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by **stmichael** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:16 pm

i know it always hurts to lose a final to anybody but to be perfectly honest i can't see how anybody can slag off the players after todays game. ok we didn't play the best football in the world, but for 79 minutes we defended superbly. however you cannot expect to surrender possession so easily agsinst chelsea (i think they had 75% of the possession) and win. the people sat next to me in the ground said it reminded them of the england-portugal game in euro 2004 and i have to agree. scoring that early almost worked to our disadvantage because we then ended up sitting so deep that we just invited pressure onto ourselves.

what i will say however is this:

1) jerzy dudek played really well, despite having to play the last 5 minutes of normal time and extra time with an injury.

2) finnan was superb.

3) the ref was an absolute disgrace. joe cole, damien duff and didier drogba's diving was outrageous. at one point i thought sami was going to get sent off due to a pathetic dive by cole. he also missed several blatant handballs by chelsea.

4) chelsea have spent £280m in the last 18 months. they could only get a result due to an own goal.

5) their second goal was as a result of a foul throw, not the only one in the game mind you.

6) we should have had a blatant penalty in the 1st half when gerrard was fouled. you can bet your @ss that if that was outside the box a free kick would have been given.

7) mourihno was a disgrace aswell in the way he gestured towards liverpool fans after the equaliser and was telling carragher to "f#ck off". he should have been ejected from the stadium never mind the pitch.

8) we still have as good, if not a better chance than them of advancing in the champions league.

don't be too downbeat. yes it is disappointing but we now have more pressing issues at hand. finishing 4th is now the priority, starting with newcastle next weekend.

walk on.

by Tobin*LFC* » Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:21 pm

nice and posative.........

still sad tho

by **anfieldadorer** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:22 pm

good point, stmike.
But leave me alone for now

by **stmichael** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:24 pm

believe me, i'm f#cking gutted. i am now at my mate's house about 5 miles outside cardiff typing this. i sat in the ground crying for about 20 minutes after full time but realised that we have to carry on with our heads held high.

chelsea CANNOT touch us.

by **jonnymac1979** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:53 pm

Can't say anything.

by **Paul C** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 8:58 pm

I know what you mean Jonny, I just don't know what to say apart from the lads seem to struggle after SG 'scored for Chelsea'

by **Ola Mr Benitez** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:02 pm

SG was useless again as he always is against asny of the top 3. I thought hamman was superb today, he did his job brilliantly snd covered the spaces left by our captain... and we are supposed to be a one man team???

by **parchpea** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:15 pm

Defeated by a better side and so they god damn should be. We gave it go and I dont think we let ourselves down today. You can pick at moments in the game, and perhaps some players could have played a little better, but its splitting hairs. Chelseas million dollar team did us, true to form and pedigree. Its not a situation we like but we just have to deal with it presently. We started underdogs and finished losers. It was all kinda predictable

by **anfieldadorer** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:20 pm

fathers and mothers being on the show in RAWK

"they were a better team"
"don't blame it on stevie, he was only trying to do his best"
"be constructive"

blablablabla

sorry can't stand being offensive, just fed up.

by **dawson99** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:33 pm

dunno, this has to be the worst year ever, so im praying we win the chapions league... its only february and ive already:
had the worst flu ever.
been told by dentist i need a LOT of work
buried my granma.
lost a carling cup final
had to get rid of my dog

i swear things are not good...lol, if they get any worse im gonna have to follow rugby or something (we even lost at that!!!!)

come home from pub now, cant go out on the lash tonite, just not in the mood.

ok, ref was abissmal and we played a great game. we gave away three of the weakest goals ive ever seen in football and we all know we deserved to have won. but end of the day we didnt wi so im gutted. maybe tomorrow be happeir, but today sucks

by **Alanay** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:19 am

Anybody has 280M for the club

??

by **LiverpoolMadman** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:21 am

Hardly sleep from yesterday,

by **Roger Red Hat** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:11 am

dawson99 wrote:dunno, this has to be the worst year ever, so im praying we win the chapions league... its only february and ive already:
had the worst flu ever.
been told by dentist i need a LOT of work
buried my granma.
lost a carling cup final
had to get rid of my dog

On a lighter note Dawson, you could write yourself a great country and western song after your year!

What a sh!tter. Im gutted. Beaten buy a team of cheating bastardo's. Ive got a feeling it wont be the last time Steve scores for Chelsea though. Really don't want to admit it but I think he'll be wearing blue next season

Anyway, here's to us winning something, soon.

by **dawson99** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:33 am

yeah, feel alot more optimistic this morning, altho in all honesty havent slept coz of those oscars on tv but in a brighter mood :cool:

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