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Well I think a few things should be considered. Carlo played his first team, we played a mixed team. After this important information, I disagree with whoever says it was decent. It far from decent it was somewhere between horrible and pathetic. I don't mean the result, but how we behaved. That was the main point of such a match. Defensively we were pathetic, there's no other word. The transition from defence to attack was terrible at moment with long passes that were a waste of time. They should have passed the ball through the midfield and used our AM, but Oscar was out of position, Hazard wasn't there during the first half. While we improved in the second half in general - and Moses was one of the responsible - the ball didn't reach Torres like reached Lukaku in the first, so in the end it was pointless... There was a mess through and through with some good moments, but collectively? Terrible!!!!! Lukaku needs a lot more to even dream about being the starting striker in those big matches. He was completely inefficient in all matches in the US against slightly better sides - from the Italian - and a great side on RM. So he might be a good option to start smaller teams and matchups that favor his style, but big stage matches shouldn't happen anytime soon. Let him be a 2nd half sub, but there's no way we can rely on him in big matches. Oscar should never be played in the right wing when we have Moses, Mata and even Schurrle in the squad. They do much better. He can do okay in the left, but should be played centered. If that means going to the bench, then leave on the bench I don't assess Eden Hazard;s performances on friendlies We really need David Luiz Lamps was completely out of a shape and it was a capital mistake to start him when he hasn't played for months. He should have been a sub for 20-30 minutes, but I understand Mourinho's reasons. Ramires was great during the first half, as well as van Ginkel. At first Marco was very nervous. I think facing a team like RM even in a friendly makes a boy like him jittery and that's okay Torres, Schurrle did okay at most in the second half. I just wish Torres would have received as many balls as Lukaku received in the first. He would probably do as bad as Romelu, but still I wanted to see it happen. Who knows? From time to time he blossoms. We really need to work the transition. That was one of our biggest deficiencies (along with the poor defence). We can't have Cech, the defenders and the Rami-Ginkel crossing the ball from the first third to the last. It's raffling the ball 95% of times. No Mata = no possession (especially quality possession). The team needs him, he is the players reference. It seems like when he comes in the rest of the players settle down to their position and do things more calmly. Kevin didn't play as well as he played the previous matches... and it makes a lot of difference. For the Madrid side - I'll have it on my Twitter because that would be basically an opposite review to this one. the only one that was really bad for them imo was Sergio Ramos - that some guy on David's thread said that is much better than Luiz because Luiz was never and will ever be as good as Sergio. FML.

When Cech is that pissed you know things are fucked up

sorry for the multiple posts... don't know what happened...

well... there are a lot of improvements to be done against big sides. Then again, Mourinho is doing experiments, testing options.I hope he never repeats this 4-3-3 formation. I really like 4-3-3 better (for our team) but not with those guys and some of them in the wrong position...

well... there are a lot of improvements to be done against big sides. Then again, Mourinho is doing experiments, testing options.I hope he never repeats this 4-3-3 formation. I really like 4-3-3 better (for our team) but not with those guys and some of them in the wrong position...

well... there are a lot of improvements to be done against big sides. Then again, Mourinho is doing experiments, testing options.I hope he never repeats this 4-3-3 formation. I really like 4-3-3 better (for our team) but not with those guys and some of them in the wrong position...

thank God for all of that Oscar out of position and harmless, Lamps completely out of shape, and I already said everything I had to say about Kukaku. My prediction is still possible 3x2 Chelsea

Well the day Lukaku proves me with 3-4 matches that he can play big teams, then I'll change my opinion. That ball van Ginkel passed him, Torres and Ba both would have made much better, at least reaching the ball That finishing that the ball went to the Caribbean could have been better and one of the few deep balls someone gave to him he has been pathetic (it was a brilliant pass, by Lamps or Oscar, couldn't say and there was no replay). So yeah, sorry if I don't rate the guy right now. I'd rather play Mata, Schurrle, Moses rather than Lukaku anywhere - at least tonight, but I don't think he's anywhere ready to be what we need in big matches. Against the likes of Hull City, he might score like against the Asian teams, but bring two fading Italian and Spanish force, he just doesn't capitalize. No thanks And if we disagree, it's fine... let's agree we have different opinion

but the chances he had he's been shit. so yeah, off please.

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I only meant the jinxing aspect

I hate those long passes frm defence to attack... I HATE! I hoped we were going to get rid of them

I'm a firmer jinx believer, so yeah, I would never say Cris can't take FK because well, I'm a jinx believer

well for everyone who said Cris couldn't take free kicks... I knew that was coming the moment I've seen the comments here...

lol Iker... then nobody knows why Diego was the titular under Mourinho Lukaku... no comments... edit: and the Lukaku comment was before that ridiculous finishing...

except this referee is Croatian...

that was a pen

and then some clueless guy tell me on D. Luiz thread that he was never and neither will ever be Sergio Ramos THANKS GOD FOR THAT!

RAMIRES!!!!!

well I did complain about the fucking lineup the moment it came It should have been Ramirez van ginkel Oscar Andre Hazard Lukaku (if you must)

pathetic defensive job by Cahill. This is a mess.

it took them long enough...