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His tattoos annoy me

So... Chelsea >>> Barcelona >>> Milan? Oh how times have changed!

Kinda ironically but apparently Drogba + Sneijder were Gala's poorest players tonight! Happy we'll be seeing more Drog though. Hopefully Gala - Barcelona happens! Drogba had poor passing but good aerial dominance apparently, only managing 2 shots but completing a tackle. Yilmaz is still the main man there!

Kinda glad a weak Milan team didn't beat Barcelona considering how big of an achievement it felt for us last season. Milan winning would have had the media in a few years time saying that Chelsea beat 'a falling Barcelona' etc.

Abbiati is just awful. Even Turnbull would at least TRY and save these shots.

Milan are so utterly crap. Ambrosini ruins everything.

Niang ain't no Ramires!

I honestly hate how unenthusiastic these commentators are ffs. Whenever Messi scores, it's just "that. was. brilliant." as if they think they sound 'cool' by being all collected and 'calm'. I don't want that. I want "GOAL GOAL GOAL!!!!!!!!!" ffs.

I'd hate to have Abbiati as this club. He's clueless.

Milan aint no Chelsea.

What an average 'keeper he really is. Always hated his mindset. Didn't even TRY to save it.

The home kit looks like a swimsuit and the away/white kit looks like Colgate toothpaste ffs.

Constant has been very good for Milan since arriving at the club. I always saw him as average but he's proven me wrong. Comes infield too much though.

I can't explain how much I want Milan to win tonight. I can never support Barcelona in any game unless they're somehow against Tottenham/United.

AC Milan Ultras gathering in Barcelona:

He's not as bad as I and other certain members often make him out to be, but if he was as good as others claim he is there wouldn't be a total jizz-fest every time he has an above average game IMO. He's a solid player, but I don't dig this notion that he's "one of the most underrated players in Europe", because he's really not. In a 4-3-3 system I believe he's one of the best holding midfielders in Europe, yes. In a 4-2-3-1 however I believe he's average, with an occasional stand-out appearance like this one vs. United.

heheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheeheheheheheehehe. so excited at the idea of him returning.

1: I used to have a baby sitter who's a spitting image of Nelly Furtado. I just realised I'm old enough to ask her out. Fuck yeah!! 2: I'm in the process of installing an aquarium into my wall which will be seen from both my bedroom & bathroom. Productive day. Heh.

Record breaker!!! If we let this guy go I will smash something in my bedroom. He will be THE best in the world.

10th

Hoping for an Atletico win tonight purely down to the fact it's nice seeing the top 2 without one of Barcelona/Real Madrid.

So how was he exceptional? Both errors lead to big chances for United. You then go on to mention that this is the first time Mikel has had the players playing in front of him etc. since RDM as if it's the reason for him playing better today. Surely if he's as good as you and others on here make him out to be, he should be playing at this level regardless who is in front of him or where he's deployed, no?

1: If I see "Credit to Benitez for the subs", I may be sick. No credit should be given to an idiot who left Hazard + Mikel out in the first place and started our worst centre-back pairing which led to 2 goals conceded. 2: In general, not good enough. Good, but not great. Attack was fluid although Ba was isolated, and Torres kept summing up his Chelsea career once he was on. 3: Mata is our best player. Hazard is our 2nd best player. 'Nuff said about that. 4: Ashley Cole is now an average player. I couldn't even count the amount of times he failed to track a player and was sliced open. Luke Shaw - come at us bro. 5: Moses is good but today wasn't his day. He should be starting against the Wigan's, Stoke's etc. 6: Oscar on the wing is just... 7: Mikel once on the field, was fine. I expect that level from him EVERY game - but we don't get it every game. So anyone posting in the Mikel thread as I write this "THIS IS WHY HE'S UNDERRATED", I want to poo on you. 2 big errors which led to 2 Man Utd counter-attacks happen within the space of 5 minutes; the first of which he didn't even try and make up for. He just stood there, watching. 8: Ramires, goal aside, I thought wasn't too great. Nice finish I guess. 9: Mata was Mata. 10: Cahill is an average defender who should be playing for an average team. 11: Luiz will not be good enough for us in the centre-back position until we get a proper manager in a la Jose. 12: Azpi doesn't stay wide enough at times. It was good towards the end of the match when he cut in and mingled with Hazard, but during the first half he kept leaving the flank exposed. 13: Lampard shouldn't start these games anymore. 14: Terry - Iva/Luiz shoulda probably been the centre-back pairing. 15: I've said for so long now how much Cech has declined yet always get attacked for my opinion. Hopefully people now see it too. His kicks/passing is beyond awful most of the time and he keeps ball-watching. 16: We only started bossing the game once we played with DI MATTEO'S preferred midfield - Mikel/Rami - MaZaCar (cringe). It should stay that way. Manager: 4.5/10 Team: 6.8/10 MOTM/Mata: 8/10.

Cahill doesn't have a football brain. Starting to wish we'd left him at Bolton.

Oscar is not a fucking winger so why is he being deployed as a fucking winger?