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Where is the "aggresitivity" boys

Compare PSG's attack/build up play to ours. It's night and day

It's a sad state of affairs when the away team down to 10 have been the better team

I'm calling this now, if we concede, we are out because I can't see us scoring here

PSG look so so comfortable. No one can tell we have a man advantage.

Our build up play is so slow and laboured

My God

Take Ramires off before he gets a red card or makes a stupid mistake

Luiz the dirty cunt

Since when. If anything Willian is better in that department

I hope Luiz isn't injured because it will be bad news for us

Costa, Cahill, Fabregas and Oscar better step it up tonight.

If we are in a position where we couldn't afford to concede come the final few minutes of the game, I will be shitting bricks because I can't trust this team not to concede under such circumstances.

No matter how people try to slice it Oscar for willian is a baffling decision

Ofcourse he starts cahill. who I'm i kidding smh

Everything is possible and everything is risky in football. Proven world class players flop and untested youngsters flourish however there's no way of knowing what will work and which players will shine unless you actually try and jose has history of not trying enough or taking enough risk in this regard nd it seems some fans share similar mentality. Rodgers had no way of knowing sterling would be a success for sure, one can only go off instinct and initial judgement, but he tried anyway and it paid off. The question is are we trying enough?

The Bundesliga has outperformed the premier league in europe over the last 3 seasons, so yes, The bundesliga is one of europe's great leagues and their representatives are high quality teams. That's besides the point anyway. Gilvorak's point was that the myth that "youngsters cannot hang with the big boys" was once again busted last night by schalke who went to the home of the defending champions and outplayed them with a team containing a few youngsters. Let's use our very own Zouma, who busted the myth as well, as an example, if he wasn't given proper minutes to showcase what he's capable of, the general consensus would have predictably been "He's only 20, He's not ready yet, let's ship him out on loan once again" Heck some fans think playing a youngster against relegation and midtable premier league teams is suicidal and will definitely result in a catastrophic result of epic proportions nevermind the European champions

And we are the same team that lost 4-2 to a league one side, Bradford at home i,e we are absolutely dogshit, right? . we can play this game all week.

Jose better not go with cahill ahead of Zouma. This game is a perfect fit for the youngster.

The number of youngsters breaking through at big clubs in the 80's and 90's significantly dwarfs the current number. It will be incredibly stupid and naive to conclude that youngsters were better and more first team ready back then than now, what has changed is the ridiculous influx of cash flow and the insatiable appetite for spending and seeking quick fixes. the money factor also puts added pressure on the club and managers to succeed due to the financial ramifications of not doing so. nowadays finishing in the top four to qualify for UCL is celebrated like a major achievement. Money is the biggest factor for me. The richer the club, the less inclined they are to bringing through young players from the academy and it's wrong. There's no excuse for any top club to not use some youngsters in the less glamorous cup competitions though. atleast 2 youth players should be getting good minutes in the COC and FA cup.

No He's talking about the team that outplayed madrid and beat them at the bernaneau and were very unlucky not to advance to the QF

I find that hard to believe. First it's impossible for such a private conversation to leak also Perez wouldn't be stupid or naive enough to want to bring him back or expect Jose to agree after the circumstances that led to his departure. Not only will he looked stupid, The madrid fans, players and media will destroy him.

Jose has basically made "aggressivity" his favourite fictional word of choice. our chief press officer is failing at his job

This is the danger of scouting and buying players outside la liga and ligue 1 (the french league has been a gold mine for years). I'm willing to bet that if he returns to Chelsea, he will go back to being rubbish. I know i'm generalizing here but the trend is worrying.

He will retire as undoubtedly as the greatest player ever if he isn't already. He has the dribbling and close control of Maradona, the vision and passing of Laudrup and the finishing ability of romario. Talk about being complete.