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We need to practice our counterattacks. And we need more than only just costa, hazard and oscar going forward to attack. That way our counters will be more fluid.

Welcome. Your English is okay. I'm asking a lot of questions I hope it won't be too much. I wanted a Russian's view on the situation in Russia, because I've only heard from the USA /Ukrainian side. Is the economy really terrible now in Russia or is the western media exaggerating the situation?? The western media say people are suffering and even losing their homes because of the sanctions. But I know people who make money from selling imported goods have been hit the most by the sanctions. What is the real situation going on there?? What is Putin doing to fight back the sanctions? The only one I know was him reducing imports from Usa, trying to abandon the dollar by exchanging only in euros, the multibillion dollar deal with China, making gas deals with turkey, weapons deals with India and supposedly is meeting Hungary today for a gas and trading deal. He is rumored to be saving a lot of Russian foreign reserves in Gold(I'm not sure of this) Did I leave anything else out of this?? What does Crimea have that makes it significant to Putin? Is it because there are Russians living there?? or is it because the Russian battleship is there so they took it at all cost to prevent Nato to get closer to Russian territory /war ships??? Could it be true that Russia gave Ukraine that land as a sign of alliance decades ago but because Ukraine has betrayed Russia by siding with EU and USA they just took it back???? Is there oil in Crimea that is making it an important money making zone?? Does Putin have a hand in what the rebels are doing??? If you say Putin has a hand in the rebels, then what does he gain from trying to seize land in Donetsk and other eastern parts of Ukraine?? Is he trying to destabilize Ukraine long enough to prevent them from joining NATO as long as possible?? If you say the rebels are on their own, then how do they have those sophisticated weapons?? Or are they supplied by the former president that was removed by US backing Ukraine.

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They were terrible against celtavigo. Athletico couldn't get their feet on the ball and had just 30% possession in the first half. I'll choke Mourinho the day Swansea does that to us. I know we normally have 10-15mins spells where we can't seem to get out of our half, and maybe concede, but not a whole match.

I think I remember, he didn't defend till the last 10mins and they conceded a late gomez goal. The bottom line is he should let 5-6 players spring on the counter instead of letting hazard and Costa alone to attack. We have to practice our counterattacks. We have become terrible at what we used to be good at.

Our most important players are Matic, hazard and fabregas. But our player of the season is costa. After years with torres, even with hazard and Matic we weren't as good as this season. There's no way I won't name the top scorer in the league our player of the season.

Be prepared to be disappointed. I'm a Mourinho fan, but I know how he sets up in away games in champions League. Defend and counter, if the opponent doesn't attack much then we draw.I'll love him to change his strategy to get an away goal but not concede more than one. Infact if I was a manager I'll rather attack more away than home since away goals carry more weight, but thats just me, what do I know.

No need imo but that's just me

Fastest centerback since gallas

Is there anyone else who thinks it's fun watching him pass the ball as if he's thinking... "open your body shape, bend foot outwards, move foot towards the ball, strike ball with instep in the direction of your teammate, keep "concentration face" at all times"

What I was trying to say is. Hazard is humble, lukaku is arrogant. Being arrogant is fun when you back it up on the pitch like zlatan. He has no right to make a statement saying he'll leave to a bigger club when your current club broke their transfer record for you 6months ago

Once someone is humble, he's humble. He's always been an arrogant person and Mourinho likes people who will be loyal to the team cause. You won't see hazard make statements like this right from lille.

Get innn!!!!!! Fantastic news

Exactly. Compared to costa, Remy looked a bit lazy in making runs and pressing after we lose possession.

Once he plays together with Costa and fabregas, his understanding with the team should double

incidents that went unpunished this season:

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"If big Pete's happy, I'm happy"

Speedy Zouma Kurt Zouma's top speed against Everton was clocked at 34.13km/h making him the fastest man on the pitch

You just decided to score some points during the goal celebration huh

No fab

What I meant to say is oscar can create better than Willian. Maybe if willian changes to the middle he'll be better. We know they're not silva/Mata in that category

This. If I had a magic wand, I'll buy isco to replace oscar as that is my ideal Am. But until that level of quality is available we can't throw away our third highest goals contributer. The thing with ericksen and coutinho is that they fall under the AMs that are terrible under pressure. Ericksen will practically kick the ball away if he is chased. But quality like modric, thiago and isco are on another level because they can escape by dribbling easily or use their bodies to win a foul (Busquets way) rather than cheaply losing the ball. This is the type of quality I'll gladly throw oscar under the bus for, because they have better vision and are better under pressure. But they are few and rare.

His finishing is almost world class already imo. He has strength and knows how to hold the ball under pressure. And he's already good at making runs behind the defence. With this natural qualities, technique, passing, shooting from outside the box and awareness, it's hard to see him drop down imo. This is looking like another rooney in the making.