closed Chelsea 1-0 Man Utd

[quickpassnmove 924]

Mourinho can suck it. Still glad we're rid of him.

[quickpassnmove 924]

We should just bomb out of the CL and buy a new LWB and FWD in January. Go for top 4 again, build in the summer.

[Jase 43,479]

5 hours ago, Leif said:

United did allow us, and it's Atletico's worst season really under Simeone I believe. Both performances are no measure of our quality; the games vs. Roma however, were. 

Get your point but not sure if there's a need to play down the victories over Atletico and United. Given they were both big games, we could have easily played it safe. We could have gone to Atleti - with their impressive home record - and played on the break, played for a point. But no, we dominated them from the outset, even after going behind, and deservedly won. You are right that Atleti are having a poor season by their standards under Simeone but we are the only side to have beaten them so far this campaign. As for United, after what happened in Roma, again, we could have been cautious, we could have played the game within ourselves and hid but no, we went at them from the start, determined to put in a performance and get the win. I mean, how many of us were fearing the worst before the game?

[BlueLyon 9,359]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

Get your point but not sure if there's a need to play down the victories over Atletico and United. Given they were both big games, we could have easily played it safe. We could have gone to Atleti - with their impressive home record - and played on the break, played for a point. But no, we dominated them from the outset, even after going behind, and deservedly won. You are right that Atleti are having a poor season by their standards under Simeone but we are the only side to have beaten them so far this campaign. As for United, after what happened in Roma, again, we could have been cautious, we could have played the game within ourselves and hid but no, we went at them from the start, determined to put in a performance and get the win. I mean, how many of us were fearing the worst before the game?

Plenty will be known when we play Atletico again and United at OT.

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, BlueLyon said:

Plenty will be known when we play Atletico again and United at OT.

I guess. Not confident in this team to produce it on a consistent basis against the top sides, not when this squad is filled with some really average players. For now, will just enjoy any big performance, big win etc against the big sides.

[Jase 43,479]

Watched Sky's post-match analysis last night and really cannot believe Souness and Carragher made excuses for United. Carragher, especially, said United aren't built to play attacking football against the big sides. This about a side who have spent hundreds of millions over the last 3-4 years to rebuild that squad.

[Antonio8 736]

good bye david luiz, diego costa is waiting fot you 

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Also, since when do we win in November??! 

[Special Juan 28,141]

Jose is fucking sick as a chip

[gadget 126]

Morazpi is back!!

Morata is a beast in the air but needs to be more clinical with the ball at his feet.

3-5-2 with hazard and kante fit  is the way to go playing the better teams.. i still think 3-4-3 is the one playing lesser teams who just try to defend and counter.

much needed win + confidence boost before internationals 

[Fulham Broadway 17,313]

Kante is the most important player at CFC - Fabregas had his best game of the season so far yesterday imo.

Lots of good performances all round the team though. I thought azpi, Courtois, Hazard and Morata in particular were excellent also.

Christensen looks promising and if Bakayoko can improve his end product in the final 3rd, he could be a real handful.

[bigbluewillie 1,930]

First did you see the Mourinho post match interview, this is to all?

I'm still stunned by his comments, manure according to him bossed the first 20 minutes ( they did match us but that was about it), there after that manure contained us, manure we're unlucky not to have scored, and should have won.

Same old tnuc never any praise for the oppo, especially if it's Chelsea.

As for our performance glad we had N'golo back made a big differance, and why is it our 2 best performances have been 3-5-2 seems to me why not employ this formation full time.

Finally sorry to Cesc I complained badly about his inclusion, i felt he had been shit so far this season, glad he proved me wrong.

 

[Special Juan 28,141]

I cannot and will not get bored of watching that header. I love goals like that.

[Cosmin 2,484]

21 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

I cannot and will not get bored of watching that header.

Indeed, it was a remarkable goal. A la Cristiano Ronaldo. It's fantastic how high Alvaro was able to jump and he hit the ball so clean. Exceptional header.

[Leif 6,006]

It's uncanny how both Ronaldo & Morata leap like actual, literal salmons. What do they feed them in Madrid? Do they really become what they eat?

[calculatingInfinity 1,472]

6 minutes ago, Leif said:

It's uncanny how both Ronaldo & Morata leap like actual, literal salmons. What do they feed them in Madrid? Do they really become what they eat?

Well it's a mix of being extremely rich allowing them to buy the best players in the world, but certainly also having a fantastic coaching staff there. Ramos is another who both with his jumping ability and no fear, gets on incredibly many headers. But Ronaldo is just another level with the way he jumps, it looks inhuman at times. 

[Tomo 21,751]

On a side note, is this the first time Jose has lost the same big away game two years on the spin? Even at Real he didn't lose two years in a row at the Camp Nou?

Infact is this the first time he has lost the same fixture (in any competition) three times on the spin?

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

1 hour ago, Leif said:

It's uncanny how both Ronaldo & Morata leap like actual, literal salmons. What do they feed them in Madrid? Do they really become what they eat?

You do know Ronaldo was jumping like that in his Man United days right? But yeah they do leap similarly

[Leif 6,006]

Not like a salmon. At United, Ronaldo was more of a feisty sardine IMO.

[quickpassnmove 924]

7 hours ago, Special Juan said:

I cannot and will not get bored of watching that header. I love goals like that.

I wish we could see another Inzaghi this generation.