After the obvious underhand indirect cheating by Uefa to get Barca into the CL final last season, and now this 2 window transfer embargo, is it time for the club to say enough is enough? Is it time for the club to make a dramatic statement ?

By dramatic I mean ...

Pulling the team out of this seasons (and next) CL league.

Put the reserve/academy team out for EVERY game except PL games.

As a life long supporter, I for one wouldnt mind if the club did any of the above. We get treated like sh*te by Uefa and always come out smelling like sh*te.

For any neutrals who want evidence, just watch the last 45 minutes of the semi-final against Barca. What happened to us that day is still there in video for all to see. The 2 most blatant hand balls your likely to see in football, all under the refs nose.

Time to fight or flight ?

Edited September 7, 200916 yr by coco

It's time to fight. I would love for us to win the Champions League and deliver a resounding "f*ck you" to UEFA/FIFA and all the media hacks in the process.

It's time to fight. I would love for us to win the Champions League and deliver a resounding "f*ck you" to UEFA/FIFA and all the media hacks in the process.

All good if that was to happen.

But I think Uefa have things in place to stop this EVER happening.

Hmmmm, I can't really tell what you label "fight" and what is "flight", but I'm with Sweet Waffle on this one: get our hands on the CL trophy and show every prejudiced f*cker what we're made of.

Besides, Abramovich would never, ever let us field a reserve side in the CL matches. He wants this title badly!

Abramovich would never, ever let us field a reserve side in the CL matches. He wants this title badly!

Val

fight = stay and compete at the highest level we can, even if heavily and unfairly handicapped.

flight = fcuk them and their big eared trophy.

If we pulled out of the Champions League, it would hurt us financially, and the media/UEFA would make it reflect badly upon us. They would make the whole thing stink of sore losing. That's without even mentioning the punishment they would no doubt bestow upon us for waving our arses in their face.

Sadly, I doubt it would ever happen.

Other than sticking one in the eye of everyone against us, what good would pulling out of the Champions League do, apart from saving our fitness for the Premier League?

We need to put our own house in order first by showing Kenyon and Arnesen the door. Then win the PL and CL.

Other than sticking one in the eye of everyone against us, what good would pulling out of the Champions League do, apart from saving our fitness for the Premier League?

The PL is a much more important trophy to me.

i agree with you coco

but the only we are going to beat uefa and fifa is by winning the champions league, and then going on to win the world club championship

pulling out of the champs league would see a mass exodus of players, that we cant really afford to lose

we should do our fighting on the pitch and besides if we pulled out of the champs league, uefa would probably ban us for life anyway

I'd love to see us win the CL final despite all of UEFAs best efforts and then just walk off the pitch without receiving the trophy.

would be excellent if we were to get to the CL Final win convincing and then not collect the trophy

I'd love to see us win the CL final despite all of UEFAs best efforts and then just walk off the pitch without receiving the trophy.

now that would be awesome

The best way to answer is to simply keep winning. Build an even stronger team spirit, keep everything within the walls at The Bridge and continue to go out on the field and dismantle the opposition.

You cant ignore a winning team.

I'd love to see us win the CL final despite all of UEFAs best efforts and then just walk off the pitch without receiving the trophy.

Great Minds

was just about to post this:

when we do win the champions league at the end of the season we should treat it with complete and utter contempt

end of 90 mins, chelsea 4 - 0 real madrid at the bernabeu. just walk down the tunnel and not even go up to lift the trophy

guess it's decided then, that's what we're doing lol

The PL is a much more important trophy to me.

I do agree with you on that.

It would be better if we went up, got the trophy, and then JT took a crap in it and shoved it back in Platini's face.

We fight. If we give in to UEFA's wrong-doings, it wouldn't be the right thing to do. As long as we stay that annoying wasp in UEFA's face that won't just go away, I'm happy. We need to win the Champions League and stick it to UEFA, saying "We're here, and we're never leaving." We need to prove that we're one of the major super powers in world football today.

WE ARE THE CHELSEA

I do agree with you on that.

It would be better if we went up, got the trophy, and then JT took a crap in it and shoved it back in Platini's face.

haha brilliant

take it back down to the pitch and have the squad gather round and take aim. fill it to the brim with piss

I do agree with you on that.

It would be better if we went up, got the trophy, and then JT took a crap in it and shoved it back in Platini's face.

with a handle broken off it

If Drogba had put that chance away 10 mins into the second half we'd have beaten Barca and if Arnesen had done his job correctly we would still be able to buy players.

Lets stop this conspiracy nonsense, stop thinking the world is against our club, and get our own house in order and play every game like its the last game of football ever to be played on earth.

The thought of Chelsea doing anything other than trying to win the CL at any costs is ludicrous. We will eventully win it and when we do i want us (all of us) to celebrate like mad.

and then retain it.

Some of the greatest people in history are those that maintain their own dignity whilst others sell theirs for a cheap price.

We should carry on doing our utmost to win the trophy and never put ourselves in a position where we act like victims. If it so happens we win it we should lift the trophy and celebrate just like every other winning team does and we should do, first and foremost, to give pleasure to the fans that have travelled to watch us play in the final.

If we then want to make any kind of protest we can refuse to take part in any PR stunts, media interviews etc and save all interviews etc for the official website, match day programmes etc.

But as has already been said, if we want to cast stones then our greenhouse has to be bloody secure - at the moment it is made of rice paper!

Some of the greatest people in history are those that maintain their own dignity whilst others sell theirs for a cheap price.

We should carry on doing our utmost to win the trophy and never put ourselves in a position where we act like victims. If it so happens we win it we should lift the trophy and celebrate just like every other winning team does and we should do, first and foremost, to give pleasure to the fans that have travelled to watch us play in the final.

If we then want to make any kind of protest we can refuse to take part in any PR stunts, media interviews etc and save all interviews etc for the official website, match day programmes etc.

But as has already been said, if we want to cast stones then our greenhouse has to be bloody secure - at the moment it is made of rice paper!

spot f**king on

Some of the greatest people in history are those that maintain their own dignity whilst others sell theirs for a cheap price.

We should carry on doing our utmost to win the trophy and never put ourselves in a position where we act like victims. If it so happens we win it we should lift the trophy and celebrate just like every other winning team does and we should do, first and foremost, to give pleasure to the fans that have travelled to watch us play in the final.

If we then want to make any kind of protest we can refuse to take part in any PR stunts, media interviews etc and save all interviews etc for the official website, match day programmes etc.

But as has already been said, if we want to cast stones then our greenhouse has to be bloody secure - at the moment it is made of rice paper!

Bang on.

It would be better if we went up, got the trophy, and then JT took a crap in it and shoved it back in Platini's face.

and then retain it.

Will we have it cleaned in the meantime? I'd hate to have us lift the trophy with one-year old poo in it. But then perhaps some lovely mushrooms will have grown in it :lol: