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    #21
    Originally posted by TonyEnglish View Post
    "Then he took Porto, a middling club, to winning the Champions League."

    What he did with Porto was good, but personally I thought how they played under him was a disgrace. They cheated their way to victory beating Celtic the year before their CL win. Their game plan seemd to be

    Once the goalkeeper gets the ball
    1 - kick to somebody at about the half way line
    2 - that person waits for a challenge and then drops like he has just taken a snipers bullet
    3 - from the free kick, hoof the ball into the box and try to get somebody on the end of it.

    If the other team has the ball and they are breaking, pull them back/down, giving away a free kick, but allowing them to get all 11 behind the ball.

    If they are in the lead, play for as much time as possible by rolling around and pretending to be injured. They were able to do this to Oscar standard.

    But then from the game with Liverpool it seems that Porto still do this.
    That's a bit harsh... Porto had some great players at the time and they certainly played better football than Chelsea have over the past 12 months... although you can't deny the cheating element, they are naturas when it comes to that!

    What's that noise? is it a bubble bursting?

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      #22
      Originally posted by TonyEnglish View Post
      What he did with Porto was good, but personally I thought how they played under him was a disgrace. They cheated their way to victory beating Celtic the year before their CL win.
      Europeans have a different attitude to diving than us. We blame the cheat, then we blame the referee.

      But in Europe they blame their own players for allowing themselves to get conned!

      I read an interesting book by Vialli on the subject. It is part of the game over there, and they wonder why the British get upset about it.

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        #23
        Spot on, they see it as a talent... The South Americans are the same, if you manage to get conned it's your look out and I'm clearly smarter than you...

        Think I'd rather lose than lower myself to those levels...

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          #24
          ps. we are Europeans too...

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            #25
            looks like it's normal service resumed with a straight fight between United and Arse for the title
            The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

            But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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              #26
              Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post
              looks like it's normal service resumed with a straight fight between United and Arse for the title
              Oi.... what about Liverpool ?? Game in hand, unbeaten etc.....

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                #27
                Last won the league 89-90
                "Wait, I still function!"

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by Swiss Tony View Post
                  Last won the league 89-90
                  True, but they can't be written off yet...

                  I assume you are talking about the prem league, and not the champions league '05

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by FiveTimes View Post
                    Oi.... what about Liverpool ?? Game in hand, unbeaten etc.....
                    When Max gets sacked, and the Special One takes over, then there's a chance...
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                      #30
                      Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
                      When Max gets sacked, and the Special One takes over, then there's a chance...
                      The only was that would work is for Jose to come and be Rafa's #2 then he can learn how to work under a true master of European football...

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