didierforever

city play Sunderland in the final of COC. Not thesuspended game.

I hope u r wrong in this cos it would mean that torres will be here for another season.

Agreed about the kolarov tactic but it should also come down to city being 10men and absolutely knaxkered towards the end.Plus I would rather that someone like nasri havr played on the wing thus keeping alves busy om the other end of the pitxh. Anyways, I still gove city a xhamce especially since they have nothing to lose.

Great spirot shown by tottenham. Brilliant performanxe by the swans too. Deserved so much more. Ps- vertonghen is a disgrace.

What I find funny is, the people who are being called as "mikel lovers" have never once brought up the point of mikel vs matic. Infact since all of us are xhelsea fans, I sincerely douby that any sane fan would. But some are just so eager to (can't use scapegoat, bash, hatr or critisize) pin point (easy out) mikels flaws and limitations that they themselves will start with the comparision.

Sigh.

why not? If it's their opinion then this is mine. As u rightly said, people are criticizing hazard and willian right left and center but no one is defending them abd that is the correct thing. They were poor, hence the treatment. If someone says azpi was poor, everyone will jump down his throat and rightly so. For me, mikel was GOOD in the match yesterday. He gave us the stability that we were cryibg out for and he choked off any momentum from the galatasaray game. Considering the situation and the circumstances in whuch mikel was subbed in, I would say, this was the exact thing he would have been vrought in for. Hence, a GOOD performanxr. Job well done!!!!

What is hilarious is the fact that people are bashing mikel for a completely good performance.We bought matic who is better than mikel in evry respect (agreed and don't think I or anyone here would say differently) but does that mean mikel should be critisized for a good performance too??? As for the other things u wrote above (mere mortal stuff and all) and the fact that he is being said as the best DM can merely be a fabrication of your imagination cos I don't thunk any1 here has said so. Atleast I havr not. I have critisized him for poor performances and given him his due for good ones like yesterday. Ps- as for salah, I specifically said that in a emotional moment just after the gane, exagerrations can be made. Hence accepting a mistake even though playing him as a striker ahead of torres n schurrle in a match as importabt as city away while making a sub at HT ehich was a mega- critical point was a massive mistake too though not of Salah.

Dint u get the memo dude? Its hip to bash mikel. Forget the fact that he completely changed the complexion of thw game, but how the bloody hell could he five a backpass. The worse thing is people saying he invited preasure as if our defence was on a knife's edge. One individual incident of the azpi clearance has bexome thw pivotal point of the 30mins that mikel was on the pitch ( not even considering that it was a fairly regulation clearance). And the even worse thing is these are the same guys whi woukd get on thwir high horse if u have written something right after a city loss ( in a very emotional state) against say someone like salah. But bashing mikel, god forbid if anyone says otherwise.

Hahahqhqhq. And then people blamr choulo for using stats as per his requirwments.We should completely leavr out how over run we were in mid, how pathetic we were in possession. How likely we were to concede below or how unlikely it seemed that wewould concede after. Plus are u sayong that mikel on the field plays to Iimprove his stats??? He was under preasure, shielded the ball and gave an out for the team. Instaed that has become a negative for people saying he did to improve his stat or whatecer your argument is. Our prejudices always cause us to voew things differently and this is the prime example of it. Had this been matic, I am sure people would have lauded him for his touresque physicality

Well I don't remember a single good pass/interception from him in the last 15. Infact I remember mikel playibg a good ball into him behind the gala players but lanps lost the ball to melo ehich could have been a eonderful situation for us. Plus if his standard of passing is coming as low as comparision to rambo, then he defo needs to leave.

He was better than rambo defensively??? I think he stopped running for the last 15 minutea. A couple of times we had a chanc to counter in the second half but lamps simply held on to the ball too long and we lost all momentum. He was poor. Ramires might be irritating while going forward but he does his job dedensively. Lamps on the other hand seems to be out or the gane for periods of time. Plus I think we have mvg/rambo who can complement matic very well. As I said, ahigh pressing, high energy mid. Not something that u can expect from a 36 year old.

so tell me how many moves had we made in the sexond half without mikel? How were we playing? How many times did mikel lose the ball cos of this incessant pressing of gala? U might not like mikel but to ridicule him for yesterday is childish to say the least. He played well. He did the job that he was brought on to do. It was not as if jose removed a defender and put in a midfielder so that we go for an extra goal.

Those few back passes coupled with the fact that we broke gala's momentume plus we were able to actually keep the ball for morw than a sexond is what probably got us a draw insteaf of a loss. I strongly suggest that u SHOULD WATCH THE Match AGAIN. When a coach takes off an attacking player like sxhurrle and replaces hin with someone like mikel, it means he wants to shut the shop. Jose wanted a draw abd mikel played a huge role in stemming the flow. Add to all this that hazars and willian were having the worst matches of the seasob TOGETHER, it is simoly stulid of people to blame mikel that we could not attck or countet.

can't say anytging other than ehat I said to choulo

Simply can't see him being with us next season. I had said this before about contract extensions that JT was a must, cole was a no-no while lamps depended on his performances. Unfortunately, he has been poor. He might still be good in a 3 man mid but for our high pressing, hugh energy 4-2-3-1, he simply is not the guy. Stikl a true legend though.

We need his presence in the mid in the european nights. Simple as that. Rambo-mikel-luiz should be our mid3 for away ganes. I expect him and rambo to start against gala in the home game.

They ll always be a couple of those guys dude. But overall he was good. Anyone who actually saw the match would have appreciated mikel's contribution in 2 aspects1. Providing defensive stability 2. Retaining ball possession. We were getting murdered out there before the goal and mikel helped us come from turkey with a very gavourable reault

Dude. I don't think any1 has criticized mikel on last night's performance.

6more before the end of the season then. Then he can peacefully bugger off.

He should have stayed with his man. Don't know what he was doing. Even in the position he was, he could have cleared it had he just even been aware. But he simply thought cech would xome out. Infact sont see why he sint. It was 4 yards from the goal and with cech coming out a couple, it was foolish not to come. Still expected better of JT.

Hopeless performance.

What the fuck. They have kolarov n clichy. Yet thoae fuckers want shaw.

Player of the season.

Oh shit!!!! Never easy against them plus adda new manager and relegation battle to it and we have DROPPED Points. We will need to match their energy, their will and the passion fulham normally bring to a derby. Cech iva GC JT azpi Matic rambo HAZARD oscar schurrle Torres/etoo. Probably Torres to start as he has been among thw goals spexially away from the bridge. 1-1.