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Part Moyes, part the squad SAF left him. Naive in the extreme to think yesterday would've ended up any different with SAF at the helm

by the way(as you brought it up) all season carrick has provided cover for the defenders- even rooney has in half the games

Olly wrote:Remember when Jose accused Allardyce of playing 19th century football

Forever a hypocrite

but then he also congratulated all the palace players in person when we beat him.

but saying that we did provide an offence as we also did v citeh- you need them strong quick wingers

Chelsea really are an unlovable side under Jose and Roman

Serious technique from Lampard with that volley on his weaker foot. Sometimes forget just how technically sound a prime Frank was.

mystiroakey wrote:by the way(as you brought it up) all season carrick has provided cover for the defenders- even rooney has in half the games

I'm not talking about this season, we had the best defensive record in Europe for a three year period when we had an ultra attacking team and that was because Vidic and Ferdinand were so good.

England will set up fairly conservatively but we'll still have four genuine attackers playing so Cahill and Terry will be exposed and their lack of pace at international level is asking for trouble, you need at least one reader of the game with fair pace.

Would you say you adored Chelsea before Jose and Roman?

Worst long throw ever

If this was a Spanish side employing these tactics Andy Bellsend would be slating them. He's such a bumlick to "English" sides despite not having the guts to try and get picked by England. Sycophantic dullard. Too thick to realise that there are probably more viewers who want Chelsea to get stuffed than want them to get through.

Reminds me of Rangers when they parked the bus all the way to the UEFA cup final, even as a fan I found myself wanting them to concede so they could do away with the abysmal tactics.

Imagine paying to go all the way to Spain for your team to not even show any smidgen of ambition

Mikel must have listened to me on the podcast last week. Playing brilliantly.

I'm sorry Mikel, I won't drive you to the airport.

Olly wrote:Imagine paying to go all the way to Spain for your team to not even show any smidgen of ambition

Don't talk such nonsense Olly, it's all part of Mourinho's "genius"..

Terry is done for the night and can't put his foot down. That's a really bad sign for Chelsea could be season over if got a broken bone, Suspect he rolled his ankle though.

It's not about style. It's about a winning effort.

I liked them under Ancelotti

Soulless club

CFCNick wrote:Mikel must have listened to me on the podcast last week. Playing brilliantly

Yeah he's been an absolute joy to watch.

CFCNick wrote:It's not about style. It's about a winning effort.

Why Chelsea remain soulless

Funny reading that from an Arsenal critic.

Ref doing his best to knock Chelsea out

Because UEFA hate England

Oh boo hoo.

bad call from the ref, but he's hardly been on a one man crusade to knock Chelsea out.

kingraf wrote:Funny reading that from an Arsenal critic.

If you mean me then I hope you realise playing away to top of La Liga in a Champions League semi is different than playing a 5th placed Championship side on neutral ground.

Actually, replying to Chris.

This is 17th Century football

A few big misses from Madrid.

kingraf wrote:Actually, replying to Chris.

There's a line. I support a club where we boo winning teams with bad intent. I would boo this team too, because they're a level ahead of Atletico in so many ways yet have no ambition to to do Atletico do.

Whatever happens, football is the loser tonight.

For all the talk about money killing football, Chelsea are making a go of it

Chelsea making United in Greece look good so far.

#JoseOut   

This is worse than watching Norwich away under Hughton

Cahil's getting in practice for the summer, and doing a good job.

Nick it here?

Good old fashioned toepoke

Why the Frak hell is luiz taking another Frak important free kick?!?!?!?!?!

Frak asshat!!!

What is the point of Torres

Diego Costa = Overrated

Would have thought on such a potentially important free kick, you give your best specialist... Even a 35-year old past his prime, reinvented defensive midfield Lampard has to be a better option than Luiz

Here comes Demba Ba to win it..... again.

i can just imagine suraez and sterling doing so much better than costa has at the weekend- they will get behind and threaten..

Athletico really do look very ordinary tbh

Ba to score off his ass.

Two hours of my life I'll never get back, one of the worst CL knockout games I've ever watched   

CFCNick wrote:Diego Costa = Overrated

  

monty junior wrote:Two hours of my life I'll never get back, one of the worst CL knockout games I've ever watched   

Did you not watch the 1st leg in Barca five years ago?

FT 0-0

Expect to see the Maureen bus parked at Anfield this sunday as well.

Anti football wins again

who will more pleased with that? no away goal but a draw.

it was set up to being a 0-0 - mourihio will feel like he won.

however why not play baa from the start as the lone striker?

Classic Bellsend "Chelsea have made them (Atletico) look ordinary". Yeah whilst Chelsea themselves have looked AWESOME..........

Hibbz wrote:Classic Bellsend "Chelsea have made them (Atletico) look ordinary". Yeah whilst Chelsea themselves have looked AWESOME..........

well to be fair they really did- but jeas it was dire.

great defensive work from cahil though.

but trust me- liverpool will rampage them at the weekend showing how ordinary Athletico are. That was really poor - they didn't commit enough.

That was to be fair exactly the style of play chelsea play at home. Go forward but never commit enough.

Liverpool will push them out of shape and punish them

Fernando wrote:FT 0-0

Expect to see the Maureen bus parked at Anfield this sunday as well.

There was a guy I used to work with and his mother was hit, and killed, by a bus reverse parking.

True story.