Mustafa 885 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Their better than us.. Lets be real with ourselves here ! But goddamn their a bunch of cheap twats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 If anything, this game just showed us our problems from last season are still present and not 'cured' like how some people have been making it out since Mourinho returned. We still got defensive deficiencies, as illustrated mainly for the 3rd goal (shocking, abject, abysmal defending!!!), lacking that bite in midfield and no top quality striker upfront that would make a huge difference for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Team needed real quality added in the summer after the debacle of finishing poorly once again in the league. However we went and added bit and part players. Schurrle, De Bruyne, Lukaku etc are good but don't really make us that much better. Our competitors are all adding elite talent meanwhile. Arsenal will get Suarez. United will probably get Fabregas. Madrid will get Bale. Barcelona got Neymar. Just very poor on the part of the board. Now they'll add Rooney to sell shirts since that's their main focus. facepalm and a half lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane 2,275 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 No injuries so I'm fine. I don't get why people are going crazy for Van Ginkel's performance. He made a couple of great tackles but especially in the second half, Madrid's midfielders were left completely alone in the box on a few occasions which is usually where the DM should be. I don't know who was responsible for picking up those men but I do know that if that were Mikel instead of MVG, many people would be blaming him for not picking up the trailing man. I think that only really occurred when Van Ginkel actually went off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom2013 446 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Real Madrid has a great team, and right now we don't have Mata, Luiz, we played with Lampard who is really in bad conditions, and we don't have Rooney yet. We are right now constructing the team it's normal that we can't beat or compete with a squad like Madrid.But with some work we can win the League... I think.We are right now in a level behind Barcelona, Madrid and Bayern. I don't think we are worst than Man United, Juventus or Dortmund.Let's see what we can do. Inter Milan when they won the Champions, they played in the group stage with Barcelona and were a lot worst than Barcelona. 3 months later Inter smashed Barcelona in San Siro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 And this, my friends, is exactly what we should expect to happen in nearly every match against the big boys if we sell Luiz. Cahill might be a good fourth choice CB and a useful player to have in the squad but he simply put it isn't good enough to handle the likes of Ronaldo and other skillful forwards. Terry is not the same as he once was and Ivanovic will play a decent amount of games at RB so do some of the people saying we should sell DL to Barca really think Cahill is up to the task of being the club's first choice CB? As for the game itself, I don't mind the result too much. It's clear that Real Madrid deployed their best XI and we certainly did not so the scoreline could have been even worse. At least the lads got a decent workout in chasing Ronaldo all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 1- With the current squad we do need another CB, but it seems some people think we should sell Luiz. Crazy.2- Mourinho still has a lot to do, I still cant see what kind of football he wants,, or what of formation and players he has in mind.3- a game like this is good to realize the weak points of players like De Bruyne and van Ginkel.4- I have a feelling that Mourinho loves Ramire's game, and he will be a key figure under Mourinho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moros 86 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Team needed real quality added in the summer after the debacle of finishing poorly once again in the league. However we went and added bit and part players. Schurrle, De Bruyne, Lukaku etc are good but don't really make us that much better. Our competitors are all adding elite talent meanwhile. Arsenal will get Suarez. United will probably get Fabregas. Madrid will get Bale. Barcelona got Neymar. Just very poor on the part of the board. Now they'll add Rooney to sell shirts since that's their main focus. Overreaction much? Unless buying Ronaldo or Messi, we cannot get to the level of Madrid in one season.Sure we couldn't cope with Ronaldo but only really when our best defensive set up was no longer playing. Also it's pre-season. We will still be growing as a team and many of our players will be growing individually as well. Quality wise we can win the BPL titel this year, the CL is likely out of our hands this season. Sure. But not for that long. Or do you want to do a Man city summer? It's not like it helped them achieve much succes in Europe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 3 penalty claims and none given. take a bow, ref.The referees in this competition have been absolutely appalling, not just in this game but also in the previous 2 matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman2610 1,417 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 For me when watching the game when lamps or ramires(cm) MVG or KDB had the ball in midfield our attacking players were hiding behind the player marking them and not showing... we can't expect the mids to transition from defense to attack with no options presented... I honestly believe we are more than fine for the BPL with a combative two cm of MVG and ramires.. and lukaku is great and all but i see him as impact sub role a lot like moses.. cause torres had same service in second half and gave madrid more trouble.. but we can chalk that up to experience first time vs a team the quality of Madrid... All in all im very happy with the team we have and can't wait for Hull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justa08 23 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Is anyone else afraid that the current squad won't work out this season?Half of the team are not very consistent and and unreliable except Mata, Cole, Cech, and Hazard.We will do alright but we are definitely not good enough to be a threat to Madrid, Barca, Bayern,...Need a CB and a striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NishC300 1,865 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Super Frank is being interviewed! Amazing to hear Lampard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 No injuries so I'm fine. I don't get why people are going crazy for Van Ginkel's performance. He made a couple of great tackles but especially in the second half, Madrid's midfielders were left completely alone in the box on a few occasions which is usually where the DM should be. I don't know who was responsible for picking up those men but I do know that if that were Mikel instead of MVG, many people would be blaming him for not picking up the trailing man.Real could have scored 4 more goals after they took MVG off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman2610 1,417 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Their better than us.. Lets be real with ourselves here ! But goddamn their a bunch of cheap twats...honestly thats so true. Looks like that win at any cost BS wasn't Jose's at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juankikdc 17 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 MOTM?Mata. Because look how bad we looked attacking without him. It's like there's no ideas as to what to do offensively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchekitchek 37 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 From what I've seen of the game (missed the first half), the main difference is that Chelsea is still a work in progress, with players not quite fit, who are not used to play together yet, while Madrid played in full gear as if it was the mid season, with players who know each others for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NishC300 1,865 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 @TheIndians hereWas Priyanka Chopra singing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Is anyone else afraid that the current squad won't work out this season?Half of the team are not very consistent and and unreliable except Mata, Cole, Cech, and Hazard.We will do alright but we are definitely not good enough to be a threat to Madrid, Barca, Bayern,...Need a CB and a strikerI dont think any objective person is thinking we will do well in Europe this season.This is effectively a rebuilding year. Only reason people think we have a shot in league is because the 2 clubs that finished ahead of us have untested managers in this league(moyes sucks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samzilla 517 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 The referees in this competition have been absolutely appalling, not just in this game but also in the previous 2 matches. That's what we live with in the MLS every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Did people really expect us to get to the level of Mardid & Bayern during one preseason? lmao wtfthis team needs at least one or two seasons to become that good (PL we can win this year though), unreal how people react after a preseason game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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