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Mourinho had that ref in his pocket. Carra was getting in his face when he acknowledged the Chelsea players were diving, waving play to continue without them and yet refused to book them despite all the obvious diving. Merk also awarded them numerous free kicks for clear dives.

That mockering won't fly around here lady. We have an impotent attack and Chelsea will score twelvety away goals with their sublime brand of football.

Lucky still to have a chance of taking it thanks to Reina. We offered nothing in attack, the crosses were dreadful ... lots of long balling. Kuyt carried no goal threat. I think Gerrard was the only one to shoot on target besides Aggers at the end. I think Zenden comes in behind Pepe for MoM. Even though he was completely ineffective he did a lot more than the majority. Very disappointing game. Chelsea weren't much either, were they?

You know you are in trouble when you bring Zenden to a Champs League Semi final and he is the guy seeing most of the ball for ya. He's not the only one at fault mind you.

Some programs allow you the option of how much to buffer so it isn't so choppy. I increased mine by a good few seconds and it cleared up the stutter straight away.

...... can't beat newcastle .. fking sh*t c****

The blame lies with the intellectually challenged peanut brains who purchase such pointless literature.

he was alright

We've always been an honest hard working side. We're always knocking around the top of FIFAs fair play rankings. I'd be worried about Mascherano after his tackling display today. Very sloppy.

hehe, maybe Gerrard for the few nice attempts at getting people in at goal. Beyond that there really wasn't a performance of any note.... nothing happened.

Mockumental thread

I like the poll on the right about which team will get fourth place in the premiership. The more Everton fans protest the more comical it becomes

Alonso by far and Pennant did his bit aswell. Pennant wouldn't have looked half as good it it were not for Alonso and his quality passing.

Masch Ste G Carra

Nope he was just what was needed to get a handle on the game. He's a gamey fella and did well.

What is this g*******-ery you are spouting? John Giles can't hold his own in a tactical discussion ?! I didn't see this 'what are tactics?' comment but no doubt it is linked to his mantra of basic principals a team should be adhereing to. What use is having complex tactics if you can't do the f***ing basics of getting control of the ball and passing it effectively. He was right on his comments about the Barca game because they could have gotten into that game when there should have been no chance of it, if we had controlled possession like we can - despite what the many g*******s say : that we can't afford to pass the ball around against the almight barcelona. He also balances out the negative with the positive when commenting on players , for every complaint about a diving c*** Ronaldo there is glowing praise for an Alonso.

Valencia, because the way they let Chelsea off the hook tonight in the second half. They would also be looking at a few possible suspensions aswell which would make them a lot softer.

What the hell has happened to Valencia, they haven't been good in possession at all and now Chelsea have them under pressure without having done anything of note.

canizares the wally.

I'd imagine Alan Hansen would be brilliant with the freedom the RTE pundits get.You could argue the same for a few more working in the UK, where they have to play up to an audience and not say anything in case someone gets offended. Even if I don't agree with some things said by the panel at least they can speak their mind and don't have to neuter their own opinions because a shower of precious c*nts can't handle someone having a critical point of view.

They used to play Giggs (behind a Centre forward admittedly) up front so he could use his speed and tricks closer to goal and so he would have more options rather than being limited in where he could go.Same reasoning here I suspect.

Not only are they very solid, they can pass it about a bit. I can't recall them hoofing it from the back once, they always look for the midfield and find the right pass. Hopefull Albelda will pick up some cards if they do go through. Silvas goal was great.

Well put. He has the physical attributes to be a better player but he really just hovers in the area of average, popping up to score a goal now and then.

Theres really no chance of us giving up Sissoko unless it's a really big offer. He has too much potential.

I'm convinced this guy is a sociopath