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That's because he got away with murder. Him Verratti and Luiz took turns to kick hazard because that was the only way you could stop our attacks.He's no match for Hazard in with a fair ref. In fact if it was messi or ronaldo or Neymar that was kicked 9-11 times in one match there would have been a red.

Schalke 4-3!!!!

I've been thinking about this too.People from Spanish and french leagues do well here in England. The rest have lower success rate

Happy 110 years Chelsea. Fantastic club, fans and players.

4-3-3 is absolutely the way to go if we seriously want to counter attack. Courtois Iva Cahill JT Luis --Zouma-- Cesc Matic Willian Diego Hazard This is because the two midfielders in front of zouma (Matic and fabregas) will cover the wings defensively when Hazard and Willian move forward. Fabregas will be closer to the pivot where he can dictate play. It's far better for us to play with that formation. In fact I might be liking the idea of zouma in midfield because I don't like how physically dominant they were over us in Paris. No one could beat Chelsea of 2004-2008 in a physical battle and I want us to keep those values instead of letting ibrahimovic do a drogba on us.

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Nooo!!!!!

Costa isn't perfect but it's shocking to see the amount of ungrateful fans here especially after years of suffering with torres. The top scorer in the epl is being criticized like he's manutd striker

Is he matching his best form?? 2011/12 all comps total: 60 apps, 73 goals, 29 assists on 08.03.2012: 42 apps, 48 goals, 21 assists 2014/15 on 08.03.2015: 38 apps, 41 goals, 20 assists

Iva-zouma-terry-azpi Matic Ramires - Fabregas Willian - costa - Hazard Let's play a 4-3-3 with Matic infront of the defense so that counterattacks will be easier for us. We should put zouma on ibrahimovic so that he doesn't turn to be a drogba against us again. Hazard should scream anytime Verratti kicks him, so that he doesn't get injured from being too nice. And we can counterattack more when he isn't on the floor. Costa should win headers to hold the ball up the field when we kick it in the air, we're not Barcelona, we can't only play on the ground. The pitch is smaller so less space for PSG to be passing. We'll win if we use a 4-3-3 instead of 4-2-3-1

Since you watched it again, did you notice the amount of aerial balls Ibra won in the air? It made it so easy for PSG to get the ball close to our defence. That was what I noticed during the game, very frustrating knowing how good terry and cahill usually are.

Madrid gameplay. Cross cross cross cross cross

But but but, they pass the ball around and don't play long ball or park the bus

The guy is a beast. Proper essien replacement.

It seems I'm the only one here who likes Tim sherwood. Poor tactician but good motivator. If he learns a little tactics he could keep villa up

The guy is good, I can't deny. He's so strong on the ball. I love players who make it difficult for people to collect the ball from them. Among strikers, he is second to aguero in the ability to shield the ball without losing it.

Terrible football from Madrid. They created just 1 chance all game. They were just crossing and crossing with no interplay.

Exactly. Most of them including KDB and Mata were playing in positions where they don't belong not Mourinho's fault and not their fault they didn't succeed. The tactics requires the right winger to be more defensive than hazard, so all these players looking for free role will find it difficult here. That's why cuadrado should fit well like willian hopefully.

Terry and cahill didnt cover themselves in glory. David luiz could lob any ball and Ibra won it from terry. We can't afford to let them have such an easy route to goal at home.

http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2015/3/5/8149935/chelsea-film-room-i-the-defensive-5-4-1 Fantastic article explaining our tactics. I had a feeling this is why ivanovic tucks in close to the centerbacks, Willian comes back like a rightback and hazard stays higher than the other winger.

Exactly. Schurlle and Salah prefer to be supporting strikers. Playing in a free role behind the striker. Mourinho never plays this system so they'll never fit in. In fact coming to think of it, Mata and KDB love this same system too.

I thought I was the only one that noticed. Where is everyone getting the 30mil price from??

You're Already too late. It's already happening

That first goal won't happen at Chelsea because I'm yet to see a team leave just 2 players at the back against us.We gave him chances against smaller teams where they defend, and he was so poor because there was no space to run. He loses the ball too much for a big team imo the only thing that has surprised me is his finishing. Remember how many times he shot to the sky or off target when he had a chance to score? It's a case of lukaku at Everton and lukaku at Chelsea. No space from opponents against Chelsea, space from opponents when you play in a smaller team. Mourinho also likes his right winger defending because hazard doesn't defend as much, so if you want the freedom of just not tracking back like willian is doing and schurlle couldn't do then you have to be better than hazard. The only player who I regret is KDB not salah. I liked him (passing, crossing, long range shooting, and freekicks) and never knew how he lost his place after one poor manutd match.

We need zouma on ibrahimovic. The two major reasons they dominated the last match was 1. Ivanovic let every cross get into the box. this is not normally too much of a problem but 2. Ibrahimovic won every single ball in the air against terry and cahill. It was a catastrophe. Even Drogba in his prime would have been proud of that aerial dominance. Zouma has the best leap in our team and needs to stop ibrahimovic from doing that again.