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Does the ref remain the same over both legs? I would love him for every match. Plus considering, the ref has a catalan wife and his son is at La Masia, he had to be under immense pressure too, cause if he screwed it up, you know those things would have come up.

Now that I'm not shitting myself constantly, gonna watch the match again in peace.

Seriously, there has to be a way, some experimental futuristic shit. P.S. I know why Drogba falls down so much, CAUSE HIS BALLS TOO BIG!!

I reckon we throw on Torres for the last bit of play too. Drogba is probably tired.

Fine with Kalou coming, he'll track back and maybe Ramires will go to the right and can rape Adriano.

Yeah looks like, and probably right wing. Has he played right wing this year? I doubt he plays left wing against Alves considering how much defending we'll be doing.

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He was probably being sarcastic. I doubt anyone would say something like that lol. At least I hope not.

15M + Adam Johnson Might as well upgrade the winger, since it doesn't look like we'll play him anywhere else.

Neither Javi Martinez nor Tiote offer anything that Ramires does, not even close. Not saying I don't rate those two guys. If you see my post in your "New Season" thread. I am all for getting Tiote for sure and adding guys like Martinez, Banega, Moutinho, Modric to our midfield. I agree whole-heatedly that we need an overhaul in our midfield. But, I don't see why one would sacrifice Ramires to finance those moves. None of those guys can do what Ramires can, and of course Ramires can't do what they can. But a guy like Ramires adds a completely new dimension to our play that none of those can offer. I just named you 4-5 guys that are similar to each other from which we should definately get at least 1. But I still don't know anyone in the world that can do what Ramires can do. In a 4-2-3-1, Ramires is only useful on the wing. He's not a holding mid. That said, I only want him playing when we need to shut down someone on that wing and are playing a defensive counter-attacking game. Otherwise, I want to play our new right winger (whoever we buy). In a 4-3-3, which I still think is the ideal formation, since a 4-2-3-1 is kinda risky especially if we play with attacking wingers. We don't get killed in it as much at the moment cause RDM is making it work by playing hard-working players on the wings (Ramires & Kalou). In a 4-3-3 Ramires is invaluable in my opinion. On the right of the midfield he adds a completely new dimension to the attack. Assuming we get Tiote or play Romeu in that holding role. Then someone like Modric along with Ramires to round out the midfield 3. You have Romeu sitting in front of the back 4. Ramires doing all the dirty work all over the pitch. Tackling on defence, making runs on offence to create space for others, which in turn will give Modric much more room to operate and do damage. Would having 2 Modric on the pitch Romeu be better? It depends really, cause both will have to worry much more while playing defence. And, the 2nd Modric can't really offer anything Ramires does. You need that extra dimension to your team. Hence, why we should keep him. Selling Ramires is a desperation move. If you want better technical players than him in the midfield, I want us to buy them too, but not by selling Ramires. Cause I don't think we should sell a player so unique in what he brings to the team.

When is this match? Hope he doesn't miss the FA Youth Cup Final. First leg is on the 20th.

People keep saying that our disallowed goal deflated the Spurs. I really don't understand how that makes sense. THEY SCORED A GOAL AFTER LIKE 10 Mins. Surely if you're down 2 and then get one back, you have all the momentum. So even with all that momentum, they somehow got deflated then I'm sorry, that's not because of the disallowed goal. Spurs: "THAT WASN'T A GOAL!" "YES! WE SCORED!! ONLY 1 GOAL IN IT, WE HAVE ALL THE MOMENTUM." "WAIT I REMEMBER, THEIR 2nd GOAL WASN'T A GOAL, I DON'T FEEL LIKE PLAYING NOW." Doesn't make sense.

Name me some players that can do what Ramires does but are better for the money we can get for him? If you want to sell players then let's sell those who are alike instead of selling the only guy in our team who actually tackles for two and still ends up making runs into the box more than our forwards. I don't think there is only player similar to Ramires in that aspect in the world. And if you have one of a kind on your team, you keep him, unless you're a mediocre club and are desperate for money. Saying Ramires only quality is that he runs fast is a huge injustice. Anyone can be fast, but it's what you do with that speed that matters. He makes great runs, opens up space for others, drags 2 defenders with him, I can't even imagine how hard it must be for other teams to be able to track the guy. And on top on defence the guy is a great tackler, maybe I'm wrong but he's probably the only with the most tackles at Chelsea this year.

Why would you sell Ramires? That's so stupid. If you really want to free up money for FFP there are 15 other players that should leave before him. Nothing wrong with selling players on to make profit, but it doesn't make sense to start with the players that are actually helping you so much. Plus he's so versatile, I think it's ludicrous to think he'll be a waste of money even if we end up getting better players. And I agree we need technical players in the middle of the park, but those kind of players will complement Ramires so well, instead of selling Ramires to make room for them. You don't think Modric loves having Scott Parker beside him? Ramires isn't like Scott Parker, but those kinds of gritty players that work for two on defence and make crazy runs to open up space for others are very very helpful.

Good match so far. Real's midfield hasn't been that strong though.

Him and JT shut down Spain with England, he'll be fine.

Mata shooting training? Naaah, have you seen some of the sweet ass goals he's scored this season. A couple of misses doesn't mean he needs shooting training. What he needs is "Don't hit the fucking post" training.

Aguero, Mata & Krul should have made it for sure. Then 2 of Welbeck, Sturridge and Walker I guess. Probably Sturridge for sure, since his 2011 was pretty damn good with us and Bolton.

Looked bad. He gestured a tear when on the pitch too. I reckon he's out for the season.

I feel sad for Roy Keane, surely he has some issues to be so bitter and sad all the time.

Great play by Chelsea so far. Almost all the Spurs attacks have been started by either Kalou or Cole just giving away the ball while attacking. If we had even a half decent winger, we would be so much better. Mikel and Lamps playing really well in the double pivot as well.

Playing now. Getting a start behind the striker. FINALLY!

If I had to pick one game to field our strongest XI, it'd be the FA cup. The trophy we actually have a chance in winning.