Excalibur KTBFFH

Eto'o deserves more credit than he actually gets. People are quick to bash our strikers for not being good enough, but the fact still remains that Eto'o has 6 goals in 9 starts in the PL and 8 goals in 16 games (7 from the bench). That's impressive for a non-English speaking, 32 year old in his first season in Engish football. It's not his fault that he is usually painted with the same brush of mediocrity that Torres rightfully is.
And when Eto'o has an average performance, it's just that, an average performance. None of those disappearing, anonymous, Houdini acts of Mr Torres, where he doesn't get involved and contributes next to fuck all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9mbOcNZS8o
Performance yesterday.

Just ignore the attention seeking twat. He only has to look at Ozil in his team to know an overrated, weakling player. Hazard is better than all the players in his team.

Also, just got my Hazard Jersey delivered to my dorm right now, WOW. FUCK YESSSSSS!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9mbOcNZS8o
Performance yesterday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9mbOcNZS8o
Performance yesterday.

Fair play to you.

Quickly put together

a picture says more than a 1000 words

#legsopen
#raped

Typically bitter Benfica bitch had to arrive. Atleast Wolfe and others aren't this mad.

Now you know why we were so angry...only 25M€ is a joke...
We sold Di Maria for 35M€ and Coentrão for 30M€...

I said before that he was a bargain and I will say it again. This guy is best CM we could possibly get. He likes Chelsea and is also top player. Cant beat that.
Great game

Matic worth easily 50M€, Benfica let him go for half is a mystery, even for Benfica fans, like me, the club probably needs money. Benfica has another world class player, his name is Enzo Perez, a box-to-box, kinda like Ramires, but better.

Was god tonight, what else can I say. The only winger that can match him is Ronaldo. INSANE player. Love him, no homo. Love him

Like I said, no signing has excited me more than Nemanja since Hazard. Bossed the midfield and ate Yaya alive today. World Class.

Was god tonight, what else can I say. The only winger that can match him is Ronaldo. INSANE player. Love him, no homo. Love him

Also, just got my Hazard Jersey delivered to my dorm right now, WOW. FUCK YESSSSSS!!!!

I demand a fucking Iva gif of that hair rub after the goal!

LEGEND!!!

blue till i die

Also, just got my Hazard Jersey delivered to my dorm right now, WOW. FUCK YESSSSSS!!!!

Also, just got my Hazard Jersey delivered to my dorm right now, WOW. FUCK YESSSSSS!!!!

"Parking the bus" It seems even Chelsea fans have bought into the stupidity

"Parking the bus" It seems even Chelsea fans have bought into the stupidity

"Parking the bus" It seems even Chelsea fans have bought into the stupidity

(NOTE: Assuming we play 4-2-3-1 {which is, IMO the best line-up to get a result} and City play 4-4-2 (which is Pellegrini's preferred system, with or without Aguero}
Ok, back to what I was typing a couple of days ago. I have to say, City without Aguero is a big bonus for us. It's not just about how prolific he is in front of goal, but mostly about his low-centre of gravity build, pace, dribbling skills and ability to maraude almost at will in the opponent's box. These characteristics in a striker will prove absolutely difficult for Cahill and Terry especially to handle. We all saw the threat he posed us at The Bridge, and that was in a game were he played uptop on his own for a majority of mins. Imagine him with a partner. Negredo and Dzeko are different animals. Even though they are top quality, they are not built like Aguero and are nowhere as mobile. This could potentially play into the hands of Terry and Cahill. They are also likely to not want to drop deep (again, unlike Aguero) because of their style of play. This will further emphasize the extra-man advantage we have in midfield, (in this case, Oscar, Matic and Ramires). If Terry and Cahill come with their A-game, then they can handle them. Jovetic is different to those two. More of Totti/Del Piero type player. But he's been injured for most of his time in English football, so he wouldn't start and we should be able to take care of him if he comes off the bench.
Midfield as usual is a key-area. Their CM's are fantastic, Toure and Fernandinho. They supplement the attack so well. While not a pure defensive midfielder, Fernandinho is playing a more cautious role than he did at Shakhtar Donetsk, where he was more of a Ramires-style player, bursting forward regularly. Besides, against top sides, City have appeared vulnerable between the lines -- they were outgunned by Bayern Munich with the midfield looking overrun and very flat and have generally looked most troubled when sides attack quickly behind Fernandinho and Toure. Remember Yaya being caught out against Arsenal? If Oscar can press their double-pivot and put pressure on both of them, we can gain possession higher up the pitch and cause them damage. Also, on counter-attacks, there is a space to be exploited there by Hazard, Eto'o and Oscar if Toure and Fernandinho get too enthusiastic going forward. We need Matic to be defensively solid and also to play his natural game. Driving forward when a space appears and trying to pick out clever, forward thinking passes. He is incredibly important in this game, even more so than Oscar.
On the wings, there's no doubt we have the better players. Hazard, Willian, Ivanovic, Azpi and Cole are better than Navas, Silva, Milner, Clichy/Kolarov and Zaba. We NEED to stop Silva from drifting in and trying to influence the flow of their attacks. He and Aguero were their most dangerous players at The Bridge. We need to put Ramires on his ass. Put him under pressure and force him out-wide. Navas is not to be under-estimated at all. The width he gives them is dangerous. It will be interesting to see who Jose starts, Azpi or Cole. I will personally go for Cole. He's been impressive recently and Jose needs to let players play their natural position. Willian will play with his usual intensity, pace and flair. Just needs to add a finishing product to his game. Hazard will expect to be our match-winner again. I just want a good game from him, nothing else. Jose needs to get him in 1 v 1 situations where he is running at their players. We don't want him to be double-marked or play to his back to goal. Cole/Azpi need to support him.
Upfront, Eto'o no brainer. Needs to play a good game. Control the football in tight spaces like he always does and put the ball behind the net when he gets his chance. Don't be fooled by the goals and the media hype. City are not invincible, no one is. Demichilles as a defender is nothing special. Same with Clichy and Kolarov. They are pretty average defending set-pieces as well. Cardiff scored a couple of goals there, Watford scored 2, Arsenal scored 3 and so on. And unlike those teams, we are unlikely to concede, 4,5,6, and so on.
So, summary. Balance : attack and defend. Press their double pivot, maximize set-pieces.
My line-up goes as follows:
Cech
Iva, Cahill, Terry, Cole
Ramires, Matic
Willian, Oscar, Hazard
Eto'o