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[ZOS 580]

flops of the night

Ramires: the fuck happened to this guy? never mind making a vertical pass for once, but if he can't finish like he use to or cross the fucking ball why is he on the pitch,.. my oh my, and that cross, wtf

Mikel: Slow as a mummy, no surprises there ... what in hell does every chelsea manager see in this dude? I've no idea

Jose: Rami/Mikel, r u fucking kidding me?... and wtf does he mean by 19th century football? his first mould chelsea used to do it all the fucking time, hypocrisy at its best... didn't expect him to say such a thing, really shameful

well, I guess this was just one of those nights... really couldn't ask more from our AMs and defenders, Eto'o was just being his current mediocre self.. ktbffh

[Special Juan 28,141]

Just one of those nights, not much can be done apart from focus on City and get at them.

It's not toys out of the pram yet.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Last 2 games we made 58 shots, 14 on target, scored 1 goal. Out of those shots 24% were on target, and out of those on target only 7% was converted. To top it off, that one goal was a free-kick. Pretty much tells the whole story.

Jose must be suffering. I don't think he has ever managed a team with horrible finishing like ours.

This must be a first timer for him

[bushman 2,043]

Whether Jose is suffering today I do not know. One thing I know, he repeated several times Citeh is the PL winner in this season.

If that´s the way he looks at, then we all should be happy with 2nd or 3rd place.

However, to drop points against the bottom team like West Ham is not my cup of tea.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Whats your problem with this .?????

The fact the member you targeted has a problem with it is my concern. As well as calling someone 'stupid'... exemplary behaviour right there. No more of it, please.

[zolayes 14,489]

The fact the member you targeted has a problem with it is my concern. As well as calling someone 'stupid'... exemplary behaviour right there. No more of it, please.

Vancouver Canucks are a well known hockey team .. I seem to recall you calling a member a prick for agreeing with Terminator once..That member didnt appreciate that either

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Vancouver Canucks are a well known hockey team .. I seem to recall you calling a member a prick for agreeing with Terminator once..That member didnt appreciate that either

That was a long time ago. I've grown up since then, would have hoped for you to have done the same.

As I said, no more of it please. Just because you've been around here for a long time doesn't mean you're above the rules.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Last 2 games we made 58 shots, 14 on target, scored 1 goal. Out of those shots 24% were on target, and out of those on target only 7% was converted. To top it off, that one goal was a free-kick. Pretty much tells the whole story.

Exactly. We have to look at the finishing of our front 4.

[bushman 2,043]

Exactly. We have to look at the finishing of our front 4.

Excuse me 19 but what front four ? Sorry but I had not seen much of finishing last night though.

[Jase 43,479]

Last 2 games we made 58 shots, 14 on target, scored 1 goal. Out of those shots 24% were on target, and out of those on target only 7% was converted. To top it off, that one goal was a free-kick. Pretty much tells the whole story.

Worse of all is that not many of those shots were clear cut chances. Mostly were shots from distance.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

I think we have to commend westham defending. Fantastic blocks and bodies on the line stuff.

[The_Flash 1,144]

It's such a shame win "hard" games and draw or lose "easy" ones. I really thought we would win yesterday. I couldn't believe we couldn't get one goal

We need a striker

[TrippingStep 336]

It's such a shame win "hard" games and draw or lose "easy" ones. I really thought we would win yesterday. I couldn't believe we couldn't get one goal

We need a striker

I'm not sure it was only a striker.

I didn't see the game but the line-up was quite negative, far more negative than the one against Stoke. Like we would rest the players playing deep and letting our front 4 do the work and reading stuff about our first half was a bit like that until we pushed with more people.

It was a bit like that against Hull when the front 4 had to do all the work between themself and had difficulties to break them.

Looking at our line up, the fullbacks were chosen because of their ability in duels and Ramires Mikel are not good against team defending deep, Mikel is too slow and safe and Ramires is not a great passer and recycling the ball fast.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Ivanovic coming back into the team suddenly we are strugglin in front of goal coincidence?? I think not. By the way I miss torres already, etoo is just too old to be playin every game

[Parky 739]

This draw was due to Mourinho's error in the selection of XI. You don't start Mikel and Ramiers at home to a bottom 3 team like West Ham especially with our recent winning form. He went for the safe win which is typical Jose. We needed to take the game to them with an aggressive attack minded XI which should have had Lampard and Matic. The game also showed that Jose needs to bring in a prolific striker & target man in the mould of Drogba and atm the only person that can do this is Cavani. Another mistake by Jose is not playing Cole as starting LB as he is still one of the best all round LB's in the world. The starting back four should be Cole-Terry-Cahill-lvan with Azpilicueta rotating for the LB/RB positions.

This draw could have cost us the title. The team needs to go all out now with a nothing to lose attitude, no point playing safe anymore Jose.

[Shane 2,275]

Ivanovic coming back into the team suddenly we are strugglin in front of goal coincidence?? I think not. By the way I miss torres already, etoo is just too old to be playin every game

If Torres was on the pitch we probably would have lost 2-0.

[Milan 17,958]

Allardyce was really enjoying it. I hope you will enjoy the relegation party as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p79lkXN4Daw

[didierforever 7,349]

it was just one of those nights. i mean how often do u see lamps missing a sitter from inside the box. plus whu defended valiantly. bodies on the line stuff. on the other hand jose missed a trick here. lamps should have been a must for this match. the man city game on monday did play its part in the team selection. the movement of our front 4 is hopelessly 1-D.

inspite of having 73% of possession, we were caught offside only twice. one of them was iva if i remember correctly. just goes on to show the movement of etoo which is absolutely shit. nothing is done behind the defences inspite of having numbers.

also the set-pieces. FUCK-MAX!!! 13 corners and we cant score a goal inspite of having JT, GC, and iva at the same time. i mean how hopelessly shit are willian's corners. i mean put a fucking decent ball in the box instead of repeatedly hitting andy fucking carrol on the near post. the ones that dont hit the first man are lobbed at the edge of the fucking box. poor very poor.

as for our general crossing of the ball, iva, rambo, azpi - simply pathetic.

cech - good game. made a great save in th 1st half. in hind-sight i hope that had gone in. atleast would have been a wake up call for us. 8/10

iva - inspite of having 5 yards of space, his cross somehow always finds the LB. not an easy thing to do at all. the worse was to see him play on the left and try and cross with his left. poor decisions from jose. 5/10

GC - had a poor match. got on the wrong side trying to nip the ball back a couple of times. let stewart fucking downing go past him. but given how good he has been recently, lets call it a one-off. 6/10

JT - was a rock. tried his best towards the end to get involve in the attack, made a couple of good runs only for our mid to suck the ball and simply make those unwanted passes between themselves. 8/10

azpi - no link-up play with EH. does not have a left foot so more often than not ends up passing back to JT or square to mikel. cant cross (not that AC can). all in all cant see what he is doin on the left and iva is doin on the right. 6/10

mikel - SLOW. dont get me wrong, he had a good game. made a couple of good long passes but his overall slowness and uncreativity simply screws up the momentum. was not a match for him. but no doubt that he should be starting against city. 7/10

rambo - what the fuck has happened to him. when he was playing as a right wing back, all he had to do at one point off EHs flick was to drive the ball low into the box, instead he did what he does. very poor performance, and one that u dont expect of rambo. but the only good thing is that he always comes back stronger and god knows we need him against city. 6/10

oscar - not at all impressive. his overall play does give his stability and all but at what cost. whu dint even try to play, forget about playing in theit own half and oscar's pressing coming to use. he was simply nullified thru out the game. u know everything is not hunky-dory when u r taking shots from 35 yards out or your best chance of scoring is from a moment of magic rather than proper play. would not be suprised if he is dropped for city. 6/10

willian - tried and tried and then tried somemore. but simply could not find that final ball. i remember him putting a lobbed ball to etoo twice but only for adrian to come and collect it cos he was so late in making that run. he can have all the ball he wants but with no movement upfront, its simply useless. 7/10

EH - looked like our best bet for scoring. on days like these he should simply adopt a CR attitude, say "fuck u all" and take shots. would be interesting to see him against city. hope he turns up as well. 8/10

etoo - cant even start to write all that he did wrong. nonetheless, his link up will be useful against city. hope he plays as a ST rather than an AM. 5/10

subs -

lamps - should have started. should have scored too. by his standards, missed some sitters. just one of those nights. 7/10

matic - very very poor. what was wrong with his first touch. how nervous was he? very disappointing outing. 5/10

BA - did what a ST should. stayed in the box, a flick here, a run there. i dont know why jose is giving him the cold shoulder. 7/10

jose- messed up today. well no one is perfect (he comes close to that though). no doubt he will bounce back.

[Peppen 934]

Everything has been said already, but I really think people are overreacting. YES, the result was bad, and we need to improve our finishing. But the mere fact that people are so disappointed shows that we are up for the title this season, which is amazing. Jose has turned us into contenders in such short time. Amazing, really.

These odd results WILL happen once in a while with a team like ours. We have no striker to rely on to score the lucky tap in, but that ability to clinically convert our chances will slowly, but surely come. I feel rather confident about the City game, have a feeling the players will be right up there.

And lastly, JayC is a complete and utter moron. I know it's not nice to wish for someone banned, but he is the epitome of United supporters. A cheeky, pathetic and stubborn cunt. Sorry.

[Fulham Broadway 17,319]

19th Century Football....Andy Caroll in the hat

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