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To flip it, where are all those Chelsea fans who were mocking & protesting against Rafa & dismissing Torres?
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To flip it, where are all those Chelsea fans who were mocking & protesting against Rafa & dismissing Torres?
He could actually end up getting you 2 cups and top 4. And my views on Rafa have not changed in that I can not wait for the season to go so he can go back to the UEA and do the commentry for games |
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#2753 |
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Basel away leg first is an ideal draw.
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..And my views on Rafa have not changed in that I can not wait for the season to go so he can go back to the UEA and do the commentry for games
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#2755 |
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Torres isnt having that great a season, 20 goals in 54 games isnt the best record. We need our striker to be getting 30+ goals a year, IMO. Hes only scored 7 in the Premier league too... He really has no excuse anymore as he has Mata/Oscar/Hazard feeding him who are fantastic players.
As for Rafa, i think he is slowly winning us over but the question marks still remain about his tactics/substitutions/rotations and im sure they will all come flooding back to the front of chelsea fan's minds as soon as he loses his next game. There is no problem if he is winning every game, but he hasnt been until recently and his record isnt the best. If he gets us top 4 and wins the two cups then he has every right to stay another season, IMO. If he doesnt then he will almost certainly be sacked. Basel showed they are good team by beating spurs, and i think they also knocked our Man Utd a couple of seasons ago. So we do need to be wary and take those games seriously.. Although i think i would still rather play Basel than have to play Spurs twice in the semi finals. |
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I'm happy with Basel. Not a team to be taken lightly as shown in the last round, but I think their fallible defence is something we should be able to exploit. Benfica are the team I wanted us to avoid in the semis, they were quite tricky opponents last year in the Champions League - I recall the final few minutes of the 2nd leg being quite nervy even with them down to 10 men before Meireles' goal killed them off.
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Good 2-0 win for our youngsters at Anfield in the 1st leg of the FA Youth Cup semi. Tidy finishes from Kiwomya.
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To flip it, where are all those Chelsea fans who were mocking & protesting against Rafa & dismissing Torres?
He could actually end up getting you 2 cups and top 4. |
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As for Rafa, i think he is slowly winning us over
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Good 2-0 win for our youngsters at Anfield in the 1st leg of the FA Youth Cup semi. Tidy finishes from Kiwomya.
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Forgot it was on, watching the golf. Will make sure to see the second leg.
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To flip it, where are all those Chelsea fans who were mocking & protesting against Rafa & dismissing Torres?
He could actually end up getting you 2 cups and top 4. I can't comment on the recent displays byTorres, I always seem to miss his better games. But if his all-round game has improved, that's great. I obviously don't want him to fail just to prove a point. If he could get back to 75/80% of the player he once was, it would save the club a lot of money. |
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FFS Norwich
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With regards to Rafa I was happy with him coming to Chelsea despite his comments and so far he's done a pretty good job with fairly limited resources - that said it's too early to judge him as things could still go very very wrong.
Looking at the PL fixtures, Spurs have got Man City coming up so hopefully that should be points dropped. |
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I can't comment on the recent displays byTorres, I always seem to miss his better games. But if his all-round game has improved, that's great. I obviously don't want him to fail just to prove a point. If he could get back to 75/80% of the player he once was, it would save the club a lot of money. |
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Chelsea: Cech; Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, David Luiz, Bertrand; Ramires, Mikel; Hazard, Mata, Oscar; Ba. Subs: Turnbull, Terry, Ake, Lampard, Benayoun, Moses, Torres.
Manchester City: Pantilimon; Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy; Yaya Toure, Barry; Milner, Tevez, Nasri; Aguero. Subs: Hart, Kolo Toure, Lescott, Kolarov, Garcia, Sinclair, Dzeko. I would have liked to have seen Terry in place of Ivanovic, otherwise the team is as I expected. |
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Grim viewing so far, man city always play well against us, I'd rather be playing man utd
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city are very dirty in this game
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F***ing Nasri!
Why does he only show up against us??? |
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he got a lot of luck there
an interesting stat given was that at the moment, chelsea have played 15 games more than city this season. thats just crazy, no wonder we look a bit leggy |
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Please level before h/t.
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Horrible viewing.
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Well, we have to count ourselves lucky to be only trailing 0-1. I don't think we are playing badly, Man City are just on top of their game right now. The difference in strength in midfield is clear, but we knew that already.
I can't see Man City keeping up this pace throughout, we will get a couple of chances, we've just got to take them. |
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F***ing Nasri!
Why does he only show up against us??? There is still a chance for you here, I am not ruling you out totally just yet. |
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At least Aguero actually plays well throughout the season....Nasri vanishes between his appearances against us! I really hate the bastard.
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Game over
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