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Gerard will have his proper goodbye performing a guard of honour instead! :lol:

He is obviously not as good as Azpi and gets picked more often. I'd prefer Azpi and Luis to be our FBs, but we tend to over criticise Ivanovic for some reason while others see him as one of the best in the league. Surely he is not that bad. This thread is sometimes worse that Oscar's. That's all I'm saying nothing more.

Don't like Torres, but great video.

The fact that a player is perfect for some certain tactics doesn't make the performance ordinary, no? It was indeed great. Can't take that away from Cahill.

What people often fail to realise is that there are matches where he is busy for enough time that some mistakes are bound to happen. Yesterday he defended for nearly 90 minutes almost non-stop. That's not easy. It's like asking an attacking player to create for 90 minutes successfully time after time. Extremely well done yesterday and i want to add to Choulo's post that Di Maria also didn't find it easy with Brana since he came on.

Take a break from moaning and at least enjoy the win even if you didn't like how Jose chose to play.

He makes a great combination of talent and strong physical attributes. He can be perfect for us in the future if circumstances allow it.

Good comeback!

Rami is dire lately but who knows, he might have a good game on the wing vs Utd. Willian CAM obviously.

This is why it was a great idea to sell this player for 50m. This is exactly what you get with Luiz, one day he plays like last round and the next he is a clown.

Mikel hasn't played, but how often does he play normally anyway? I am pretty sure Jose has already prepared him especially for this match.

Correct me if i'm wrong bit i think the match has to be on their stadium and it's up to their manager to ask his players to do it.

Awful match, awful ground and awful performance from us. But who cares? I know i don't at this point of the season! Celebrated that goal like mad. :blue scalf: We were sloppy from minute 1. Our passing was terrible. Even the Hazards and the Cescs couldn't perform simple passes let alone Brana and Azpi for example. Ramires offered nothing but on the other hand i'm not sure that Oscar should have started instead. It's better the way things happened after all. It's like when he plays he just has some 20 minutes a strong start and then nothing. So better have Ramires from the start and throw Oscar to have his decent 20 minutes when desperate. I am tired of watching Azpi's inability to be involved in attack with his weak foot. It's getting really stupid now. Not even his fault however. Even at Loftus Road i'd play Luis instead. Credit to our defence. We did well in set pieces and the keeper saved some good shots. The goal was certainly a little gift but i gladly take it and give the middle finger to qpr. Hateful fans, throwing objects, awful pitch, small stadium, perfect for championship. Go to hell QPR and never return please!

Rotation choices questionable throughout the season, but we are where we are now because of him and i'm thankful.

Nah... that's Catwoman

Our 14-game unbeaten run at the start of the season is the longest made by any team in the Premier League this term. We are currently unbeaten in 10 league games. Second half of the season may have not been fancy football but the results are still there. Another reason why we deserve to win it.

QPR have won none of their London Derbies this season, drawn once and lost 7. We will smash them

Underrated imo. He could provide a good alternative option here. This however is a strange rumour. He has captained Liverpool many times and is supposed to be Gerrard's replacement, isn't he?

Never a dull moment when you're playing in the Premier League. Even with a 7 point lead and a game in hand. Let's hope we left heart attacks behind us now.

Plus we both had tougher first halves of the season, but only we responded very well. Overachieved somewhat (not really but you get the point). They are just having a more "normal response". Their tougher half season cost them points and their easier one gained them form. We have done the exact opposite.

I spoke to some friends who are Arsenal fans. They think they can challenge for the title and that they will beat us easily at the Emirates. Said to me that when Stoke was 1-1 hopes were rising. The scenario of giving hope to Arsenal and taking that away soon after just excites me more. I don't like City either but since 1) i don't have any friends that are City fans, 2) they are recent rivals compared to others, i don't care about hurting them that much.

You mean by the looks of the fabric quality? If yes i agree on that. They look way too shiny for some strange reason which kind of makes it look like fake, idk...

Winning the league with the table being as it is right now with Arsenal second seems like a sweeter scenario to me than having City second. Second place is the one that hurts the most some say.

Among other things he does that i appreciate, he also responds well under pressure. Always works harder when we are in difficult situations. I honestly can't remember a time when we saw Willian exhausted. Scary limits. Keep it up Willi

It's still very early to judge Cuadrado. He has barely played and he hasn't prepared his body fully yet. I though he wasn't that terrible either. If he had scored that goal the comments here would be different.