BlueLion.

No you totally missed my point. I was referring to your comment when you talked about his goalscoring record at Madrid. Seems you got the wrong end of the stick, but maybe I didn't make myself very clear. My point was at Real, with that team, you'd be worried if he wasn't killing teams because of his team. I'm saying Mourinho's tactics are indicative of the squad he has - at Madrid, he had a bunch of world-beaters and he massively underperformed, IMO, although Barcelona were in their absolute pomp at that time. At Chelsea he has several "functional" players at best which severely limits our attacking ability. The fact we're only beating these sides in the manner we are is down to Mourinho making a fist out of a relatively bad hand. I have no idea how we're 9 points clear, I truly don't.

de Gea Clyne Terry Bertrand Matic Schneiderlin Hazard Silva Sanchez Kane Aguero IMO.

And yet we've still beaten them, especially at times when it means the most. That's what good things do. If you want style and substance all year round then the Prem ain't the league for you, I'm afraid. It just doesn't happen, for a multitude of reasons including the fact that the so-called "lesser teams" aren't even that bad, and the so-called "big teams" are, in truth, little better than bang average compared to the likes of this season's UCL semi-finalists. If our season was flipped around and we started with 1-0s and ended up with 6-3s and 4-2s, we'd be called the most exciting team in England. That's exactly what happened in 2009/10. We beat Hull 2-1 on the opening day, we then went to places like Wigan and Villa and got flogged. We just happened to end the season with a string of 7-0s and 8-0s against abysmally shit teams with nothing left to play for. 38 games of 5-3 scorelines just doesn't happen in England. I don't know about you, but I enjoy tight and tactical 1-0s, like last weekend's game against United, far more than a 4-3.

No fewer than six Chelsea players have been named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Season. Striking sensation Diego Costa - scorer of 19 Premier League goals in just 23 appearances - is joined by Tottenham's Harry Kane in a two-man attack. Nemanja Matic and Eden Hazard consist of half of a four-man midfield, which also features Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, who has enjoyed a magnificent debut season under Arsene Wenger. Joining them in midfield is the somewhat surprising selection of Phillipe Coutinho, who seems to have been chosen on the basis of being the best of a par bunch at Liverpool, who have endured a torrid end to a promising campaign. Coutinho, despite a handful of excellent performances, frankly should be nowhere near that line-up considering the form of Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas, Arsenal's Santi Cazorla, Southampton's Morgan Schneiderlin and even Swansea's Glyfi Sigurdsson, who have all had outstanding seasons. Three Blues stars feature in the defence - unsurprising given that Chelsea have the joint best defensive record in the division - with John Terry, Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic all chosen; the latter of which a surprise considering the consistency of Southampton's Nat Clyne. Despite an excellent season, Cesar Azpilicueta was overlooked in favour of former Blues full-back Ryan Bertrand, whilst David de Gea is rightfully elected as the outstanding goalkeeper of the year. There is no place for the likes of Manchester City duo Sergio Aguero and David Silva, whilst the late-season form of Manchester United duo Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini has seen them overlooked this term. The PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year will be announced at the PFA awards ceremony, which takes place at Grosvenor House in London on Sunday evening. Hazard and Kane are the favourites to land the major honours.

What's that got to do with the price of cheese? You can only beat what's put out in front of you. I'd be more concerned if he was only beating teams of that ilk by the odd goal in three, but instead his sides show they can absolutely ravage sides when in the mood (Swansea home and away this season are perfect examples).

As much as I'm growing to love TBO, I hope we can wrap the title up soon to give Lord Petr a shot at the PL clean sheets record

If we lose, so what? We'll be 7 points clear with a better goal difference, plus they still have to go to Old Trafford. Because of last weekend's semi-final, they don't play their extra game (which cancels out our game in hand) until the 20th of May, by which point we'll probably have too many points to be caught. My point being that if we get two draws and two wins from Leicester/Palace/Liverpool/West Brom, by May 18th we'd have 84 points, and even if Arsenal took maximum points between now and the end of the season, 84 is the very most they can achieve. We'd then only need a point against Sunderland to guarantee it. Let's say we lose today, only manage draws against Leicester and Liverpool, we need to win two of our games at West Brom and at home to Sunderland and Palace to ensure the title. But that is dependant on Arsenal getting 100% of their available points between now and the end of the season - which they won't. I can't see them winning at Old Trafford. Regardless of their cup win there this season, their league record against United, in Manchester, is frankly horrendous (they've won two out of their last sixteen trips there). Let's say they win five and draw one of their last six (16 points), that will give them 82 points. We'd need eight points from the last five games to match that, or nine to beat it, i.e. two wins and three draws. But this is all very hypothetical. This could end up being unlucky number 13 for Mourinho, however I have to admit I'm more nervous for Wednesday's game versus Leicester..... Disclaimer: I'm shit at maths so if I have failed to add up some basic sums here, you'll just have to deal with it.

Doesn't matter about the tie changing goal, Torres scored the equaliser on the night. It was the nail in the coffin and one final "fuck you" to all the doubters who said Barcelona would destroy us. You can't take that moment away from him, or the fans. That was almost as good as Didier's penalty just under a month later in terms of sheer elation.

He's a striker, what else should I judge him by? Unlike Koke, for instance, who has been average at best whenever I've seen him, Icardi always impresses me. A little lazy, yes, but very clever movement and his finishing is generally excellent.

It was all worth it for that goal in the Nou Camp, let's be honest.

Icardi, bang average?! He's scored 19 league goals in one of the worst Inter sides there has been since I was born. He's been fantastic for them.

You don't have to agree with it mate, it's just my opinion! I think he's been excellent for them. I can't name one goalkeeper who hasn't made a catalogue of howlers this season. It's been a shoddy performance from the league's so called elite stoppers.

I'd rather, if we're going to spend crazy money, see us invest on a player such as Pogba or Reus who'd be a serious upgrade on the options we have now. I'll admit I haven't seen a lot of Koke, but what I have seen of him, I've not at all been impressed.

He has the same qualities as Oscar. This would be an absolute waste of a transfer.

I understand people want Bamford/Solanke to be given a chance, but let's say next season we go to the Camp Nou in a UCL semi-final second leg... would you trust one of those young boys to get us to the final over a proven scorer like Icardi?

FFS.

I never turned on Torres. But there was a time when I realised he'd never cut it at Chelsea, and it was this moment against Norwich:

Forster has had a good season also, but he benefits from a rigid and consistent defensive system in front of him. A goalkeeper is only as good as his defence... hence why Green and de Gea have been outstanding this season because they've constantly been let down by their defenders and yet still had solid seasons. The same applies to Courtois.

I'll finish you in a minute.

The best goalkeeper in the league this season IMO has been Rob Green, QPR would already have been relegated without him. DdG has been excellent though, I hate to admit.

The only reason de Gea will win goalkeeper of the year is because he's allowed to handle outside his own penalty area.

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