*Official* English Football Season 2013-14

[Uppercut]

Ribery should have walked already. Proper bitch-slap.

 

[Cabinet96]

Goetze's just preparing to weigh in on the "Klopp vs Pep" threads FootballWeb will have in 20 years.

Can we settle this yet?

 

[Nate]

Shock twist - both their names are in the envelopes. As well as Hooksey's.

 

[sledger]

Mourinho making his final preparations for this evening:

 

[Cabinet96]

Not sure why he's examining the tires. Not like he'll want it to move.

 

[MW1304]

Needs to make sure the handbrake mechanism is in order.

 

[grecian]

Chelsea's team is just horrid. It's come to a bizarre time, that I'm desperately supporting a negative team managed by Diego ****ing Simeone, because of the horror of a Mourinho win.

 

[Uppercut]

You just have to celebrate Simeone's bastardry for now. If he comes to England we can start a backlash.

 

[Cabinet96]

They're both similar in terms of style. But Atletico don't have the massive advantages that Chelsea do, so it's much easier to get behind them.

 

[Furball]

Why is Mr T playing left back?

 

[Uppercut]

Why is Mr T playing left back?

Fresh from a long stint on the B team.

 

[MW1304]

For ****'s sake.

Casual European watchers/stats-fans must think Torres has been class in his Chelsea years.

 

[Cabinet96]

Why an earth would stats fans think Torres has been class in his Chelsea years?

 

[MW1304]

European.

Great ball-watching there.

 

[grecian]

Yes!!!!!!!!! Such a cluster-**** goal defensively too. Cole and Terry missing it

0-0 a good result away from home? who is stupid now Jose.

 

[Tom Halsey]

0-0 a good result away from home? who is stupid now Jose.

It is a good result tbf, whether they go through or not here doesn't change that.

I don't see why Chelsea are getting all the hate here really because as is beginning to be noted Atletico are very similar stylistically as well. Sure I can understand why you'd still rather see them go through for a number of reasons but their football isn't very good to watch, even in La Liga.

 

[Furball]

It is a good result tbf

Nah, if you're away from home first leg you absolutely need to score. If you draw 0-0 then going 1-0 up in the home leg changes nothing as far as the tie goes.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Nah, if you're away from home first leg you absolutely need to score. If you draw 0-0 then going 1-0 up in the home leg changes nothing as far as the tie goes.

Tbh I hate stuff like this. Looking at it, away against a better side (which Atletico are), Atletico are favourites. A draw is therefore an above average result. The point is that there is no home result whereby you would go through having lost the away leg 2-1, but wouldn't go through having drawn it 0-0. It is just an above average result.

Witness the price change in the odds to qualify from before the first leg to after it. Atletico were still favourites even after the first leg (rightly so), but they were favourites by more before it.

EDIT: Also how does going 1-0 up change nothing? What? Going 1-0 up puts you ahead as opposed to being level?

 

[Cabinet96]

Not getting an away goal is pretty much like losing by a one goal margin in the first leg. In both cases you'd need to win outright at home. Would people credit a manager for going away and getting a 2-1 loss?

 

[Cabinet96]

It is a good result tbf, whether they go through or not here doesn't change that.

I don't see why Chelsea are getting all the hate here really because as is beginning to be noted Atletico are very similar stylistically as well. Sure I can understand why you'd still rather see them go through for a number of reasons but their football isn't very good to watch, even in La Liga.

I think it's just stereotyping by now. Reminds me of when Chelsea went to the Etihad and everyone was joking about bus parking etc, and took about half an hour to realise Chelsea were actually playing really nice football.