highwayman64

Do we care, fluke or no fluke history says we won it so I for one dont care what people say even if we do go out

No need for insults, you can call me any name but please NOT a Spurs fan. I express an opinion, my perogative and not one I am alone in, but Blue blood in my veigns and forever Chelsea so yea, totally outplayed, bad night, move on and I will be cheering as loudly as ever on Sunday (including for Torres!)

Always happy with ANY trophy and to be fair its one we havent won yet, but I will cling on to the hope your theory bears fruit and we sneak in with a flukey last minute own goal by Juve :)

And Europa League aaaargh !

Whilst I do agree, just one thought............isnt RA good friends with the Shaktar owner lol.......we have to clutch at straws!

Fab - I thought we all supported Chelsea and each other, forums are for opinions and mine is that 3 managers have now tried to make Torres fit, fact is he doesnt fit and as I state, because he is so poor RDM has been forced to make changes (which didnt work!) For the record I dont hate you (or Torres) lol!

The reason he only played 20 mins (and in fact I am not sure he touched it much anyway), is his form is sh*te leaving RDM with a dilemma

I am sorry but I have to lay at lot of this at Torres door. I have waited and supported him patiently trusting and believing in him but his lack of effort and motivation is clearly visible and he has no excuses. He seemed to be ok early season before red card (I recall same happened last season), then after that his head goes down, but we have no viable option....Result = RDM feels he has to try some different things. So I am sorry, he has to go. However....... On another note, is it just me (I havent seen any posts on this), but we do seem to put ourselves under pressure constantly by poor distribution from Czech, not necessarily blaimg him as he kept score almost respectable tonight but this seems a constant thing, either distribution putting a player under immediate pressure or a lump up the field to no-one who can hold it therefore conceding posession. Is this a legacy of AVB and the defence 'splitting' maybe?

I pressed red button - nothing showing (maybe as I am on Virgin?) Anyway shame

what was penalty score - i lost sky for penalties........how annoyin, guess we lost?

No there are better ways to honour Chelsea Legends

No Capello (want an English speaker and someone fans will get behind from the start, after England stint cant see the latter) and even bigger NO to Rafa for me, dont really see why this guy gets so much credit for his Liverpool reign, he signed some really dodgy geezers!

Misguided - yes he has had his moments but for me not 100% effort and not one of the best, still wish him luck though (hoping he goes!)

The perfect day............ If I were to have scripted our trip to Munich, I could not have done a better job than the reality, we had it all and I am still on a high. My son (15) and I left our Gatwick Hotel @ 4am and checked into our flight (the only very slight problem all day meant a 30 min hold up when the computers said nah!). Plane departed @ 7am and we arrived in Munich airport around 9am. Onto the S8 to Munich, easy transfer, a bit crowded with standing room only but expected with the 1st signs of Bayern supporters boarding 4 or 5 stops along. Wanting to maximise our day in Munich we chose to do the open top tour of the City and with cloudless sky's we toured the City moving past clusters of Chelsea/Bayern fans and sporadic singing, all in good spirits. We got off at the Olympics Park and spent well over an hour there taking in some lunch at the restaurant where they had big TV's showing the exhibition match being played a few hundred yards away (Old Bayern vs Rest of the World - with Le Saux on left !!). As we walked down towards the stadium the match finshed and we were swamped in a sea of red, but a great atmosphere and plenty going on around us to see and do. Up in the Olympic tower we had a superb view of the Allianz Arena and the nerves started jangling a bit....this was the start of the real build up..... With the sightseeing bit over we returned to town and decided to take the tube to Englischgarten, wlaking onto the platform we appeared to be the only blues around at that particular time (2.30pm) and were consequently subjected to a barrage of good humoured abuse - smile and take it was my advice to my son who seemed a bit wary but all was great and soon a few more Chelsea arrived including one guy who spotted a girl (Scottish Bayern fan!) in our carriage holding a home made cheesecake..........he tried his best (in vain) to get a piece (of the cake!), very amusing episode. Onto the Englischgarten and at 1st I thought I had made a bad move. It was busy but no obvious gatherings and just a kiosk selling drinks with a 15 min queue so we stocked up and just went into the park for half hour. This was where the only very slight negative occured with a scouser (what was he doing there anyway) coming from nowhere to give us some abuse and tell us how we were going to lose (oh how I wish I knew where to find him now). However he seemed to shut up once I told him to go away and be happy supporting his mid table team! In the distance we could hear some crowd noise and a band started up, as we walked around the large boating lake we saw a huge bar area and headed straight for it. 95% Bayern fans, mega queues for drinks but a fantastic atmosphere and plenty of banter. So we headed off for the stadium, onto the tube (sardine time again) but a very loud carriage 50/50 Chelsea/Bayern but all Chelsea singing and that really kick started the match build up with adrenaline really flowing now. The stadium was an impressive sight as you come out of the station and we wasted no time going straight into the ground as I knew my tickets were at the Bayern End of the neutral section and I wanted to try and swap. We found our seats and I left my son to go and 'strike a deal'. I went to the furthest block of the neutral section right next to the Chelsea allocation and picked out 2 Bayern fans.......swap agreed, both happy, job done - now we were in 'home' territory and could raise the roof amongst friends. The match...well what can you say. Not the best performance, not the most satisfying way to win a match agreed, but for theatre and drama it could not have been better................talk about emotional roller coaster, just how many times did we 'lose' this cup this season! So back to the airport, more packed trains, more good natured banter and as I said to many people, I have no voice, no energy, no money but I dont care, we are Champions of Europe! 26 hours without sleep, knackered but buzzing a perfect day with endearing memories of...........a lovely city, a glorious day (and sunburnt head), fantastic people (so friendly, they deserve much praise for their attitude and spirit, they have won an admirer in me), a dramatic match, our legend bowing out in style (luv you Drogs good luck mate you are doing the right thing leaving on this memory). I doubt I will ever experience anything like this again in my lifetime and to have done so with my son is just the best thing ever.........I have secured another Chelsea fan for life (not that he has ever wavered anyway but now he is a True Blue)

I had read that the Battersea bid was a non starter due to objections from the Yanks building their new embassy up the road somewhere??

Keep posting on all the Chelsea forums mate, you have a bar of gold dont let it go, where there is a will there is a way! There must be cancellations on coaches and many are driving....good luck hope you make it............

And now the press and radio are saying Capello is already lined up, RA has made so many rash and bad appointments with AVB the worst of them all. I find it hard to be critical of people like RA who have done so much and given us what we have, but I do hope this rumour is not true as I see another bad decision coming.........Capello doesnt have the flair/attacking mentality RA craves, he still speaks poor English and I cant believe the majority of Chelsea fans would want him at Stamford Bridge, end result = sacking, compoensation, more bad press for Chelsea. I for one go with the 1 year contract for RDM scenario with an option on 3 years depending on results, I just dont see any better candidates. Hopefully this Capello thing is just the usual press talk and the usual attempts to undermine British clubs before major events and no more........... My nerves are jangling, cant wait for tomorrow, come on you blues............

There again I might just stay in this area

Sounds like a good plan, may make that visit myself as only 5 miles from Allianz Arena ........:)

Not too many have mentioned De Bruyne, looks a good prospect to me, certainly no worse than Malouda/Kalou.........

See you at Gatwick with my 15 year old son then...........so excited..............:)

Got the same price yes, but didnt have to quote this site as it was their advertised price anyway

Like any player, it is up to them to make themselves worth a starting place. Dont get me wrong I am puzzled too because every time I have seen him he has looked a good prospect, but something clearly hasnt clicked for him, great shame but hopefully next season another loan, another chance to impress.......

So is anyone getting the Sport Options Charter from Gatwick - if so see you next Saturday :)

Keep asking, thats half the point of forums :) ......... You would just order the tickets for them on your membership so in theory yes, just one point though, tickets will most likely have to come to your address (not sure you can have multiple delivery addresses)