In article <1109408521.161026.272250@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, <benrobertsmith@hotmail.com> wrote:>Mark Lawrenson's Carling Cup Final prediction:>Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea.>
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Andrew Fenton 27 February 2005 19:55:12 [ permanent link ]
Interesting game so far - Liverpool are soaking up the pressure in the manner you normally expect from Chelsea. Benitez is really involved, altering minor things, harrassing his players to watch specific opponents etc. Valencia fans will recognise that in-game tactical adaptability, while by contrast it's the major weakness in Mourinho's skills.
passing through the Everton ng and they're celebrating a Stevie Gerrard goal. musta been an o.g hiw 1st goal for his future team, perhaps
K
-- <oe-qf-sig> "Andrew Fenton" <andrew-fenton@spammerscanpissoff.lineone.net> wrote in message news:1123rb3lgfq0q12@corp.supernews.com...> Interesting game so far - Liverpool are soaking up the pressure in the> manner you normally expect from Chelsea. Benitez is really involved,> altering minor things, harrassing his players to watch specific opponents> etc. Valencia fans will recognise that in-game tactical adaptability, while> by contrast it's the major weakness in Mourinho's skills.>
Futbolmetrix 27 February 2005 21:26:17 [ permanent link ]
"Dani Sdao" <bigdottawaSPAM@gmailSUCKS.com> wrote in message news:rISdncTAONPScbzfRVn-gg@rogers.com...>> What channel are you watching this?>> Any radio links?>
BBC Five Live>
I'm listening to this on BBC. It sounds like a classic.
Ben Robert Smith 27 February 2005 21:56:44 [ permanent link ]
John Arne Riise volleyed Liverpool ahead after 45 seconds but a Steven Gerrard own goal sent the game into extra-time. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was sent off for taunting Liverpool fans. Didier Drogba and Mateja Kezman scored in extra-time to give Chelsea a 3-1 lead. Antonio Nunez scored for Liverpool with six minutes remaining in extra-time but Chelsea won the game 3-2.
Riise's goal was the quickest ever in a League Cup Final.
TEAMS: CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB: Cech, Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, Terry, Gallas (Kezman 74), Jarosik (Gudjohnsen 45), Lampard, Makelele, Cole (Johnson 81), Drogba, Duff. LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB: Dudek, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Traore (Biscan 67), Luis Garcia, Gerrard, Hamann, Riise, Kewell (Nunez 56), Morientes (Baros 74).
"DC Fan" <grahamers.killspamers@comcast.net> wrote in message news:sPidnUI_QYtebr7fRVn-1Q@comcast.com...>
"> + Gerrard Saves Chelsea's Treble Dreams.">
Since when is the Carling Cup included in "The Treble?">
Any collection of three trophies is a treble.
1999: Manchester United EPL/UCL/FA Cup "The Euro Treble" 2001: Liverpool UEFA Cup/FA Cup/League Cup "The Cup Treble" (Plus the Euro Super Cup and Charity Shield afterwards)
2005: Chelsea EPL/UCL/League Cup "The League Treble" (If it actually happens.)
There is also "The English Treble" -- EPL/FA Cup/League Cup.
And, if you want to get technical, a League One or Two club could, long after hell has frozen over, win the Quintuple -- their league title/FA Cup/Carling Cup/LDV Vans Trophy/UEFA Cup. Take away the UEFA Cup and you still have the Football League Quad.
"James Farrar" <londonstatto@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:opsmyccfe1wnvjb9@whisk...> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 01:46:44 -0500, Rob Maxwell <robu-san@excite.com> > wrote:>
"DC Fan" <grahamers.killspamers@comcast.net> wrote in message>> news:sPidnUI_QYtebr7fRVn-1Q@comcast.com...>>>
"> + Gerrard Saves Chelsea's Treble Dreams.">>>
Since when is the Carling Cup included in "The Treble?">>>
Any collection of three trophies is a treble.>
"a treble", yes, but not "The Treble". The Treble is (always was, always > will be), the league (now Premiership of course), FA Cup and League Cup.
This being the one and only Treble isn't realistic given that the main contenders for the English Treble year in and year out have consistently fielded Reserve sides in the League Cup until this year when Chelsea always kept its big guns ready to come off the bench to rescue the match (and did so in nearly every Carling match).
This coupled with the combined embarrassment of Man U being drawn at home by Exeter City and Liverpool getting knocked out in the third round of the FA Cup resulted in the first League Cup Semi-Finals that saw near complete First Team line-ups from all of the remaining Big Four clubs.
It remains to be seen if next year Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United will revert back to an all-reserve line up or bring in the big guns from the start of Carling Cup play. In any case, the usual lack of respect that the Carling Cup gets makes Manchester United's feat, the EPL/UCL/FA Cup Treble a far more legitimate contender for being the one, true "The Treble".
