Barbara

lol at cheerleader Mou A bit aggressive, but efficient

Dion I've had enough of the ugly. More than humanly bearable

it'll be hard to pick a man of the match here...

I've been talking about it since the game started, but Luiz passing and transition makes up for our pivot when it fails us. Amazing goal by Eden

And then you wonder why I keep my communication with you about football. But if you bother to check it out - go research his posts and see how many of them I've liked in the past couple of weeks. I clearly made some mistakes about some members here... time is fixing that for me.

it took me a while to appreciate where you normally come from and your posts. But based in the high amount of your posts I've been liking in the last couple of weeks, you can say the feeling is mutual. I guess off-season is just the twilight zone so we may not understand people, but ever since the official competition started, I've been seeing you in a new light and I appreciate your posts, that's for sure. Some wisdom as expected. (sorry for derailing the thread with blatant appreciation of our senior)

the amount of goals saved by Neur and missed by us is out of this world. And now Ramires is sent off

*adding people to ignore list on galore*

this is supposed to be a close match, them having the edge if anything... One would think reading some of utter shit being said here that we're playing like Barça did against them in UCL last season. My patience for morons is really limited.

Oscar I'll KILL YOU

Lamps was better today than in the last two matches. I still think we're overusing him. He gets tired and becomes useless literally. Doesn't press, doesn't tackle, doesn't have accuracy in passes that matter (not the ones to the backs). But I'm already a broken record about it, so I'll shut about it. As long as he doesn't compromise, I guess I can live with playing with 10 for moments because at moments you can see he really reached his limit. It's not a criticism to Lamps (although it is to Mou) because everyone has their limits especially at age of 35.

I know I sound like a bitch... but where are the people criticizing the formation (not the lineup)? Where are the people calling Mourinho names? This was a great first by us. Of course we can lose, that's not the point, my point is only to prove Mourinho isn't some clown who doesn't know a thing about football as some suggested with some sort of posts before the match. So with the proper time to sharpen this formation and with the addition of Mata, Willian, Eto'o, the prospect only gets better. Give the man some credit and some time.

this is just too good. Torres is not used to scoring that much, so we'll have to wait a bit until he nets the 2nd

football is an universal language

David Luiz's passes from defense to midfield or from midfield to attack are out of this world. Too much class and technique. We've missed it so much in the first matches without him

I'm coming undone here. This is good stuff

I think we are All it needs it's time. I've been watching Mourinho play this formation with RM for three seasons. The players need to get used to each other and the tactics. It's a good tactic and we'll have amazing players to execute it.

btw losers I meant Bayern and Pep. Just to make it clear. I've been screaming too much here to have noticed it may have been ambiguous

FUCK YEAH LOSERS!!!!! TORRES-HAZARD-ANDRÉ-TORRES TAKE IT!!!!!

FUCK YEAH LOSERS!!!!! TORRES-HAZARD-ANDRÉ-TORRES TAKE IT!!!!!

FUCK YEAH LOSERS!!!!! TORRES-HAZARD-ANDRÉ-TORRES TAKE IT!!!!!

that right there is high pressing, not parking the bus. I love this style the problem is being able to keep it up physically for 90 minutes

I gave up trying to understand how someone thinks high pressing football = parking the bus. I completely gave up.

yeah, I have to agree with everyone who says he's being stubborn or whatever picking Lampard to play every single match... if Lamps was at least decent in them, I'd understand. But he was a completely non-factor against ManUtd - especially in the first half and it's clear because he's tired.

but sweetie, that's a simple 4-2-3-1... we'll have Eto'o and Willian playing on replacing Torres and André (very likely). So what's so wrong with a lineup that's basically a 4-2-3-1? Because André is playing and Mata isn't? Because it has Torres and not Lukaku? Why are people so invested in this anyway? I want that lineup to have as many matches under their belt (except the Lampard) part and with the new two additions so they can reach chemistry and they can deploy the tactics they failed so miserably against United. If that means losing today, well so be it. There's no way this team will settle to the new tactics if they don't play them.