Chelsea have been named European Club of the Year in the European Club Association's annual awards.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/...r-award?cc=3436



1. For their outstanding achievement during the 2011-12 season on a European and domestic level - Really?! Lowest domestic finish since takeover.
2. Encouraging best practice and highlighting successful club management - Spending billions inflating the market and trigger happy at firing managers.
3. Reward outstanding club performances - Fair enough despite playing negative football, all that matters is they won.

Personally I would give it to CL semi-finalists Real Madrid for finally dethroning Barcelona in La Liga.

This post has been edited by Cloud0890: Sep 11 2012, 05:39 PM

ahh Im late... It seems discussion about RB was over. This time around its he get too much credit than what he deserved.. class.. oh well maybe next time.


Chelsea while only manage to win CL last season but they were the most consistent club in CL for the past 7 seasons or so..

Did we get the award in 2005?

Nope. The award was introduced in 2010.

Chelsea were never outstanding last year. Dislike their style of football especially during the Champions League Final. As the saying goes "Winner takes it all".

i on the other hand think chelsea's win was incredible considering the circumstances...

i think even abramovic must be pinching himself and ask..what did we just win again?...really?

Oh but what a reception he got when he returned eh? Macca's goal was nothing short of amazing. From all of 40 yards. Watching the replays, Everton keeper Paul Gerrard left his near post uncovered but what a free kick nonetheless. Of everyone that celebrated on the touchline, Sammy Lee has to be my favourite, because he is also a smashing bloke in person. Friends of mine met him in Singapore and he invited them to join the team and the coaching staff although it was a closed event. Top bloke.

I wouldn't pay FIFA sanctioned awards much attention. We all know for a fact that FIFA have been embroiled in corruption scandals with Blatter and Hamman openly accusing one another, and we all know they are very political.

my personal thought of BR is,
u got a Swansea manager, u play like Swansea.

1. Letting go Andy Carroll
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3.
4......

U need an experienced campaigner - like Rafa or Kenny. Not BR. Sorry im not with him.

dislike? well, anti liverpool fc fellas too dislike our manner we won't ours. under the circumstances i think they did a 'liverpool', massively underdog against the odds, almost not able to making thru the knockout round, semi's, and then the final. what mattered was self belief.

i think that brought ours. to dismiss to just 'luck' is dismiss our exceptional perseverance against Olympiakos, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus, (incredible) Chelsea route before the final at Atatürk Stadium. What's equally impressive from milan was themselves seeing off Barcelona, MU, Internazionale, PSV!

After their (Chelsea) CL win, they aren't resting on their laurels, they invested heavily on transfers. While it easy to be envious, i do see our (LFC) path takes a different direction this season. there are positives but they will take time. I don't think we might be able to even show 1 trophy at the end of this season like the last but maybe in the longer haul, things will come to a upturn. (or run too short, if some of us foresee the lack of depth of cover at the bench as indication)

I wouldn't dismiss chelsea CL win as disliked, little ugly but the positives i saw was much better, far, far much better then the selfishness of bayern guilty ones..

WOW..never expect this to come from you. What happen to your "YNWA til I die" spirit?

simply coz the Liverpool now is not the same - since Rafa sold Alonso. losing it bit by bit till wut we are now

Stevie G got a double yellow in against Ukraine

Wow. Your friends are so lucky. I think it was in 2008 when they came to Singapore? I flew to Singapore and went to watch them in National Stadium. Xabi's 60 metre pass was absolutely brilliant and Yossi's dribble was fantastic and of course Torres's finishing. Liverpool won 5-0 easily.

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Added on September 12, 2012, 9:08 amI like Swansea's way of playing. Although I also like King Kenny's way. Nevertheless, BR is the manager now. Dont just see the short term result. Think of the long term objective.

Would you prefer we play defensive nail biting football for 90 mins and always try to nick a 1-0 win or we play good football and control the game?

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Added on September 12, 2012, 9:17 amYes, I celebrated like wild monkey when we won in 2005 but I also dislike our football back then. It's always lucky rather than good. The same when we face West Ham for the FA cup final during 2006 or if you go further back, the FA cup final in 2001 vs Arsenal. It's all down to a last piece of luck. I guess the last few years, we went out of luck hence the sorry state now.

So if you ask me, I rather have good than lucky. I rather have total control football than nail biting defensive tactic (because only small teams play like that)

This post has been edited by dillonyong: Sep 12 2012, 09:17 AM

aiseh, we lost the Charity shield and the super cup adi... this is consolation prize

It was actually a couple of years before that. The day before the exhibition game, they had gone to the hotel the team were staying in and bumped into the coaching staff. The players had turned in. They took some pictures, chatted a little and that was it. The night of the game, they went back to the hotel and this time the area was cordoned off because it was a closed function. Sammy saw my friends, recognised them and told the security guard to let them in where they got to meet the players. They described Thommo as being quiet and reserved but Sammy an absolute riot. Best night of their lives as they say

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Added on September 12, 2012, 10:08 amOn a more serious note, ITV in London release this documentary. I implore that each and everyone of you take the time to watch it, especially if you aren't familiar with the events at Hillsborough. This is the story as seen through the eyes of those who were there, and it will give you some idea of why until today, we are united in our call for justice.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xth43u_it...-for-truth_news

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Sep 12 2012, 10:08 AM

Yeah, I remember Stevie described in his book that Thommo is quite fast tempered and always look serious. His relationship with Robbie Fowler broke down because Robbie play a prank on him.

jerat got double yellow and a red. good news?

"we" ? wrong thread lah bro

He was MoM (man of the match) before the red card. Hopefully he will put in a good performance against Sunderland.

Robbie tried to take his head off with a football.

Do take some time to watch the video I posted. It's pretty emotional and you can tell from the way those who were there were chocking on their tears as they recalled their accounts. It's pretty long so most won't bother I suspect.

I wish I can watch it right away but my boss is right behind me.
Looks like I gotta wait till I'm home to watch this. I'm really sorry for our fellow red who lost their loved ones and then have to deal with ridiculous false accusations. The Sun is the biggest culprit by saying Liverpool fans pee on the dead bodies. Hate them till now.

JFT 96