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@ Debosky,

The Pen wasnt dubious and at the same time, some Referees would overlook it and get on with the game.
Was there a contact? YES. If Saha had stayed on his feet, would the Referee have given a penalty? NO.
Do the math . . . . . .

Ronaldo didnt really have a bad game.
He contributed to the victory and the biggest culprit today was Ryan Giggs.
Giggsy wasted so many chances he should be condemned permanently to the bench.

The only positive i can draw from this match is APACHE scoring.
Besides, United now have a relatively stronger bench that can change the course of a match like SAHA did.
His introduction brought something different into the game and he should have scored when Carrick found him with an audacious pass.

@ Akolawole,

Jose's wines have been sent to Portugal!!!!!!!!!!!
Avram Grant is under so much pressure now and the wine will taste in his mouth like omelette.

People dont lie about age in Europe.
Records have to check out cos as soon as u become a HIT . . . .Tabloids will be snooping and digging facts about u.
If Chrisantus was English . . . At least 30 people that know him would have sold his story to the tabloids to make money.
His classmates in school would have exposed the lid about his fake age.
Your records have to add up/check out.

@ Akola,

I have been waiting for u on this issue.
First all, Chelsea played well even beyond ma expectations.
They used the ball well and were very compact in the opening stages.
In all honesty, Jose Mourinho would have lost today's match given the circumstance . . . .AG cannot be blamed at all . . .His tactics were spot on.
Mikel Obi ruined his day with that kinda challenge . . .What Joe Cole can do . . . .Mikel should not try it.

To be frank, I think Jose Mourinho is the cause of this Chelsea's mess.
He sold good players and bought loads of AVERAGE PLAYERS.
C'mon . . .Gallas, Gudjohnsen, Robert Huth and Robben were sold and what do u have to replace these brilliant players?
Ben Haim, Pizarro, Malouda and Alex? Ben Haim may be good for Bolton but at Chelsea? He is mediocre.
Jose's summer signings were horrendous and he brought this woe on Chelsea.
3 players missing from Chelsea(arguably the best team in Europe) and things have FALLEN APART.
It is not acceptable.

I spoke to few Chelsea faithfuls after the match and they all agreed Avram Grant couldnt have done better than he did.
If Avram had taken Chelsea to Villa and they lost like they did . . . .People will say Jose Mourinho wld never lose at Villa.
The draws against Rosenborg and Blackburn would have been blamed on Grant if he was the manager of Chelsea then.
My point is . . . . .Chelsea lacks strength in depth and the loss of their big players will cost em many points until these issues are addressed.
Its rather dumb of Jose to sell Gallas and get Ashley Cole . . .Wenger got the better of that deal.
Cole can only play in one position in the back 4 . . . . . .Gallas CAN PLAY ANYWHERE IN THE BACK 4.
Spot the difference? Gallas/Terry in the central defence is the safest defence in the Premiership.

@ MC Omo,

Exactly . . . . . . .
United have won Liverpool twice in the last 3 years with 10 men.
10-man Man United defeated Arsenal 4-2 at Highbury.
9-man Man Utd disgraced Porto 3-1 at the Amsterdam tournament. The 2 goals were scored after Rooney and Scholes were both sent OFF.
Chelsea was a tad clueless although i wldnt blame Grant for that.
It has plagued Chelsea since the start of the Premiership.

@ MC Omo,

When United had a genuine penalty shout . . . . .The Referee didn't give it.
One thing about Prem referees is they tend to correct one mistake with another error.
The Ref was determined to make it right after waving off Joe Cole's challenge on Evra.
Unfortunately, he had to give SAHA a penalty . . . .THERE WAS CONTACT and that is all a Ref needs to see.
'Ave IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ MC Omo,

Please name those countries.
As far as i know, Only Brazil and Mexico were banned along with Nigeria and maybe Kenya.
Is Brazil in Europe?

@ MC Omo,

Average form?
At least United is taking a leap from a poor form to an AVERAGE FORM.
Just 5 weeks ago . . . . . United was planted on the 19th position and now they are 2nd . . . .
What does that tell u knuckle-heads? A dip in form or what?
MATCHDAY 10 is around the corner and i have a feening it will coincide with United's game @ the Emirates.
Wazza, Tevil, Ronaldo and Saha. . . . . .WHERE YA GUNS @?

davidylan:
There were no cameras when chrisantus was 9!

Yea Right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There were no cameras in Nigeria in 1999?
Bloody Hell . . . . .Nigeria hosted FIFA WORLD CUP in the same year . . . .How were the matches broadcasted?

@ Debosky,

Arsenal is the biggest culprit.
They will always be awarded PENALTIES dodgyly or undodgyly even if games are 10 mins on each half.
Anyways, United were better although the red card changed the game's dynamics . . . . .
Can u now see why TEVEZ is such a huge threat for all y'all ?

Dang it . . . . . .Lemme go and continue watchin' ma PRISON BREAK'S season 3.

@ MUSTAY,

Chelsea played well as well.
I noticed they were expansive and there was always 3-4 players in United's box anytime Chelsea was in possession.
To be honest, Chelsea's midfield was wasteful and was clearly missing Lampard.
Essien and Mikel(before he was sent off) didnt use the ball the way they should have done and Sheva had no service all day.

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=17491.msg1524091#msg1524091 date=1190572024]You guys must be blazing cess or reefer if you can't see a few differences between last season's arsenal and the arsenal of this season.Nov 3 is doomsday for yall.This was a lethargic display by CHelsea and the ref gave yall a big hand too[/quote]Talking about DIFFERENCES  . . . . . . This team is not better than the UNBEATEN ARSENAL team that bit the dust in 2004/05 season.
United did a DOUBLE on Wenger's team that won 8 matches and drew just 1 game in their 1st 9 Premiership matches.
These were Arsenal's results that season:

EVERTON 1-4 ARSENAL

ARSENAL 5-3 MIDDLESBORO

ARSENAL 3-0 BLACKBURN

NORWICH 1-4 ARSENAL

FULHAM 0-3 ARSENAL

ARSENAL 2-2 BOLTON

MANCITY 0-1 ARSENAL

ARSENAL 4-0 CHARLTON

ARSENAL 3-1 ASTON VILLA

From this evidence . . . .Dont be too over-excited about Arsenal's brilliant start.
You need to start praying for their CONSISTENCY rather than say DOOMSDAY awaits MAN UNITED.
In other words . . . .The season is still open.

Banderas:
Jackal, Cambell did NOT touch Rooney, that one was a pure dive. Cambell withdrew his leg. Unless of course we're talking about a different match. By the way, I'm no longer condemning the penalty, I'm now referring to the impressive dive.

Bandit . . . .Its either u are unbelievably biased or u are spirtually BLIND.

Watch this link and tell me IF THERE WAS CONTACT ON ROONEY OR NOT.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9gwVPu6eog&mode=related&search=

Meanwhile CONTACT being MINIMAL or EXTREME is not the important factor.
Any contact FUCKSOEVER shall be adjudged a penalty in the box.

@ Banderas,

C'mon . . . . . .
What does the rule say on penalties.
It emphasises more on CONTACT than the degree of CONTACT.
Once CONTACT has been established to prevent a player from striking the ball . . . . .Its a PENALTY.
Blimey . . . .How was that different to CAMPBELL'S tackle on ROONEY when UNITED stopped ARSENAL's unbeaten run.
When there's contact . . . .It has to be a PENALTY.

@ Rikkyjen,

Arsenal's multiple erectionz would still turn to BLUE BALLS.
Wenger will not win the Premiership by scoring 5 goals against Derby.
They will win by doing the same to CHELSEA, MAN UTD and LIVERPOOL.
Lemme tell u something about this Arsenal team that will surprise u . . . . .

It has been proven time and time again that . . .ARSENAL has a HUGE RELUCTANCE to LOSE when WINNING.
At the same time, they have a HUGE RELUCATANCE to WIN when LOSING.
United has now done 4 victories on a bounce WITHOUT conceding goals after the defeat to MAN CITY.
That is what i call CHARACTER.
Letz see how ARSENAL will cope after a freak loss this season then we can assess em.

Remember what happened after United stopped their UNBEATEN RUN?
It went pear-shaped. What makes u think it wont go the same way this time around.
Puhleaaaase . . . .I told em knuckle-heads our REVIVAL starts with TOTTENHAM and ain't i RIGHT?
JUDGE MAN UTD after MATCHDAY 10.
4 VICTORIES without conceding goals is a CHAMPIONSHIP form and with what i saw today . . . .TEVEZ is god.
Bring it on . . . . . . .

The VIDEO proves BOJAN didnt just evolve from the bush.
He has been closely monitored since he was a child.
There was no way he could have lied about his age at that time he was playing.
CHRISANTUS came from nowhere . . . . .No one knew him before now and all of a sudden he is 16 years old.
Take a chill pill . . . . .People don't lie about age in Europe.
Everything has to check out . . . .Hospitals, Nannies, Dentists, Police and even Voter's register.
Do the math!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ nateevs,

U are such a brilliant and shrewd watcher of the game.
HECTOR CUPER is CLASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS . . . . .That's one name from the PAST.
Bring him to Chelsea and he would WIN everything in this country.
He is ma favourite manager in Europe.
Did he not bring INTER MILAN to defeat Arsenal 3-0 at Highbury in 2003?

@ A-40,

United played better than Chelsea.
Mikel or no Mikel . . . . . . .I couldn't see Chelsea scoring a goal this evening so shush . . . .
United should have had a penalty when Joe Cole lunged behind Evra in the 1st half . . . It cancels SAHA's penalty.
Joe Cole should have been sent off . . . .That cancels Obi's tackle.

@ I-man,

The PENALTY decison is very CORRECT.
The RULE says a penalty decision should be given if there's any genuine contact on the attacking player in the box.
However, the degree of impact or amount of contact is not an issue . . . .A genuine contact is the main thing and the Ref followed it to the letter.
In that wise . . . the decison was very correct.

HE CANNOT GET that COACHING BADGE.
Grant doesnt look smart enough.
He would have gotten it by now.

Seeing VAN BASTEN and ROMAN is another positive thang.

The sending off was harsh on MIKEL.
U have to realise that these buncha stupid referees tend to protect English players.
Look at Joe Cole's challenge on Ronaldo . . . .MIKEL would get a double RED if he had done the same and they let him go.

@ nateevs,

Your prayers have been answered.
The Premier League has ruled if Avram Grant does not get his coaching badge in the next 90 days  . . .HE CANNOT MANAGE CHELSEA FROM JANUARY 2008.
I don't really think he can do that now because he is busy with Chelsea.
This should defintely prompt Roman Abrahamovic to get a top class manager and steer Chelsea back into winning ways.
Did u see MARCO VAN BASTEN behind ROMAN?
Things are moving underground so keep your head up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@ Atiku07,

Stop this dissing of Roman Abrahamovic . . . .
If he quits Chelsea then the club will go down LEEDS way.
Where will Chelsea get the funds to pay their world-class players.
I heard Roman browses this forum so please slow your roll and just relax.
Its not over yet . . . . . .

@ Dapsycool,

SLOW UR ROLL . . . . . . . .
Go to Chelsea thread and see ma comments there.
The penalty decison was very harsh but sometimes the Referee looks at INTENT.
Mikel Obi's leg was clearly over the ball and that is NOT ALLOWED  in football.
Yellow card should have been awarded no doubt . . . . . .

You cannot complain about that decision because it got cancelled by Joe Cole's challenge on Ronaldo.
Saha went down too easily but did u see Joe Cole's tackle on EVRA in the 1st half  before the goal?. . . .That was clearly a penalty!
Decisons clearly cancelled other bad decisions so don't sulk too much.
Mourinho couldnt have done better given the circumstances.
Chelsea played really well and they were very unlucky to have a naive Mikel Obi and a stupid Ben Haim in the same team.

@ ritchboi,

I cannot believe some people are this naive to think European players lie about their age.
Go to youtube and see Bojan at the age of 9 playing in the academy.
Did he know he was going to play for Spain at the under 17?
Everything in Europe is well documented so players cannot lie. . . . . . .



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1khSCSdaIzY

This was Bojan at age 9 playing for Barcelona's academy.
Go and bring us CHRISANTUS at age 9.

@ Banderas,

Are u suffering from Conjuctivitis?
Ben Haim caught Saha's leg . . . . the measure of impact is indeterminate cos we saw it on slow mo'
Terry couldnt have been that daft to make such a challenge . . . .Saha clearly beat Ben Haim to it and that was it.
Emirates is the worst place when it comes to dodgy penalties . . . . .Like 5 penalty kicks in 6 matches.
United will take this one . . . .Go and suck on ur pacifier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Banderas:
That pena get as e be men.

You want to see dodgy penalty?
Go to the Emirates.
Once a player sticks a leg out and does not get the ball in the box . . . . . ITS A PENALTY.
It does not matter what happens after . . . . . . .
Remember Sol Campbell's tackle on ROONEY when Man United stopped Chelsea's unbeaten run?

@ anusule,

Man Utd won the Premiership under Mourinho's nose so dont even bring that to it.
On the evidence of what i saw today, Mourinho couldnt have done better.
Chelsea played very well with crisp passes and expansive football. The best i have seen em play this season.
The result was not exactly the reflection of the match . . .Obi's rash tackle and inexperienced Ben Haim was responsible for the defeat.
Its a new era so get that into ur thick skull . . . . .Chelsea will not be crowned Champions because Jose left.
Like Mourinho will say . . . . . .Keep ur chins up.

SAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

90TH MINUTE.

I feel for him as well especially when u think he should be PLAYING FOR MAN UTD.

Obi's RED CARD was too HARSH.
No warning . . . . . . . NUTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TEVEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

what a disguised-cross from GIGGSY . . . . . BRILLIANT HEADER FROM TEVEZ.

ARGENTINA ARGENTINA ARGENTINA.

MAN UTD 1-0 CHELSEA.

MIKEL OBI RED CARD.

THAT WAS HARSH.

TEVEZ and ROONEY seems to be geling.
Good combination but they need goals.

What a save from Cech?

Rooney's curler was dangerous but Petr Cech made an outstanding save.

ayusman16:
Messi is just better than Mikel that is all, age doesnt count if it does, Kanu would av been dead by now but guess what he's still waxing stronger despite being close to 50

Apart from Kanu, how many Nigerian players in the under 17 went on to have a SUCCESFUL CAREER.
There will always be an exception to any rule but one player out of 3 good teams that won it in Nigeria?
Where's Osundo, Dimeji Lawal, Oruma and others?

What we are saying is Chrisantus will self-destruct due to his fake age.
He is supposed to be 17 now . . . .European clubs would expect him to peak at 22-25 whereas he would be 31-35 by then.
How would u scratch that fact off?

Bojan on the other hand is settled with FC Barcelona.
He is playing with his real age and he can only get better.
Bojan has featured for Barcelona already this season and he played in UEFA Champions league last week.

If u are still confused . . . .
Compare the potentials of Leo Messi to Mikel Obi . . . .
Can u now spot the difference?