CHOULO19

Completely agree. Just made the exact same argument in the Mourinho thread. How can Bayern and Dortmund afford to have season tickets for less 100 Euros and we can't? We don't need to go that low, but we can half our prices, imo.

No, you don't "know". Unless you have seen them then you only "think". That is by the very definition of knowledge. With Lyon, I haven't seen them either, and I don't think they have as much quality as us either, and we are likely right based on many factors, but we do not know unless we actually see them at least a few times. Watch a few of their matches before making assertions. I would suggest the match where they out-played Bayern last weekend where it took a Neuer "Bundes Liga player of the week" performance to get Bayern a 0-0 draw.

When you have ticket prices as high as ours, you're going to get a crappy atmosphere. Inevitable.

I think collective we were kinda shit. Even Jose said so after the game (obviously, not literally). I think we did well in certain areas but not for the whole 90 minutes. Our pressing was exquisite at times and non-existent at others. I also thought we needed to be a whole lot more composed in the final third. In the first half we had one successful cross from something like 20+ attempts. Unacceptable.

To be fair to him, he really tried his best not to!

How many matches of theirs did you watch this season?

He's right, though. We were out-sung by less than 2000 QPR fans. Honestly couldn't hear any chants from our lot at any time in the first half.

Cesc, MOTM for me. I thought he was excellent throughout the match and even showed more energy and mobility than previous games. Played some really brilliant balls especially in the first half. Hazard close second. Great game from him and he was a real bright spark in our attack. Costa was obviously no where near 100% though from the start. And just looked more tired and tired as the game went on. Oscar, despite the goal wasn't particularly great in the first half, imo. Miss placed too many passes for my liking. It was his mistake tonight. He has no business palming the ball to there. Generally looked nervy throughout the second half.

Thank you, Vargas. Would have really struggled for the winner otherwise.

Sorry, but this is just physically impossible!

How have we not scored yet?

Newcastle, who had only won a single match this season just beat all of Spurs and City away and Liverpool at home on the trot!

This is truly great striker's instinct from Higuain. Much much harder than it looks: Brilliant excuse for not trying to be not crap for the rest of your lives and still being able to say that it's not your fault!

I think you put that exactly right: "Chelsea is currently one of the hardest sides to play against in the continent." But that's not what I'm talking about at all, I'm talking about quality. City have more quality than us but we are favorites for the tittle and have been so since day one. That's because there are a lot more factors involved than quality like the manager, experience, 'balls' as Jose would say...etc. Gladbach play some really high quality football at times and that's because they have quality players. Like I said in the post on the previous page they lack a killer instinct and the ability to deal with teams defending in numbers, but their quality on the ball and especially the movement of their players is that of a top team. The reason I'm talking about quality alone and not the general ability of a team to beat another team is because we are talking about the ability of Thorgan to make the step up to a team like Chelsea and I think that that depends mostly on the quality in the team he was in than the other factors. If he can get into Gladbach, then he's not very far away from being able to get into Chelsea.

Pretty straight forward team with no surprises.

I'd agree that the Bundes Liga is rather poor, but it's not that black or white, imo. The bottom teams are frankly terrible. But there are good teams like Gladbach and Wolfsburg for example. I think Gladbach would easily be be challenging for top 4 here in the PL for example. Not at all far behind us in terms of quality.

I think City will get a fairly comfortable win against united. Good teams don't stay down for long.

Cesc is intelligent enough to play without getting a yellow card.

One year ago you would have been saying the exact same thing but with the complete opposite choice in mind!

Actually I think he was already injured but RDM risked him "a la Simone". Very bad decision by Robbie if true.

Tell that to Bayern Munich and the German NT...... Do you have a relevant point to make? Because it seems you're only making provocations and nothing that actually adds to the discussion.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x291k72_mourinho-costa-is-available-hd_sport

Hey, Zouma is on there. You're not allowed to support anyone else!

Obviously Eden is much more talented. His natural ability on the ball is matched by very very few in the world. But I honestly think that Thorgan now is a more all-rounded player than Eden was at his age. It hard to compare because of the different styles. I can see Thorgan developing into a box-to-box central midfielder or a number 10. I think he'd have a better chance of making it here.

I wouldn't put my money on United taking points off City. It just seems like a perfect situation for City to get back on track. Top teams don't lose form for large periods. They're due a performance and win.