Chelsitos, Football Gaming - Written by BlueChampion on Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:42 | 6,118 Views | 53 Comments | Add Comment
FIFA 08 on XBOX 360 - A Game Review!
Last week, I was playing FIFA 08 on XBOX 360 with my friends. After a thorough beating in a custom champions league, we thought let’s give PES6 a try. After we bought FIFA 08, we had not played PES6 at all. After we loaded the PES6, within seconds from kick-off, we realised that something was not okay with PES. We simply could not relate to the arcade style of PES anymore. We didn’t even finish the half. We switched back to FIFA 08, back to real football gaming!
I was always a PES fanboy. I absolutely H-A-T-E-D the EA series. I have been playing Konami series only since PES4. I’ve played enough of PES4, PES5, WE8i and finally thousands of hours of WE9. I had never thought that I’d ever choose FIFA over PES. But I have. I never thought FIFA could outperform PES. But they have. I know it could be hard to digest. But guys, FIFA 08 is the hands down winner this season. I haven’t seen PES 2008 yet but reports confirm that Konami has lost this battle.
So how did FIFA 08 dethrone PES, the eternal emperor of football gaming? They’ve got all the licenses of 620 teams in 30 leagues, next gen graphics and most importantly, they’ve got the gameplay right. Yes, they’ve got the gameplay spot on this time. Let me explain in detail.
Goodies
An area where FIFA has always done well. There is certainly some pleasure in playing for Chelsea, who are in fact called Chelsea and wear official Chelsea kits. During the PES days, I’ve always downloaded the patches to make it look as real as possible. With XBOX 360, such mix and matches are much more cumbersome and sometimes impossible. So, too see all the teams that matter to us having the correct team, player names and the most accurate kits, is absolute joy. An interesting point is that whenever the game is loading, you don’t have to look at screen that stares back at you with the words ‘loading . . .’. In such situations, you’ll be put in what’s called an arena where you as the player can do/practice your stuff and beat the goalie. So, you’re always kept busy, which is a nice idea. The commentary is awesome. Andy Gray and Martin Tyler do a fantastic job despite some repetitions. Crowd noise and chants are life like. The stadiums models are so beautiful and the pitch is nice looking too. You know what, you have an option of how you want the pitch to be mowed, squares, circles etc!
Gameplay
The important aspect of the gameplay in a football sim is the ball physics. This has been the problem area for FIFA for many years. There were either inaccurate physics or purely scripted ball movements. This time, it is near perfect. Sometimes, you might feel that the ball is floating in the air for too long a time, but that’s rare. Another important aspect is the speed of the game. The pace of the game in FIFA 08 is perfect. It’s not too fast or not too slow, it’s just perfect. It allows you to pass the ball around or keep the ball until you find an opening. Now you can think which makes the game more creative and interesting. The passing and setup in PES was more intuitive whereas in FIFA 08 it’s based on your planning and creativitiy. One thing that PES players will find difficult in FIFA 08 is the player response. In PES, the moment you hit the ‘pass’ button, your player passes the ball. In FIFA 08, there is a slight delay in player response and this can be quite frustrating initially. After you get used to this lag, it wouldn’t matter much.
You can’t beat a whole team by dribbling with one superstar player. Dribbling is not difficult but since the game is slowed down, it is quite possible for the defender to knock you off and take the ball, if you’re not too far away, unless you can do the step overs, rainbows, rabonas etc. These special tricks incredibly easy to perform but only with special players. Basically, you don’t have to use six fingers on eight buttons to perform a trick move. When I say easy to perform, I’m referring to the training mode. In match situations, either that does not come to my mind or I don’t want to take a risk of losing the possession. There is no referee on the pitch but appears only during cutscenes, mostly with a bad news. I don’t have a problem with referee not being there. Sometimes, similarity of the referee’s jersey and that of my team confuses me, so that’s fine.
Also, I’ve played WE9 for two years with no crowd in the stadium. So, that’s fine. Only this time, I feel that formations matter in a FIFA game. Your choice of formation can really impact the result. Similarly, if you get someone on your sent off, unless you do something preventive, you can get punished. Still, I’ve not found too much value in substituting players. In PES, the fatigued players would run so slowly that you’ll automatically substitute them. Also I always thought the PES method is little faulty. Can’t professional players play 90 minutes? I understand they would get slower but it should not be that they simply walk or jog.
Defending is easy one may say. All that you’ve to do is make some contact with the opponent and you have the ball. When you play skilled players or play in higher difficulties, you can see attackers dancing through your defence and get into a 1-on-1 situation soon. FIFA 08 rewards only enterprising and creative football. In PES, it is quite possible for anyone to build an attack without too much of difficulty. In FIFA 08, you really have to sweat a bit to make a decent end product from an attack. The size of the pitch is really big and game play is slow which mean you’re seeing what you see in real football. It is not an arcade game. It is a simulation, a near-perfect simulation.
You also have a tournament mode, where you can create your own custom tournament in the way you want. It can be a knockout cup, group league cup - with or without two legs with/without away goals rule, or it can just be a league. As you have 620 licensed teams, you can practically re-create the current champions league set up and win the trophy for Chelsea. You should be playing and winning tournaments. For every win and especially tournament wins, you’ll be awarded points. You can use these points to unlock the third kits of the team you want, that is if you have enough points. So, the game keeps you busy, in someway or the other.
Single player games
EA has brought in a massively addictive revolutionary feature in the history of football gaming. That’s called ‘Be a Pro’ mode. In this mode, you play as one fixed player for the whole match. You may say that this is not new, what’s new is the amazing camera angle. The ‘Pro Cam’ is not your regular camera angle that you’ve normally played in a football game. Suppose you play as Malouda as the left winger, throughout the match this cam does the difficult job of showing both Malouda and the where the action is happening. When the opponent is attacking us and the ball is in our penalty area, Malouda may not be doing much. He may be just waiting for his moment in the left midfield. The cam angle shows both the ball and Malouda. This means that the camera will have to move swiftly to capture the action around the ball without losing sight of your player, which it does ever so smoothly. The real fun is when you (Malouda) get the ball and dribble through the left wing and when you get closer and closer to the penalty box, the camera gets closer and closer to you, to such an extent it is almost a first person view, like you’ve seen in some of the action shooter games.
This is a game where you’ve to think like a footballer, you have to use the space, lose your marker, stay in your position etc. In a full match, you’d get the ball, may be 10 times and you should make the best of these chances. You can ask for passes and lobs to which your team mates would respond, if you’re in reasonable positions. At the end of the match, you would be rated bases on successful passes, shots, goals, occasions of out-of-position, wrong calls for passes etc. I tried playing as John Terry and that must have the worst performance by Captain John in whole career. It takes a lot play as a defender in football games. The exhilarating thing is when the camera gets behind you (that’s when you have the ball), the camera height is so low that you could see the crowds in the stands cheering and chanting, which makes you feel that you’re ‘there’.
Overall, Be a Pro is a fanstastic football experience, which has very very long replayability value. The pity is, this fantastic ‘Be a Pro’ mode allows you to play only exhibition matches, you cannot play a competition or leagues. They’d have saved it for FIFA 09, I guess!
The smart thing EA has done is, even when you’re playing a non-’Be a Pro’ match, such as a league or a cup competition, you can still use the ‘pro cam’. The single player game is best payed in this camera mode. If you’ve not played this camera angle, then you’ve not played FIFA 08. The AI thinks better now. They play creatively and punish you if you leave gaps in defence. As always, there are various difficulty levels. If you’re already a football gaming genius, I’d advise you to start with ’semi-pro’ difficulty and slowly move along.
Multiplayer player offline games
PES was pure gold in multiplayer games. While playing multiplayer games, FIFA 08 can be a little frustrating. That’s only until you get used to the speed of the gameplay, weight of the ball and the player capabilities. They’ve made those animations in such a way that it resembles real football. Stuff like making a 180 degree turn as you’re gathering the ball, is not every player can do. When the players fall down, they may not be able to get up on their feet within second (thinking about Drogba here ;-)). These things can be frustrating as a gamer but it is realistic. You should expect such things in FIFA 08 and be disappointed. PES has pampered us quite a bit in someways, but EA have managed to create a real football game.
XBOX Live
Alongwith the ‘Pro Cam’ stuff, FIFA 08 online is the best feature of this game. Many many lounges and leagues and you get matched with your opponent in few seconds. In gameplay, there is no lag at all. It plays as smooth as an offline game. EA have also now introduced 5 vs 5 online ‘Be a Pro’ games. Here 5 players on each side pick the players they want to play as, and compete in a ‘Be a Pro’ game. Yesterday, I played this mode for the first time where I joined a Real Madrid vs Espanyol game, where I played as Robinho in rght midfield. I played crap football in the first half, losing possession, mis-directed passes and all that. In the second half I played better, making an assist and setting up another, before missing an open goal sitter. We won 3-2 after extra time. With FIFA 08 online, you’re promised of thousands of hours of exciting football against random opponents of varied style and strengths.
Gripes
So, is FIFA 08 the absolutely perfect game? Impossible. We’ll always find faults even with the best. The areas where FIFA 08 miss out slightly is in the way it differentiates team strengths and player strengths. In a certain level, if you’re playing Newcastle or Slavia Prague, you won’t find too much of a difference. Similarly in my team selection, there’s not too much to choose between Shevchenko and Kalou. May be I’ve to play more games to realise the difference but atleast in PES such differences are very obvious. Also, the menus are little difficult to view and navigate. And of course the player response time. It’s ok that we’re getting used to it, there should not be too much of a gap in the first place between my button press and the player actions. I play with wireless controllers. That could also be the reason.
Plus points
Pace of the game
Size of the pitch
Player animations
Be a Pro mode
Pro camera angle
Excellent online features
Minus points
Clumsy menus
Not too much of a difference between various team
Player strengths and specialties not very obvious
It can be very hard for some people (that’s why I play on semi-pro difficulty!)
Final Word
I never thought I’d say this - ‘FIFA 08 is the best football game I have ever played’. This EA’s effort makes you feel you’re playing football, makes you think like a footballer or makes you watch a game like a football fan. This is the closest thing to real football. You have to use the space, have sound tactics and make the right decisions to win a match - just like in real football. I always felt that either PES should get the licenses or FIFA should get the right game play. The latter has actually happened. If you have not bought this game, I strongly recommend this game for you. I’ve written this as a very very satisfied customer. Football is simulated, finally!
53 Comments
1. Maysam
2. Blue Champion
@Joseholiday n Mourofessien
when barca’ bought henry for 16 million pounds…………..didn’t everyone said that he went for cheap………………….and when sheva was bought for 30 million pounds,everyone said it’s too much………………..s othat’s my criteria for fixing the actual market value of two players who are legends and got trasferred at the same age……………20-25 million pounds
3. True Blue Fusion
sorry for the confusion,the two above posts are mine……………..god knows how i used bc’s name…………….sorry bc for using for identity by mistake……………just happened i guesss due to subconscious mind caus i m used to addressing to you but here i was adressing to someone else so your name had to go somewhere………………..sorry for any confusion created
KTBFFH
4. True Blue Fusion
@joseholiday and mourofessien
Myth:Roman stopped the cb transfer in january trasfer window hence we lost premier league
reality:
joe had two options
1.tal ben haim from bolton……………….personal choice…………club offered 2 million pounds,bolton wanted 5 million pounds for a player whose contract was expiring in 3 months………………………result deal off
2.alex……………….jose said no way…………….he’s scouted by arnesen and bought against my wish………..so no deal
why putting tal ben haim’s was good?????????
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to improve our image as silly spenders in trasfer market and paying inflated price for players
examples:does not mean the players mentioned are crap,they just didn’t commanded price payed when they were bought
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1.swp 21 million pounds
2.essien 24 million pounds
3.mikel 17 million pounds
4.sheva 30 million pounds
5.drogba 24 million pounds
out of the above four only sheva is allegedly roman’s target………….and don’t forget milan doesn’t sell his players and sheva is a legendary striker………..so a 20-25 million pounds trasfer fee was justified for him………..we definitely overpayed in that case also there is no denial for that…………….but this was the only case which actually can have the benifit of doubt
5. True Blue Fusion
My first post was deleted…………………….so reposted it above…………this omeans only comment no 2 is mine
6. JoseHoliday
I’m a little worried about this beautiful football thing . I am by no means against it at all, Actually I love it . Who wouldn’t ?
But … in the past few victories I kinda noticed the following :
1. Only Drogs to poke in the goals
2. Only attacking play mostly from the wing-backs
3. Camping out in the opposite team’s side as much as possible.
4. Joe Cole flitting in and out but not really setting up any goals as he should be doing.
5. Nearly no goals from corners
6. No side-switching wingers
7. No counter-attacking link up play at all
AG’s stuff has been a bit one-dimensional and once the other teams geta whiff of his system, they’ll switch tactics and the bigger ones will beat us and the smaller guys will get at least two draws from us signalling the end of a title challenge.
More worrying than that if we concentrate of the Champions league I guess a team needs 3 things to get it
1. Team spirit and motivation and concentration to the last second of the all the games
2. Daring ( which comes of tactical awareness )
3. Luck
Pray tell me which department above , are we strong in , guys ?
7. JoseHoliday
TBF
ur last comments are supposed to mean what ?
Whose myth was that ? and why did you mention it anyway ?
What point do you want to make by deflating that ” myth ” ?
8. True Blue Fusion
@joseholiday
the myth i wanted to deflated was:majority of the fans on this blog has the idea that we actually lost the premiership last year due to arrogance of roman who is child-like and sinking his own ship
9. True Blue Fusion
@joseholiday
and come to think of it if jose actually had bought tal ben haim in january window……………………….would it actually have made any difference…………………after seeing tal ben haim’s quality
10. True Blue Fusion
if i remember in that lulinha post…………..mourofessien has blasted roman as kidish sort of guy with arrogance citin the myth and you have appreciated it
11. guilder
TBF you are wrong. it was a conspiracy to oust jose. grant masterminded it roman succumbed to it.
12. Giggs11egend
Blue champion let me say u are completely and utterly wrong about pro evolution.i have pro 2008 on my ps3 and it is brilliant.the ball still aint right in fifa(ive played it at a mates house).i think ur praising fifa coz u have the game….like me perhaps but pro 08 still captures football like no other.passing,shooting,dribbling,tackling is all smooth and it looks beautiful.
13. Blue Champion
Hey Giggs11egend! Thanks for the information!
I don’t know why you say I’m wrong about Pro Evo 2008!? I compared FIFA 08 with PES6 (I’ve played both) and said FIFA 08 is better. As regards PES 2008, I mentioned that as per reports, it is a disappointment. I’ll still buy it as well and then compare it with FIFA 08. People who’ve played both FIFA 08 and PES 2008 say that the former is a simulation and the latter is an arcade.
14. ForeverBlue
I have always been a PES fan as a footballer myself I felt it was truer to the real game. I have FIFA 08 on PS3 and find it to be a delightful game compared to the last several years versions. The presentation the gameplay and the added modes give it plenty of extra value. However, the most annoying part is the players making their runs. In all FIFA games the players tend to get stuck in the ‘tracks’ when making runs. The longball play and the manager mode are still better in PES, but FIFA is getting close.
15. Blue Champion
BluRehman
I don’t understand what you mean by a 360 degree turn. When Avram was appointed most of us expected him to be a failure. In the opinion poll on this blog, most of us thought we would not get a champions league spot this season (well, you can allow about 10% margin of error).
I have always thought Grant should be given time. That’s what I’ve been saying from day one. But that does not mean I’m going to agree with everything Grant does. Why should I? Grant has not accomplished enough to get the benefit of doubt.
Someone like Grant does well, I appreciate and when he doesn’t I say so. I don’t see a 360 degree (or 180 degree!) turn.
By the way guys, can we have the discussion on Grant under this post.
16. aaron + chelsea!!!!!!rocks!!!
hi guys, in frenster, there’s a group called anti-chelsea fans, i visited their profile n 1 of the guy said that AG looked like a butcher n the ugliest manager in the premier league………but that all does not matter all that matter is if u can play soccer!!!!not how ugly ag is!!!!hahas bunch of real losers………! =)
17. JoseHoliday
TBF @ 8
Hey it’s not a myth at all , it’s the holy truth. BT Haim’s case was just an example of this :
Jose was undermined and backstabbed,
I will deflate a true myth , this one broughjt up again and again by Joe blue
” RA couldn’t have made and kept all that dough if he were a fool.
I say :
Hey there are a lot of rich fools in the world . Just you got money doesn’t mean you’re clever.
It’s like this :
Lots of fools try their luck at illegal and dishonest deals and a tiny percent come out on top cos they’re lucky ,
you know right man at right place at right time
put together with ruthlessness and utter disregard for decency they manage to keep the ill-got riches, simple as that.
RA’s one of those asssholes.
That’s why RA goes on buying sprees without consulting the manager .
That’s why he sacked Jose ,
Cos he’s just a rich fool that the super agents like Pini just love to suck up to and then fleece.
God (if there is one ) Save Chelsea !
18. joeblue
Joseholiday , as much as i wld like 2 hammer u 4 ur above post i restrain myself!!!
I m really havin my doubts if this guy really is the one we know or jst an impersonator, cuz the language and words used above r so not like him!!!
Anyways whoever it is , when hav i said Roman mst be smart because he has a lot of money?? u giv the example of crap like Ben Haim?? i say what abt so much money splashed for shit only Mr.Jose cld find talented??? talk abt wastin money and defending Jose is the biggest joke ever!!! As if he ever knew what money really is, for him there was neither a budget nor a limit, and when for once Roman put his foot down he is being blamed for everything??? who had stopped Jose from buying a CB in the summer before?? what did he expect?? playing jst Carvy and JT for a whole season or somethin?? if yes then i needent say how intelligent he had been!!
stop this silly debate i dont like to rip apart somebody who is now part of our history , it was a difference of opinion and breakdown of understanding between the two and they chose to break on amicable terms , lets leave it at that!!
19. joeblue
oh and BC why not write a post on the England-Russia situation!!!
I wld really love it if England dont make it , they r by far the most overrated and weakest team to be propagated as underachievers or somethin , they r nothin but a joke , with strikers like Owen (spends more time on the docs table than the pitch) , Rooney (the most overrated player of our time) and backups like Crouch , Defoe and Bent who hardly feature even for their clubs!!!
A midfield with only 1 dangerous player—- Gerrard , lets face it Lamps is horrible for England, Barry has had a few good games thats it , they hav no genuine winger on either ends , imagine a team having Becks at the right side (who can only walk a little farther than the halfway line) , SWP (sheesh , i think overrated is an understatement) or Lennon(how many English players qualify for the same word???) , Downing on the left (well u can forget abt world class stuff from there) or poor Joey Cole trying his best to play where he dosent like to in the least bit!! with Carrick and Hargreaves both vying for the same spot (and none 1/10th as talented as the centre midfielders of other big countries like France, italy etc), and whats the backup like?? Dyer (is he a footballer or a patient??) , Scott Parker (they really do hav a habit of stayin on the docs table) , Jenas (wont qualify to play for the u-21’s even if he tried) , Pennant (biggest joke of england) or maybe the all-time garbage man of england Joey Barton (bet the police wld be on the pitch even before he is)………lol!!!!
Go Russia , atleast here is a team trying its level best and playing as good if not better than what it is expected to, and to think i saw some posts on this blog havin digs at Guus , please those guys go and check the mirror , u wld find whos the joke now!!!
20. True Blue Fusion
@Joseholiday
i was amazed when i saw ur post…………..reason caus it was the most illogical post ever…………..no points…………no facts……………..just pure abuse towards man who actually is the reason what chelsea is today……………..u won’t understand and i will not try…………………….do you know the reason why” caus u are more effected by emotions than logic………..”…………trust me ur post is again just a big ABUSE nothin else
21. mike ayad
i love fifa 08 because chelsea are the best team in the game and the game play is amazing
CAN SOME ONE ANSWER THIS QUESTION:
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF FIFA IA THE SAM ON PS3 AS IT IS ON XBOX360?
22. arthur
joeblue . . forget about jose’s signings and all. he won 6 trophies in 3 seasons, incl 2 league titles. also english league records like max points, longest unbeaten home record etc. this man is an incredible genius. i want to see who beats his trophies and records at chelsea. legend!
23. kafka
joseholiday - your abusive language is hereby warned. pls stay away from such behaviour.
24. JoseHoliday
Joeblue , Kafky and all
Yes it was I , in the above post.
Yes I have poured my heart out ,
yes I have &^*&^%^$%*(*^ the man .
yes emotional
But abusive and vile : NO
But good bashing while it lasted ,
I will endeavor to refrain from such sentiments again until I cannot help it again
So help me God ( if there is one )
25. JoseHoliday
By the way Joey blue
Pretty level-headed reply from u. Ha Ha Ha , very much unlike from last year…..
But did u not even see a little bit of , an inkling of , an itsy bitsy bit of logic in my post ?
Well , let’s jusy hope that I am wrong …… abt….. RA
KTBFFH
26. Michael
You do realise that pes 6 is hmmmmmm a year old? Robben’s still in Chelsea LOL!
I’ve just got my hands on PES 2008 and I must say that the PES series is going from strength to strength. The shooting, goal keeping … the overall gameplay is superior to any other football game i’ve played.
But, if you wish to play a game where everyone runs like ronaldinho, that’s fine. But it’s not really “simulation” to me.
27. Blue Champion
Michael
I recognise the fact that the player attributes are best reflected and I’ve mentioned that under the gripes. I still have to play PES 2008 to make a fair comparison.
When you play ‘Be A Pro’ or a ‘5 vs 5 Be A Pro’ in Allianz Arena or Wembley or the Emigrants, that’s when I’ve got the closest to playing football on consoles. The crowd noise and chants and th pitch and the stadium and the pressure on you to perform and deliver . . . oooh! Playing in a wider camera angle is just a game, the pro thing is the real deal!!
28. JoseHoliday
jOEbLUE
Guus IS the joke now !!!
29. joeblue
wrong again joseholiday , even if Russia dont qualify he is no joke , that team was dusted long way back , where were Russia before he took over??? nowhere, they were nothin , now they hav beaten England and are on the verge of qualification(even till now) a team that has no history whatsoever , more than half the players dont even play in the top leagues of the world , still they hav been more than a thorn for teams like England(the so called underachiever by many and a huge joke by me), how many managers cld do that , i doubt anybody can………..the joke is still on those who thought him ‘old’ and other crap , because they were so blindly in love with their idol, one match does not make u a joke , u shld know that after all thats what u kept sayin for Jose until he left………..lol!!!
30. kevin
Guus is a very good manager but Jose is a genius. Guus would never be put in the same bracket as Jose Mourinho. Jokers are the ones who don’t understand Jose’s genius.
I’m a Man Utd fan and I completely admire Jose. I’m just praying to God that he takes over from Fergie at the OT. I don’t know what more do you guys want at this stage. You were nothing and he came along and made you what you are today. Despite all the digs at your playing style, you played very well in fact. You cannot win btb leagues by not playing well. You are a respected club today because of Jose. When he was the boss at Chelsea, I used to fear those Man Utd-Chelsea matches. Not anymore!
Abramovich gave you money but only Jose gave you success. In what Chelsea have achieved in the last few seasons, 75% credit goes to Jose and only 25% goes to Abramovich. If Jose was at OT, he would have been worshipped as a God for what he has done and what he could do.
You lot have a very cheap mentality and you don’t deserve someone like Jose. I wish he joins Man Utd after Fergie leaves. There are some strong rumours about this. Fingers crossed!
31. Michael Mariens
I dislike PES.
Simulation to unrealistic!
32. Michael Mariens
Kevin
I have the utmost respect for Jose Mouriniho.
Jose Mouriniho is world-class!
33. JoseHoliday
Actually Joe Blue
I respect and like and wish Guus would join Chelsea .
But didn’t Russia qualify for the Euro last time out ? if I remember correctly. If so they are actually going down some notches under the dutchman.
But …..
He would make Chelsea feared again.
Like the Kevin guy said above we’re NOT feared anymore .
And that is a great big loss, disadvantage.
34. JoseHoliday
and Kevin @ 30
Ur comment abt CFc fans was cheap
Just because the owner Roman Abro has a cheap mentality doesn’t mean the that the fans are cheap too.
35. Giggs11egend
Ooops sorry BC I didnt realise u were comparing pro 6 to fifa 08.although i am curious as to why u would compare those two coz there miles apart!one being next gen and all.and mike ps3 and xbox are pretty much the same although ppl say xbox is better.dunno though,iv played playstation since…..forever.oh and BC why have u changed to fifa?is it really that good?
36. Giggs11egend
But the commentary in fifa is still worlds ahead of pro.i dont no wats up with the pro commentators.i really thought theyl liven up this year but….nop.slight improvement but still pretty crappy.another thing i wish pro could get is the chants…i dont bother to turn up the volume sometimes…its so dead but hey they cant have everything.although the fifa this year have closed the gap.
37. joeblue
this kevin is no Manu fan , no manu fan can ever think of life without Fergie , and i can tell u i hav dozens of Manu friends and none hav ever talked abt Fergie retiring etc , they love him to death , ‘worshipped like a god’ if i can use that , this guy is jst another of ‘we lov Jose group’ , he dint know how he cld be abusive and smart at the same time to not be bashed so he chose to cm under this disguise , pathetic attempt dude , u wld really hav to do better than that to get me!!!!
38. kevin
joeblue . . You strike me as a person with no footballing knowledge. I don’t know which you place you come from? May be the USA? Back here in England, we do have rivalries but we give credit where it’s due. What do you mean by ‘no life after Fergie’. You know how many of us wanted Fergie out after 05-06 season when you won the title for the second time in a row? Are they not fans? Read the Man Utd blogs of 2005 and 2005, we were longing for a change from Fergie. But the man proved us all wrong.
Fergie is a manager and not the club. I support him as long as he wins, otherwise go for another manager. Your set of 27 friends is not the world and you should know that the Man Utd fan base is much bigger than your circle of friends.
I’m sure that you’re not a Chelsea fan, for sure. The hatred and the venom that you show, makes it very obvious that you’re just a wind up merchant. I might even conclude that you could be an Arsenal fan. By all means!!
39. Michael Mariens
Kevin:
Kevin, hope you stay on at this blog, because its nice to get rival club fan’s point of view and your comments are brilliant!
Jose Moriniho, he kept on embarrasing Chelsea with his silly comments but on the other side, Mouriniho brought lots of prestige, cups, trophies and even a shield to the bridge!
“The Special One”, will surely be regarded as one of the best managers of his generation!
There is only about four people who claim to be Chelsea supporters, and I’ll even go on to warn you about these ” supporters”, they are JoeBlue, MourEssien, but sorry I can’t remember the other two?
These people will find falut and criticise everything, and I mean everything to do with Chelea FC, from what the players had for lunch to the owner.
I’m looking forward to reading more comments with a bit of sense!
40. Blue Champion
Giggs11egend
Right now, I’m absolutely loving FIFA 08. I’ll get PES 2008 too. If that turns out to be better than FIFA 08 then I’d be with the Konami game.
You know what I used to do for commentary in PES games. Change the commentary language to Spanish. Then I wouldn’t bother about the quality of commentary because I don’t understand Spanish. Believe me, Spanish commentary can be superb fun!
41. JoseHoliday
Yeah Kevin stick around
I may be illogical and emotional but I know a good footballing fan when I read one .
Stick around for discussions.
42. True Blue Fusion
@joeblue
mate you are 100% right about this kevin guy………………..anyways don’t mind what this michael or other have to say about our allegiance caus they have a simple theory of who is a chelsea fan and who is not
THEORY:If u love jose,then you are a chelsea fan,otherwise u are a pretender……….an arsenal or man utd fan
@kevin
pathetic attempt if you are a blue in disguise…………if u are really a man utd fan then ask giigs11legend[a true man utd fan]i don’t like commenting on individuals………………if u are by chance on orkut………….the day jose left…………the next day man utd community[a sort of forum] with 1,50,00+ members has a topic[thread]should jose be the sucessor to the fergie………..more than 90% replied an emphatic no…………do you know what was the reason:they wanted an attacking brand of football along with thropies………..and they were intelligent enough to reliaze that jose could have deliuvered thropies but never attacking,flair footie
anyways kevin stick around for discussion caus i really liked something in your 1st post
“Fergie is a manager and not the club”
this is what 3-4 members of this blog have been emphasising since the day jose left……….just replacer fergie with jose………..and you will understand what i mean……………………fergie is one of the most complete manager and an overall package who delivers on all front:thropies,attackin flair footie and an excellent team building……………..and it surprises me as u claim u are a man utd fan caus no red devil will actually use fergie instead of SAF caus majority find it offensive
43. joeblue
@Kevin
u proved me right, firstly i m not from USA , secondly u can never be a Manu fan , none of them can ever say that we dont want SAF to stay if he dosent win trophies , why??? cuz if u think he aint the club u r the biggest joke on Manchester, tell me how can u talk so casually abt a guy who has brought u all the trophies football has to offer , amazing football as well as dozens of great players, how much time hav u been supportin them?? 1 year , 2 cant be more than that , why?? cuz no Manu fan can ever forget those moments of ‘99 , and the dozens of trophies SAF won for u , the players he has made legends of , no , and then want Jose, yes u r a joke, frm this footie which u hav been playin for abt 20 yrs, and which is a TM of Manu , the amazing play , u want it to be replaced by rotten bore u to death football, hah……..if there was ever a fake fan u r one!!!
@Michael Mariens
who r u in the first place?? hav u ever read my comments?? so many times i hav defended AV , i greatly respect and admire Roman and i dnt hide that fact , and i hav always supported the club , who r u to warn anybody?? u hevnt even read my comments cuz if u had u wldnt hav made such pathetically immmature statements……..sheesh we do get all kinds here
44. kevin
it happens when there is no news around chelsea club :)). what the is XBOX doing in bluechampion.com ?:)) :))
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