BlueLyon

We havent lost (yet) to any of top teams (City, United, Lpool, Arsenal, Spurs) in PL this year. Wonderful. In 2009/10, we havent lost to big four either; we went on to win the title. ------ Downside, Mourinho realy needs to make us better against smaller teams though.

Stop bitching. Should we be more accurate, we would trash them 6:0. Willian, Oscar, Etoo, Salah all did good job, they created plenty of chances and all we needed was good finishing.

We were shit? I thought we did well apart from finishing...at least in second half. Salah my motm. Credit where its due, he was realy good with his pace, dribbling and passing. Finaly someone who takes on players and beats them in second thanks to his speed. But his finishing is terrible, IMO. I realy dislike our AMs are soo bad in finishing. Hazard is afraid of taking more shots, Salah/Willian make 1 shot out of 10 on target. Oscar isnt typical finisher, but misses a lot too. Schurrle is best natural finisher, but even he has many off games. Reus would be perfect atm, but we should give our boys a year more and they will destroy everyone. 3 points, Oscar is realy more energetic now that he got some rest (and competition), Matic is amazing. And Ba should play more, give him some playtime (and trust) till the end of season. Realy good back up if he can keep this level. Title race is still on!

No Cole? I just hope Mou gives him some playtime ahead of Atletico game...he needs to be fully fit and ready to play whole game.

If he wants to go to PSG, we can make Ba-Cavani switch Ibra will be their main striker anyway (thats why Cavani wont like idea of playing on wing another season), they get money for Griezmann and also decent backup player in Ba (who would be more than good for 'average' french league. We get Cavani for 10mio less, Ba goes to club he likes. We all win.

I would love to see Immobile as backup striker, in case Ba, Torres, Etoo, Lukaku all leave. He is top scorer of serie a with tevez and Bvb is already looking to buy him. Costa/Cavani, Immobile/Lukaku and Etoo

Credit where its due, Lpool improved massively this year. Suarez the goalscorer and refs on their side, but this team is getting more confident with each game to win the title... Sterling is one massive talent, he looks very cool and composed in front of goal, something our attackers Oscar, Hazard and Willian lack. We try too hard instead of enjoy in the game...

Well even if city lose, we still play lpool at anfield and they look realy good there...

Exacty. Being in semis this year isnt just important for this season, but also very important for playrs mentality. They will gain experience and even if we lose this time, Hazard, Oscar, Willian and co will know how it is to play there, it will be much easier in next years.

In theory, Roman could just give Costa personal money (not the club one), meaning it wouldnt be counted in ffp?

Couldnt agree more, but I dont think there are world class cms available (Modric, Kroos, Vidal, etc). That means we will have to pick from available ones and Pjanic/Rakitic might work. I said before, Mourinho wont buy young, potentialy good CM. He will go after experienced, quality one. As there are no world class CMs available, he might go after 'Thiago Motta' type; cheaper, experienced and quality. The last thing, Modric would be ideal but IF Real wants to sell him, I think they would want Oscar/Hazard/xxx instead of money, and I dont want that.

We have to score in first half when we have plenty of energy to exploit them. Against small teams, we usualy start very reserved, despite we have energy, in second half we push to score, but we cant because we get tired and opponent can punish us and we dont have time to answer back. 2 goals in first half and protect that in second. Hope Ashley gets a run of games to get back in rhytm ahead of Atletico game (just dont get injured). Salah, Schurrle, Oscar, Willian should all get some minutes. Luiz-Ramires in pivot. Etoo if fit, or Ba. I dont want Torres.

With all the search for new striker, rumours will be everywhere...but one would expect they will mention 32mio release clause, not 60mio... This release clause actualy exists? Or was that just BS everyone bought? For 60mio, we could throw Cavani in the race too... Im quite dissapointed Lewa was such a cunt and joined Bayern, he would be most perfect striker for us. Hope he gets benched in munchen, traitor...You might understand Gotze who was born in Bavaria (but still), while Lewa had offers from every bigger club. He was raised in BVB, they believed in him and he fucked them this way...

His games this year are actualy very good. Its funny when people say Hulk is overrated because he plays in Russia, while they would pay 40mio for Witsel...who isnt worth that money either...neither of two is worth that money.

Someone will probably get #10 IMO. New player who will arrive in summer or Hazard. Eden has #10 next to his name on most of his online accounts, wears #10 in Belgium NT, his idol was Zidane (had #10 in France NT). Also he is our poster boy and would probably sell even more shirts then. I like him with #17 more though, feels unique.

We wont pay 30-40mio for a midfielder. At least not that much for one that plays in russia.

Gundogan, Strootman Kroos, Vidal, Pogba, Witsel wont come, thats for sure. Either too expensive or unavailable (or injured). Not many options remains...

Pjanic is having world class season. Not sure if he fits exactly into pivot (he is prime Lamps type player). But still, top midfielder.

Extending contract, loaning him back to atletico and keeping Cech for another year would be best possible deal.

Media is one that puts crap on us all the time and sheeps around the world follow that "truth". Everyone hates us, yet we are still 4th most popular club in the world. Love it. I dont care if Courtois plays or not, as long we win the tie.

If if if if...football is fun because its unpredictable.

Fuck Guardiola, he is good, but overrated. He had best barca ever and now moved to best club in europe. Not too hard to win trophies... And his teams play most boring football...everyone hates tikitaka, even barca fans are saying its time for change... Im happy we didnt brought Guardiola, but Mourinho.

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We had such a world class team that year On paper, we couldnt draw ''easier'' team, but I feel it will be anything but easy. If you draw Real, you know their main strenght, they are bunch of individual players who dont realy work hard to win, if you get Bayern, you can beat them with strong defence and efficient counter attacks. Atletico is whole different story. They posses similar style to us, I have not seen such hard working team besides us this year in CL. They will die if it will mean progressing into finals. They have decent experience in europe, they will go in the game with thinking they beat us 4:1 last time. Simeone is realy good coach. Finaly, Atletico might mean smaller name than Bayern or Real, but dont forget they are first in La liga, ahead of RM and Barca. They are playing very mature and consistent. They have eliminated Barca with realy good performances, they run, mark, defend, press fantastic. Most difficult is thay they play completely relaxed, they dont make many errors and can score realy fast (unlike Bayern who needs 100xxx passes before one shot). Last but not least, they are TEAM. No individuals, no superstars. Hard workers and realy class players, not to mention its the system they play for several years now. Honestly I wouldnt be shocked if they win La liga and CL this year tbh. They are also underdogs vs us and we usually struggle against such teams. Oh and playing at Calderon, I think they have great atmosphere there, very passionate and supportive. But we play second game at home, we have good team spirit and we can get into finals. Im sure we will put a great match, just dont underrate Atletico ability and dont make mistakes like the first leg vs PSG. We actualy have good chances to win CL this year, but I wouldnt go that far yet. Lets beat Atletico first and then we will see. P.S.: All the links with Costa, you just knew we will face him sooner or later...we will see how will he play against strong english defence. He could cause lot of trouble.

They are good, but we need more creative player in pivot too.