Was a shock to see Barca lose 7-0 on aggregate. At least Real (who I follow but don't support as much as Swansea/Manchester United/Bluebirds) went down fighting. I thought they were going to get the Ronaldo penalty!

Real had accually a change in the second match. Barcelona got destroyed and I can`t say I disliked it.

real had a chance because dortmund lacked in concentration the last minutes, barca didnt got this chance because bayern last year lost the final because of one moment where they were confused. now bayern plays like a machine

but it will be interesting since bayern only won one of the three games they played against dortmund

Conquistadors, in your dreams haha. Memphis or Miami would take out San Antonio ;)

NHL and nba playoffs are upon us.

Looks like heat v spurs for the title.

Hopefully my bruins can compete with the pens. Big game Saturday.

Baseball has been amusing this year. Really did see the sox putting anything like this together.

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Red run some mud man. Have fun!

Glad you guys were wrong about my Red Wings. Hope they can finish off the Hawks tonight (can't believe they blew game 6).

Chicago did not climb back from 3-1 to lose at home game 7.

Money is on Chicago regulation here.

Your entire series was last game. You did not get it. Sorry man.

This thread can rot in hell. Sports are no longer interesting till next year when the hockey season starts up again :(

(I may or may not be very drunk after being at a bar and watching the Red Wings lose in overtime.)

You guys had 3 chances to close out this series. You can only blame your team.

German football clubs will take over the champions league because they have no debts in difference to Spanish, English or Italian clubs

Photon, you are so naive, you think that the reason the Champions League was an all-German final was because they have less debts than the other countries? Are you suggesting skill doesn't play a factor, only the economic situation of a club?

real had a chance because dortmund lacked in concentration the last minutes, barca didnt got this chance because bayern last year lost the final because of one moment where they were confused. now bayern plays like a machine

Everyone has a chance in the final minutes of the game, Real had an opportunity because of the goals it scored, it kept applying pressure to Dortmund, not because Dortmund lacked concentration.
Barcelona didn't have a chance because they were 7-0 down, if you need to score 8 goals in 10 minutes, without Messi playing on form, do you expect them to have a chance? No. Bayern outplayed them in the first 80 minutes and in Munich to put themselves into a position where they couldn't lose. They could have had 7 players on the field in the last 10 minutes and they still would have won, it had nothing to do with last years final...

"You guys had 3 chances to close out this series. You can only blame your team."

Much like you will only be able to blame your team when Pittsburgh hands it its ass in the next round.

Don't worry I blame my team already for their monumental collapse against Toronto. Julien deserves to be fired.

BOSTON GOES BEASTMODE AND DESTROYS THE PENGUINS IN 5! BOOK IT!

Julien deserves to be fired? You are an idjit

How do you make an argument to keep Julien?

Lets start with the premise that the bruins have the talent to be title contenders since before they won the cup? I think thats fair, the team hasn't changed much.

Under his watch we have made it past the first round 3 times (1 being the cup, 1 being an embarassign second round loss, and than this season).

We have seen collapses that any other team would have fired their coach for. Philly up 3-0 and this season up 3-1. Total choke jobs.

IF they have the talent to conted they have the talent to score. Why don't they? They have one of the worst powerplays in the league for at least the last 5 seasons. How do you explain this? He has to be held responsible.

We have seen complete futility from him more often than glimpses of brillaince. If it wasn't for Tim Thomas Julien would not have won the cup and would have been fired by now. I don't think he should be rewarded for someone else's work and his own doesn't merit his continuation here.

In other words, you dislike success and would rather return to the incompetent days of Sinden, OConnell and Lewis.

Brilliant.

Criticize the struggles of the PP while ignoring the overwhelming success on the PK and at even strength. Throw away two aspects of the game over a poor showing in one?

Brilliant.

Tim Thomas was a journayman nobody until Claude showed up. It could just as easily be said that Thomas would never have won two Vezinas, a Smythe and a Cup without Claude's faith in him. But no, all credit goes to Thomas, none to the coach. Just as I am sure you feel Bergeron wins 2 Selkes (an assumption) in SPITE of his coach instead of in large part because of his coach.

Brilliant.

Obviously you think that Mike Babcock is a horrible coach and should be fired.

Good thing for the Wings they don't employ you.

You amuse me. You don't really understand the sport and it comes through brilliantly.

I assume we have the talent to compete. Assuming this what tangible results has Julien had? He has overseen epic collapses most years and a laughable power play. There is more talent in boston today then there has been since Orr played, comparing coaches who didn't have the talent to coaches who do is ridiculous.

We have one of the best even strength and pk in the league. But tell me how this is a result of Julien and not the talent on the team?

Tim Thomas was a journeyman who for the last couple of years has been the best goaltender in the NHL. To take away from that is crude. He won boston the cup. The system helps goaltenders but Thomas took boston and won us the cup. As better analysts than us have given credit to Thomas over Julien, I'll continue to do just that. Boston had an opening at goalie and Thomas performed and earned that spot, there was no one else to play.

Bergeron is one of the most talented players in the league today. He deserves the praise.

Juliens system helps goalies and helps players like Bergeron. Does it help the team overall, I think it doesn't. There has been to much futility under his watch to just sweep away saying he won the cup (something a larger part of the community think Thomas did).

Coaches have a shelf life. Julien's has passed. NJ was right to fire him when he had that great season there. Boston would be better with a new coach.

Mike babcock is a better coach and consistently does more with lesser talent.

Ah, the joys of the irrational fan.

Your team succeeds? We have the best players in the world! Coach is lucky to be along for the ride!
Your team fails? Stupid coach, it's all his fault! We have the best players in the world but that buffoon can't lead them!

Bet you want Belichick gone too since they haven't won in nearly a decade.

You can't come back with anything with substance. Come back with some sort of a rational argument, please.

Thomas was the best goalie in the NHL. Our team has talent that it hasn't for ages. The roster is stacked. Julien's system has led to monumental collapses, do you not put any blame in him for that? Theres enough talent to have a successfull pp, theres enough talent to have a successful team. Julien won't let them play anything close to an offensive game and as a result we are stuck.

IF I'm wrong how do you rationalize their failures? Do the players not play for the coach? If so wouldn't it be best to have a coach they will play for?

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Bellichick made a terrible decision in letting Welker go. He has let his stubborness ride over his common sense and the good of the team. I think he has stolen the last couple of years of Bradys career and mired us in mediocrity. I see the Patriots being bad this season.