Closed Man United 0-0 Chelsea

[Peppen 934]

Mind you words!

Whatevs.

[Laylabelle 9,360]

Nice for once in us vs Man U that the result is the talking point and not the ref

[didierforever 7,349]

Not at all. Chelsea in the first half of the game is something I want to see. It´s simple as that. Jose can win with firepower too. Chelsea do have the capacity to do it.

we could have, but then united would have countered (like the last move of the match), and we simply dont have a defence that is pacy enough to deal with it. it would have been something of the fa cup OT game, or even worse something like last year's SB game.

jose could have fought fire with fire and ended up getting burned instead he got a point. plus united face pool at anfield, and city at etihad still unsure of themselves. imagine if they had got a win last night. if we have to curb/sacrifice our attacking prowess for one match for a much greater good, i ll accept it within a hearbeat.

[Clevemayer 764]

Don't know whats the problem jose had a good plan could see it from his point he tried to move the technical gifted players and let them exchange positions but they didn't quite do that.

We were settled with a point and had 4 Midfielders 22 or younger... so ffs?

[Clevemayer 764]

dp

[bushman 2,043]

we could have, but then united would have countered (like the last move of the match), and we simply dont have a defence that is pacy enough to deal with it. it would have been something of the fa cup OT game, or even worse something like last year's SB game.

jose could have fought fire with fire and ended up getting burned instead he got a point. plus united face pool at anfield, and city at etihad still unsure of themselves. imagine if they had got a win last night. if we have to curb/sacrifice our attacking prowess for one match for a much greater good, i ll accept it within a hearbeat.

We could have, would have..if... just does not sit with me. It´s hypothetical assumptions, only. If Chelsea had attacked & scored one or two, what would you have posted here, then ?

[calculatingInfinity 1,445]

Ramires and Lampard in the midfield will never work properly for Chelsea, none of them brilliant passers of the ball and both of them have a tendency to get up real high on the pitch, leaving the defense completely exposed, which thankfully went unpunished yesterday. That's not to say both players don't have very useful qualities of course, but they simply don't work together like that.

Schurrle was obviously a failed experiment, very sad not to see Lukaku get some time as it was obviously something the team needed. Often would Kevin De Bruyne or Hazard be through on the wings but simply have no possibility than to attempt to cut in and shoot, which was way too easy to read for the big United defenders. Please Mou, let us see Lukaku from start.

Can't be unhappy with the point or that we went for that, but it just feels like all 3 points could have been taken.

[jonaaibosk 191]

There were votes for Oscar, Lampard, Mikel and fucking Torres as well. So ... what now ?

Not when I posted there wasn't. I'd agree folk voting for Mikel, Lampard and Torres are equally silly. Oscar I don't have a problem with as he actually tried to make attacking moves and even kept dropping deeper to do Lampard's job for him.

Good to see that you're using the fact that other players played badly to defend KDB though. Absolute fanboy

[Badboy 1,526]

Hazard really pissed me off in this game. He's was the only dribbler in the whole side and the onus is on him to take the ball on and to commit their players ! He didn't do that at all and I think its down to him choosing not to. We can't go a whole season with a team full of static playmakers that don't want to run at players unless they arrived from the championship last month.

[Stingray 9,441]

Good to see that you're using the fact that other players played badly to defend KDB though. Absolute fanboy

Wut? I just thought your argument wasn't valid that's all. Hell Torres had two votes ... So i did not do any such thing. Why the attitude?

Edit: and if I am such a fanboy, why isn't my vote there then? Tell me that while you are at it. Fucking hell.

[didierforever 7,349]

We could have, would have..if... just does not sit with me. It´s hypothetical assumptions, only. If Chelsea had attacked & scored one or two, what would you have posted here, then ?

united vs chelsea 3-1

chelsea vs united 3-3

chelsea vs united 2-3

chelsea vs united (coc) 5-4

united vs chelsea (fa cup) 2-2

the no. of goals we had conceded against united in the past 2 years left little to the imagination as to how our defenders would have dealt with their counter. we would have out-scored them, who knows, but jose dint want to take that risk. and as i said before, it was the right decision.

[TrippingStep 336]

Hazard really pissed me off in this game. He's was the only dribbler in the whole side and the onus is on him to take the ball on and to commit their players ! He didn't do that at all and I think its down to him choosing not to. We can't go a whole season with a team full of static playmakers that don't want to run at players unless they arrived from the championship last month.

Well, they seemed lost, not knowing what to do.

[bushman 2,043]

united vs chelsea 3-1

chelsea vs united 3-3

chelsea vs united 2-3

chelsea vs united (coc) 5-4

united vs chelsea (fa cup) 2-2

the no. of goals we had conceded against united in the past 2 years left little to the imagination as to how our defenders would have dealt with their counter. we would have out-scored them, who knows, but jose dint want to take that risk. and as i said before, it was the right decision.

Well, you are happy with 0:0. I prefer 2-3 goals instead. Of course in manure´s net.

[TrippingStep 336]

Even on corners, set-pieces, I prefered what Benitez was doing.

With the spacing, combination of runs to disturb the opponents.

[bababoom 4,478]

Even on corners, set-pieces, I prefered what Benitez was doing.

With the spacing, combination of runs to disturb the opponents.

Chelsea 0 - 0 Man City

Chelsea 0 - 0 Fulham

West Ham 3 - 1 Chelsea

That was Benitez's first three games as Chelsea manager, who would of thought he'll get us top four? not me. Rafa had more than three games to get his ideas across, and so will Mourinho... be patient for gods sack and try not to judge him after three fucking games.

And lets not forget we got a point at old trafford, looking at some of these responses you would of thought we got thrashed...

[didierforever 7,349]

Well, you are happy with 0:0. I prefer 2-3 goals instead. Of course in manure´s net.

u will get that on 18th jan 2014.

[Goemaere 131]

Chelsea 0 - 0 Man City

Chelsea 0 - 0 Fulham

West Ham 3 - 1 Chelsea

That was Benitez's first three games as Chelsea manager, who would of thought he'll get us top four? not me. Rafa had more than three games to get his ideas across, and so will Mourinho... be patient for gods sack and try not to judge him after three fucking games.

And lets not forget we got a point at old trafford, looking at some of these responses you would of thought we got thrashed...

Mou had 5, could do what ever he wanted in pre season.

[TrippingStep 336]

Chelsea 0 - 0 Man City

Chelsea 0 - 0 Fulham

West Ham 3 - 1 Chelsea

That was Benitez's first three games as Chelsea manager, who thought he would get us into top four after the west ham match? not me. Rafa had time to get his ideas across... it's only been three games FFS.

He had no pre-season, the squad very thin, and players that were tired and playing every three days.

And It's not like we don't know how Mourinho's team usually play.

In the pre-season and first three matches, it had all the general trademarks of Mourinho.

Even his Real Madrid team against Manchester were boring, unimaginative while Real was a much better team and should have easily dispatched them.