Vinnie Jones
Senior Squad
It´s not arrogance, it´s confidence. Arrogants are the ones who talk big and have nothing to back it up. He uses this kind of self centered attitude to divert attentions from his players to him since he can handle the pressure pretty well. The incident after the game is just a "fait-divers", a way to motivate the players and the fans to give Barcelona a torrid time in Stamford Bridge.
About his remarks towards Rijkaard, i´m absolutely sure that he didn´t say anything in a depreciative way. What i understood from his words was that the Barcelona coach still had to prove himself by winning a league or an european competition like himself. There´s nothing wrong with what he said, it´s a fact. He didn´t claim that he was a bad coach (ffs he is a former holland Nt coach and the current Barcelona coach), he said that he still has to achieve something with the club. It´s an interpretation problem and i do believe that some ppl here don´t have the ability to think straight because they are brainwashed and "flock like sheeps" into labelling him as arrogant, when he is just confident (anyone who saw his reaction after losing to Newcastle or when he gave a "royal" treatment to S****horpe manager can understand that).
About the tactics, i was negatively impressed with Chelsea´s first 25 minutes but i think it´s understandable to adapt such cautious and defensive attitude when you are at Nou Camp and you miss key players. This isn´t a league where you are fighting for three points, this is a competition where there are two legs and it´s only natural that you try to solve the tie in your home ground where you are favourite. You think that Barcelona wouldn´t use a defensive scheme if they played in Stamford Bridge first?
About Drogba being sent off, i don´t think it was a bookable offense. I mean cmon if we begin to book ppl for challenges like that, then obviously the games won´t finish without a sending off one player or two. In the Premiership, the referee would prolly have a word with Drogba and told him to moderate his attitude.
I doubt that Barcelona could achieve this result if Drogba wasn´t sent off. We all know how Chelsea plays when they are ahead where it´s virtually impossible to score a goal. When there was 11 vs 11, Barça wasn´t playing that great either. Even so i think it was a fair result and that we will see a better match in Stamford Bridge.
About the cheating claims, i find it amusing that english ppl always blame their defeats with "diving" accusations. I mean you lose a game because Deco or Ronaldinho "dived" once or two? No, you lose a game because you didn´t do enough to get another result. There can be external factors like bad refeering decisions(Fisk) or stupid behaviours from your own team player (Drogba), depending on your interpretation but if you lose it´s because of your team´s performance and not because of some occasional "teatrics", specially when the players who performed them didn´t get anything out of that.
Pede, i think your prejudice is affecting you. Those two average players have achieve more in their career than any Chelsea player. Paulo Ferreira has been hailed as one of the best and most consistent right backs in the premiership and yet you slag him constantly. Did you prefer Melchiot or do you want to see Glen Johnson screwing up again? Makelele is one of the best DM in the world, yet you constantly attack him. Who do you want there? Scott Parker? Just because he is english? This isn´t about nationality, this is about performing, winning and getting the job done and Paulo Ferreira and Makelele have been two of the best players in a very consistent Chelsea team , where there are no individual stars. I considered you a very balanced person with good football knowledge and usually with a good input about football matters but with some of your recent remarks, i lost some of my consideration towards you. I hope it was just the frustation of a bad night. Cheers anyways.
About his remarks towards Rijkaard, i´m absolutely sure that he didn´t say anything in a depreciative way. What i understood from his words was that the Barcelona coach still had to prove himself by winning a league or an european competition like himself. There´s nothing wrong with what he said, it´s a fact. He didn´t claim that he was a bad coach (ffs he is a former holland Nt coach and the current Barcelona coach), he said that he still has to achieve something with the club. It´s an interpretation problem and i do believe that some ppl here don´t have the ability to think straight because they are brainwashed and "flock like sheeps" into labelling him as arrogant, when he is just confident (anyone who saw his reaction after losing to Newcastle or when he gave a "royal" treatment to S****horpe manager can understand that).
About the tactics, i was negatively impressed with Chelsea´s first 25 minutes but i think it´s understandable to adapt such cautious and defensive attitude when you are at Nou Camp and you miss key players. This isn´t a league where you are fighting for three points, this is a competition where there are two legs and it´s only natural that you try to solve the tie in your home ground where you are favourite. You think that Barcelona wouldn´t use a defensive scheme if they played in Stamford Bridge first?
About Drogba being sent off, i don´t think it was a bookable offense. I mean cmon if we begin to book ppl for challenges like that, then obviously the games won´t finish without a sending off one player or two. In the Premiership, the referee would prolly have a word with Drogba and told him to moderate his attitude.
I doubt that Barcelona could achieve this result if Drogba wasn´t sent off. We all know how Chelsea plays when they are ahead where it´s virtually impossible to score a goal. When there was 11 vs 11, Barça wasn´t playing that great either. Even so i think it was a fair result and that we will see a better match in Stamford Bridge.
About the cheating claims, i find it amusing that english ppl always blame their defeats with "diving" accusations. I mean you lose a game because Deco or Ronaldinho "dived" once or two? No, you lose a game because you didn´t do enough to get another result. There can be external factors like bad refeering decisions(Fisk) or stupid behaviours from your own team player (Drogba), depending on your interpretation but if you lose it´s because of your team´s performance and not because of some occasional "teatrics", specially when the players who performed them didn´t get anything out of that.
Pede, i think your prejudice is affecting you. Those two average players have achieve more in their career than any Chelsea player. Paulo Ferreira has been hailed as one of the best and most consistent right backs in the premiership and yet you slag him constantly. Did you prefer Melchiot or do you want to see Glen Johnson screwing up again? Makelele is one of the best DM in the world, yet you constantly attack him. Who do you want there? Scott Parker? Just because he is english? This isn´t about nationality, this is about performing, winning and getting the job done and Paulo Ferreira and Makelele have been two of the best players in a very consistent Chelsea team , where there are no individual stars. I considered you a very balanced person with good football knowledge and usually with a good input about football matters but with some of your recent remarks, i lost some of my consideration towards you. I hope it was just the frustation of a bad night. Cheers anyways.
