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nah. they don't work well together is what i meant. one goes after the ball (luiz) and cahill prefers backing away. i mean they look disoriented in defence

poor game in the second half but it was always everton doing something with the ball not liverpool. shame mirallas had to come off.

nah. hazard played in a low fizzing cross and yet he didn't have anybody in support. plus mata, oscar have excellent control of the ball eventhough their aerial ability is next to null. we need to pressurise the opposition defence more. otherwise we did everything else well yesterday - attack i mean

our problem is when our primary tactic doesn't work we don't really have a backup game plan. when our movement and passing is not getting us behind the opposition defence we are stuck. before we would lump it up to drogba, he would knock it down and we would power through. we no longer have that option

One thing we do lack is a proper PLAN B Manchester United - unbelievable firepower up front now with Chicharito, Welbeck, Nani warming the bench Manchester City - Edin Dzeko. proper Plan B execution at The Hawthornes where 10-men ManCity came back to win with Dzeko's goals. counter Tottenham - Emmanuel Adebayor - hasn't fired yet but a good target man option when they have to throw the kitchen sink at the opposition Chelsea lack a Plan B when our system doesn't work. this will only hurt us in the title race. hopefully it is remedied in January either by getting Lukaku back or signing a new striker.

true. defence crumbled once united got into that space between the defence and midfield. between luiz going after the ball and cahill backing off away from it, we conceded 2 goals

doesn't help when he's got a ticking time-bomb for a partner in defence

nah. because he lost his head

u saw cahill reacting like that? nah. the captain should be more responsible than that. that was a needless foul near the touchline and the reaction was unnecessary. the only plus point was passion and he got carried away yesterday. i have nothing else to say. the evidence is damning

we better win on wednesday

F*** THIS SHIT. F*** MANURE. F*** CLATTENBURG. F*** THE FA. F*** ALL Had to get it out of my system

ref had a shocker. i hope the racism allegations are true and Clattenburg is relegated to Blue Square Premier League. still seething

1. charged from the defence and got turned by van persie 2. charged from the defence and united sprayed the ball wide and and got it into the box with luiz still trying to get back 3. bad position for the own goal. almost as if he was standing so deep to block the shot 4. horrible long balls early on in the game + the needless push on rvp after the red cards. i'd have loved to have depth in the CB department.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Manchester-City-claim-ref-Mark-Clattenburg-was-gunning-for-Craig-Bellamy-article255615.html In December 2009, Clattenburg took charge of a tie between Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City. City personnel alleged that at half-time, Clattenburg asked members of their bench: "How do you work with Craig Bellamy all week?" In the second half that followed, he booked Bellamy twice, once for dissent and then for diving, although replays suggested he was actually fouled.

his passion is his undoing. clearly caught up in the heat of the game yesterday. his frustration showed in the fouls he committed. not captain material

Yesterday was evidence of the fact that Luiz is not captain material. watch his frustrated push on van persie after the red cards. needs to keep his head together. plus his defending was pathetic. headless chicken

i expect we sign a striker in january. the title charge won't last with only torres and sturridge as our forwards

our attackers don't attack the ball when someone crosses. united swarm the penalty area when valencia is drilling a cross in but chelsea had only torres lurking in the area when hazard crossed in. our players need to attack the ball and give the opposition defence something to think about

@Shogun, Everton were brilliant. unlucky to not get the win. Chelsea were onto something similar before Clattenburg happened

i hope clattenburg is relegated to the championship Welsh Premier League

i'll look past the absolute disgrace the game turned out to be and analyse the game now. the horror start - united swarmed us and david luiz was again a headless chicken in a big game. pathetic decision making and was beaten 4-5 times in the first 20 mins. unquestionably our worst defender and not captain material if you look at his frustrated push on RVP later in the game. united gave us a lesson in counter attacking and off the ball movement. notice how when valencia crossed there were atleast 4 red shirts in the area and when hazard crossed at the other end there was only torres and even he didn't attack the ball. but then, i was proud of the team. brilliant stuff to claw our way back before Clattenburg took over. unrelenting pressure on united's goal and forced de gea into a number of saves before Mata's glorious freekick. this chelsea side is not just style but has the character and substance that helped us become Champions of Europe last season. I am sure now that we will win silverware this year.the team is brilliant and united's luck in the chelsea and liverpool games will even itself out over the season. no point moaning about clattenburg. We all know which was the better team yesterday

Luiz has been absolutely pathetic

yeah. seeing as they are dumping balls in for fellaini. an extra man to attack and challenge the ball will improve their chances.

yeah but Liverpool playing 3 cb's doesn't help