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Cliche off!

Stupid ref. Kompany should've been off!

Superb defending by the lads.

Danny is just brilliant down the flank. Making a fool out of Cliche each time.

Cliche with a yellow. Very interesting. Come on danny, force him off the pitch!

He was never up in my estimation tbh.

Kicking the ball is better than keeping it and getting caught in possession imho.

Good interception and pass by JT. Kompany forced to give the foul and take the yellow.

Has anyone else noticed how stupid this ref is? He has no idea whether or not to produce a card and was literally looking at the city players for advice!

You might want to rethink that mate!

Get the fuck in there!! :woo:

There. I fixed it for you.

Silva should've seen yellow there, that was a dive.

FUCK!

Cheers mate.

So nervous about this game. But I still believe we will get a 2-1 win. Any team news yet?

Because AVB said so to chelseafc.com a few days ago.

I have followed this thread since it started. This thread has included a discussion of politics in the US, UK, Iran, Syria, Israel/Palestine, Libiya, Egypt....... It has included criticism to all the governments of the countries I just mentioned. Here are a few things said directly criticizing the UK government: If you failed to see those, it is because you insist on playing the part of the victim.

No one has judged any "people" in this thread. We were merely discussing world politics and expressing our opinions. Forgive me, but your logic, though morally admirable, is naive. The point you are missing is that those politics that we are judging and accusing influence the lives of billions and inevitably you and me, which for me grants me every right to criticize and complain about them. By your logic, if someone beats me up and steals my wallet, I should not complain about it or report him to the police because he just made a mistake like all humans do and because I too commit mistakes in my life.

I deeply apologize if you found my comment offensive, I assure you it was not meant that way. I did not intend to criticize the people of the US, but the system which, with all do respect to your opinion, I still believe is doing something wrong because despite the number being a "snapshot" as you said it is still significantly more than most countries. On a side note, I would like to say that most criticism and opinions expressed about the US foreign policy in this thread, applies to the UK, France and all the "Capitalist Western forces" from my view. I don't think anyone here is anti-american.

Even if he returns at the end of Jan. He'll need at least a month with the reserves to get used to playing competitive matches again. So I don't think he'll be in AVB's plans any time soon.

Did not watch that particular game, but in all fairness to Courtois, Athletico have some seriously messed up defense.

I can't remember what he did wrong against scumpool. Though I totally agree about his performance against Arsenal.

Good point!

Agreed. The last thing we need is a big-money that puts pressure on the team and coach to make the player fit and work with the team. Personally I'd be delighted with a couple of under-rated players coming in.