Comments on: Who cares about Europe, right Chelsea fans?

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:17:11 +0000

I heard the same comments from Chelsea fans after Spurs put one over on them a few years back in CC action. Guess they better get used to not caring about any silverware.

By: platini

platini — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:29:57 +0000

Hey Tom, lighten up – you should wait and see what Sepp and I have got in store for you next year. We’ve put our best brains on our anti-Chelsea conspiracies for 2010/11 – your sense of humour may never recover!

By: mustard

mustard — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:10:08 +0000

I love Chelsea’s annual ejection from the champions league. My favourite was the terry penalty miss. I also enjoyed drogba screaming – “it’s a disgrace” at the camera. And this year’s “forgetting to turn up” at home to inter was magic too.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:27:37 +0000

So you spotted a few fans who aren’t “real”. Again, is that really that big a deal?

Now, if fans were joining together in large numbers to protest UEFA or put together well organized petitions and such, then you might have a story, but a few comments on a message board? Really?

Especially on the heels of your shocking revelation that the away dressing room at Stamford Bridge isn’t as nice as the home one, it all seems like nitpicking, really.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:23:12 +0000

The ironic thing is that their greatest ever manager made his name in the Champions League, if Mourinho never won the Champions League, and just won the Portugese cup and league all the time, would they ever think, let’s try this guy?

By: JoshBurt

JoshBurt — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:40:36 +0000

Point taken Tom. But I do feel that Chelsea are an EXCEPTIONAL team, in that the “rags to riches” transformation has been rather swift, and shouldn’t be taken for granted. Surely the real fans should still be basking in the glories now afforded to the club, not bemoaning their sorry luck? That was the point.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:23:12 +0000

The chelsea fans that think the champions league is worthless/ meaningless/ not important in comparison to the FA cup, the carling cup and the charity shield are deluded. It’s a bit like saying that as England fan, since we’ve been screwed over in all the world cups since after ’66, the world cup is not important, I would rather have England win the home championships every time. Where is the logic in that?

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:19:53 +0000

Wow, what a waste of time this post was. To highlight such a misguided, yet tame comment shows how weak this premise was. You can find similar comments on every message board for every club on the planet. What club doesn’t have fans who claim bias against them on message boards? And then to try and preempt all criticism with that PS at the end?

Come on, Josh. You’re better than that.