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good performance. getting into his groove. but he really can play only as a CAM. him behind RVP would be the best thing for united. good that its rvp who is injured and rooney who simply keeps coming into juan's area.

people just love making mountains out of molehills... loved how he stood up to luiz today. now only if he starts being more assertive and takes shots.

i thought it was sadism. i actually loved watching torres being so frustrated. it was not like he was not trying. it was a simple case of how out of his depth he was. jose wanted everyone to see that. i am happy torres dint disappoint.

great result. a perfect pick us up before the psg match. The players looked like they were out to prove a point. played with a lot of energy and vigour. willian looked like he read his thread on this forum and wanted to say "up yours" to almost every1 on here. stoke were stoke, punching, kicking, hitting everything except for the football. we stopped their mid from getting forward with the ball and with the likes of crouch upfront... it was just LOL. we were totally in control throughout the game. never seemed in any bother except for the set pieces. all kudos to mourinho on having 6 defenders and 1 DM on the pitch at the same time... cech - never in any danger. but still looked shaky on set pieces. loved the stare he got from JT when he AGAIN came half way to get a ball on a set piece cross. azpi - brilliant performance. interceptions, defended like a wall, gave support to schurrle up ahead, won a couple of corners... was just like the azpi of the whole season. JT - solid. but i dont like how LESS of a threat he has become thru set pieces. i mean 7 corners and about 5 fks but he dint get his head on the ball even once. GC - solid too. dealt well with crouch and arnatovic. iva - one of his better performances this season. seemed like he had got a hearing from jose. got ahead very well. supporting salah almost on every occasion. in the first half, salah's awesome performance, had a lot to owe to iva as he took defenders off him. was solid at the back. hope he can continue in the same vein. matic- now that was a perfect spider performance after the debacle of last week. that cut back for salah for the goal and his driving runs is what separates him and makes him special. lamps - he would have scored a couple atleast if the year wasa 2009. simply could not get the ball off his feet. also his penaties are getting a bit tricky. 3 off his last 5 have been saved. but mighty big congratulations of his 250th goal in club career. willian - whatte performance. energetic, dynamic, pressed brilliantly, any other striker in the world would have scored a couple. deserved a goal for the performance, and what a beauty did he take that with. salah- MOTM. actually i think willian was the MOTM but i voted for salah. what a debut performance. first start and he comes up with this. brilliant. just brilliant. his speed is like when u take a player in fifa, and put his speed attribute to 99. damn he can run. to be honest, never liked this transfer, but how wrong is he proving me. hope he can keep this up and get even better. schurrle - a decent performance. got into some very good positions only to fuck it up. if he can improve that part of his play, then what a player... but that turn on an azpi pass, was just awesome... torres- LOLOLOLOLOLOL... why jose why?? how the fuck is BA worse than this asshole. how? i mean this idiot fucks up countless of attacks, does not have any presence in the box, cant lead the line. why the fuck is he playing? look at the willian goal, matic runs towards the wing, takes a defender away from willian, leaving him with shawcross, hazard runs between the defenders taking the second cb away as well as being an option for a pass. salah was near by in case willian dint shoot, while torres was fucking in LA-LA land doing shit all. please dont let him play another game. please. subs - hazard- instant impact. the guy is a genius. will have the biggest part to play against psg. luiz - why does he give a 40 yard pass to torres when hazard is standing right beside him in a better position? cole- good to see him now lets all come together and pray for pool to fuck up tomorrow. .

Wow... mega underestimation of stoke... torres gets another fucking start while no EH17. probably the day when we reallt lose the title.

Line up???

Fuck

by an hour.

thats weird. why would they lower his release clause?

lloris seems to be more interested playing as a sweeper rather than a keeper. which is hilarious cos his decision making is horrendous and more often than not, he ends up costing his team. with lloris as a keeper, the defence can almost NEVER have an stability. courtois is a much much better keeper.

source?

how much do u reckon he ll cost? any chance of a marin + cash deal since marin has been a first team player for almost every game he has been fit?

Hahahahahahag a..... :lol:I can't even get myself to write all that is wrong in this post. Dude, should not we play feruz and boga, even they ll be able to beat stoke. :lol: The fact that 99% of the posters want our strongest team to play should probably tell u things differently. I can barely see if anyone has a starting line up without hazard and azpi. But I should know bettet Like I have said before, lets see the line up by jose mourinho.

I would even consider playing Ake and kalas. Was this statement given by me. oh if that's the case then where was cech against palace and psg? Where was jt? Where was gc, iva, matic, rambo, oscar, schurrle, torres. The team was COLLECTIVELY poor. Hazard was still our best performwr against psg. Dude u r absolutwly right. Lets "rest" our whole for a match which should actually be played like a cup final. Thats the level of importance of thia match, if not more. As I said before, lets see the team JOSE MOURINHO, chooses for the game.

Oh brilliant logic. Since we fielded our strongest team last week and it lost 1-0, we should not start any of those players for the next match. Infact like u said, we should start kalas and ake. This match is as important as the match in 3 days' time. Hazard and azpi have been our 2 best performers of the season. "Resting" them for a match of this stature will be idiotic. Specially when at this moment we need a good performance to boost the morale of the squad, more than resting our best players and putting in a second string team and losing the match and any chnace of a title. U know what, lets see what team our manager chooses.

You do realize that we are playing STOKE CITY and not some semi pro team. Stoke have already beaten arsenal, chelsea, united and drawn with city this season. We lost a match to them at the brittania this season and we were barely able to beat them in the domestic cup. Also I hope u realize we are in a title race which is more possible that we win rather than the CL.

Most of these should be applied on messi as well then. Disappears in big Games. He has not scored against atm in last 5 meetings. Messi has yet to score a goal in the world cup I think. Messi too takes 10 shots a game. Takes all the pens, most of the fks, and hence scores a lot of goals. Madrid dint reach the final cos 10-11 : pepe got a red card for nothing. Higuain goal cancelled dubiously by ref in semis. 11-12: lost of penalties 12-13: the RM defence had a shocker against bvb. Cr can hardly be said to be at fault. Maybe for missing a pen. Hence suarez (someone who has had 2 good seasons and has yet to prove himself in the CL) should be compared to messi too If he is being compared to CR.

Great dude. Keep hoping for a carling cup. I am sure you can buy that for a pound or so. meanwhile, I ll want my club playing and trying to win the biggest tournament.City have to drop 5 points in 8 games. With games against everton, pool, and soton left. As for pool, if we win all our remaining 6 games, we finish above pool. That's the simplest equation for u. Also a 2-0 win over psg at the bridge is not something, u ll say is IMPOSSIBLE.

So let me get this straight. U are classifying our season as a failure cos we failed to beat sunderland in a carling cup match and cos we lost to a massively better team in city at etihad in an fa cup match. I seriously can't counter that. Let me try this way. City have won the carling cup. Yet if they fail to win the PL, is their season a success? Getting knocked out of qf of cl means that you qualifiwd foe the qf. Hence it is a massively bigger achievement than winning europa. Huh??? What? The game against pool gives us the chance to overtake them if both the teams keep winning their games. Also city have games against pool, evrrton and soton left. I gave the example of RM to counter your "we are not challenging for the title and hence it is a shame" argument. We are 2 points off the top and somehow u think we are not challenging for the title. That was the point.

Did u even read what I wrote? The 07-08 season can't be compared to this season cos WE WERE EXPECTED TO WIN TROPHIES THAT SEASON. That season was not a success cos we should have won the trophy.This season you yourself said that u dint expect us to win the PL, did you then expect us to win the CL then? Answer this, would you have wanted chelsea to get knocked out in the group stages so as to win the EL again??? Would you have wanted us to prioritize the carling cup and fa cup over cl and PL cos realistically we had a far better chance of winning those. Would u???? Who the FUCK cares what people will be saying in the coming years??? If you are so bothered of acting as a big shot among your friends and groups by boasting about your clubs' trophy winning achievements then you might be in for a rough ride here. As a fan of CFC, I would want us to qyalify to the next round of CL knockout stages rather than win the EL. I don't give a shit who will be saying what!!!!! And at the latter part of your post. Our manager until 30 league matches said that our main objective is top 4. We are 2 points off the top of the table and even if u say city win both their games in hand, we are 4 points off them with 6 games left. And u think we are not challenging for the title. So by your logic, is RM in thw title race or are they not challenging too since they are 1 point further off the top than we are.

Seriously???!!! In 2007-08 we were one of the best squads in the world. It was a 2 horse race in PL and the CL was dominated by PL teams showing the class of the squads. We had players in their prime. Players like essien, makelele, JT, DD, FL, Ballack, cole etc. These players could literally WALK into any team in the world. ANY BLOODY TEAM. Tell me how many of iva, JT, gc, azpi, luiz, rambo, oscar, willian, hazard, torres could get into the first 11 of bayern, barca, RM or even psg. Or even man city for that matter. Our squad is not even the best squad in PL by a mile, lets not even talk about other teams. Our best striker is a 20 year old boy playong for everton. That goes on to say a lot about our squad right now does not it. Comparing our 2007-08 season to this season is just Like you said, Naaa not winning the league is fine for me, I think City was always gonna do it. So I am confused, if u ALWAYS thought city was gonna win the PL, did u really expect US to win the CL ahead of bayern, barca, RM, city etc. If not then in your opinion should we have PRIORITIZED THE CARLING CUP and FA CUP since trophies are the only barometer of success. Fact- winning a trophy by winning the EL <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<reaching the quarter finals of CL. So trophies are NOT the only barometer of success. Not unless the team and squad is actually good enough to win one. ATM are having a brilliantly successful season. Even if they ddon't win the liga or the CL. Fact.

I havr not seen benfica much. Just saw their 2 legs against spurs. Markovic played as a RW. Don't know how a trio of costa-lukaku-etoo is not better than the one u just said. Lukaku is the only PL proven striker of these 4. Just can't see how lukaku's sale helps us. I mean his market value will still be the same even in 2015 summer.Dude, their are only 3 players who have scored more goals than lukaku in the last 2 seasons and still he cacan't get a look in. Do you REALISTICALLY believe that bamford and traore have a chance??? I don't.

Agree with a lot of what u said. But as u said, jose questioned the character of the players, does not wanting to play and prove that he is good enough fall in that category. Lukaku had the "balls" to go up against jose, ask for a loan to a team that may very well finish only a place or 2 below ours. Meanwhile, outscoring our strikers combined in the league. I just hope if we sell lukaku, it is not a" personal" decision from jose. Cos as of this moment we NEED lukaku

The grass is always greener on the other side dude.

The title of the thread should be changed to "who should not we sign". Cos as of this moment, I would take shane fucking long over torres.