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You could see from space that Silva was going to get tackled there

Besides individual brilliance, I am not at all impressed with City nor Guardiola. He's losing it too.

Regardless of the final outcome, I'm sure our players are more handsome.

And that's why nobody else wanted to buy Navas - for his entire career, he's been crossing into empty boxes.

This is probably the most disgusting I've ever seen a team perform (City).

You see, it's set pieces you have to try and win games from in matches like this. I fear Conte will be too brave and insist we 'play'.

Unlike other seasons, it's like the moment he gets the ball the entire opposition backs off to give him space.

reminding them who the actual blues are.

In a game like this i'd take a Mourinho approach, and essentially win as many corners as possible. I'd send Alonso & Cahill up for all of them, keep an extra player or 2 back, and rinse / repeat.

If we lose this, i think it won't be lost in midfield, but defence. Against the big boys (Arsenal, Liverfailurepool) our back 3 haven't had the best chemistry, and I never have faith in Cahill remaining composed.

I never realised until now how outdated Man City's 'updated' emblem is. A lot of people with not quite perfect vision won't even be able to tell who it is.

At least they don't have Nasri. Nasri was our bogey.

Since his debut for us, the only player to try harder than him is Ramires. Though, Moses has more than twice the quality. Thus, he's surely one of the most underrated players we've had under Roman. I know that even in his 'prime', Kalou wouldn't hold a light to Moses's current prime. Malouda was good, but not consistently. Sturridge was less consistent too. Belletti & Bosingwa weren't better players than him, and right now, barely past his prime, even Ivanovic in his natural position isn't better than Moses, perhaps equal to on a good day. Appreciate him while we have him. If Conte leaves, our next manager won't have the same faith.

"He still has more career goals than Iniesta." That, plus the fact he's prevented more goals than any other defender barring perhaps Ashley Cole, surely makes him the greatest centre back of all time. With such a statement, Englishmen would be too modest to accept such a fact, when looking at how the England national team has failed to produce, but it's childish and too kind to ever imply there was a better player in his position. Baresi was no better defensively, and certainly no better in terms of scoring goals. Beckenbauer had the likes of... nobody, to defend against during the 60's/70's with Bayern. Try and name a player from the Bundesliga who he would've gone up against. I can't think of any, let alone a great player which Terry has consistenly thwarted. It'll never be universally accepted, because we are Chelsea, but he is. He is the best. There is absolutely nobody who's made less mistakes than him. Erase his penalty kick, not a defender's job, and his knee to whoever's back vs. Barcelona, and he has had a flawless career compared to his peers.

Isn't that a bit like saying, you can't call Oscar shit unless you've played with him? Isn't that a bit like saying, a detective can't deduce a murderer's motive, because he wasn't there when he was slinging the knife? We probably misunderstood what Hitler was about tbh, we weren't there in Germany.

I still would. Anyone who plays for this club, but doesn't care about it, is a piece of shit in my opinion, and I have *never* seen a player care less about this club. Both Torres and Gallas look like Terry compared to him.

I miss Rmpr, he would've put his life, his family, his entire existence on the line betting that Oscar > Coutinho.

I wouldn't say Courtois has surpassed the expectations we had for him, and we certainly shouldn't buy his loyalty. Same with Costa, he's only now playing like the player we bought from Atletico, for the first time. If they can raise their levels higher, and we win the league, then sure.

Training in pitch black conditions? Nice. Next level. Supreme. Warlords. Our players are learning how to pass without even seeing.

He supports Fiorentina through-and-through, since a young boy, so who knows.

I don't think it's possible to be grateful for, respectful towards, and support the club of a Jew, and also be anti-Semitic. Which I don't believe these fans are. So this is a non-story. This is like saying the word nigger in no context other than what i'm typing right now, and claiming it's racist. Or if you're shit-faced with your black friend of 10 years, and for some bizarre reason call him nigga to wind him up (I wouldn't do that; but I could never call that racism either in that context.) You're not suddenly racist for hitting a nerve that should be left untouched; you just know how to ruffle feathers. Some people go very far, but it's not that deep. It's teasing. In football, you insult and degrade your opponents, but that doesn't mean what you're saying has conviction behind it. It's trolling. You choose the words that provoke the most reaction and that's it. So why care what they chanted? Unless they're starting anti-Jew groups or throwing bottles exclusively at people they think for sure are Jewish, it's not anti-Semitic. There's no discrimination; all Spurs fans are the same to a Chelsea fan, Jewish or not. There's no hostility aimed specifically towards anyone Jewish; only towards Spurs fans and every non-Chelsea fan in general. And as for prejudice, anyone chanting such shit doesn't have a developed enough brain to even be prejudice. They just go home, eat their pie and never think about Jews again.

As a 16 year old Twitter girl would say, not everybody you lose is a loss x

It's special there because it's Rome I think. We know that way back thousands of years ago we had gladiators in Rome battling for respect, freedom and whatnot. That was a real time in our history, a fascinating time that we still feel connected to, and it happened between men in that same city with the same intensity and passion. In our modern society, we can't have killings for amusement, but we can still have sporty competition. If the gladiators had to adjust to our times, they'd be playing football. So I feel like, when you play for Roma, you're literally more connected to the gladiators than anyone else is. You're entertaining them in their graves and truly carrying on their traditions in the best way you can. It's special there due to their history of sport.

Signing the most expensive player & failing to qualify for the CL next season would be beautifully shambolic.

No team will put 5 past Everton this season. No team will put 4 past United this season. But we did.