Would you ever want to buy the league? - Ala chelsea?
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:57 am
Note, I've marked the end of the background gunk with a *** for anyone who doesn't want to read it all.
I used to hate Man United more than any other team. When they won thier treble I was gutted. Not only did they fluke thier way to the CL, with Munich hitting the post, bar, and utterly outclassing them - but they also beat us 2-1 with 2 stoppage time goals in the FA cup. Bergkamp missed a f*cking penalty in the FA cup semi final that would have ended that run.
In the end, through fluke and often dirty underhand tactics they became the first English team to win the FA cup, League and European Cup in the same season. Something LFC would have done if they hadn't us over again in the FA cup final.
But thier is a difference between group of arrogant A, and Arrogant B. United are group A - and the spine of that team: Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, Nevilles - all game through thier youth system. You have to admit thats a lot of talent that they didn't just buy. Obviously there were exceptions in that team, Stam, Schmeichal... but they weren't a plastic team. Now they are - they have bought Shreik and his mate Donkey, some gimp on the wing (loved his tears after Greece 1-0 Portugal btw), and that from Leeds. They have paid the penalty. Soon to be bankrupt and nothing more than a memory - goodbye W*nkchester United.
Chelsea are different. A team whose sucess is fueled by blood money from one of the most desolate countries in the world. Since the collapse of the Berlin Wall Russia has been in ruins (this is not me saying I wish the wall had stayed up btw). Most people living thier can't break bread. Half the country is hooked on drugs, a trade run by the Mafia - and that is where the Chelsea silver is coming from. Russian Mafia Blood money.
If the political implications weren't bad enough for a leftie like me - the way Chelsea have conducted themselves is a disgrace. They must have witnessed how much hatred the attitude and arrogance of the United teams brought upon themselves - yet they seek to copy it, no, extend it. In Mourinho they have the most repugnant human being I have ever had the displeasure to see on television.
Lets run through the Chelsea starting XI shall we?
Cech: Good goalkeeper. Would never have gone to Chelsea if thousand Russians hadn't died to pay his salary.
Carvalho: Coached by Maureen at Porto. Diving cheat.
Bridge: Sold out his team to join the plastic club.
Terry: Top bloke, top player - fights for the cause and would stay at Chelsea even if they plummeted to the second division.
Gallas: F*cking mercenary.
Makalele: Another man with no conscience.
Lampard: ARS*HOLE. Said to Stevie after the CC final 'See you next season.' Moureen's tool within the England set up - tried to corrupt Stevie, managed it with SWP. Souless pile of dog . Kisses the badge wherever he is. Utterly vile.
Robben: Diver, big headed toss-wank. Said 'I feel we deserved Gerrard because we are a big club.' WHO THE ARE YOU?
Duff: Dives. . Scum.
Gudsonsson: Alonso, Semi 1st leg. Need I say more?
Crespo: Foolishly joined the Chelsea coup, motivated by money then, but to his credit didn't want to come back.
Uttery .
I'm sure Chelsea fans feel differently, and I'm sure they don't feel that their team has done anything wrong. I was in the pub tonight and I spoke to a mate who's a Chelsea fan. The conversatoin went like this:
Me: Don't you feel you haven't earnt it, you don't deserve it do you?
Him: No, but I can't exactly stop supporting them, I'm a football fan, you know how it is.
Thats true. For the Chelsea fan who was there before Abramovich and will be their after he is either assinated or sent back to Russia to be brought to justice there (I hope its the latter as I hear they have some very creative methods...) they couldn't help it that thier club is being destroyed by the Mafia, and they can't help but be pleased when Chelsea win the league. You cannot stop supporting your team if you are a true fan.
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So my question is; would you ever want to see Liverpool win the league like that? Imagine things have got very bad, the year is 2020, we just finished 11th, Stevie has been sacked as manager after a 4-1 drubbing to Everton. A multi-billionaire from China with a shady background buys the club. 2 years later a team similar to the Chelsea side above win title 19. The next season they become the first club ever to do the quadrouple, and win the Community Sheild for good measure.
There are no scousers in this team.
Would you rather we continued as a mid-table side, or became the latest chequebook champions. (I do not for one moment believe the situation described above will ever come into reality, its just not going to happen - Rafa is building an era to rival those of the past - just pretending).
Plastic Glory, or a team that wins the League Cup now and then with a Scouse spine, and plays with pride and integrity?
I think Liverpool are too good a club to ever become like Chelsea. And I would rather see us plummit into the depths of the conference than become another conglomerate like Man United, or pay for our trophies with blood money. I'm sorry if the language I've used might be offensive, but its something I feel very strongly about. I'd like to know what the rest of you think.
Tom
I used to hate Man United more than any other team. When they won thier treble I was gutted. Not only did they fluke thier way to the CL, with Munich hitting the post, bar, and utterly outclassing them - but they also beat us 2-1 with 2 stoppage time goals in the FA cup. Bergkamp missed a f*cking penalty in the FA cup semi final that would have ended that run.
In the end, through fluke and often dirty underhand tactics they became the first English team to win the FA cup, League and European Cup in the same season. Something LFC would have done if they hadn't us over again in the FA cup final.
But thier is a difference between group of arrogant A, and Arrogant B. United are group A - and the spine of that team: Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, Nevilles - all game through thier youth system. You have to admit thats a lot of talent that they didn't just buy. Obviously there were exceptions in that team, Stam, Schmeichal... but they weren't a plastic team. Now they are - they have bought Shreik and his mate Donkey, some gimp on the wing (loved his tears after Greece 1-0 Portugal btw), and that from Leeds. They have paid the penalty. Soon to be bankrupt and nothing more than a memory - goodbye W*nkchester United.
Chelsea are different. A team whose sucess is fueled by blood money from one of the most desolate countries in the world. Since the collapse of the Berlin Wall Russia has been in ruins (this is not me saying I wish the wall had stayed up btw). Most people living thier can't break bread. Half the country is hooked on drugs, a trade run by the Mafia - and that is where the Chelsea silver is coming from. Russian Mafia Blood money.
If the political implications weren't bad enough for a leftie like me - the way Chelsea have conducted themselves is a disgrace. They must have witnessed how much hatred the attitude and arrogance of the United teams brought upon themselves - yet they seek to copy it, no, extend it. In Mourinho they have the most repugnant human being I have ever had the displeasure to see on television.
Lets run through the Chelsea starting XI shall we?
Cech: Good goalkeeper. Would never have gone to Chelsea if thousand Russians hadn't died to pay his salary.
Carvalho: Coached by Maureen at Porto. Diving cheat.
Bridge: Sold out his team to join the plastic club.
Terry: Top bloke, top player - fights for the cause and would stay at Chelsea even if they plummeted to the second division.
Gallas: F*cking mercenary.
Makalele: Another man with no conscience.
Lampard: ARS*HOLE. Said to Stevie after the CC final 'See you next season.' Moureen's tool within the England set up - tried to corrupt Stevie, managed it with SWP. Souless pile of dog . Kisses the badge wherever he is. Utterly vile.
Robben: Diver, big headed toss-wank. Said 'I feel we deserved Gerrard because we are a big club.' WHO THE ARE YOU?
Duff: Dives. . Scum.
Gudsonsson: Alonso, Semi 1st leg. Need I say more?
Crespo: Foolishly joined the Chelsea coup, motivated by money then, but to his credit didn't want to come back.
Uttery .
I'm sure Chelsea fans feel differently, and I'm sure they don't feel that their team has done anything wrong. I was in the pub tonight and I spoke to a mate who's a Chelsea fan. The conversatoin went like this:
Me: Don't you feel you haven't earnt it, you don't deserve it do you?
Him: No, but I can't exactly stop supporting them, I'm a football fan, you know how it is.
Thats true. For the Chelsea fan who was there before Abramovich and will be their after he is either assinated or sent back to Russia to be brought to justice there (I hope its the latter as I hear they have some very creative methods...) they couldn't help it that thier club is being destroyed by the Mafia, and they can't help but be pleased when Chelsea win the league. You cannot stop supporting your team if you are a true fan.
****
So my question is; would you ever want to see Liverpool win the league like that? Imagine things have got very bad, the year is 2020, we just finished 11th, Stevie has been sacked as manager after a 4-1 drubbing to Everton. A multi-billionaire from China with a shady background buys the club. 2 years later a team similar to the Chelsea side above win title 19. The next season they become the first club ever to do the quadrouple, and win the Community Sheild for good measure.
There are no scousers in this team.
Would you rather we continued as a mid-table side, or became the latest chequebook champions. (I do not for one moment believe the situation described above will ever come into reality, its just not going to happen - Rafa is building an era to rival those of the past - just pretending).
Plastic Glory, or a team that wins the League Cup now and then with a Scouse spine, and plays with pride and integrity?
I think Liverpool are too good a club to ever become like Chelsea. And I would rather see us plummit into the depths of the conference than become another conglomerate like Man United, or pay for our trophies with blood money. I'm sorry if the language I've used might be offensive, but its something I feel very strongly about. I'd like to know what the rest of you think.
Tom