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Cole, Mikel and Azpi were just brilliant. Went with Dave for MOTM.

Yeah, and I think he knew. Immediately signaled for the change. Real shame, no one organizes our defense like him.

Started badly, but then did very well..in patches. Still hope Eto'o is fit for the return leg, though.

Brainless, but perfect for pressing.

When Jose wants a 0-0, he gets a 0-0! Shame about the injuries and suspensions, though.

Ramires will score

LOL. That's not defensive at all!

Actually it was the former He's traveled with the team to Madrid, and so has Ake.

I'll take either!

Because of the dynamics of the return leg. With 0-0, they'll most likely start the game very defensively and give us no space and then maybe start looking for a goal after 60-70 mins. But if it's 2-1, they'll come to the game wanting to get an away goal to match ours which would make for a more open match.

I don't think even Carlo himself thinks he's a better manager than Jose! The things you read around here sometimes...

Agree. 2-1 loss is better than a 0-0 draw, imo.

Is there a champions league semifinal leg tonight? Where's the enthusiasm people?!

I think it is very likely that that has already been decided along with the Costa deal.

How do you rate Zulte's chances? They seemed to be doing very very good in the playoffs (is that what you call them?), but that defeat to Lokeren came out of nowhere. They could've gone top had they won. Shame.

Kidding. I wouldn't bite.. ..but I can ban!

I'd bite your hand off for a 2-2 draw right now!

Highlights of our 2-2 draw against Atletico in Madrid in the group stages in 2009: http://vimeo.com/92506359 A repeat would be perfect tomorrow.

I bet he'd be great as Stamford The Lion!

If you don't want to get suspended, you should never insult people around here again. Just because the staff lets some things slide doesn't mean we don't see it, nor does it mean that it's alright to continue doing it.

That pun Talk about cringe-worthy...

Yes, it's so obvious that Willian hates Salah. In fact, I bet he only moved to Chelsea because he knew we were interested in signing Salah; so he came here to destroy his career by not passing to him. The fiend! Seriously, get a grip! The decision making in the final third has been atrocious all season long. And that applies to all of our attackers, not just Willian.

IIRC he played there a couple of games for us last season or the one before and was dreadful. Where else can we move him inside the team? Should we try to play him in goal? Or better yet, make him manager for a couple of weeks?

For one week...

The general consensus about Rami, at least around here, is so different of that of our manager. Ramires is still a nailed on starter and a very important key player to us according to Jose.