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Just seen Luis is getting a start! Let's hope we get a lot of free kicks then!

I hope you're right!! Oscar has been dropped by Jose! Can I get confirmation of this???

Fuck Mata, we got Cesc!

that's an understatement, expecially when City and Arsenal have won this afternoon!

Very true! If we end up doing the opposite then we might as well hand it over! We're not in Europe anymore, so time to make the most of this extra time and focus on winning the league!

If we don't beat Hull tomorrow...

Spurs 4-3 Leicester! You can't make this shit up!

Not gunna lie.. I'm utterly sick of Arsenal! They're just like a fly that buzzes around your ear and you can't get rid of it! What annoys me even more, is that Arsenal fans this whole season have been bragging about how bad Giroud has been for them, yet he never fails to get on their score sheet! Jesus!

I'm not so much worried about our title run-in, I'm more terrified about the fact that Arsenal are fast becoming a title contender. And the last team I want to see becoming a title contender is that team! It's those fans I cannot stand the most!

Jelavic is out with a knee injury.. other than that everyone seems to be fit for them!

It's also a repeat of last year's final!

Messi is world class... for Barcelona and for La Liga. For Chelsea? For the Premier League? I don't know! Our past track record of signing superstar strikers is at a low unfortunately. Signing players like Shevchenko, Kezman, Torres, et al have never worked in our favour. If we're going to pay ridiculous money for someone like Messi, and hammer a big hole into our healthy FFP status, then I say it's a big gamble. If you ask me, I care about an entire club, not one individual. I'm not saying I don't want us to sign him.. I'm just ironing out the potential side-effects it may have on our club's future if we fork out a lot of money to sign him, and he adds his name to a list of striker failures.. if we don't sign him, I feel there's a lot more useful things we could do with a lot of money in the bank. Like improving our chances of finding English talent.. improving England's chances of World Cup success! We have Bamford, Loftus-Cheek and Solanke looking like they can make a big success of it. I'd like to see Bamford emulate what Harry Kane has done at Tottenham. Who needs Messi??

We could have been playing City in the Quarter Finals, had we both gone through and the same draw came out!

I hope Messi nutmegs David and humiliates him!

THE REAL DRAW!! PSG vs Barcelona Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid - Madrid Derby!! Porto vs Bayern Munich Juventus vs Monaco

This is my QF prediction: PSG v Bayern Munich Atletico Madrid v Barcelona Real Madrid v Juventus Monaco v Porto

STILL THE ONLY LONDON TEAM TO HAVE WON THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!!

Arsenal going through, just like I expect!

Arsenal getting three goals in this game.. they will go through because it's Arsenal!

If Oscar starts...

A lot goes into a 1-0 win. I can remember last season going to City and winning with that scoreline. Mourinho's mind games and tactics were spot on!Arsenal going to the same venue, playing tiki-taka and losing 6-3. What does that tell you?

Everyone can say his tactics are wrong (I'll admit I was one of those people in this thread), but I'm confident Mourinho's here for the long run this time, rather than just walking out because of a stupid disagreement with Abramovich. Say what you like about him, everyone puts faith in him one way or another, because he understands how to win games tactically! Why do you think we are where we are in the league? But then you think, 'no campaign goes without its hiccups'.There's just no way you can judge a top class manager's status just by watching their side get outplayed tactically in a couple of games.. especially when early form in the season has been second to none. It's up to the manager to identify the problems with Chelsea's game, and work around them. Mourinho has always been one of the world's best tactical masterminds simply by doing this sort of thing. Do I have faith in him? Yes! Do I feel his tactical nouse can win us the league this season? Absolutely! But 'No campaign goes without its hiccups'.

Alex, take it from my point of view.. we should thank our lucky stars Mourinho is our manager, full stop. Either we stick with him, or we could simply let Abramovich rotate the vacant manager's job like a revolving door again. We'll employ Simeone for a season, and then sack him because he fails to win anything. For the benefit of the club's future, I know what choice I'd make.. at least Mourinho has a cult following and a massive connection at Chelsea. Something you can't just win over on day one! What's so good about Mourinho, is that he loves us, and he's fucking good at what he does. Every time I see someone slagging him off, it makes me want to bang my head up against a wall!

I don't think I can see Willian getting sold. I mean he can have a bad game, but I feel he delivers a lot more than Oscar does. That's my honest opinion. Plus a fact, Mourinho can replace Willian in the squad with Cuadrado if he wants.

You know what would make sense? If we had Matic and Schneiderlin as CDMs, push Fabregas further up the middle, have Hazard and Willian either side, that would be perfect for me. Then Oscar can be sold for £40m to either Real Madrid or PSG, giving us another £20m profit in the summer. Honest to christ, I never fail to get a splitting headache watching Oscar. He just looks so lightweight going up against brutal opposition most times.. almost to the point that it looks unfair on the lad. Also his passing vision and ball control is abysmal! I don't understand at all how Mourinho can "like" him.