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PSG fans seem confident, i'm looking forward to the match. It's hard to judge them as a team seeing as they play in Ligue 1, lets be fair it's not the best league in the world. I know individually they are scary, but as a team i'm not sure how good they are, so i'm kind of in the unknown. Looking at some of the PSG fans comments, it seems they find it hard against fast counter attacking teams, it sounds perfect for us, IF Ramires, Willian and Hazard turn up we'll get a result.

Benteke looks so out of place in that list.

You have to love Fabregas, the boring, moaning cunt. The arrogance he shows here is unbelievable, i didn't know there was only one way to play football. Honestly imo, i would rather watch Real, Bayern (of last year) and Dortmund play than possession based teams such as Bayern (this season) and Barcelona. I love watching teams attack at every chance they get, instead of passing the ball around for 20 minutes. Dortmund are great at combining great passing with lighting fast attacks, perfect to watch.

To be fair earlier in the season he did work hard for the team, that was the only thing going for him.

Mikel-Luiz-Ramires, that would be my three in midfield, but i would opt for the 4-2-3-1 formation with Luiz and Ramires in the Pivot. My team - Cech Ivan-Terry-Cahill-Azpi Luiz-Ramires Willian - Oscar - Hazard Eto'o Now i'll give Willian a chance here, although he's been abysmal as of late, he normally plays well in the big matches, his pace will be crucial in this game. Pace and power is how we'll win this one, lads. Regarding PSG, it's going to be close, i mean just look at their team, Cavani, Ibra, Lavezzi, Matuidi, Cabaye, Silva etc, our main advantage is the fact that we have a manager who knows what it takes to win these type of games. Laurent Blanc is a good manager, not great. Mourinho will get the better of him in terms of tactics, but we have to hope the likes of Oscar and Willian turn up.

What actually happened to Torres? i mean five years ago he was the best striker in the world. I know he had so many injuries and of course you would expect him to lose a bit of pace and explosiveness, but his whole game has deteriorated. He was known for his Acceleration, movement and finishing, very similar to Owen in that regard, but when Owen lost his pace through similar injuries, he still had great movement and finishing.

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Why would Hazard go back to Ligue 1? he's outgrown that league, he may go back when he's achieved things in the game like Zlatan, but lets be honest, he's on to bigger and better things.

Ki is quality to be honest, so calm on the ball and always picks out the right pass.

Mikel for ballon d'or next season once he leaves Chelsea? it's obviously not Mikel's fault he's been average here, it's the club fault. Once he leaves he'll be able to play in his more favored position, than we'll see the real John Obi Mikel. Think of Messi, Zidane and Pele all rolled into one.

So Jose wont be in the dugout?

The Olympiakos GK was dreadful, truly dreadful. I want to get United in the CL, olympiakos' pacey players on the counter attack caused them a lot of trouble, imagine Willian and Hazard against them.. It'll be a walk in the park, unless of course they park the bus like we did, but i don't see that happening.

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Just awful defending, also have to remember they had 10 men with Sandro at the back for the majority of the second half.

We've been fucking awful.

And so they should. I find it funny how commentators here (mainly the BBC and ITV) are still surprised when Cole doesn't start... lets be honest he's been a bit shit for a year now.

Well Hazard was average in the first part of the season, he only started to shine a few months ago and now this month he's gone back to being average (Probably a bit harsh saying he's been 'average', but compared to how he was playing a month ago, looks like a different player). He's pretty inconsistent if you ask me. I will say he's young so it's to be expected but because we rely so much on him he cannot afford to have a cold patch. If Oscar and Willian were pulling their weight in this team Hazard could have a few average games, but the fact is their not.

The last three games he's been very average. Still very inconsistent, a shadow of the player we saw a month ago. In the last 3-4 months Willian and Oscar attacking wise have both been poor. Willian seems to offer next to nothing in attack, while Oscar is very inconsistent, maybe he needs a rest to regain the form he had at the beginning of the season when he was our best player. Still very worrying. Hazard, Oscar and Willian NEED to step up if we want to actually win the league.

It sad seeing him struggle on the ball when closed down, he hasn't got the pace or mobility to keep the ball in tight situations. Ramires is the same, he has the mobility and pace but not the composure and technique. Mikel is the opposite, he can keep the ball in tight situations but holds on to it for far too long, he also struggles to pass the ball forward. I'm glad we have Matic, he's composed on the the ball, knows when to pass forward and is great defensively. It's a shame he cant play in the CL, but he'll be vital in the PL.

Attacking wise he's been pretty poor, you cannot fault his work rate and defensive abilities but lets face it, for £30 million he needs to step it up. The last three games Hazard has been anonymous, that's when Willian has to step up and contribute attacking wise.

Maybe i'm overreacting with him being awful, but the last few months, yes months, he's been hit and miss. No where near the level he was at earlier in the season. He should be dropped for awhile. Of course we're trying to win the bloody league... we're top with only 11 games left, obviously Jose is playing it down but inside the camp he'll be telling the players we can win it. I agree with the fact that we're trying to build a team for the future and maybe Jose has over achieved but we're top, that's the reality.

If he's burnt out we should drop him, the last few months he's been awful, absolutely awful. He may work hard for the team, but i'm sorry, on current form we need more attacking wise, lately he has looked useless going forward. I'm just being brutally honest, we cannot afford to have any more passengers... we're trying to win the league.

Been awful the last few months, I lost count the amount of times he lost the ball today. You can say he's tired but he did miss the two games against Man City so i'm not buying it. On current form he should be no where near that first eleven.

Barcelona these days are so boring to watch, under Pep they were great mainly because they had the end product, whenever they were in the box a few 1-2s and they'll be in... but this Barca suck the life out of the game, constanly passing at a slow tempo with no end product at all.

It was pretty even before the penalty tbh... Barcelona had the majority of the possession but never even put City under pressure. Pellegrini went too defensive, Kolarov on the wing? they play their best when they have two strikers, they beat Bayern with two not one. It may suit them going to the camp nou needing a win, it'll force them to attack. Aguero and Negredo need to play together, if they have any hope winning. Apart from that one slip up from Kompany, he was a beast, had the better of Messi today. When we had Mata i was sure he was better than Silva, last year he was pretty poor, but this season Silva is amazing, today he was City's best player.