Supermonkey92

To be fair, those long shots were all he needed in his last season here to kill teams in the last 10 minutes who parked the bus. My word those shots were unbelievable

I agree. None of this is new, his ability is always there. Importantly though, this isn't a game which will some turning point. He needs to show this more often.

I think it's his worse aspect, but only when you figure in his control and technique. At beating players he is average in our squad I think

Big thumbs up

Isn't one less of a ball carrier and more of a space maker?

Oh man I'd struggle lol. Running back is the guy who quarterback gives the ball to run with rather than throw up field?

That's my gripe with the story. Jose I think has vested something in Andre, I think he will give him time.

Is thiago better than Zola?

Here is all you need to know. The quarterback is only on the offensive team. Nothing to do with defence. Tells you everything ?

I was watching carefully to see if there is any difference, seeing as we always play him on the right rather than in a cm 3. I actually think he makes much better off the ball runs into dangerous areas than willian, who always seems to be wanting it to feet.

The first point would definitely be matic

He was good defending but world class going forward. Matic is the man defensively

He is better than Toure

Yes as a satisfactory return from his level. But as an individual who wants to become the best player in the world, he should focus on his strengths which is creativity rather than goal threat. I think 5 years ago if you said you had to score the amount if goals messi and Ronaldo do you'd have said that was impossible. For the record I think an exceptional creative player who is one of the best in the world can get 20 assists a season. And I mean the very very select few because I agree how hard this is in a regular basis

When I think about it, one on one he is better than Ivanovic. This fb dilemma is so hard. I think Azpi can walk into either spot. I don't give in to Ivan being better offensively. I think that Azpi produces better crosses, although I think Ivan is more direct. The bottom line, what pairing would be best for cfc? A technical and strong defensively duo or a powerful duo with strong ability in the air at both ends

Just get three points. I can't remember us ever playing particularly well after an international break, maybe because all of our players are international

I think that the obvious solution is to play fabregass FORWARD when he is man marked. this gives us more space in midfield, will allows us to control the ball at the back and see the picture in front of us. BUT mainly, it would free up space deep for Oscar to drop into an initiate attacks. in the big games he plays to static at the back

My Favourite player of all time

I actually think that he is trying to reinvent himself too much that it is hurting his ability to really objectively affect the game. He has not, and I think even a completely top hazard will not ever be a big goal scorer. He has been the most creative player in Europe in this year, I can say that with confidence. An it is this that he should focus on, go back to the eden who gets 15-20 assists a season and improve on that. be the guy who makes the goal, that is who he is. I bet a dribbling monster like him, who gets say 30-35 assists compared to Ronaldo's goals a year will still fight for the award. As for Chelsea, I think it is in our interests to have him as the most creative player, the most dangerous, but with players like costa and maybe another RW who are the goal threat.

Costa has scored against Arsenal at home, Liverpool away (winning goal) hit the post against City (and in a game where their defence played brilliant) missed the united game. I think we have ourselves another big game striker. hope he gets a hatrick against the Scouse and manure at the bridge

I'm sorry, I couldn't tell the difference, with what you said seeming to be the un wanted waste. You have completely missed the point. People are complaining about an increasingly worryingly trend to completely resort to nervous defensive football when we have a one goal lead against a somewhat big team. I'll clarify, not that we are playing defensive football, but stupid defensive football. its not smart to give the opposing team all the time and space until about 15-20 yards from our box. I know from other people's reactions I am not alone in this. City and especially United away came as a result of this. It's not just this one match, mainly because Liverpool were so crap offensively. what about in Europe? I tell you we will not get past PSG, Madrid or Bayern like that. This team seem is more shaky than last year. Don't believe me? check every match day thread where we are one up this season Home or away it doesn't matter. So in future, when people moan about our team adopting a way of playing which can be our downfall towards the end of the season, criticise it for that rather than the completely blind view of 'yeah but this was how the whole match went'

How about you stop spewing pollution. He has a bloody good point, the team's default position is to act like they are under siege, regardless if they are or not. If you cant see the difference between a team that sits deep and defends WITHOUT the ball but when the get it has every intention of trying to play the game out whilst STILL being defensive as opposed to everyone lumping the ball up the pitch waiting for return pressure, regardless if they have time and space, then you have no right to lecture people on what parking the bus and what isn't. But hey, i'll shut it. I'm a moaner right? You just add a disclaimer when new people join the forum *Do not criticise the team. Also, We do not park the bus* Agree with these bloody terms and conditions. Anyway enough with the aggressive posting, 3 points is the most important thing. lets try and keep or even increase our lead in the run up to christmas

our defenders don't help. under a slight pressure? fine play it back to keeper to kick it up and lose it

gosh our players forget how to keep the ball in this situation. hazard just pass it don't keep hold of it. Oscar stop trying to jump on their toes.