Cosmin 2,484 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Even in the "Mourinho season" I had hopes about making it big in the UCL. Now, I just cannot feel it at all. There's no confidence around the team. We are mid-February and still have no clear starting 11, specially because of the injuries. Barca, on the other hand, are having their best season in years. Can't beat them with their rejects. 0-3 is my prediction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,511 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 57 minutes ago, nachikethas said: Honestly, I am not confident about this match unlike our last meeting with Barca at the bridge, though we were in a deeper mess at that time. We had so many experienced players back in those time. But I hope we can grind some results. this match up was bound to happen again sooner or later, its been long overdue, our previous meetings with Barca were nothing short of epic, damn i miss those days, time flies so fast. Regarding Tuesday's game, i feel we have a good chance against them, need to start on the right foot, we wont see too much of the ball, but thats's why we need to be at our absolute focused best, try to soak any kind of pressure, try to force them in to any mistakes and hit them on the break with devastating effect. We can do this, we have the players for it, we just need to have that winning mentality that got us trough many tough teams in the past. Barca hates playing vs us as much as we hate playing vs them, we are their kriptonite, so lets believe in this team and give it a good go for old times sake. KTBFFH and goodluck to the lads, lets hope for a great night at the Bridge. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I think some people here haven't watched barca play for a while and I watched them against Eibar last week and against Madrid in el classico. They are no longer the old Barcelona team who will boss the game the way City does to team. They don't press up high, they even tend to sit deep. I am talking about against eibar here. They are not a possession based team at all, they looks very weird almost dysfunctional a times. With the ball they can still look pretty good because when you have Messi and Suarez as your front 2 you will always has a chance. Without the ball, suarez and especially Messi barely run at all. They defend with 8 player sitting deep and then launch counter attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,516 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 6 minutes ago, Strike said: Man I miss Ronaldinho, he was a joy to watch every time. Cracking game that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,511 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 14 minutes ago, Strike said: that Ronaldinho goal, what technique, what a player back then, great game it was, a thriller over 2 legs, great memories. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio8 736 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 On 17/2/2018 at 3:48 PM, Supermonkey92 said: Why no Giroud? Or is this your prediction of what Conte will choose rather than your choice? my choice morata is a champions' "animal" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio8 736 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Cosmin said: Even in the "Mourinho season" I had hopes about making it big in the UCL. Now, I just cannot feel it at all. There's no confidence around the team. We are mid-February and still have no clear starting 11, specially because of the injuries. Barca, on the other hand, are having their best season in years. Can't beat them with their rejects. 0-3 is my prediction. probably barcelona will pass. but not easily that's for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El P. 1,354 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Courtois - Azpilicueta, Christensen, Cahill - Moses, Drinkwater, Kante, Alonso - Willian, Giroud, Hazard. That's the line up we will see tomorrow, only thing different could be Fabregas instead of Willian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 339 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I really don't care losing 0-1 on both matches. I just don't want it be a tie for them to remember (like Barca-Bayern\Arsenal). It also means Messi can't score. It would be nice though to see some sort of attacking threat from us during those 180 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonDavis23 371 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Think we'll be brave and lose 3-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Strike 7,516 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 3 hours ago, El P. said: Courtois - Azpilicueta, Christensen, Cahill - Moses, Drinkwater, Kante, Alonso - Willian, Giroud, Hazard. That's the line up we will see tomorrow, only thing different could be Fabregas instead of Willian. Pedro was taken off early in the second half on Friday. Possibly saving him for Barca? Also, I am certain Morata will start. He is our best striker and the effort he puts in by running the channels and closing down defenders will be needed vs Barca Giroud will be an excellent foil to bring on in the latter stages if the game is on the edge or if Chelsea has to go for goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,977 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I just keep repeating in my head "please don't get embarrassed, please don't get embarrassed." Losing to one of the 2-3 best sides in Europe in a hard fought, narrow defeat would be sad in the moment but not unexpected. If we just get hammered, let them have 80% of the ball, play like cowards who are scared of the occasion, and lose by 3-4 goals at home it'll be depressing and that same feeling of Chelsea being in crisis is back. And then we have United, City, and our kryptonite Crystal Palace all in a row. Things could look pretty fucking grim in a couple weeks time depending on results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 How times have changed since we last played them at the Bridge. Except for Cahill, all of these guys are gone. I get the chills seeing Cech, Terry, Lampard, Cole and Drogs. Maybe that team wasn't better than the current one, in terms of quality, but its spirit and personality was levels above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Doonican 4,186 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Tiemoue Bakayoko didn't train today. Every cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Hazard! 3,394 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Jason said: At this point I'm very confused about who's actually fit and who's not. I thought Barkley was out for weeks or months and yet here he's training normally. Morata was supposed to be out for quite a while, possibly the whole season, and then suddenly he played in the next game. Luiz has been suffering from mystery injury, or "injury", and now after terrible performances, Bakayoko seems to be having the same problem. Is this all just mind games or Conte's way of dealing with non-performing players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Anyone else want to see Giroud start over Morata? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,067 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I think some people here haven't watched barca play for a while and I watched them against Eibar last week and against Madrid in el classico. They are no longer the old Barcelona team who will boss the game the way City does to team. They don't press up high, they even tend to sit deep. I am talking about against eibar here. They are not a possession based team at all, they looks very weird almost dysfunctional a times. With the ball they can still look pretty good because when you have Messi and Suarez as your front 2 you will always has a chance. Without the ball, suarez and especially Messi barely run at all. They defend with 8 player sitting deep and then launch counter attack. They didn't need to exert themselves over the weekend. I agree with the fact they are a completely different beast now and aren't anywhere near as attacking as they once were. The first goal tomorrow will be a deciding factor in the tie. Barca haven't been behind in many games this season, so it will be interesting to see how they fair should we take the lead. Anyone else want to see Giroud start over Morata? I do. We all know Barcelona struggle against physical teams, so he is the ideal choice in that regard. Morata is more suited to the away leg where we are hopefully still in with a shout and looking to hit them on the counter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 26 minutes ago, LAM09 said: They didn't need to exert themselves over the weekend. I agree with the fact they are a completely different beast now and aren't anywhere near as attacking as they once were. The first goal tomorrow will be a deciding factor in the tie. Barca haven't been behind in many games this season, so it will be interesting to see how they fair should we take the lead. I do. We all know Barcelona struggle against physical teams, so he is the ideal choice in that regard. Morata is more suited to the away leg where we are hopefully still in with a shout and looking to hit them on the counter. Yea, they are a completely different team. I was shocked when I watched el clasico. I am not that confident against barca because we are not really in great form right now. Yes winning against wba is great but wba is at the very bottom of epl and hull is simply not at our level. We can definitely lose the game but I will be surprised if we got destroyed. They are simply just not that kind of team anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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