Slam Dunk

Verdict imminent.

Decision is due tomorrow I believe? Either way, he'll appeal straight away and delay any ban so he should be available.

Tomorrow night.

Oh my god, did you guys see the goal? ...Me neither.

Or that Danny is still injured and Torres will start both?

Really looking forward to Marin playing. Long overdue.

I repeat... Fuck the FA.

Bet he's gutted, but you can't blame him for wanting out. Fuck the FA.

MOTD with the most one-sided piece of video editing i've ever seen.

^ Just at the end of that vid, the pace from Ramires & Moses on the counter is ridiculous.

Very happy with that result. Stoke defended very well but in the end I think we just about deserved it. We suffered a bit going forward with Ivanovic and Cole cutting inside too often. The cohesiveness between Oscar/Mata/Hazard will come with time and better support from the fullbacks. Mikel and Ramires were excellent, as were Luiz and Cahill. Oscar is a gem of a player, some beautiful touches. Moses really impressed me as well, he'll prove his doubters wrong, i'm sure. The only downside was Torres, anonymous for large parts and completely fluffed the one chance he had.

#Excited

We know that'd turn out: Cech Azpi - Cahill - Terry - Cole -------------------INSERT DM HERE------------------- Oscar Mata Hazard Torres Sturridge Luiz

The 'Destroyer'?... Sounds like something AVB would come up with.

I'd rather we have different ways to score and everybody contributes to the goal tally - Rather than trying to walk it into the net every time like Arsenal.

Can we have Vidal?

Would ideally like Moses/Oscar (if fit)/Danny (if fit)/Romeu to start this. Perhaps even a run out for Marin at a push. Wishful thinking?

A few more points: Oscar should and will be getting regular games now. Big plus taken from this. He was brilliant. Mikel was equally good and equally bad at times. Awful mistake and i'm very annoyed he just stood there watching after he'd misplaced his pass. No idea what JT was doing for their second either. Trying to play offside whilst he's running across you and blocking your view? Torres doesn't realise he's the CENTRE forward, his domain should be the box. Too much time spent in the channels trying to be a winger. Shame Sturridge is injured really. Hazard was very limited against some excellent Juve defenders. The one time he was direct he was in with a shout for a pen, needs to be doing more of that. Defensively he was good though. Mata really should've scored after some nice play with Hazard. How Luiz gets in the team over Cahill I still don't know. Ramires was good actually. His passing is still poor though. Really want to see Moses at RW soon. I felt the Bertrand sub was a good decision, he's not a winger but he's decent defensively and they were on the ascendency at the time. RDM's tactics weren't to blame for this, individual (Mikel/Terry) errors were. Still a long way to go, we really need to equal or better this result in the away leg, which we're more than capable of.

That's 2 points dropped rather than a point gained in my opinion.

Sounds like it could be 2/3 weeks... False 9 anyone?

They'll be back for the return leg, i'm sure.

Well the UEFA site had us as a 4-3-3, but i'd imagine it's the usual formation with a bit more flexibility depending on circumstances. Oscar will likely be told to press Pirlo as much as possible in the middle.

Well Ramires at RW isn't certain, a lot of outlets have us lining up as a 4-3-3.

Sturridge not even on the bench? Torres better step up.

Mata on the bench, Oscar in?