Onion Smuggler Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 It was pretty inevitable that he would get sacked, but it's a ridiculous decision in the first place.Abramovich appointed him with the remit of rebuilding the team, obviously this is going to cause trouble in the dressing room. There are too many arrogant and self important people in the Chelsea dressing room and they didn't like the fact that they weren't being played. There's no point in telling someone to go in and make a total reshuffle and at the first sign of trouble ship him out. Oh well at least he'll have his £15 million payout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Speaking of mad owners and sacking managers, has anyone seen the documentary QPR: The Four Year Plan? A film-maker was given seemingly completely candid access to the club during Fabio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone's time in charge. It's insane.That link is the BBC iplayer so it may not show outside of the UK, but I suspect you'll be able to find it elsewhere if you're interested. Well worth a watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I thought stupid lawsuits only happened in the U.S.If you've come to a stage in your life where you realize you may never fulfill your childhood dream of playing for a top Premier League club, don't blame your own lack of talent or alternate major life decisions — just sue someone!Retired semi-professional footballer Arquimedes Nganga has done exactly that, suing the Baptist church for £10m ($16m) for squandering his chances of glory. The 46-year-old played for a third division side in Portugal, but quit at the age of 25 and spent 19 years as a "fervent evangelist". Even though he never earned more than £200 ($318) a month playing in his youth, he claims he could have been earning £200,000 ($318,000) a week playing for Manchester Utd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renasko Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Anyone read this? Horrible story. A ref in Belgium sent off an unconscious player for diving.It was later revealed he had 3 bones displaced in his neck, after being elbowed. :stillsick: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So1ar Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Arsenal are up 3-0 and it's not even half time yet! This could be a pretty epic comeback from the 4-0 defeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Hippie Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Seriously, someone tell Milan the match has started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeric Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 If only Arsenal hadn't being such a damp squib in the first match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 If only Arsenal hadn't loaned Arshavin and Bendtner, Robin Van Persie hadn't missed, and Song hadn't constantly tried the hollywood pass when the simple one could have won them the game.Seriously, so close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I missed the first half but they weren't particularly good in the second half either. Good fight back after being so dire in the first leg but you can't be poor for 75% of the tie and have too many complaints if you don't go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I missed the first half but they weren't particularly good in the second half either. Good fight back after being so dire in the first leg but you can't be poor for 75% of the tie and have too many complaints if you don't go through.They weren't bad, certainly better than Milan. Some last ditch defending needed but to be expected when they need to score and are effectively carrying a player because first it's an injured Oxlade-Chamberlain and then Chamakh. They made plenty of chances of their own and should have won.I did think Song was pretty poor though. Kept trying ridiculous hollywood passes when a simple one could have made a chance, including the last move of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renasko Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Blew out in the first half. All their effort meant they were exhausted in the second and had a poor bench. Not sure why PolishGenius pointed out the absence of Arshavin and Bendtner, who would have offered nothing. They needed a fresh central midfielder to come in and control posession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 They would certainly have offered more than Chamakh and Park.I agree, they missed that midfield option too and the lack of Coquelain or Arteta is probably why Wenger kept Ox on for so long, but as far as attacking options go, both of them were better than what they had on the bench tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Smuggler Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 They were awful second half, they were too tired from the first half. Walcott is such an awful player, he has no ball control and I have never seen him put in a good cross. Arshavin and Bendtner would have offered nothing as they are both awful. Van Persie misses another sitter, seriously this guy shoudl score way more than he does, he scores the hard ones and misses the easy ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 RvP had a tip in for 4-0 that he missed, and after that it was downhill. If that goal had been made then Arsenal might have had a chance to go through, but after that they were just worn out from that phenomenal first half.It's a great performance though, AC Milan is known as a mean side. It's mostly down to that awful first leg game though.I find it fairly typical of Arsenal, there's often these really highs and these really lows. Certainly I would have preferred them to go through over Milan. But it was just too much to ask after such a poor first game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Wizard Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I just heard on the radio that there's a rumour coming out of Germany that Lukasz Podolski will be joining Arsenal in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLU-RAY Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Wow, Barca just put it on Leverkeusen, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Hippie Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 That Messi guy is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Unbelievable. 5 goals in a champions league match, and not the worst goals either. Has that been done before? I know there's some players who scored 4 goals in a CL game, and that is rare, but 5?Leverkusen really two sizes two small for a team like Barcelona. Can't put the German second tier against the best club in the world. But it's not often that it actually turns into a goalfest like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser_not_appearing_yet Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Messi you fucking alien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon AS Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Should have watched the Leverkusen game after all, but I figured it would be a fairly uneventful affair since Barca were virtually guaranteed to go through anyway. This really highlights how atrocious Bayern were at the weekend, I guess.ETA: I take it that this is the first time that Nicosia (or any Cypriot club) has reached the CL quarterfinals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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