Official UEFA Champions League Thread: Manchestr Utd. Champs

Alex_De_Large · Post #281 » by **Alex_De_Large** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:17 am

It must be really hard for Chelsea, they deserve to win CL more than any other team in the world. And i'am not a Chelsea fan... actually my favorite team from England is Arsenal.

Post #282 » by **Slava** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:58 am

Chelsea should be the last ones complaining after that red card. They've seen this far too often and neither the manager nor John Terry has done enough to discipline his team. There are quite a few individuals there who think they are bigger than the team itself and they should be fortunate that it happened at the end of extra time which didn't put them at a numbers disadvantage.

zuppafly · Post #283 » by **zuppafly** » Thu May 22, 2008 2:25 am

btw, I love how so many people here hate Cristiano. Just shows how great of a player he is. :clap:

Alex_De_Large · Post #284 » by **Alex_De_Large** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:14 am

cristiano is a diver, he is the varejao of soccer.

zuppafly · Post #285 » by **zuppafly** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:25 am

Alex_De_Large wrote:cristiano is a diver, he is the varejao of soccer.

He's also the best player on the planet right now, unlike Varej

El Turco · Post #286 » by **El Turco** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:26 am

people hate her because of her overall whiny attitude on the pitch not because of number of goals she scored.

zuppafly · Post #287 » by **zuppafly** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:41 am

ElTurco wrote:people hate her because of her overall whiny attitude on the pitch not because of number of goals she scored.

People hate superstars that are not on their team since forever.
Whenever a player is treated as a superstar on any sport that's the way it goes.

El Turco · Post #288 » by **El Turco** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:54 am

meh, you can hate a player but still respect him. that is the case with the most superstars.

Alex_De_Large · Post #289 » by **Alex_De_Large** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:57 am

i dont hate totti, gerrard, kaka, drogba and they are all superstars.

Ern III · Post #290 » by **Ern III** » Thu May 22, 2008 6:19 am

Didier Drogba will never be a superstar in my book. His prima donna antics by far outweigh his positive aspects. He has the balls of a field mouse and I wouldn't be shocked at all if it was his intention to be sent off so he didn't have to take a penalty. His attitude is disgraceful. If any player deserves football fans' true hatred, it's Drogba. I'd be appalled to discover he was coming to play at the same club if I were a professional footballer.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are virtually equal. What Ronaldo can do that Messi can't is be an aerial threat, while Messi is a better performer in matches of any import because of his style of perpetual motion; both him and the ball. Ronaldo can be pressured when - as is often the case - he is made the focal point of better teams' defense and marking, because he doesn't pass and move off the ball quite as well as he should.

Congrats to Man U. They were the best team this European season and thoroughly deserved the Double, even though they were largely outplayed and rather lucky in the final. As they say - you make your own luck.

Post #291 » by **BlackMamba** » Thu May 22, 2008 2:15 pm

i think the hatred of players comes first of the teams they play in and then because of their certain attitudes.

in my case i don't hate manU, but i really don't like ronaldo's attitude and like ElTurco said how she whines. but he's a great player, obviously the best this year, 43 goals aren't easy to score.

but, he still has the Euro to show how important and good he can be in a win now tournament.

UrbanLegendMD · Post #292 » by **UrbanLegendMD** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:10 pm

zuppafly wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

People hate superstars that are not on their team since forever.
Whenever a player is treated as a superstar on any sport that's the way it goes.

Yeah, but Christiano Ronaldo acts like a little bitch all the time. What's not to hate?

treiz · Post #293 » by **treiz** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:34 pm

Congrats Man U, it was a good game that could've gone either way. Anyway, I'd just like to say that the referee ruined the game.

a-rod · Post #294 » by **a-rod** » Thu May 22, 2008 4:40 pm

^Goat

, Congrats to Manchester United....

Alex_De_Large · Post #295 » by **Alex_De_Large** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:11 pm

goat is jose mourinho, sorry.

Post #296 » by **BlackMamba** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:35 pm

well, it's a tough one.

mourinho in 8 years of being a coach:

Portuguese Championships (2): 2002/03; 2003/04
SuperCup C

El Turco · Post #297 » by **El Turco** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:44 pm

Alex_De_Large wrote:goat is jose mourinho, sorry.

he is a goat all right. a scapegoat.

among active coaches nobody comes close to ferguson in terms of success. maybe, you can make a case for Marcelo Lippi.

Alex_De_Large · Post #298 » by **Alex_De_Large** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:50 pm

stop underrating the special one. it's god, and then him.

a-rod · Post #299 » by **a-rod** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:54 pm

ElTurco wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

he is a goat all right. a scapegoat.

ElTurco wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
among active coaches nobody comes close to ferguson in terms of success. maybe, you can make a case for Marcelo Lippi.

agreed...

Post #300 » by **Slava** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:57 pm

Alex_De_Large wrote:stop underrating the special one. it's god, and then him.

No sorry. Avram Grant has done in half a season what Mourinho couldn't do for 3 seasons at Chelsea. I'm more inclined to think that it was more down to the quality of players that contributed to their success than Mourinho just pulling something out of his hat.

How about Michael Ballack becoming a more essential part of that team while he could do nothing good as long as Jose was in charge?