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Chelsea vs Manchester United PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT 2015/16 Premier League Match 25 7th February, Sunday, 2016 Stamford Bridge 16:00 Kick Off (UK time)

Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United POST-MATCH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 2015/16 Premier League Match 25 7th February, Sunday, 2016 Stamford Bridge 16:00 Kick Off (UK time)

Who is comparing City with Barcelona or Bayern? In England alone, City clearly have the best squad compared to everyone else. Sure, City probably need some tweaking with their squad but compare to United or even us, do you really need think Guardiola need to/would change that side much? United and us are more in need of a revamp than City and the latter's main problem is not with their squad. The main problem is with the players' mentality, making them put in consistent performances and play better as a unit. United and us need a change in the performance level and the squad depth as well as quality. United have more income means zilch because their squad is worse than City's. A manager would have a harder task in rebuilding that side than City And about the FFP, shouldn't act as if that is really a big threat. Only months ago, UEFA lifted some restrictions on the rules to help the likes of City, PSG etc and then look what they went on to do in the summer transfer window. Like I said, City need some tweaking with their squad but compare to United or us, that's nothing. Arsenal have a competitive squad? Pfft. Let's not as if their squad is anywhere near perfect. There's quite a lot of holes in that side, apart from their mental weakness.

He also missed the one against Crystal Palace last season (before converting the rebound) and that makes it 3 penalty misses in a row.

(1) So what if United make more money than City? You talk as if City are owned by some stingy owner. This is a side who have spent billions to build a quality, competitive side over the years and last summer alone, they spent nearly 100m on just two players. (2) Having a top class manager at a club is just as important as the brand of the club, if not more. With Guardiola, who is regarded by many as the world's best manager, now heading to City, you think they wouldn't be a strong attraction for players to join them? On top of that, United are neither here nor there at the moment. You have a clueless Ed Woodward running the club and and an equally clueless Van Gaal managing the team, a team who is playing dull football and getting nowhere near in challenging for the top honours. City have the better structure and squad to do that, as proved by the fact that they are still competing in all four competitions. Let's not exaggerate things here. Yes, this is the chance for City to get to the next level, to be really among the elites but even if Guardiola fails, which would seem unlikely, they would still be a top side in England and Europe. They won't just disappear from the map. You said United have big money. What about City? They don't? And sure, United are respected but let's not act if the squad is filled top class players because it isn't. They are a mess and you can practically count on one hand the number of top class players they have while the same thing can't be said about City, who have more and better quality players than United. City failing in Europe and doing average-ly in the Premier League has more gotta do with their current manager. Put someone Mourinho or even Fergie in charge of that, they would be dominating the league and even Europe because with the squad that they have, there's no way they should be inconsistent and giving other teams a chance to win trophies, especially domestically. You would be lying if you have never thought or said City have the best squad in England.

Down to 14th for at least 24 hours.

Win tomorrow and we'll be just 3 points behind Liverpool.

Arsenal are really bottling this. - 4 leagues games without win - Failed to score in the last 3 (first time they have done that in SEVEN years!) - Down to 4th - 5 points behind Leicester - A trip to in-form Bournemouth next

Yes, I am aware of that. Reason why I said I doubt we will play on Friday is because we have PSG away before that on Tuesday.

I don't understand how can one say the Man United job is the easiest job. Sure, elevating City's level and making them one of the elite clubs is a challenge but compare to the United job? The challenge is not exactly a hard challenge. City already have a strong, quality squad and play good football. All they need now is for a manager to make them consistent, to push them to the next level, similar to what Mourinho did with us 11-12 years ago which you quite rightly pointed out but unlike us, they already have the luxury of winning trophies in recent years. United, on the other hand, are a sinking ship, play dull football and have a squad filled with average players (you can probably throw us into the category as well). They clearly need to do rebuild that team, not just selling and buying players but also changing their playing style and making them a strong force again (United have only won 1 trophy since 2011). There's clearly a bigger and tougher job to do there but of course, Guardiola doesn't fancy doing that. Instead, he's going to City where everything is pretty much laid out for him and he only needs to some things here and there before continuing the winning trail.

People would then moan about him after the game.

There is that but people shouldn't get carried away because it was MK Dons and they were extremely awful defensively. We weren't that great either in that aspect. Suspect there will be one change in the AM position, one in midfield and at least one in defence.

Apparently...

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Like you said, "a lot of people". Not everybody. I want to see us play good attacking football but not at the expense of being vulnerable defensively.

Pellegrini to Chelsea written all over this.

Chelsea baffled by John Terry contract revelation

He's considered as one of the best managers in the world because of the trophies he's won but people are also smart enough to realize that he's taken two relatively easy jobs in a row. There's no questioning that.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/01/pep-guardiola-manchester-city-new-manager-summer?CMP=share_btn_tw Guardiola to City confirmed. Vintage stuff really, taking yet another 'easy' job.

Gullit was in shocking form during the draw really. Gave us City, handed United the Shrewsbury game, gave Arsenal a home tie against Hull City. Piss off!

To be honest, we knew this day was always going to come - Terry leaving the club at the end of the season, be it his own decision or the club's - sooner or later. I am more concerned about the fact that his departure leaves with practically zero leaders in the dressing room. It's quite laughable in some ways that our next most experienced players after Terry is Mikel, Ivanovic and Cahill and none of them have shown any real leadership qualities. Desperate times ahead.