Chelsea 0-1 Man United

[Tomo 21,751]

Why does Rooney get away with celebrating infront of us.

Adebayor got banned for doing it to Arsenal fans.

why wont Wayne?

[chrismada9 1,948]

Why does Rooney get away with celebrating infront of us.

Adebayor got banned for doing it to Arsenal fans.

why wont Wayne?

Because it's Manchester United, they get away with everything!

[Term-X 7,891]

[chrismada9 1,948]

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

Wise words

Lampard: Don't get mad, get even.

[Kojo 4,676]

Thank god i got my laptop charger today, i've been posting on my iphone that's why i have made spelling mistakes and shitty grammar, so excuse me for anyone who saw it. However ill now post properly, Man United definitely have the advantage, they beat us at home. As for me probably being the most unfaithless person on this site, yes i do believe we will lose at Old Trafford. I think in last nights match Ancelotti was very weak, not once did we even try to expose them, we got to have faith in our wingers, or get a decent winger in the summer. If we attacked from the wings much more we could of done miles more damage than we did. Unfortunately our central midfield was horrible, Lampard's pass completion wasn't at it's best, Essien way to sloppy and even more dangerous than Mikel used to be before he was benched.

I don't think Ancelotti can be that stupid so i think with him putting Mikel on was only a move saying lets not concede anymore and rebuild next match, this is over. However put to much faith into Torres, Barcelona have brilliant long range tactics outside the box when there in need, it's clearly obvious they practice how to knock it in top corners, they do it all the time they are in need, such as when Iniesta got one against us when we drew 1-1. Torres in my opinion is one of the best in the world for outside shots with corners, he's hit so many and still can, he just has no confidence at all. Sure we need to set him up much more than him setting himself up, that needs to be sorted out right now or in the summer. Right now i think we can only beg to stay in the top 4 till the end of the season, that should be our objective. Though lets be honest Man United were the better team, they wernt dominating at all, infact they weren't a difficult side at all, we just wern't prepared, okay maybe Ancelotti didn't expect for Lampard and Essien to play bad, but Ramires should of been shifted and Kalou on, Ramires into the middle, taking Essien off. Lampard was at least more effective and less dangerous. Bosingwa like we all said a total threat to us and letting Giggs go past like that scar'd Chelsea's hopes of ever advanding to the Semi finals.

We were bad and Ancelotti was very poor, he failed to see the errors in the first half for me, maybe he put faith in his half time speech and thought they'd go out and play well, but i don't know. Rotation was badly needed in that match, real badly. Fair enough we were unlucky, but Chelsea shouldn't be hanging on to chances like that, we should of had that creativity to just crack a goal in or two. We played against a weak United side, we actually made Michael Carrick look good... then again the way we've been playing this season i doubt we could get higher if we scraped this Man United win, which i even doubt anyway. But English teams have been poor to begin with, you really think United can beat the likes of Barcelona?, course not, Barca are probs wondering how the hell they are even first. They could expose them easily.

Big shame, but we lost at the end of the day, and we should of done better, the team and Ancelotti. Nevermind though, have to move on.

[Steve 10,227]

[Term-X 7,891]

Welcome to Chelsea Ramires.

Don't worry, you'll soon get used to this happening in europe.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Cheers , I see potential avatars there

[eldo 868]

Lmao.

They are Man utd..They do what they want.

[HRiver 1,512]

Foursome.

[MikeCFC 45]

My thoughts on Wednesday night

Carlo's team selection/starting line up-wrong.Should of gone with Anelka and benched Torres,brought Anelka and Malouda on too late anyway.

Overall performance?.Average.Drogba huffed and puffed but with no end product and no assistance,let Man U run midfield for some spells in the game.Bosingwa's crossing/distribution was woeful-he is beginning to frustrate me to breaking point.

Should of had penalty but as Rio said on ITV "it's swings and roundabouts" even though there was an "assistant official" behind the goal line.but we should not make that an excuse of an abject performance and poor,flat tactics from Carlo.

Watching Torres was painful,it's as if he's trying too hard to score.Drogba would of buried that header or that shot before half time that Lampard frantically tried to tap in the rebound.Torres's confidence is very much below par,not welcoming news for Tuesday,must be dropped from starting line up.

Man U were nothing special but took advantage of the space we allowed them and that spelt trouble.

Can we turn it around on Tuesday?.Of course we can.This tie is by no means over yet but we must play the right team.

Rumour has it Alex is back training,Rio only trained for a day,when he was meant to be out for the rest of the season!.If Alex is fit he MUST play on Tuesday,regardless of match practice with Ivanovic being moved to RB.I would like to see Benayoun play some part on Tuesday,even if started on the bench.He will give us an extra option if we are still chasing a goal.

We can still win this tie,it will be tough but with the right attitude,the right discipline and the RIGHT team we WILL win on Tuesday.Have faith!

[spuz 143]

Evra said he got the ball.

[HRiver 1,512]

Should of gone with Anelka and benched Torres,brought Anelka and Malouda on too late anyway.

Totally disagree. Malouda has been Chelsea's worst player this season, can't beat any of his opponents in one versus one situations, which is what a winger should do, nor can he produce a great assist or a cross. As for Anelka, he's way too slow. Not a big game player and hasn't got the qualities to break United's defence.

Torres showed his great skills and technique against United on Wednesday, and his header almost went in. Therefore it would be utterly pointless if he's dropped from the line-up. It's obvious that Carlo likes him and rightly so - he's our best striker and he should no doubt start against a team like Man U, and in a big game like this.

[Kieran. 6,317]

We need to start Torres as the lone striker against Wigan. It'll be his best chance to score so far.

I still believe we can win this tie.