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Twisted
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands13554 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 17:21:33
February 03 2014 17:20 GMT
#11801
On February 04 2014 01:37 Pandemona wrote:
There is differences


The only difference is Chelsea (and Mourinho's Real Madrid) has good players up front who can actually showcase beautiful things in the game.

Doesn't mean it's any different in playstyle. Chelsea will definitely park the bus. But I am looking forward to the match. I dislike both teams so I don't care who wins but I think it'll be a nice match
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RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6326 Posts
February 03 2014 17:28 GMT
#11802
Why do you dislike Chelsea? Awesome supporters imo.
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28920 Posts
February 03 2014 17:34 GMT
#11803
Cuz they kickstarted the you gotta get a billionaire to become successful trend. Before it was you gotta be from a big city and have lots of supporters and a long history to remain successful, but then the market wasn't so inflated so economy was less important period, and you'd have occasional success stories from teams that just had smart management and a golden generation.

There's never gonna be another Rosenborg 1995-2002~ and what chelsea represents is part of the reason.
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zeo
Profile Joined October 2009
Serbia6344 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 17:41:02
February 03 2014 17:38 GMT
#11804
On February 04 2014 02:28 RvB wrote:
Why do you dislike Chelsea? Awesome supporters imo.

Siege mentality is deeply en-rooted in the club and support, that why people don't like us.

@Drone
The Italians were the ones who first started putting stupid amounts of money into football through rich owners. Also Perez and the Galacticos.
“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.” - Jean Cocteau
Salteador Neo
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Andorra5591 Posts
February 03 2014 17:41 GMT
#11805
I dislike Chelsea indirectly

I truly dislike both Mourinho and Abramovich. Since Chelsea and those are good friends, I dislike it too xD
Revolutionist fan
Kleinmuuhg
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Vanuatu4091 Posts
February 03 2014 17:47 GMT
#11806
most of all chelsea is just poorly managed. any german club with half the funds would be equally as good or better. too much short term thinking
This is our town, scrub
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28920 Posts
February 03 2014 17:54 GMT
#11807
well I'm not gonna say anything positive about milan or real madrid, but I do think chelsea was the first team to really do the whole, super rich billionaire who got his fortune by absolutely shady means feels like playing championship manager in real life and then buys a decent team to make it great. And fair enough, real madrid and italian clubs were inflating prices earlier but it just wasn't at the same scale, because you only really had 4-5 teams paying stupid amounts of money back then, and there wasn't enough talent around to make anyone but the truly best go for truly exorbitant sums. Now you see Cardiff paying £10mill for a mediocre danish player - and it becomes impossible for teams that aren't in top leagues to hold on to star players because so much money is being put on the table, and it becomes impossible for teams to achieve success without a rich owner because all their competition has that, and then clubs become dependent on people who may or may not have a clue but who still insist on direct influence over football-related decisions.
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zeo
Profile Joined October 2009
Serbia6344 Posts
February 03 2014 17:54 GMT
#11808
On February 04 2014 02:47 Kleinmuuhg wrote:
most of all chelsea is just poorly managed. any german club with half the funds would be equally as good or better. too much short term thinking

Give Wolfsburg the money, I'm sure they would have the CL in the bag within two seasons.
“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.” - Jean Cocteau
haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2744 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 18:11:23
February 03 2014 18:09 GMT
#11809
On February 04 2014 02:54 Liquid`Drone wrote:
well I'm not gonna say anything positive about milan or real madrid, but I do think chelsea was the first team to really do the whole, super rich billionaire who got his fortune by absolutely shady means feels like playing championship manager in real life and then buys a decent team to make it great. And fair enough, real madrid and italian clubs were inflating prices earlier but it just wasn't at the same scale, because you only really had 4-5 teams paying stupid amounts of money back then, and there wasn't enough talent around to make anyone but the truly best go for truly exorbitant sums. Now you see Cardiff paying £10mill for a mediocre danish player - and it becomes impossible for teams that aren't in top leagues to hold on to star players because so much money is being put on the table, and it becomes impossible for teams to achieve success without a rich owner because all their competition has that, and then clubs become dependent on people who may or may not have a clue but who still insist on direct influence over football-related decisions.


I think because of that, Atletico is so loved right now. They are like the anti-trend, like old school awesome managed teams in the old times. Piojo Lopez Valencia, Mourinho Oporto, etc.
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18772 Posts
February 03 2014 18:10 GMT
#11810
I dislike chelsea because money made them into a top club, not hard work.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
February 03 2014 18:12 GMT
#11811
We where still a decent club though, that is what people forget. In the 1990s we were winning Cup winners Cup (UEFA Cup) and the Super Cup with our 1998 team. We also finished 4th without money prior to Abramovich signing, that would of gave us champions league money for the first time anyway. Also one of the reason why Roman came in. Can't say we were a bag of shite but im also not saying we were top 10 in the world at that time xD or had been.
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
city42
Profile Joined October 2007
1656 Posts
February 03 2014 18:13 GMT
#11812
On February 04 2014 02:54 zeo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:47 Kleinmuuhg wrote:
most of all chelsea is just poorly managed. any german club with half the funds would be equally as good or better. too much short term thinking

Give Wolfsburg the money, I'm sure they would have the CL in the bag within two seasons.

Who said anything about two seasons? That's the short-term thinking he's talking about. If you allowed Wolfsburg to take a £350m loss (half the number of Chelsea) in the transfer market over the decade starting in 2004, as well as the wages, they would certainly be a continental power by now. To illustrate this, look at the other clubs that have taken at least a £350m transfer loss over that period: Real Madrid, Man City, Barcelona, PSG. It's not terribly difficult to be successful with that kind of money.
Mensol
Profile Joined September 2012
14536 Posts
February 03 2014 18:16 GMT
#11813
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Drive faster, Villa!!!!
If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing. - imaqtpie on NA teams at Worlds.
zeo
Profile Joined October 2009
Serbia6344 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 18:27:44
February 03 2014 18:18 GMT
#11814
On February 04 2014 02:54 Liquid`Drone wrote:
well I'm not gonna say anything positive about milan or real madrid, but I do think chelsea was the first team to really do the whole, super rich billionaire who got his fortune by absolutely shady means feels like playing championship manager in real life and then buys a decent team to make it great. And fair enough, real madrid and italian clubs were inflating prices earlier but it just wasn't at the same scale, because you only really had 4-5 teams paying stupid amounts of money back then, and there wasn't enough talent around to make anyone but the truly best go for truly exorbitant sums. Now you see Cardiff paying £10mill for a mediocre danish player - and it becomes impossible for teams that aren't in top leagues to hold on to star players because so much money is being put on the table, and it becomes impossible for teams to achieve success without a rich owner because all their competition has that, and then clubs become dependent on people who may or may not have a clue but who still insist on direct influence over football-related decisions.

Man, Italian football during the 90's was the shit. Inter, Lazio, Milan, Juventus, Parma, Fiorentina all having world class players, all fighting for the title, and most of them with shady owners washing money through the clubs. All the rest had insane talent. Brilliant.

I guess too much of watching perfect 'look at all this super green grass from Holland' pitches and sensible fans in the EPL and Liga make me nostalgic for the raw athletic track stadiums filled with smoke from smoke bombs, back when everything had a greyish tone. At least you got the working class feel in Italy, even with the all the money.

Don't think my post has much to do with your one, but I think the reason people don't like rich people coming into football is the nanny state painfully visible in modern football.

edit: though now that I think about it the reason Serie A declined was because of the selfish division of TV rights, something being felt in Spain right now.
“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.” - Jean Cocteau
Influ
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany780 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 18:20:21
February 03 2014 18:18 GMT
#11815
On February 04 2014 02:47 Kleinmuuhg wrote:
most of all chelsea is just poorly managed. any german club with half the funds would be equally as good or better. too much short term thinking


As long as it's not Schalke, Hertha BSC (maybe not in the recent 2 years), Hamburg, Bremen or Cologne for example. There are clubs in Germany who have been managed piss poor for years here as well.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 18:28:31
February 03 2014 18:27 GMT
#11816
On February 04 2014 03:13 city42 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:54 zeo wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:47 Kleinmuuhg wrote:
most of all chelsea is just poorly managed. any german club with half the funds would be equally as good or better. too much short term thinking

Give Wolfsburg the money, I'm sure they would have the CL in the bag within two seasons.

Who said anything about two seasons? That's the short-term thinking he's talking about. If you allowed Wolfsburg to take a £350m loss (half the number of Chelsea) in the transfer market over the decade starting in 2004, as well as the wages, they would certainly be a continental power by now. To illustrate this, look at the other clubs that have taken at least a £350m transfer loss over that period: Real Madrid, Man City, Barcelona, PSG. It's not terribly difficult to be successful with that kind of money.


Just saying, big clubs yeah ALWAYS lose money in transfer window. Why? Because they are big clubs, they don't buy youngsters (Bale) and sell for £100million because the big clubs are the ones buying those players....Take out the huge sums of money and it's still the same. Leeds buy Ferdinand for like £5million sell him for £30million, why because they weren't a big enough club to deny that money. Like show me where Real sold a player they bought for 10million and sold for 30-40 lol. Or sold a youth academy product for profit. Barca sold Cesc cheap, bought him back for 30+. Chelsea exchange Matic bought him back for £20million. Just standard things that happen in big clubs.

Would we be able to do that without Roman, no Chelsea couldn't, but Real/Barca can and have. Italian giants used to, Yanited always have and even Liverpool used to spend pretty decent money.
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
kyllinghest
Profile Joined December 2011
Norway1607 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 18:33:52
February 03 2014 18:33 GMT
#11817
Hoping for a good game tonight, hopefully an early City goal so Mourinhos don´t just park the bus all night (which is a smart tactic for such a tactically disciplined team like Chelsea). Go go El Cashico!

"NO" -Has
city42
Profile Joined October 2007
1656 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 18:37:03
February 03 2014 18:35 GMT
#11818
On February 04 2014 03:27 Pandemona wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 03:13 city42 wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:54 zeo wrote:
On February 04 2014 02:47 Kleinmuuhg wrote:
most of all chelsea is just poorly managed. any german club with half the funds would be equally as good or better. too much short term thinking

Give Wolfsburg the money, I'm sure they would have the CL in the bag within two seasons.

Who said anything about two seasons? That's the short-term thinking he's talking about. If you allowed Wolfsburg to take a £350m loss (half the number of Chelsea) in the transfer market over the decade starting in 2004, as well as the wages, they would certainly be a continental power by now. To illustrate this, look at the other clubs that have taken at least a £350m transfer loss over that period: Real Madrid, Man City, Barcelona, PSG. It's not terribly difficult to be successful with that kind of money.


Just saying, big clubs yeah ALWAYS lose money in transfer window. Why? Because they are big clubs, they don't buy youngsters (Bale) and sell for £100million because the big clubs are the ones buying those players....Take out the huge sums of money and it's still the same. Leeds buy Ferdinand for like £5million sell him for £30million, why because they weren't a big enough club to deny that money. Like show me where Real sold a player they bought for 10million and sold for 30-40 lol. Or sold a youth academy product for profit. Barca sold Cesc cheap, bought him back for 30+. Chelsea exchange Matic bought him back for £20million. Just standard things that happen in big clubs.

No, I totally agree. My point was that big clubs like Chelsea don't necessarily succeed because they are well-run, but rather because they can throw money at their problems, and obviously Madrid, City, etc. do this as well. If you take a random club in a top division and pump that much money into them, they will probably win trophies. One year of spending took Malaga to the CL!
Steveling
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Greece10806 Posts
February 03 2014 18:44 GMT
#11819
Time till it starts?
My dick has shrunk to the point where it looks like I have 3 balls.
lord_nibbler
Profile Joined March 2004
Germany591 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-02-03 18:46:21
February 03 2014 18:45 GMT
#11820
On February 04 2014 03:18 Influ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 04 2014 02:47 Kleinmuuhg wrote:
most of all chelsea is just poorly managed. any german club with half the funds would be equally as good or better. too much short term thinking


As long as it's not Schalke, Hertha BSC (maybe not in the recent 2 years), Hamburg, Bremen or Cologne for example. There are clubs in Germany who have been managed piss poor for years here as well.

Strange list, really.
Schalke and Hamburg are underachieving with the money they got, sure. But it's not like they are totally incompetent. Schalke is always in the running for a CL place and Hamburg never got demoted all these years.
Cologne has never been a good team, like ever. Above-average attendance does not automatically make you a good team. Ditto with Hertha.
And Bremen does not belong into this list at all. They were brilliant a few years ago and their management is actually one of the distinctly 'long term planers' in the sport.
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