didierforever

but there is still hope. if we were not anywhere around that title, i would have agreed with you. even i would take city winning the league to pool winning it. but like i said, there is still some chance of us winning it, however small it may be. and for that chance to materialize we need city to lose to everton. which is not un-heard of. city will be under pressure. they will be needing a win and everton will be dangerous on the counters. just last year a 10-man everton beat them 2-0 if i remember correctly. so our title chances hang on one major fuck up from liverpool against palace. well, i would take my chances on it, no matter if the title ends up in pool's hands.

best midfield would no doubt be bastian-yaya-iniesta.

what?

i dont think whu or villa can take 3 points off city at etihad. i dont care if pool win or city win but for us to have any semblance of chance, city have to lose to everton.

1-0. nice finish.

the tie was always going to be very simple.i always thought whoever scored first goes thru. wont be suprised if thats the case.

any link to mnf?

any links?

dont think he will sign a new contract. he is intelligent enough to know what he can or cant do. he is intelligent enough to know that in a mid of matic, rambo, mvg, luiz/new DM, his playing time is going to be very little.

but not better than suarez and sturridge. cant have 3 strikers in the team of the year.

another good game. for playing deep and providing cover for the defence, he is just brilliant. also his composure on the ball has got a lot better than before.

most clean sheets is cos of our system. we have the best defence not the best GK. a clean sheet against whu means jack squat when they had offered nothing upfront. cech has made 81 saves in PL this season compared to marshall's INSANE 146. marshall has kept cardiff alive in so many games only for his team to let him down. i think shaw has had a better season performance-wise. maybe baines would have been better but to say baines>>>>>>>shaw is LOL for me.

cant compain about the front 6. those guys deserve it. dont think cech deserved it. definitely kompany did not. shaw vs azpi is a maybe. azpi is rock solid in defence but he has offered next to nothing going ahead wheread shaw has had a great season marshall coleman gc jt shaw lallana toure gerrard hazard suarez sturridge. this would be my team.

nope. only mikel and lamps. plus JT, cech, EH and etoo might be injured.

i was so sure he was going to go for the glory there. RESPECT to him for laying it off to willian.

dont make me sad by getting DD into this. we would have been sailing if we had him. even a 35 year old HIM. costa/mandzukic in.lukaku as back up. we are definitely set.

mikel is suspended.

double over city, pool. 4 points against united, spurs and arse. AND WE STILL WONT BE WINNING THE TITLE. that villa game was such a horror. after that game, never seemed like we ll be able to do it. nonetheless, proud of the team. proud of jose.

and the moment when he turned his back to the play after ash mispassed. but what a brilliant performance. my mind goes back to the sunderland match in carling cup where jose had to bring off an injured azpi(?) and brought on essien whose horrendous 40 odd minutes made us lose a lead and get knocked out. this guy should have been brought on. i hope jose shows more trust in him next season. he definitely showed that he is ready and that a loan spell would be a waste.

anyone have an idea what jeff shreeves asked mourinho about clowns???

schwarzer azpi GC iva cole luiz rambo willian oscar hazard etoo i simply wont believe that hazard and etoo wont be back from injuries for this one. need to give a performance like today. oscar and hazard have got their "REST". they need to turn up. etoo will cos he always does for a big match or atleast he so far has. come on chelsea.

in the start of the season, jamie laid into jose saying that "how can u choose oscar over mata" blah blah blah... showed a lot of stats. i dont remember which game it was but it was a "big game". oscar scored/assissted and jose owned jamie by saying "i am the coach of chelsea and not jamie" with jamie sitting in the studio. after the ATM match, jamie, said a lot of BS stuff... so today jose showed him who's who.

THIS IS CHELSEA!!!! JOSE MOURINHO!!! JOSE MOURINHO!!! what a performance from each and every bloody player on the pitch. everyone gave their 200%. just awesome. No Cech No Terry No Luiz No Ramires No Oscar No Hazard No Eto'o and we win 2-0 at anfield. simply brilliant. MOTM- IVANOVIC. i know schwarzer was good and kalas would get a lot of votes as he put in a nice shift and is well youth, but IVA was flawless. absolutely mindblowing performance. how many times did he intercept a thru ball. how many aerial clearances. JUST immense.

Expected line up except for GC for kalas.