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On July 04 2013 23:50 Pandemona wrote:
FIFA Rankings - July 13
1 Spain Equal
2 Germany Equal
3 Colombia Up 4
4 Argentina Down 1
5 Netherlands Equal
6 Italy Up 2
7 Portugal Down 1
8 Croatia Down 4
9 Brazil Up 13
10 Belgium Up 2
11 Greece Up 5
12 Uruguay Up 7
13 Côte d'Ivoire Equal
14 Bosnia-Herzegovina Up 1
15 England Down 6
16 Switzerland Down 2
17 Russia Down 6
18 Ecuador Down 8
19 Peru Up 11
20 Mexico Down 3
alright wtf fifa, Colombia at number 3 -_- I'm a passionate fan and all but come on, this only serves to hype up the team and I definitely don't want another WC 1994 where we're considered dark horses and don't even past the group stages.
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oh come on Bosnia are seriously rated higher than us??
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On July 04 2013 21:49 Twisted wrote:
It's because you either support Chelsea or you have a mild to big dislike for them and their policy. I think this is mostly because of their negative playstyle the past few years in Europe and flunking out wins somehow.
I do admit they're doing a better job now though with more attacking football and I start disliking them less and less :p.
Literally laughed out loud at how true the first sentence is. I don't think I know a single person that is neutral towards Chelsea just about everybody is either a fan or dislikes them to no end.
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On July 04 2013 21:44 Zeo wrote:
Whats so wrong with buying these young players? Its like whatever Chelsea does is bad.
-Buy established players --> bad
-Buy promising young players and have them stay at the club 10 years --> bad
If half of these players fulfil their potential Chelsea will (in 3-4 years time) have one of if not the greatest midfield ever in football, I mean look at these players: Romelu Lukaku (20) André Schürrle (22) Victor Moses (22) Eden Hazard (22) Lucas Piazón (19) Oscar (21) Juan Mata (25) Kevin de Bruyne (22) Marco van Ginkel (20) Oriol Romeu (21) The list goes on and on...
Its been ten years since Roman took over and I think the time has come for the club to settle down and cement its place at the top. Before Ferguson came to Utd they were the big club that never won anything, 25 years later look at them now, where will Chelsea be in 15 years time? Will anyone care/remember about the money that was pumped into the club at the start? Today's triumphs become tomorrows history
I have never been so exited for a start to the new season, Mourinho is here for the long haul, I (and many other fans) have a feeling this is the beginning of a new era, with Ferguson out of the way we can safely farm trophies for the next decade the way you are supposed to, build a great young team and have Jose (the greatest manager in the world) mold them into the future legacy of this club.
Umm have you heard of Sir Matt Busby? How did man u win nothing before Sir Alex?
As for Chelsea i do still think they have undeserved success, as a man u fan i'd much rather see us competing with the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal, Blackburn. Clubs with history. You had a billionaire buy your club, its estimated he pumped one billion dollars into your club, its ludicrous. He's spent so much money you've had a trail of error approach, just put in any manager until they get success. The club isn't even loyal, look at di matteo and that disgraceful fiasco. The club is still Roman's play thing, taking away the chances of other clubs. I actually feel more sorry for the likes of arsenal, spurs, Everton and Liverpool. It would be those 4 competing for a title and champions league spots. As for your idea of "investing in youth" and Chelsea cannot win, are you serious? Do i have to tell you that "Romelu Lukaku (20) André Schürrle (22) Victor Moses (22) Eden Hazard (22) Lucas Piazón (19) Oscar (21) Juan Mata (25) Kevin de Bruyne (22) Marco van Ginkel (20) Oriol Romeu (21)" as transfers cost within the region of £150-160 million? that's close to the price of Manchester united, Dortmund or barca's first team squad.
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Of course Chelsea, to a certain extent, have undeserved success. It's not really going to make much difference to the amount of glory the club can attain in the coming years though.
By the way Chelsea probably would have been up there challenging from the title anyway, battling away with Spurs Everton and Liverpool.
And anyway, Liverpool has had massive resources, if Chelsea's is undeserved success then Pool's is deserved failure lol!
And by the way, do you actually come from Manchester, because if you don't then I would feel obliged to take anything you say with a pinch of salt because I know so many fans of Man U who talk about 'history' and 'we did this and that' who are just glory hunters with no legit ties to the club other than liking the colour red and the symbol of a devil when they were young.
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Go greece!
#wc2014 lol
@mandalor
The difference between the two teams being that greece 2004 couldn't play entertaining football to save their lives.
The players were decent, some of them pretty good but the only world class player was the legendary keeper.
We didn't have mata, drogba, lampard etc, we just played on our strength, which was defensive football.
Chelsea on the other hand had top class players and could at least try to play something akin to pleasing football.
I mean let's be real here, chelsea fans argue that barca has the superior players, so it made sense to play like that.
But that's wrong.
Cause when are you gonna have the better team? In 6 years when messi and co will be old? lol
Also are you gonna defend like that againt other superior teams like bayern and rm?
Think about it sc4k, pandy etc, let's say chelsea meets a superior team in cl in the semis this year, will you be happy for your team if you play like last year again?
With this kind of roster and these awesome players, I wouldn't be happy if it was my team.
Bottom line is your coach, mou atm, needs to grow a pair and play offensively, you def have the players to pull it off.
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That wouldn't bother me in the slightest. I tell you what would, playing like Barcelona. Shoot me dead please.
80% possession 5 shots, I'd rather hang myself.
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But you couldn't even if you wanted to play like that, that's why this barca team is hailed as one of the best teams ever.
Noone else can do what they do.
If you find their style pleasing or not is irrelevant.
But any team can buckle up against a superior team and luck it out.
Can't you see the difference?
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Man, I wish every team played like Werder Bremen from a couple of years ago 
But gung-ho crazy kamikaze attacking football doesn't win any titles.. sigh
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On July 05 2013 01:00 Steveling wrote:
But you couldn't even if you wanted to play like that, that's why this barca team is hailed as one of the best teams ever.
Noone else can do what they do.
If you find their style pleasing or not is irrelevant.
But any team can buckle up against a superior team and luck it out.
Can't you see the difference?
It's always easier when you have referee's on your side though *cough* 2008 *cough*
#shots fired
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On July 05 2013 01:00 Steveling wrote:
But you couldn't even if you wanted to play like that, that's why this barca team is hailed as one of the best teams ever.
Noone else can do what they do.
If you find their style pleasing or not is irrelevant.
But any team can buckle up against a superior team and luck it out.
Can't you see the difference?
Not really.
I mean, no team could do what Stoke did when they had delapp and his uber long throw. It's just abusing a physical hack. Just like Barca's tiki taka skills comes from stacking their team with midgets with low centre of gravity and retardedly good passing skill. Regardless of how difficult it is, it just looks terrible and is complete wank. The level of enjoyment I get from watching Barca play is 2/10 consistently. From Bayern/ Man U/ RM it's like 8/10 consistently. From Chelsea I'll admit it's rarely above 5/10, from a pure football perspective, but meh. You don't have to enjoy your team, just support them  .
This Barca team certainly could be called one of the best teams ever but just because a team can win and is dominant it does not necessarily make them exciting. And you watch sports to be entertained primarily, surely.
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On July 05 2013 00:15 Mercurial wrote:Show nested quote +On July 04 2013 21:49 Twisted wrote:
It's because you either support Chelsea or you have a mild to big dislike for them and their policy. I think this is mostly because of their negative playstyle the past few years in Europe and flunking out wins somehow.
I do admit they're doing a better job now though with more attacking football and I start disliking them less and less :p. Literally laughed out loud at how true the first sentence is. I don't think I know a single person that is neutral towards Chelsea just about everybody is either a fan or dislikes them to no end.
im neutral towards chelsea lol. im a huge man utd fan but i am actually indifferent to most teams. i dont see why if youre a fan of one team you have to hate/find reasons to hate another. im actually also a fan of arsenal, im just a bigger man utd fan
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Fifa rankings remind me early stages of Aligulac. With the tiny detail of billions of $$ in their budget.
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On July 05 2013 01:02 Zeo wrote:Show nested quote +On July 05 2013 01:00 Steveling wrote:
But you couldn't even if you wanted to play like that, that's why this barca team is hailed as one of the best teams ever.
Noone else can do what they do.
If you find their style pleasing or not is irrelevant.
But any team can buckle up against a superior team and luck it out.
Can't you see the difference? It's always easier when you have referee's on your side though *cough* 2008 *cough* #shots fired
I say that everyone that bitches about this some more, gets a 2 week ban from this thread.
enough with the non sense. stfu.
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On July 05 2013 01:00 Steveling wrote:
But you couldn't even if you wanted to play like that, that's why this barca team is hailed as one of the best teams ever.
Noone else can do what they do.
If you find their style pleasing or not is irrelevant.
But any team can buckle up against a superior team and luck it out.
Can't you see the difference?
Depends what you mean play like.
We play attacking football now
We have had 70+ % Possession in many games over the season
Many games we had LOADS of shots and failed to convert them all
I mean what else is the difference of playing like Barca ? 
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On July 05 2013 01:23 funkie wrote:Show nested quote +On July 05 2013 01:02 Zeo wrote:On July 05 2013 01:00 Steveling wrote:
But you couldn't even if you wanted to play like that, that's why this barca team is hailed as one of the best teams ever.
Noone else can do what they do.
If you find their style pleasing or not is irrelevant.
But any team can buckle up against a superior team and luck it out.
Can't you see the difference? It's always easier when you have referee's on your side though *cough* 2008 *cough* #shots fired I say that everyone that bitches about this some more, gets a 2 week ban from this thread. enough with the non sense. stfu.
huh, wtf are you talking about? This isn't Barcasupportersonline.com
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On July 05 2013 01:23 funkie wrote:Show nested quote +On July 05 2013 01:02 Zeo wrote:On July 05 2013 01:00 Steveling wrote:
But you couldn't even if you wanted to play like that, that's why this barca team is hailed as one of the best teams ever.
Noone else can do what they do.
If you find their style pleasing or not is irrelevant.
But any team can buckle up against a superior team and luck it out.
Can't you see the difference? It's always easier when you have referee's on your side though *cough* 2008 *cough* #shots fired I say that everyone that bitches about this some more, gets a 2 week ban from this thread. enough with the non sense. stfu.
are you seriously saying you deserved to win vs Chelsea in 2008? lol
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On July 05 2013 01:06 sc4k wrote:Show nested quote +On July 05 2013 01:00 Steveling wrote:
But you couldn't even if you wanted to play like that, that's why this barca team is hailed as one of the best teams ever.
Noone else can do what they do.
If you find their style pleasing or not is irrelevant.
But any team can buckle up against a superior team and luck it out.
Can't you see the difference? Not really. I mean, no team could do what Stoke did when they had delapp and his uber long throw. It's just abusing a physical hack. Just like Barca's tiki taka skills comes from stacking their team with midgets with low centre of gravity and retardedly good passing skill. Regardless of how difficult it is, it just looks terrible and is complete wank. The level of enjoyment I get from watching Barca play is 2/10 consistently. From Bayern/ Man U/ RM it's like 8/10 consistently. From Chelsea I'll admit it's rarely above 5/10, from a pure football perspective, but meh. You don't have to enjoy your team, just support them . This Barca team certainly could be called one of the best teams ever but just because a team can win and is dominant it does not necessarily make them exciting. And you watch sports to be entertained primarily, surely.
You forgot to say "imo".
Because in my eyes I'm thrilled to see barca masterfully dictate the pace of the game each and every time.
You find it boring, millions of people don't.
Like one mate of mine said when we argued about the greatest athlete.
He was talking about jordan and he finally said, how can you support this midget messi, jordan is so superior physically it's hilarious.
Know what I responded? Well mate, it's exactly cause he's a midget that does all the stuff that players with beastly physical attributes can only be jealous of.
People usually try to beat down barca's players using strength and vulgar tackles. They almost always fail.
That's the most exciting thing I have ever witnessed in any sport anytime.
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On July 05 2013 01:25 sc4k wrote:Show nested quote +On July 05 2013 01:23 funkie wrote:On July 05 2013 01:02 Zeo wrote:On July 05 2013 01:00 Steveling wrote:
But you couldn't even if you wanted to play like that, that's why this barca team is hailed as one of the best teams ever.
Noone else can do what they do.
If you find their style pleasing or not is irrelevant.
But any team can buckle up against a superior team and luck it out.
Can't you see the difference? It's always easier when you have referee's on your side though *cough* 2008 *cough* #shots fired I say that everyone that bitches about this some more, gets a 2 week ban from this thread. enough with the non sense. stfu. huh, wtf are you talking about? This isn't Barcasupportersonline.com
I actually tried to get into 'Barcasupportersonline.com' just now.... sigh
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On July 05 2013 01:30 sharkie wrote:Show nested quote +On July 05 2013 01:23 funkie wrote:On July 05 2013 01:02 Zeo wrote:On July 05 2013 01:00 Steveling wrote:
But you couldn't even if you wanted to play like that, that's why this barca team is hailed as one of the best teams ever.
Noone else can do what they do.
If you find their style pleasing or not is irrelevant.
But any team can buckle up against a superior team and luck it out.
Can't you see the difference? It's always easier when you have referee's on your side though *cough* 2008 *cough* #shots fired I say that everyone that bitches about this some more, gets a 2 week ban from this thread. enough with the non sense. stfu. are you seriously saying you deserved to win vs Chelsea in 2008? lol
Wasn't the controversial barca-Chelsea game in 2009 semi finals?
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