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well, that was maybe not a penalty but surely a freekick but i guess chelsea just don't get penalties

pedro and haz are so wasteful

btw costa has been a dead end to our play almost every time. crazy how many turnovers he causes

we really have to be more clinical but boy have arsenal corners been shit. agains that ours vs everton were setpiece masterclass

this is probably why pedro did not start for barca

them down to 10 men at least gives me the confidence that we won't lose. either 1-0 us or 0-0 by the looks of it

great game so far. been the far better side but not really dangerous in front of goal. btw i missed the red card. what happened?

lol koscielny. you can only shepher the ball when you actually have it in control. one of the most obvious body contact pens i have ever seen. holy crap ivanovic has delivered a good cross. i think this is the end of the world

what a fuckin penalty that was

can't believe i say this, but we actually play some pretty football today. only matic and costa still look a little bit rusty.

Ferreira, Arbeloa are not exactly strongmen. being 6ft tall, which is still rather small imo, does not make you an imposing figure. Skill is much more important in modern football than athleticism. Not that it is irrelevant. Esp. in the epl you can't have 11 matas on the pitch. most successful sides as bayern or barcelona feature some degree of athleticism but with a clear emphasis on skill. As for Mourinho, he probably played iva throughout last season cos he scored some prettty vital and brilliant goals not many fullbacks would score. he gave us offensive balance regarding willians lack of goal threat. not that it was a great tactic but as long as it worked....

Whilst tel aviv made it really easy for us with one of the worst performances i have ever seen in the ucl, we did not play particularly well either. But better than in the last few games. created a bit here and there, some nice individual play and decent defense. What a difference it makes having 2 full backs on the pitch, finally. We cut through their midfield like a knife through butter it was a pleasure to watch even though the general quality of the game was mediocre. i particularly liked the performances of the youngsters. also ramires looked fine for a change. we even scored 2 goals from open play. besides the game pretty much showed what hazard still lacks. against a 2nd tier opposition a player like him has to score with the chances he had. look at cronaldo. against such a side he scores 3 one yard tap ins and 2 penalties. not particularly difficult, but in the end this is what counts, what gives you confidence.

At least all those "it is not that bad" and "you are such a hater if you think the contract extension was premature" pseudo-rationalists are quiet now. We are deep down in crisis and the only one who does not know so is Jose himself.

btw our odds of retaining the league are worse than those of donald trump becoming president.

immediately thought rosenborg trondheim 2007 about this one. needed 20 chances to score one goal. will be the same this time. our best chance of getting in the cl next season is finishing 3rd here and winning the el again. i can't see us qualifying via the league or cl now.

yeah but does this even matter? we are out of the title race. it will be a challenge to be in europe at all next season.

maan this will be expensive to buy him out of a 4 year contract. but i guess that is why we have not spend much in the transfer market saved it all for compensation payments. board logic

that's it. Mourinho will be sacked now. why the heck did begovic come out of his goal there? naismith was heading to the touchline

we had 15 corners ffs one has to be in

this is some crazy world we live in right now. the scotish messi scoring 2 goals against us, matic scoring a screamer...

yeah right that naismith cunt again.

naismith should not even be on the pitch after kicking ivanovic. moreover wts waws mikel doing there? iva of course let the cross come in. no surprise then btw anyone a decent stream?

Not a surprise. we were never gonna get him after missing out in summer. still our chase for him was a sign of ambition to improve our cm and i will always remember that positively.

would love that, too. would make us extremely dangerous and unpredictable. willian is mostly a one trick pony but no defender knows jack about kenedy. he is full of electric pace and tekkers, i can see him ripping epl defenders a new one this or next year. but imo to start him vs everton is too early. we need one am who tracks back all the time cos the everton game will be open i guess.

Bolasie is one of the best wingers in the epl. i can see him causing troubles to sagna/zabaleta, too.