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I actually wouldn't be too worried about drawing Tottenham. We can beat them.

So who do you guys want in the semis? I want Benfica because I'd rather face them over two legs.

Can we borrow DD for this one?

No they won't, because I'm signing off now

I'm was not defending Mikel, the comment about Lampard and Ake was more aimed at the people who were trying to make this performance look much worse than it was and saying he should leave in the summer because of it. And no, it's not an easy yes or no question because you make a huge logical fallacy in that question in assuming that his attitude and performance today will always be the same in the future, then you go on to imply, based on 20 mins of football, that he is not worth to represent badge. When Mikel has a bad performance like today, I'm always one of the first people to criticize him, but I just don't try to make him look like an immoral enemy of the club by talking circles around the subject.

Great first half, looked very solid defensively and made some great interceptions, but completely fell apart in the second. Should have been taken off, imo. But hopefully he got some valuable experience.

11 games left, I'm not sure he'll make it either. For some reason I get a feeling he'll just equal the record.

Yes, I'm deflecting the blame by saying he had "a really poor game" and that there are "no excuses" for that. I know you're looking for an argument, but I'm not going to give you one

Good call by Rafa to rest the trio after all. But I can't agree with his call to give some of our starting XI players the day off at half time. Horrendous performance by some. Terry was terrible, Lampard invisible in the second half, Mikel awful when he came on. Even Ake who had a great first half fell apart in the second, should have been taken off, imo. Anyway, none of that matters because we're through to the semis. EDIT: Oh, and Moses was our best player by a distance, which, tbf, isn't saying much tonight.

Poor game, just didn't look bothered. No excuses. Having said that, some people have been waiting for this for a long time apparently and are trying to make it look worse than it was. Yes, he was bad today, but in that same period I forgot that Lampard was still on until he came off for Iva, and Ake was worse than both of them (a bit more understandable given his age).

Al Jazeera showing clips from the Moscor final

Contrary to popular belief here, winning the Europa League and getting a top four finish are not mutually exclusive.

We're talking about Justin Bieber, how could it be a good thing?!

You are really testing my support!

They tweeted earlier that only Bertrand, Cahil, and Oriol did not travel. They must have forgotten Cole.

According to the official twitter account, Cole did travel with the team for this one, he could as well be starting at LB and not Ake.

You can. Just click on 'quoted' rather than 'a post you made' in the notification.

Mate, I get that you need help, and I'm more than happy to offer it, as are many other members it seems, but I think four threads about this is more than enough to get people's attention. No need to spam the forum to death! So, I'm sorry, but I've deleted some of your other threads.

Yeah so it really doesn't make any difference for them this season to finish in top 4 (CL qualification) or top 7(EL).

No point. They're banned from Europe next season for breaking the FFP. That's why the players don't really care about the league.

He's the player who's won the most trophies, not the most accomplished. Accomplished implies that he won those trophies with his hard work when in reality he had very little to do with any of those trophies except the 08 Euro. By your logic, Brown and O'Shea are two of the most accomplished players in the league.

Actually it wasn't, Ronaldo was on the same line as the ball. But you guys did deserve more from the first leg, there was at least one clear pen for you.

Mirror are reporting that Ake will start at LB.

He taught Varane a thing or two in this tie.

Right, this thread has been a disaster, let's quit it before it gets any worse. Locked.