Wednesday, November 01, 2006

FC barcelona 2 - Chelsea FC 2

dear FC barcelona,

firstly to ronnie, messi and rijkaard, admit it, you were second best again tonight. ronnie, the football you are producing is terrible, too many joga bonito ads and trick videos have convinced you that flicking and tricking with the ball is the aim of the game. well it's clear that isn't, or we'll be playing soccer tricks face off instead of football. and you don't seem to be able to flick nor trick anymore. i must say the cannibal made no mistakes against you for 2 matches bar the assist you managed to produce for gudjohnsen's goal. looks like you don't have that swagger anymore. world player of the year who?

secondly, for the countless commentators who keep pointing out how badly barcelona are missing eto'o, i thank you for reminding the public that barcelona, unlike chelsea, are over reliant on certain players to perform, and when they don't perform, barcelona can't pull a plan B out. as mourinho said, we can play 4-4-2, 4-5-1, with flat midefields or diamonds, with essien either as an attacking or defensive midfielder; we are totally dependent on one makalele to win our games. with the wealth of back up strikers and attackers that barcelona has, i dont see how they can use eto'o's injury as an excuse. you've got gudjohnsen and saviola upfront, and ronaldinho, messi, giuly, deco, xavi all are attacking midfield options. we have 3 world class keepers too.

thirdly, messi saying that referees should stop divers? its like lucky luciano asking US customs officials to catch drug traffickers. the rolling around of messi, ronaldinho, deco and even some of their defenders at times is painful to watch. yeah drogba and robben should clean up their act too, but at least we're not making ourselves sound like saints ala lionel messi.

even when we're not playing at the top of our game, we still create more chances than you do. out defence is much more organised, our players much more commited and our attacks much more effective than your moscow circus style of play.

and dear joan laporta, i would like to warn you that your club is evolving into a galactico club, and hope you would sit up and take notice before the fate of your greatest rivals befall you.

i hope we meet you again this season, when we have picked up steam, then we will show you what football is about.

your favourite enemy,
chelsea fan