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btw let's not worry about milan/barca, we should think about benfica. I have never watched benfica play before, are they like basel (lucky) or are they really good ?

I have a feeling that RM will trash Apoel

I actually prefer to play barca so that we can really measure our current squad against one of the best or the best team in Europe right now

let's beat benfica so that we can get barca =))

Nobody deny that Danny can take on any defender with his blazing speed but he just does not want to pass back and his dribbling skill is just ok. When he get the ball he will try cut inside, Defender will show him to baseline, Danny will slow down and the next defender will double him from center but he still try to take on the defender If he can cut inside, he always try to shoot even when he is like 10 yards beyond penalty box. He should watch the way ashley young play, he always try to play one-two with mid/striker and he like to fake going back and then go forward. This way he can use his speed more rather than relying on his dribbling skill.

When torres got that chance, I wanted torres to score but I just knew he was going to miss it. I really don't think he will score for us

The only thing that concern me after that performance is that our fans and players will think that our squad is actually good enough to compete in ucl and epl and we delay refreshing our squad one more season.

I am glad that we play slightly faster under rdm which suit or squad and it looks like our players want to play him.

Danny really need to learn to play as a team. When he get the ball, he just does not want to pass. He always try to take on his defender then he will either shoot (80% of the time) or cross

I am surprised of why are we debating about messi taking hormone when he was a kid - He is not super fast (A lot of players are much faster) - His shot is not really powerful (again plenty of player has more powerful shot) - His jump is just ok What make him special is his close ball control which enable him to change direction with pace and hesitation move which confuse defender And also he is a very good team player, he pass the ball well, his vision is excellent and he is not selfish

Love the passion and the determination that our players showed :cfc: It is going to be a very nervous Friday, hopefully we don't draw rm,barca,bayern

Cech Ivanovic - Luiz - JT - Cole Lampard - Essien Ramires - Mata - Sturridge Drogba Lavezzi killed us in the first game and we need somebody to help Iva on the right. Sturridge does not really want to track back so we need ramires on the right

He never pass the ball

I always like Bielsa but his high pressure system does not work with our squad (AVB tried in the beginning of the season)

For me, I am not sure Jose want to come to chelsea because he need to get rid of plenty of players who used to be his key players

We can ask him to tutor Sturridge

I am not sure who he signed, Ibra was not a flop, he played well, they just don't like each other . Villa has been terrific, Alexis is great, fabregas is great, dani alves is great, Afellay came as backup so it was ok

I can only say good luck to avb, hopefully he can get his old job back at porto or tottenham job because tottenham team suits avb system perfectly.

Nope, Carlo job was to win the league. Our next manager job has to start with rebuilding our squad.

The problem with new manager is that we need a big-time and proven manager in top level so that the board and the fans will trust him when he sell our older palyers (Lampard,Drogba,Terry?,cole,etc) similar to when mourinho sold guti and raul in Real. I am not sure there is a manager with that kind of pedigree out there right now (maybe guardiola, but i don't think he will leave barca)

I am pretty sure we will beat birmingham because it is birmingham and usually with a new manager a team will be excited and start playing well for a couple games

I am pretty sure, Jose will come to city. Tottenham does not have the transfer budget that is big enough for him and unless RA come to jose and tell him he has 200 m to rebuild the squad, he will not come back to Chelsea

He did not go back to chelsea old style, it is still his style but with major tweak to fit our squad. Everybody bashed him when he used high line, even in this forum. We were really awful defensively when we used high line because our defender especially Terry,Cole are not fast enough anymore and our midfield pressed the ball slowly, you need to be able to press fast and maintain possession to be able to play high line. I am tired of youth argument, you cannot just start playing youth. He need to prove himself in training before you can play in the first team. He has made a gamble by playing danny. It payed of a little bit but for me danny is not ready to start every match. His decision making and dribbling is not good enough for a winger. His biggest mistake was to trust the like of malouda,lampard,terry, kalou,etc (international level players) in the beginning of the season that they are good enough to play in his system. The only reason I want him to stay is that I really like the way we play with high line + high pressure. We outplayed MU in OT but we lost. That game showed me the potential of his system, and that our team is not good enough to play in his system

I want a manager that will have full support from the board and fans when he decide to sell lampard,drogba,cole like what Real gave to Mourinho when he sent Raul, Guti (Madrid Legends) out of real madrid

I am actually really tired of torres saga that is why i want him to play well so that we can sell him =)). Based on our track record if we hire for rafa next season, he will be out by the end of next season. By then I think Drogba will be out, lampard is out , Torres is out. We can really start fresh building our spine. We can buy cavani =)) Btw, Aguero has been superb for City this season, I have no idea that he is not only good at scoring but his link up play and his assist is tremendous as well.