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Postecoglu did not park the bus when Spurs were 10, played a crazy system. The Udogie incident could n't have happened and he might have escaped - better with 10 than with 9. With 9 men anything would be rather desperate but still he had better stick to a classical defense. With Spurs playing like that Chelsea should have been 4-1 up from the 60th minute. I don't expect us to be given so many walk-in chances in any other match.

This does n't count. I can score those Jackson goals. Still we outplayed them when they were 11.

Destroy Spurs !

This is a yearly ritual. It is a matter of honour for Chelsea to destroy Spurs and stop their race for the title -indeed- of the premiership. Can be done, as demonstrated against Arsenal.

Do we qualify for Europe if we win the Carabbao cup ? The FA cup ?

haivan asker yurus - surtzuk murtzuk - sahlutz tsapour

Back to normal.

Slaughter of AEK Athens of Ovebro proportions in the Velodrom.

That came after. Passes the ball to enemy forward. Just like Sanchez.

Anybody watching the Marseille match ? Am I right or am I right when I become furious ?

This thing happens with the goalie mistakes: They try to make a clever pass instead of just clearing the ball. But while the opposite attackers are pressurising, his players are trying to find free spaces - they 're not playing man to man. So it becomes disastrous - like with Mendy against Real Madrid. Arsenal just escaped when they made the same error but we did n't and it's different when a defender other than the goalkeeper makes the mistake. When it is another defender who flufs his lines, we have the Gerrard slip situations but usually there is some cover. Poch must prohibit this when there is pressure, at the expense of perhaps missing some good occasions to move the ball downfield. But for Sanchez it was of course even more totally unacceptable because we were 2-0 up fifteen minutes from time and we had no reason whatsoever to hurry. I noted this before.

It does n't make sense to sub Sanchez for this as long as Poch does n't prohibit keepers from playing pass game. Everyone is gifting those giveaways.

So we miss an attack when we are 2-0 up as well if he kicks the ball high. Who the f**k cares ? Why do it, try to make a clever pass ? I might just understand if it was 0-0 even though I 'm against this thing under all circumstances. The keeper has no business to get himself involved with the buildup.

It's not only Sanchez. It was their idiot before with Jackson, Mendy before that and Kepa. It's just stupid play. If a defender makes the same big mistake there is chance to rectify things. With a Mendy pass you are dead.

I wrote here twenty five thousand times the f**king goalkeeper has no business to getting involved with the build up. Just kick the f**king ball downfield. Arsenal had given up the f**king ghost - it was going to be 3-0.

I predict 2-1 victory - with 15 Hitchcok minutes,

That was a Mellberg penalty if one ever saw one.

Good show, I liked Palmer and -this once- Sterling. I think we were lucky to equalize early though - without this it was going to be difficult again.

it's a home win for betting purposes

Brighton dead and buried. AEK Athens one down to Ajax.

Google says Edgware Town v. Harefield United, Spartan league 2006.

Klop wants a replay with Spurs. Can you remember of any football match having been replayed for the reason of bad refereeing ? Not because of trouble or power cut or earthquake, bad refereeing. I can remember only one in the history of football. Proodeftiki of Piraeus v. AEK Athens 1961. The match ended in a 1-1 draw but AEK scored a goal that the referee did not see ! The net was not fastened properly and the ball went through - to the ball boys. The referee, a man called Bakirtzis, gave a goal kick. But In the replay the Piraeus team beat AEK by 4 goals to 2. Do you remember of another ?

Whatever. I expect the same old story. Enzo-Jackson-Sterling hitting the pigeons on the roof from the 25 centimeters. If something escapes them we 'll win.

Crossed off United from my bets tonight. A voice said to me "Greeks won in England, Turks have to follow". Pity I did not back Real also.

Definite signs of improvement in the first half but again many good chances missed. It should have been 4-0 given that they gifted us one. I don't agree Fulham was that poor. They were not poorer than other midtable teams we played. The second half is best forgotten. One good chance with Matson but everyone was bored to play football.