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If u don't get served, you cannot so anything as a striker. Mata and Danny ain't been all that great in the last month. He'll find form one day when we have the right wingers, the right creativity and the right balance. Until then, the abuse will continue.

I've always been confident when we are about to play Man Utd at home. For this one i am not confident at all, just cannot for the life of me see how we're gonna win this game. Need a repeat of the Man City game. I hate to have this lack of confidence because i love my team but it's the reality of how things have become. I'm dreading it rather than looking forward to it.

He's shit enough in his favoured position, now he's playing in CM.... fuck me sideways! He's had it, has no more to offer us. Get rid ASAP.

Well, although we might need another year to judge him properly, he's not doing himself any favours with his selections. You do not play Meireles, Romeu & Malouda in a midfield 3. There's no goals in this team or creativity. It's not good. Still gonna keep my faith in him and see what he's gonna do. I still feel change will happen for the better but it won't be yet. Hazard WILL come in the summer and will change a hell of a lot in this stagnant team. Hazard out wide with Danny, Mata in the middle, Torres getting service up front. It's gonna be a very painful next 4 months but we just have to deal with it i'm afraid. I'm not gonna post in this thread again until exactly this time next year and i will give my final opinion on the guy.

Should just throw him in against Man Utd, even if it's off the bench with half hour to go. Give em some of the unexpected. It's hardly like we're gonna win with AVB's usual shit. I'm actually very, very worried about Sunday because i don't know how we're gonna score. Arsenal have 2 easy games, they will most likely be level with us on sunday evening.

Blimey, all sorts of people posting shit on here. First of all, the one who has to take all of the blame is the manager because you will never win games or create lots of chances with Meireles, Romeu and Malouda as the midfield 3. I am gonna give credit to the players however because it wasn't them who picked the team and even tho we weren't creating chances, we did dominate the game after the first 20 minutes, the guys tried, even Bosingwa, although i think he's a hopeless bastard he kept going and going and going until we got that bit of luck that we soooo fucking deserved. It seemed as tho we could play for another 5 days and not score but we got the point and that's now swansea out the way, they will beat a lot more teams at home this season. They have a great manager with the perfect balance. This was no where near as bad as some of the performances we've seen this season, at least we're staying in the games now and not losing them. And all this hate for Torres.... the service was so poor, what could he really have done? Sturridge and Mata were so quiet in the 2nd half and where's the creativity in the middle? ITS NOT THERE! If you're gonna play Malouda and Mata in the same team, put Malouda as the winger and use Mata in the middle, the balance would be better in the middle but Torres is drifting to get the ball because nobody is giving him the ball. This mess is being created by the manager though, the players can only do what they're told. He's not helping at all with his team selections. There's just no balance at all and it's painful to watch.

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I'm so worried about this game but i'm so looking forward to it. Why am i worried? They have a whole host of Championship players, they're welsh, they have the worst away record in the league (i know they're at home but if u have the worst away record, u can't be that great) and i saw them at home against QPR and looked very average. They deserved to lose. Yes, they played well against Arsenal but Arsenal were just shit on the day and they aint gonna play that well every 1 or 2 games because they are a bottom half team which means they aint consistent. They've just came up from the championship for christ sake. I know we're playing far from good but we can win this game if we play 80% of what we can i reckon (We'll probably get humped now). But ffs, we're 4th, they're 13th. COME ON, we're better than them. Anyway, i think Lampard will be back so i think he has to play Lampard, Essien and Romeu in the middle. Cech Ivanovic - Cahill/Luiz - Terry - Cole Essien - Romeu - Lampard Sturridge - Torres - Mata

Just watched 'Football's Greatest' about Jose Mourinho. He's just such a legend, i love him and i'll never, ever say i don't want him back and i'll never forget what he brought to our club. There's not a manager like Jose on this planet, he is the best, plain and simple. His man management skills are amazing, he so close to his people. No matter what happens i'm proud that he managed the club i love. He's 100% gonna come back to England, it will be interesting to see JM vs AVB, that is for sure.

so lets lock this thread until July then

3-4 weeks aint long, at least Essien seems to have come back at a fucking good time. Romeu, Lampard, Essien again Man Utd please.

I don't like the B Team idea, everyone should have 1 team represented in the football structure or it just looks stupid. Play for your youths, reserves and make your way up. Glad it wont happen.

Must say tho, the home one looks awesome. The other 2 are stupidity.

I'd rather have Ivanovic and Cahill tbh with Luiz either at RB or in Midfield but i dunno why there's negativity about Cahill, he's a brilliant defender and a brilliant footballer who is good enough to be our first choice CB. Future Chelsea captain too, in 2 or 3 years, he will be.

Arsenal possibly away to Sunderland, not easy for them. Hope Sunderland win the replay now but also hope Villa beat em now.

Birmingham at home. That'll do.

Here we go

Adam Johnson is quality, i'd love him here but City wont sell him to us. Yes he is left footed but he is a right winger.

Maybe i shoulda renewed my membership after all.... I'd probably go to that too knowing they've already beat us at the bridge twice this season and we WILL NOT LOSE AGAIN!

That video makes me more depressed than happy knowing it was only a short time ago and now we're not even a title challenger. The 09/10 season where we did the double over Liverpool, Man Utd and Arsenal, scored 103 goals.... now this shit less than 20 months on.

Really looking forward to the draw actually, can really see us getting Arsenal and not sure if i really want that or not. I don't think Crawley will get Man City though because Man City aint even in it any more lol. Brighton away would be sweet.

He will 100% come back to the EPL, just curious to who he'd go to. I would say City would be favourites because even if Mancini wins the league, he's not a good manager at all imo, i could win the league with their money. His man management skills are very poor whereas Jose's brilliant at it. Tottenham is a possibility depending if Arry becomes England boss after the Euro's. He's very unlikely to come back here, AVB is here for the long run i believe. At least 3 years. I'd be gutted to see him manage any of our rivals but he really has to come back.

I'm sure someone will come in before the window closes but it's really annoying thinking who it may be. I might just not watch any more news until wednesday and then find out what happened. Speculation is too boring. Maybe we'll get Pato & Neymar, maybe we'll get Tommy Smith & Luke Moore, who knows? I do think someone will come though.

Yes but he's been fucked about with. He had a few games, then got an 8 month ban, then played a couple of games, got injured, loaned to Fulham, didn't play, loaned to Bolton, didn't play, now loaned to some crap French team which will in no way, shape or form replicate the premiership.... How is he ever gonna be ready to play for us? When he comes back, he'll have to get used to the pace of the premiership again like a new signing. The last 5 years or well maybe 3 years have been a complete waste of time.

Those catalan cunts just cost me near £200 the pieces of shit, how can they miss so many chances, fuck sake if i didn't have them on my accumulator they woulda probably won 5-0.