Magic Lamps

It is incredible that we are so much faster all over the pitch. Alonso and fabregas are our only slow players. Messi and alba their only quick ones.

Should be at least one up by now. Completely dominated them chance wise

Barca obviously manipulated the posts

Hazard unlucky too

What has willian got to do to score ffs

Rakitic should be sent off

Lol pique

Cakir is such an amateur

Yeah we had a few great chances should have scored

Willian is so good atm. So unlucky

Alonso should target the goalkeeper side more often. Ter stegen knew what was coming

Willian is so good at breaking the press thank fuck he got fouled because he always wasted posession afterwards

Cakir is getting on my nerves with his wuzzy refereeing

Usually yes but today not really

75% posession for barca but that is only because they are playing so ponderous

Our plan is obviously to outpace them given they are not really fast anymore

Alonso obviously got the order to stay back so the ams have to provide width

i only just saw the lineup. DAFUQ. we could not even beat Watford with this lineup. Where are our strikers?

yeah we should defo set fa cup as major target now. but anything can happen. Mancity approached this tie with much of their 1st XI and still failed miserably. I saw Stones took a leaf out of Cahills book and almost backed himself out of the stadium.

the sarcasm is strong in this one^^ Obviously Giroud-Morata is world class strike force and we will need a few signings to upgrade it for the long-term, however they both fit our playing style much more than Bats. This is not only because of Conte. We are a defensive team and we always have been a defensive team that relies on individual brilliance up front. even before 2012 we had Lampard and Drogba and a supporting cast of varying quality, which ultimately determined the height of our success. when we kept Lamps and Drogs fit and scoring we would at least finish 2nd and win the odd cup, when the supporting cast was robben and malouda and anleka in the only season they were good we would most definitely win the league, too. but we never really were a team of intricate short passes and one-touch football in the final third for a longer period of time. for the last 3 years we had Costa and Hazard doing the same. And this is where Bats comes into play. He is not the kind of player to create his own chances, win games on his own, so he would never be part of this 2man army to carry us season over season. As we play with only one strikerand have done so for ages now this automatically degrades him to the bench. Hazard and friends are used to have a striker to hold up the ball long enough for them to make runs. Bats is really more or less just a finisher. and as long as Dortmund dominate the ball, peg oppositions back that is all they need. We, chelsea, even approach games agaisnt mid-table opposition in a way more conservative way and rightly so, because in the premier league, every small team fancies its chances, gives it a go and may leave a team like dortmund exposed. against BMG which was a shit game, bats limitations were obvious, dortmund were not that dominant and bats struggled to make an impact. the thing is for dortmund, there are like 4, 5 teams in the league which will make the game that awkward for them, in the epl it is almost always like this.

far from frightening on paper. that offense is some great names but ageing and way over the hill. The rest of the team is rather ordinary. Not that we are any different but on a really good day we might have a chance. the only thing we really need to improve on is our finishing. If we get lucky and score from the few chances there is something in it.

Given his name is croatian i would say pulisitsch like the german commentatora do

The boy's got balls of steel. He might look like a palm tree but he plays like a young Beckenbauer.

you have to give Conte credit that despite his job in the balance he plays more youngsters than his last 10 predecessors did.

I said it once I will say it again, if Willian's mind was as quick as his feet, he would be one of the best players in the world. He got the skills, the technique, the pace and the shooting skills on level with Hazard's but he just has not that intelligent. Still let's hope for a few sharp moments of his against Barca. Definitely deserves to start.