The Chels

LOL at Conte being all loudmouthed and rude when faced with valid criticism. Gwarn Neville, lad.

Happy birthday

Is he still here?

I fear the damage is already done.

We deserved that for coming out to play the exact same way.

City away next. Not looking good.

One step forward, two steps back.

Has Morata not caught on yet? He barely gets those calls at home, forget Old Trafford.

It hurts more this way. Would've been easier to accept if we just got played off the park. Barca have been very fluky this season, can't see them winning it.

Away leg tactics for the home tie, interesting.

Eulogise it for character or whatever, but truth is we were crap in 2012 and got extremely lucky. Our previous sides like the 08/09 one deserve that praise and recognition (restricted one of the best Barcelona sides in history to precisely ZERO shots on target before that Iniesta goal), but history only remembers the winners.

Defensive, but not cowardly. They're there to be got at.

I don't think we'll get smashed at home. The return leg could get messy () though.

And to think Allegri is probably the best of the names realistically touted to replace Conte next season...

This team without Hazard...

Antonio Conte: "There is nobody better than me at improving players but I'm a disaster at getting clubs to spend" Conte and Mourinho love to do their talking off the pitch. Shame about what their teams are doing on it, eh.

Meh, as long as there's a buy-back clause

It's honestly pretty gut-wrenching every time I think about it.

Apart from Robben, Madrid have just (long) been a hypothetical threat/worry for us in keeping our best players, but it looks (Hazard/Courtois) like that will soon be changing unfortunately. Only a PSG-esque mentality can save us now.

The similarities were there last season, at least with our awesome Fergie-esque flat-track bullying. Too bad that's now gone down the drain too.

Enrique? Sigh. Despite our transfer failings, at least we tried for top/exciting managers. Now we're settling for mediocrity there too. Standards have dropped dramatically all-round, very sad to see.

Because according to the mainstream media, football is all about motivation and mentality.

Well since Roman doesn't seem to do "knee-jerk", sudden change-of-heart moves anymore, then I don't think Conte will be sacked soon. From Simon Stone (BBC): http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/42957143

I'll still be surprised if he's sacked tomorrow to be honest. We're still in the top 4, players don't seem to hate him. Mourinho had us in a much worse position and was given a very long stay of execution.

Talk is cheap. The players that aren't good enough are the ones he most likes to pick, and the "fear" we play with comes from his tactics.