Fernando 6,723 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I rather play against Barcelona then PSG. But I think we can beat PSG regardless. We are the dark horse of the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcs most wanted 657 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 9 hours ago, Fernando said: I rather play against Barcelona then PSG. But I think we can beat PSG regardless. We are the dark horse of the tournament. Oh come on, We are no dark horses, we are a champions league contender as much as any other team. We are the champions of England, we probably have a better squad now than we had in 2012 final. What's the matter with all the writing down Chelsea's chances. At their current form only PSG and Man City might be better than us. But we shouldn't fear none of them, we have one of the best attacking duos of the world, and an amazing defense. What else would it take for Chelsea to be actually taken as some serious contenders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 On 9/15/2017 at 5:27 AM, OhForAGreavsie said: A perfectly rational point of view. Problem is, being a football supporter challenges rationality. As Chelsea fans, we are capable of understanding that the six teams you list, plus a few others probably, are better than we are. Are we equally capable however of being indifferent about whether Chelsea win or lose? Can we really get to a place where we don't care? I don't think so, but even if we could, how could we avoid at least hoping that our team will win every time it plays? There was nothing rational about that point. When you're in it, you have a chance - that's rational. He listed Atletico Madrid, who have never won the competition, as one of 6 who can realistically win it. Rational? Don't think so. They didn't even make it out of the group stage, so in retrospect he could have listed Basel and that would have been more realistic. PSG have also never won it, but I get it, they're rich and they keep pumping money until they do. Lastly, Chelsea have no chance? 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 1 hour ago, cfcs most wanted said: Oh come on, We are no dark horses, we are a champions league contender as much as any other team. We are the champions of England, we probably have a better squad now than we had in 2012 final. What's the matter with all the writing down Chelsea's chances. At their current form only PSG and Man City might be better than us. But we shouldn't fear none of them, we have one of the best attacking duos of the world, and an amazing defense. What else would it take for Chelsea to be actually taken as some serious contenders? Does it really matter if we are the dark horses or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blusan Alamb 295 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blusan Alamb 295 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Chelsea FC v FC Barcelona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 So close to getting Besiktas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Better than against PSG, worse than against Besiktas. However, we have our chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blusan Alamb 295 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcs most wanted 657 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Not bad I should say, perfect chance to show the world we are not to be taken lightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinAshburner 1,270 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 The only way Chelsea can beat Barcelona with our current squad is if Barcelona players all pickup hamstrings and injuries during la liga until we play them. MrExcalibur100 and laura90 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tautvix 1,321 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 We always step up against Barca. We could lose ofc but I don't think we will lose without giving a real go. Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuvala 2,167 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Think we'll really give them a fight. Lets see how good our form is come February.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Hope we'll play against them like we did against Atletico in the first leg. We need Hazard and Morata to be 100% up for this tie. yuvala 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 If we're in good form in February then we have a shot. Sucks how it was 50/50 Besiktas or Barcelona and we got Barca though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgiannutt 3,201 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 2 key points will decide how we do against them. 1 How well we handle their attack, primarily how do we handle Messi. and 2 how do we handle their heavy press. If we're able to escape their press and can get Hazard running at them we should be able to cause them problems. In order to beat them we're gonna have to be at our best though. Morata would have to bury any chance he gets, Hazard is gonna have to run at them like a madman and defensively we're gonna have to be near perfection to stop them from scoring. Won't be easy but i'm quite pumped for this tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, Cosmin said: Hope we'll play against them like we did against Atletico in the first leg. We need Hazard and Morata to be 100% up for this tie. Not to be negative or anything but there's no way that's going to happen. Barcelona and Altetico are nothing alike. As I'm sure you know, Barcelona are great at dominating the ball. laura90 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Realistically speaking I give us like a 30% chance of winning the tie max. I'm expecting a lot of blind optimism posts akin to what I saw about our transfer window last summer. Unfortunately such posts have little to do with reality. laura90 and Johnnyeye 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,598 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 WTF Blusan Alamb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcs most wanted 657 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 If we manage to get a wing back and possibly a midfielder we are good to go. There are always gonna be some problems with the team, but we have to work it with the squad we have got. We have a good squad now, a few changes and we are ready to fight against the top teams. It happens every season that, us, Tha fans have some problems with the squad and transfers, but we really need to stop this negativity, this is the same squad that won the EPL last year. Is the players show some real fight, they can beat any team of this world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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