They had their parade today, why wouldn't there be?
CL 2013
I was hoping only hundreds hahaha!
I'm still at home. Just seen the pics on TV.
Don't do them myself, but people love a good parade.
How scared was Torres to take a penalty yesterday? Fearful.
Di Matteo was asking if he would take one and Torres was saying yes while walking away.
And Torres and Meireles leave Liverpool and win two major trophies at Chelsea. Their moves were justified and their transfer fees are worth it now.
One major trophy Tone. The FA cup died ages ago.
Not to all people but I understand your point.
Still FA Cup is what Liverpool couldn't win while Torres was there. They won the Carling which is even more insignificant.
HAHAHAHAHA! Did you hear the Chelsea staff shouting unlucky Tottenham through the mike?
Tony Montana wrote:Their moves were justified and their transfer fees are worth it now.
No.
Tony Montana wrote:There are thousands and thousands of Chelsea fans celebrating in the streets.
how were you all expected to get around?
That was after the parade mate.
I was watching it live on Sky Sports, ironically, on the same channel that you took those photos from. That's why I wrote they were thousands and thousands of Chelsea fans.
General Mirth wrote:Tony Montana wrote:Their moves were justified and their transfer fees are worth it now.
No.
A Champions League Trophy is priceless.
If we spent 50m quid on Torres and then won the CL would you not think it was worth it? Would you actually say,
'I'd rather we didn't spend that much and not win the best football tournament in world football for the first time in our history?'
Talk about taking financial prudence too far.
What does buying Torres have to do with winning the CL? They won the CL despite Torres.
Tony Montana wrote:General Mirth wrote:
No.
A Champions League Trophy is priceless.
If we spent 50m quid on Torres and then won the CL would you not think it was worth it? Would you actually say,
'I'd rather we didn't spend that much and not win the best football tournament in world football for the first time in our history?'
Talk about taking financial prudence too far.
What's that thing they say about correlation and causation?
Gurgen wrote:What does buying Torres have to do with winning the CL? They won the CL despite Torres.
They bought him in order to win it. Either that or the league (or both).
He's helped them do that.
General Mirth wrote:Tony Montana wrote:A Champions League Trophy is priceless.
If we spent 50m quid on Torres and then won the CL would you not think it was worth it? Would you actually say,
'I'd rather we didn't spend that much and not win the best football tournament in world football for the first time in our history?'
Talk about taking financial prudence too far.
What's that thing they say about correlation and causation?
I don't know, what do they say?
Tony Montana wrote:General Mirth wrote:What's that thing they say about correlation and causation?
I don't know, what do they say?
Correlation does not imply causation.
Just because Torres happened to be in the squad that won the trophies does not justify the 50m spent on him. Two separate issues.
Gurgen wrote:Biggus wrote:What are you talking about?
It's not me bleating about "outplayed" and "fluked".That's true, you bleat the other same, tiresome nonsense.
And what nonsense is this?
That we've won nothing in 7 years?
That Wenger is a crap manager?
That counter attacking football wins trophies?
All logical and verifiable facts my friend.
kamikaze wrote:biggus, you've gone bonkers. lumping bayern in with barca as a tippy tappy pussyball team? 6th place finisher in england the best team in europe? you're making no sense. take a little break from football. we know we're stuck with wenger and that he's not going to win anything - that doesn't mean every single event in football needs to shoehorned into your anti-wenger crusade, no matter how ridiculous they are on their face.
Eh? no you've gone bonkers!
I have never said that Bayern played tippy tappy, I said they got what they deserved, they didn't take their chances.
I have never said Chelsea were the best team in Europe, I don't give a flying fuck who is the best team in Europe or who has the highest pass completion rate, I said they were the champions of Europe, you should know by now that I don't operate on subjective values, like dirtiest prettiest tidiest- best, I operate in the real world in facts.
You should read what I actually say rather that just assume other peoples assertions are correct.
Then, factually, the way Barcelona plays is the most effective way to play since they have won more trophies than any other team in decades.
You've said a million times that the best team in europe is the one who wins the champions league. Granted, it's mostly when you're licking Mourinho's arse and attemtping to lessen Barca's achievements. Don't try to back out of it now.
Tony Montana wrote:Gurgen wrote:What does buying Torres have to do with winning the CL? They won the CL despite Torres.
They bought him in order to win it. Either that or the league (or both).
He's helped them do that.
I don't think that argument holds up. Torres has been a terrible failure for them ever since he arrived. If they'd invested that money a bit better they would've been competing with United and City this season. Instead they had to rely on a knockout tournament to even qualify for Europe. It worked out in the end but you wouldn't have called him a good buy if Schweinsteiger's penalty last night had gone in off the post.
Crazy to bring Torres up. Bad enough that he was omitted from the starting XI for the final. Seems to me there are many other strikers they could've had for 50m who would've given them more, including in the crunch matches.