To sum it up ...

[Star]

Don't read the papers in the morning, forget Essien, though our best player on the night should have played in midfield, forget what lets be honest was a off the training pitch free kick that was perfectly executed and without doubt a lesson to Jose in terms of mind games.

WE HAD 150 MINUTES to score against a team in player for player terms inferior to ourselves to place ourselves in history which would kill the tie.

WE DIDN'T the lottery that followed isn't an issue.

[Star]

Don't read the papers in the morning, forget Essien, though our best player on the night should have played in midfield, forget what lets be honest was a off the training pitch free kick that was perfectly executed and without doubt a lesson to Jose in terms of mind games.

WE HAD 150 MINUTES to score against a team in player for player terms inferior to ourselves to place ourselves in history which would kill the tie.

WE DIDN'T the lottery that followed isn't an issue.

I've bin drinking all day - 120 mins

[bjd]

star mate (welcome back)

150 mins, 120 mins - its irrelevant,

it couldve been 6 months and we'd still be banging it up to DD

i think the special has done himself some damage tonight.

[g3.7]

Don't read the papers in the morning, forget Essien, though our best player on the night should have played in midfield, forget what lets be honest was a off the training pitch free kick that was perfectly executed and without doubt a lesson to Jose in terms of mind games.

WE HAD 150 MINUTES to score against a team in player for player terms inferior to ourselves to place ourselves in history which would kill the tie.

WE DIDN'T the lottery that followed isn't an issue.

good post.

[Lofty]

I think you may be right there. Funny but what this reminds me of more than anything is the way we chucked it away against Monaco, in the game that was the final nail in Ranieri's coffin. And of course Porto went on to win the bloody cup with Jose as their manager. It's strange how things go round in circles. But it stinks that we've come off worse again.

[Lofty]

And Star, I'll be taking your advice. I turned the TV off a long time ago. I WON'T be listening to TalkScouse tomorow. And I'll probably avoid the News for the next day or 3. I've got a living room door to fix tomorrow.

[mad_mac]

star mate (welcome back)

150 mins, 120 mins - its irrelevant,

it couldve been 6 months and we'd still be banging it up to DD

i think the special has done himself some damage tonight.

Agree with this toally, now I am not calling for it, but I think next season we will see a new manager at the helm for Chelsea

Today just showed how uncreative we are as a team right now. Long ball, no real use of width, a bit of width followed by another long ball. All we had to do was score ONCE tonight, and we would have gone through, there was enough defenders out there worth their salt that we would have weathered the storm.a loss of 2-1 and we still go through, but tonight it was the same old sh*t. Long ball, no real threat, adn the only time we did look good was when we passed the ball.

All that talent out there and we just buypass the midfielders (what's the poit of having all these great midfielders if we don't play them) and hoof hopefull balls up to an ever diving Drogba

Scott