LDN Blue

Valdes Pique - Puyol - Mascherano Busquets - Xavi Iniesta - Fabregas Cuenca - Messi - Sanchéz

Why the: I will never, ever, understand why people detest Emenalo.

Bench: Turnbull, Bosingwa, Essien, Malouda, Torres, Kalou & Sturridge

Chelsea TV: Same squad as first leg.

I can't believe I'm fighting relegation. This has been the most competitive, albeit strange, season. Even TX is feeling the pinch this season

Well I don't actually believe the club used that logic, It's my belief that the fans interpreted it like that.

Lmao I was going to as well But yeah I can see that, it's just, he seems to young for any prospective managers to gamble on. I'd love him in our squad, but I just don't see anyone taking a gamble. Romeu's only been the u21 we've played a decent amount of games and now look where he's ended up.

Sorry, when you're more than 2points clear of WEST BROM, come back and taunt us. lmao.

Definitely, if RDM takes the reigns it's encouraging for all the kids, but I don't believe that'll be the case to be honest. Though, Bertrand's stuck it out this long and is reaping his rewards, slowly enough.

And the referee excuses begin..

I only want technology for goal line stuff. Nothing about penalties, simulation, hand ball etc. There has to be a human-error factor in football because luck plays a massive part in the game.

There should've never been any hype over Davila, people just got excited because they thought he was the 'next Hernandez' lmao. Good post. I think we should sell the keepers, keep Courtois and Walker. Eventually sell Walker and allow Jamal to take his place as back up goal keeper. Ben Gordon should be sold, behind Bertrand and Van Aanholt I don't see anything being done for him.

He might as well go. The next manager will forget about him anyway..

Odd bump of a thread.. Lmao.

I seriously have no belief De Bruyne will break into our first squad next season, no hope whatsoever.

LMAO you legend

Well you know shit's getting serious when Styles makes an appearance on TC.

We get the point, you don't like him.

Okay but then on the other side of the coin, he led Valencia to a UEFA Cup victory, led them to consecutively finishing 2nd in the league too, and straight after he won the Champions League & FA Cup with Liverpool. In the lower Spanish leagues he led Tenerife to promotion from the Segunda League & there was also similar success with the u19 Spain team too. So while Inter Milan was humiliating, he's not a bad manager by any stretch of the imagination.

Sufficed to say, we won't be getting him either way then.

That's so unfair. I'm not against Benitez like most, though I don't want him as manager, but Inter's problems went far beyond Rafa.

Didn't Roy Hodgson win it when he took Fulham to the Europa League Final?

Yeah fair comment. He definitely doesn't deserve it over Aguero, but at the same time, props to him for breaking through the Tottenham squad and becoming an England senior.

Leave Dortmund alone. I hope all their stars remain and they continue to build a dynasty to topple Bayern as the premier German club.

Well said Alex. It's a gamble on RDM because of those stated reasons, now who knows if the players would react to him in a proper managerial environment. But at a time where the club is in a vital need to a rebuild, is the gamble calculated enough for RDM to take the reigns? I say, why not. Let's be honest, no-one else is available. Mourinho is likely to stay at Real or end up at City, Hiddink doesn't seem like a long-term option & Guardiola is rumoured to be taking a sabbatical after Barcelona. There is no-one else.