Valiant Chelsea Triumphant
by Robert on Jul 18, 2009 11:46 AM PDT
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Blue is the colour, football is the game
We're all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name
Here at the Bridge whether rain or fine
We can shine all the time
Home or away, come and see us play
You're welcome any day
Blue is the colour, football is the game
We're all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name
Come to the Shed and we'll welcome you
Wear your blue and see us through
Sing loud and clear until the game is done
Sing Chelsea everyone.
Blue is the colour, football is the game
We're all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name
Blue is the colour, football is the game
We're all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name
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woo!
by Teej on Jul 18, 2009 12:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
FYI I'm deleting this before Graham gets back from the match and bans me.
by Robert on Jul 18, 2009 12:35 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Fredy's psyched out by all the Premier League scouts at the game.
Kind of like in Above the Rim.
by Teej on Jul 18, 2009 12:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So many chances
but no one seems to be capable of finishing.
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by bluemax on Jul 18, 2009 12:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Would certainly be nice to finish a play, wouldn't it?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- P&P&Z
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jul 18, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Being a relative expert at these matters,
You wouldn’t sing “Can you hear the Chelsea supporters sing.” You would just say “can you hear the Chelsea sing, no, no” And it’s “I can’t hear a fucking thing, woooooooooooaaaaaah Sssshhhhhhhhhhh AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” (But I guess you were just not swearing for the original post, in which case sorry!
by marinerdan on Jul 18, 2009 2:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So did Terry score a goal, run to the crowd and rip off his Chelsea shirt to reveal the Sky Blue of Manchester City?
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jul 18, 2009 7:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
FUCK YOU
(Seriously though, £40million+? You can have him).
Fuck Anaheim.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Jul 18, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I yelled my ass off.
It was ridiculously hot out there today, and there were issues with some crazy bastards in 122, but we did our best to make noise. From everything I’ve seen, it looks like we were much louder than I thought.
~I'm on the DA~
by section331 on Jul 18, 2009 8:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Blue is the colour, football is the game
We’re all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
’cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name
Here at the Bridge whether rain or fine
We can shine all the time
Home or away, come and see us play
You’re welcome any day
Blue is the colour, football is the game
We’re all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
’cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name
Come to the Shed and we’ll welcome you
Wear your blue and see us through
Sing loud and clear until the game is done
Sing Chelsea everyone.
Blue is the colour, football is the game
We’re all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
’cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name
Blue is the colour, football is the game
We’re all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
’cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name
by Graham on Jul 18, 2009 10:36 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Haha!
I do so wish that baseball fans made up songs about the opposing team (yesterday’s selection included “Stamford Bridge is falling down”).
Oh, well…
~I'm on the DA~
by section331 on Jul 19, 2009 8:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Man!
I wished I had hopped over here during the game with y’all. What did the post say before?
Sturridge’s game yesterday was intriguing for me. I didn’t expect much from him, but maybe he’ll get a little more playing time than I expected this year.
by GhettoBear04 on Jul 19, 2009 9:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought Sturridge was absolutely awful apart from the goal
Gave the ball away god knows how many times in the first 20 minutes. Chelsea were playing towards me in the first half and Sturridge looked by far the weakest link in the attack.
by Graham on Jul 19, 2009 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The post previous was pro-Sounders
~I'm on the DA~
by section331 on Jul 19, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By the way, Lampard has said he'd be interested in playing here when he's done with Chelsea
by Graham on Jul 19, 2009 9:39 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Even if we get our asses handed by the European superclubs
The way Qwest impresses the other players is going to make these friendlies a total win for the Sounders
by Robert on Jul 19, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I can see Barcelona preferring Qwest after playing in the Nou Camp and in the Bernabeu
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
by pdb on Jul 19, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you or anyone else here know
If any local media interviewed Chelsea players or staff after the game? I’d be curious to see what their impressions of the supporter response was. I’ve checked out the outlets I’m familiar with, but there didn’t seem to be anything from Chelsea, just our guys…
~I'm on the DA~
by section331 on Jul 19, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't even need to look in order to know they'll say it was terrific
in the same way that a baseball team manager, when talking about a pitcher who sucks, says that pitcher is doing great. Chelsea’s on basically a glorified international sales trip – it’d be bad for business to say anything that casts a potential future customer in a bad light.
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by pdb on Jul 19, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From the Chelsea website:
Carlo Ancelotti:
“Finally there was comment on the atmosphere inside Seattle’s Qwest Field, the scene for a 65,289 crowd, a Chelsea record in the United States.
‘The atmosphere was fantastic; it was a pleasure to play this game in these facilities with these people,’ he smiled.
’People are enthusiastic to see the game. For the players and staff it is a pleasure to stay here in this moment.
‘Soccer in the USA is improving very quickly and there are players with good quality.’"
And I think this is probably the article Graham’s referring to:
Fuck Anaheim.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Jul 19, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, there's a Sounders Review show on KONG that included a snippet of an interview with Lampard
He sounded genuinely blown away by the atmosphere/noise/etc.
by marc w on Jul 20, 2009 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where did Chelsea stay at when they were in Seattle?
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jul 20, 2009 11:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Green Tortoise Hostel
Abramovich’s portfolio has taken quite a hit in the last year.
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by pdb on Jul 20, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the bright side
At least Graham didn’t have a picture of Chelsea lifting the Champions League trophy to sully this thread further with.
by tinit on Jul 20, 2009 1:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I tried to find one but nothing came up.
Any reason for that?
by Robert on Jul 20, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some photos from the game
I took some photos.
Anelka is not only a goal poaching cheater, he’s also a cockmaven. Proof:
If you can’t quite make out what he’s grabbing at, go here.
(answer: a penis)
by marc w on Jul 20, 2009 9:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nicolas Anelka is just reaching for what he never had
Balls. If he’d have stayed at Arsenal he would have been top scorer in the Premiership more than once.
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by pdb on Jul 20, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And then he'd be on a team that's falling apart at the seams right now
Nasri gone for 3 months
by Graham on Jul 21, 2009 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yyyyeeeeeeessssss
Now Spurs just need to complete the Huntelaar transfer….or grab Ashley Young (sorry NOLA).
What’s the plan with Sturridge? Is he going to get a lot of playing time, or did they just want to take a look at him? I agree he didn’t look that great, but oh my stars Schevchenko’s looking bad these days.
by marc w on Jul 21, 2009 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see him getting much love over Anelka/Drogba
by Graham on Jul 21, 2009 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks.
The odd cup game then, eh?
Seems like they may be a bit late on selling Schevchenko, but maybe no one bit… I’d still think he’d fetch some money in Italy.
by marc w on Jul 21, 2009 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They'll just loan him out again I think
by Graham on Jul 21, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LA are looking for another overpriced mediocre player
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by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How 'bout that reception in LA for Beckham over the weekend?
by Sec 108 on Jul 21, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Made me smile for hours, that did
And the level of denial from Beckham was pretty amazing, too.
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by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
LA
Where you can take steroids, get banned for 50 games and come back to a standing ovation.
And where you can play the first of the season on a better team overseas and come back to a jeers.
by Matthew on Jul 21, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's apples and oranges though
Beckham made noises to the fan base about being “committed” to the Galaxy, then fucked off to Milan the first time they batted their eyelashes at them. Then he comes back and says that he’s “committed” to playing in LA, and that the way to see that is how he’s willing to fly to England to play for his country. His actions and his words are two separate things, and that’s what the fans are pissed off about. Milan is undoubtedly a better team, and if Beckham wants to keep playing for England he needs to keep playing for Milan – but if that’s what he wants he should either go there full-time or stop talking about how committed he is to the Galaxy from the departure lounge at LAX while waiting for a flight to Milan.
Manny hasn’t said anything one way or the other, and nobody not named Plashke cares about steroids anymore – why shouldn’t he get a standing O? The fans love him.
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by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Manny is awesome
he’s funny, his team mates love him, and he puts on a good show for the fans.
Beckham is aloof, didn’t play for his team here, his team mates hate him and the fans have a hard time quantifying his contributions to the teams success, especially since they are in what, third place, without him.
Also no one gives a rats ass about steroids except grumpy old journalists like pdb said.
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by bluemax on Jul 22, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another team pays for a player's contract for a set period of time, pays said player's wages, and returns him at the end of the loan
Generally loaned players can’t play against parent teams.
by Graham on Jul 21, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can they loan within the same league?
by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep. A top team with a great roster might loan a prospect who's blocked to a lesser team to get playing experience
by Graham on Jul 21, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This would be a hilarious thing to do in baseball
by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In a lot of cases that young prospect won't play against the team that loaned him though
or might just come on as a late sub.
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by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was actually thinking he'd get more playing time this season, what with
his years at AC Milan with Ancelotti.
Fuck Anaheim.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Jul 21, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
MON says Ashley is going nowhere.
and in MON I trust.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Jul 21, 2009 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That'll be the move that pushes them into the top 7 for sure!
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by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
BACK to the top 7.
North London dominance changes hands this year!!! I know I’ve said that for the past five, so what?
by marc w on Jul 21, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your consistency is to be admired
I’m actually kinda happy that Arsenal are getting less and less big – if nothing else, North London derbies will start to be fun again.
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by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They have been for the past year or two.
The first game last year at the Emirates was a classic.
by marc w on Jul 21, 2009 11:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was a beautiful match
and I think they’ll be more like that in the next few years and it makes me happy. I’m oddly very comfortable with Arsenal’s new lesser position in the world, because they seem to be doing it the right way financially – they’re not about to start signing a bunch of expensive players just to win Europe, but they’re also not £650 million in debt or at the mercies of an oligarch, either, so I’ll take being the best of the second tier.
Once the London real estate market picks back up, though, and they start printing money from Highbury Square like they were supposed to be doing already, look out.
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by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So we're ALREADY back to the idea that condo real estate is basically guaranteed to make money?
That didn’t take long.
by marc w on Jul 21, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's less about guaranteed to make money than about being like municipal bonds in this case
it has been financed so as to deliver a pretty steady rate of return, rather than huge windfalls when things go up and a massive crash when things go down, but that is also predicated on the real estate market moving at a more normal rate.
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by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw that
and it doesn’t really change my opinion that this year is the year Arsenal drop out of the top 4. They held on by their fingernails last year but Villa won’t be as decliney in the last two months as they were last season, methinks.
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by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In a way that completely respects mrs pdb of course
by NOLAmarinergirl on Jul 21, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
She doesn't love him, she loves Carlos Quentin.
by Sec 108 on Jul 21, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The heart wants what it wants
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by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This does of course presuppose that Villa get off to a sufficiently good start to make the last two months of their season relevant.
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by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Their strategy appears to involve breaking limbs and then buying the players whose limbs they broke.
It may work.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Jul 21, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd love to see what Martin O'Neill can do with a roster that he's basically built himself
But I just don’t understand the willingness to part with Young, Carew and Barry. Especially when replacing Carew with Darren Bent (maybe).
by marc w on Jul 21, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
From everything I've seen, MON is denying all rumors that he is in talks about Young.
It appears he wants to keep Young and build upon the team last season, primarily by adding to a small squad rather than removing.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Jul 21, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So the whole thing about entertaining 25m GBP bids for him was a clever ruse?
I mean, it makes SENSE to build around Young, which is why I’m so confused that a smart guy would ditch him in exchange for Downing and a bit of money.
by marc w on Jul 21, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do not listen to him because Arsenal are winning the league and Walcott will cure cancer along the way
by Nick S on Jul 21, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would love it if this were to happen don't get me wrong
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by pdb on Jul 22, 2009 6:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Graham-
Are you surprised by the lack of changes to the starting team for Chelsea ? I thought they would bring in someone for the right midfield/wing and have been kind of disappointed. This was a good team last year when it was being managed well and fortunately ManUre didn’t go crazy with their RonRon money, but I had hoped they would bring in another starter.
by GhettoBear04 on Jul 21, 2009 10:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but things aren't over yet. Ancellotti has a 60M transfer budget and he's spent about 15
My ideal offseason went something like
1) sell Drogba
2) buy Pato, Tevez, and Sneijder
Instead we have Yuri Zirkov and Dean Sturridge. I still think something big is in play.
by Graham on Jul 21, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
I had wanted to sell Drogba too…he seems to be just as frustrating to root for as against. Tevez didn’t interest me as much as Pato, but my wish list went something like:
Zlatan
Pirlo
Ribery
Pato
Ashley Young
I had not seen 60 M written anywhere, is that just rumor or has that been backed up?
by GhettoBear04 on Jul 21, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really wanted Tevez
He’s not as good as Drogba in the air and virtually the same on the ground (with the added bonus of not lying on it for ten minutes a game).
Franck Ribery still looks to be on the table but I’ve seen some very high prices quoted for him (I can’t remember exactly how much exactly but it was over 40mil) and I’m not sure he’s worth that much.
Pato will almost certainly cost more than that but I definitely think he’s worth it.
Fuck Anaheim.
by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth on Jul 21, 2009 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My only problem with Pato
Is that I like having the versatility of playing a lone striker and I’m not sure you could do that with Pato like you could with Drogba, Anelka, Zlatan, etc.
That said, on talent alone, he would be a lot higher on that list.
by GhettoBear04 on Jul 21, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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