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Whether he was at fault for the second goal or not, going forward he was our best player. Glided through the defence with ease at times and is something I wanted to see more off, because he seemed to have lacked that thrive to take on players like he did at the start of the season. He is only 21 though, got best years ahead with us. Sure he will cause United all kind of problems on Sunday

That is some joke. I hope I find out that Moses was injured because if he was left out, quite a joke. RDM must know that Shakhtar are a very attacking team and Moses would have been useful for the counter attack. Well it is no shame losing, was always going to be a hard game, Arsenal lost there too, just annoyed that we didnt really show up today. Hopefully at the Bridge we give them a battering. BTW thanks god Juventus drew

To go the next level and actually think we can win the Champions League for a second time in a row, a new striker (Falcao) is needed asap. At this rate it is 50/50 that we even make it through our group and when we play the likes of Juventus we need a striker who is going to really give there defence a torrid time, something which I am sure Torres will not do considering our home game against Juventus. Think RDM should have brought on Moses in the latter stages though, rather confused why he didnt tbh. Quite annoyed how lacklusture we looked in attack tonight, consider our trouncing of Spurs. Must say was really impressed with Hazard when he came on though, that is how he started the season want to more of that where he tries to control the game by himself, showed some glimpses of quality tonight

Already been mentioned

Yes Feruz seems to have attitude problems and be arrogant from twitter evidences but he still looks a very promising player. Scored against Arsenal U21 which virtually was most of their first team squad and scored a hattrick for the Scotland Under 19, 2 years above his actual age group and has already featured for the Scotland U21 at the age of 16. Hopefully the talent keeps to grow

A loss would be a blow but it is not the end of the world. We still have them to play at home and there is no reason to suggest we won't gain points away to Juventus. All to play for regardless of the result IMO, ideally a win would be brilliant but I would take a draw

Nice one, like that

Such a terrific talent but shame his injuries is blighting him. A few years ago at Bremen, he was destined for stardom but injuiries have hampered him. Like Pato, if it wasnt for injuiries we would see 2 outstanding players on a weekly basis

Haha, this gets funnier, I am sure you are the same same person under another account who made those racist comments the other day and got banned. What a fool.

Maybe if you didnt post stupid crap, people would take you more seriously. Then calling him monkey, I don't know what conext you mean that in but be careful of the language you use on these forums as comments like that can get you banned

Who remembers when we beat Scarborough by only 1-0 in 2004? We were saved embarresment through the ref tbh. Terry was marginally offside for his goal and Gallas made a clear handball in the area. Chelsea fans who have been supporting us for over 6 years should remember this. Just shows that anything is possible in this game. Sad thing is now I don't even think Scarborough exist anymore

It doesnt weaken us IMO but do we need to make over 3 changes to a winning team in a game like this. Also I am not saying that the players who would come in are awful or wilweaken us but I know for a fact RDM will start Torres over Sturridge again IMO and can't see Ivanovic being dropped for this game

We should play our best team available and not worry about the Manu game. It is 5 days after the Shakhtar game, enough rest off period for the players. Ivanovic will and should start. We have to go in the intention of ignoring the Manu game because for now this is our most important one. Get this game out the way then we worry about Manu but this isnt an easy game so I am sure RDM will play his team who he feels is best suited for the game. The only change I many expect is Terry in for Cahill/Luiz and the rest of the team to be the smae as the one who beat Spurs

Enjoy these kind of games. Good thing is BBC1 or ITV1 always screen one of the minnows home ties against the bigger opposition. Looking forward to the Met Police vs Crawley and Hayes and Yeading/Borehamewood vs Brentford games in particular. I remember last season when AFC Totton played Bristol Rovers. Bristol Rovers battered them but it is a very enjoyable game to watch, these kind of matches. Good thread for people to share FA Cup stories as well

We won the game is the main thing... that has no relevance tbh

The amount of times I have gone on to these post match threads for the past few weeks and every time I think I have voted Mata as MOTM. Another masterclass performance, contributing goals and assists for fun recently. Also today showed me despite what people have to say about him, we have on of the best holding midfielders in the Prem in Mikel. He has been immense recently, one of our unsung heroes. I like the fact that when Mikel received all those racist abuse on twitter, RDM stuck by him and his performances have reflected that. Mata clearly star of today, but brilliant work all round from Mikel and Ramires as well who performed brilliantly. If Ramires improves on his shooting, I would say he is one of the best all round midfielders around

I dare Del Bosque to leave him out the national squad again. Mata will just do his talking on the pitch, marvelous performance. Spain's loss is our gain!

Gareth Bale: thanks a lot , nevertheless brilliant performance from the boys!

Our fans always seems to sound much more vocal in away games than home games. Something I have noticed for a while

News about Bale came best time possible. His girlfriend must be a secret Chelsea fan .

There no difference to us really when we have Oscar, Mata and Hazard. We both have 2 holding mids, then there is 1 being Dembele and Lampard/Ramires who will push further up the pitch. Their wingers are just more faster and direct than ours.

He may be getting ridiculous amount of wages but to say he has "unimpressed?" In a slow start for City this season, he has looked miles apart from everyone in their team and IMO has had a brilliant start. he has been a brilliant signing for City for the seasons they have had him and has been well worth the money. I think you must be getting confused with another player because Yaya is a fantastic all round player. I would love to have him here, even I doubt it will ever happen but he always performs on a consistent basis for City. I don't think there is a current better all round DM/CM than Yaya in world football as it stands

He seems like a 2 year old allowed to surf the forum by his parents judging by his type of posts

Not ready for that kind of move so far. He would not even get into the team tbh. If he goes out on loan would be beneficial that he joins a Championship club. Too early to even think about sending him on loan to a team of Bremen's quality

No it did not. The replays showed he kept it well in. How they ruled that out I don't know. Should of gone to Specsavers