MrExcalibur100

my, oh my, what's happening at Wembley!? Long may it continue!

The ref isn't falling for all of Barca's cheap falls

Interesting to see Xavi on the bench. Tata is probably going for more urgency with Fabregas.

word up

Ok, about to kick off now.

I dunno the specifics, but I'm not sure there's much the Spanish FA can do to get involved. It's a really cheap move from Barca nonetheless.

"Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid - 98,787 Nou Camp sell out - 447 tickets allocated for Atletico Madrid fans” -- According to The Telegraph. That's really typical Barca.

He is a personal favourite of mine. We wanted to poach him from them, but he signed a professional contract. I rate him higher than Matsour (at least from what I've seen on videos)

Good squad player, nothing more.

Yeah, and even going back to John Barnes.

I'm sure it's mostly among the older generation. You hear that quite a bit from some of them.

Just look at the German, Dutch and French teams for example. In Germany in particular, it's only recently as well. In England however, we always fuck shit up, so it's no surprise.

I'm not convinced Mastour is the biggest 15 year old talent in the world though. Seung Woo from Barcelona's 98' generation (along with Carles Alena and Ayoub Ayou) of talents is pretty incredible. Mastour probably shades it on technique but Seung is more of an all round genius.

Multiculturalism might have something to do with it!

What do you expect him to say? To tell Mourinho to fuck off? This doesn't deflect from the fact that Mourinho's public criticism was bizarre and uncalled for especially since he has praised him for improving his defensive game. It's also clear to we fans that Hazard has improved his defensive game a lot this season, more than I expected and more than he should considering he is also our highest goalscorer and creator and get's double teamed every match. Jose needs to keep his "criticisms" in-house because he's been misled a lot by the press to say stuff he otherwise wouldn't say publicly.

You really believe this PL is the toughest and bestest hogwash, don't you?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ybbb_hazard-0-1-spain-u17-v-belgium-u17_sport

Most of the crosses he feeds off of come from Alaba and Lahm. Their wingers are similar to ours.

Has Mourinho expressed any desire to play a 4-3-3 as his main formation?

We don't need him, do we?

Willian crosses the ball alright but it's mostly cross field passes. He hardly puts in quality balls into the box.

More German papers reporting it: http://www.tz.de/sport/fc-bayern/bayern-tausch-geschaeft-mario-mandzukic-david-luiz-chelsea-geplant-3558065.html So long as Costa is coming as well, I'm all for it.

Physicality. Relentlessness. Nastiness even. He has a point but like you said, Mandzkuvic is more of a target man.

I agree with this and personally, I will be very happy to get both Manzku and Costa!! BUT if it's true (which I doubt) it wouldn't bode well for Lukaku's future at all. Right now, Romelu isn't even close to those two players. Mourinho will give him the Ba treatment if we had Costa, Mandzku and Lukaku. And Mourinho has said that there's a good chance Torres might be staying. It doesn't really add up.

This doesn't make a great deal of sense for us.