cosmicway

Judging by the Valencia result maybe we are doing the same. Maybe it's psychologial. The anxiety to score early goals.

They sold some players I hear.

I spy with my little eye a team beginning with P in the round of 16 and plusieurs des visiteurs Parisiennes to the forums.

I 'm happy. This team looks like Chelsea. Southampton is not a big thing but this team looks like Chelsea - not a disguised form of Arsenal anymore.

Pedro plays in the centre of the attack more often, whereas Willian is clearly unsuitable for that role (that's why he 's a corner taker). It's absurd to pick on Willian, we should transfer list 5-6 players before we get to Willian.

Who was a better right winger than Willian ? Zappacosta ? Moses ?

Started with Napoli x Liverpool hcap 2 x Zenit. That was killed early then I went for CFC over 1.5 at half time x L'pool hcap 1. With 1-1 at half time in France and L'pool 3-1 ahead cashed it out. Winner overall. Today (Europa) I don't know yet.

Lille was a diffcult opponent. They will be dangerous at the bridge too.

I don't know but should be a whole body.

I don't think so, but this millimeter thing is silly. Some time ago they were saying that same line is no longer to the advantage of the defense..

How many teams can play press against Chelsea for 90 minutes ? We lost the match because it was a Morata day, including Abraham just before Azpi's disallowed goal (a schoolboy should n't miss from that position). Their second goal was a gift from Oliver really (the strange free kick he gave them) but the defense was caught with their pants down - free header.

Morata day.

'pool won the cl with one worse than that.

I 'm afraid the pen lost us one point and gave Valencia two points. By CL standards we 're not good enough -never mind PL standards. Leaky defense, could n't score a goal against a team that lost 5-2 to Barca, who are theoretically our adversaries in this competition.

Clearly both missed so it was no good for their teams, but Messi's effort was better than Barkley's. I 've seen some pens taken high saved, especially when hit centrally ! In that case if the goalkeeper does n' buy it's an easy save. Barkley's shot was not central but it was a bad one. As we all know the world's best pen takers strike low and they also sense the keeper's movement and then all they have to do is a tap-in (Hazard-Didier).

It's not the same thing. Barkely's shot is one and a half ball diameters above Messi's. You can say Messi was unlucky not to have scored but Barkley would have been very lucky to score.

Willian sensed the danger.

I 'm sure you 've seen many such pens and also many of them went in. But it's a stupid method. Usually if there is no pen taker or the pen takers have been exhausted in a shootout do we see this type of effort.

Ok then, suppose he modfies his style and makes a 10 out of 10 correct from now on. The way he took today's pen is still a historical sh*t.

Fair enough, but Messi hit the underside of the bar at least - he did n't shoot wide.

Hazard missed one rather badly, I think it was against a Bosnian side. But he normally knows what he's doing. He would never shoot the Barkley way. Also compare Didier's cl winner with Barkley's sh*t.

Only an amateur shoots a pen like that.

Name a good penalty taker past or present who goes for the roof of the net.

Could be the pope's decision. He is no PK taker.