola knows that, he sub'd Eto because he wasnt hell-bent on getting that goal, that he needed Eto fresh for the Madrid match, at the end of the day, Barcelona play football, but we do need the spirit of football to be honour'd to play our part, Chelsea will have to attack, simple, and providing we get some luck now and then, you've got to think that we'll get 1 goal at least, and putting 2 past Barca? This isn't the old Barca, and well, we wont park the pass, there's other ways to preserve a lead, we'll just take this bus, drive it around 3 highways, a roundabout and a bridge, and leave Chelsea wishing they had a timetable to predict the bus moments, because they'll always be one step behind.; 30 April, 2009
afrius said...: Dear All,

Please do not be desperate about how Chelsea playing football in nou camp last night,it's a part off strategy how to win the Cup, in football the result is how many goal you make to your opponent, not ball possession or any chance you have, or how the formation (1-9-1).
So guys FCB not lost yet even our defender in trouble right now. there are still 90 minute chance to prove we can beat full defensive football.

afrius; 30 April, 2009
pep said...: I'm not sure what could be happening, Anony 1. Just check that you're going to the homepage (fcbtransfers.blogspot.com) and if you get old news, you probably should click the "refresh" button on top.; 30 April, 2009
Anonymous(1) said...: ok pep. i'll try that if it happens again. thank you!; 30 April, 2009
Anonymous said...: haha sid check your sources
read the independent n you will c that evn cruijff said "what happened to the goals galore hiddink promised us"
dont preach incorrect views with negative remarks man.
Still i do hope we get our revenge

Maxi; 30 April, 2009
JJ said...: afrius, good post.

There is far to much complaining about the way Chelsea played, yes they played very defensively but that was their strategy. You can't blame a team for playing smart and sticking to their game plan. I do not see them being able to do the same in the 2nd leg or they will indeed be punished by Beautiful Barca.

Messiah, Titi, Eto'o - They will bring the magic.; 30 April, 2009