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Reply 640

Louis.

Jose got these guys #obsessed

Reply 641

That Bearded Man

Original post by James.Carnell

It's not Mou that made DDG pull off that stunning save or made Matic score a flukey screamer.

Well, Mourinho picked him, he wouldn't have saved that if he was on the bench

Reply 642

That Bearded Man

Original post by S.G.

You guys are actually so lucky De Gea has no ambition. Call me salty all you want but you know it’s true. At least Hazard and co have been winning real trophies in between these minor consequences of our transfer policy.

That sounds like a lame ass excuse to try and justify the mass exodus of your players at the end of the season.

Reply 643

bj27

Original post by Louis.

Jose got these guys #obsessed

I just want him back

Reply 644

Zerforax

What a strike by Matic.. no wonder Mourinho loves him.

To back himself (he's meant to be a DM) to strike that ball like that is ridiculous self-belief.

Reply 645

S.G.

Original post by That Bearded Man

That sounds like a lame ass excuse to try and justify the mass exodus of your players at the end of the season.

I know man. Why can’t our players have the same lack of ambition as United’s? :frown:

In other news, Mourinho defends Chelsea. The end is nigh.

Reply 646

qasidb

Imagine the state of us if de Gea's move to Madrid in 2015 didn't fall through.

Reply 647

Rk2k14

If only Chelsea players showed as much fight as their fans.

Maybe they wouldn't be 25 points off the top despite being defending champions.

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 648

bj27

Original post by qasidb

Imagine the state of us if de Gea's move to Madrid in 2015 didn't fall through.

Madrid would also be unstoppable.

Reply 649

trapking

"Sack Jose because he doesn't play attacking football like Spurs or Liverpool and parks the bus".

-Spurs get knocked out by Juve despite being dominant AF. Juve "parked the bus" and picked them off on the counter attack.

-PSG get knocked out by Real despite being dominant AF. Real did the same and picked them off on the counter attack.

Once again showing dominance doesn't really mean anything in football, a team can have the ball all game and look "nice" but still get knocked out when it really matters. Food for thought if you were ever Jose out.

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 650

SCIENCE :D

Original post by trapking

only thing is when Mourinho does it it's parking the bus, when Allegri does it it's good, tactical, Italian defending.

Reply 651

S.G.

Karius vs De Gea

Good choice for a professional debate

Reply 652

Rk2k14

Big difference between defensive masterclass and PTB.

Juve did the former.

Reply 653

qasidb

Original post by S.G.

Karius vs De Gea

Good choice for a professional debate

Shortest debate ever

Reply 654

SCIENCE :D

What team are people thinking we will play on Satuday, something similiar to the Chelsea game?

Reply 655

username1315644

Original post by Rk2k14

Big difference between defensive masterclass and PTB.

Juve did the former.

To an extent I agree but Juve conceded too many opportunities to call it a defensive masterclass. Over the two legs, they first let Spurs back into a tie they owned 10 minutes into the game. They struggled and went behind in the second legs.

A defensive masterclass it more like ceding possession yet restricting your opponent to speculative efforts while and creating perhaps couple goals from high quality chances. A manager sitting on the bench relying upon top quality finishes and saves to tilt the game in your favour isn't a masterclass.

Allegri really deserves credit for the changes he made to turn the tide of the game, but Spurs deserved their three goals and more, so he can't take that much credit for the defensive display.

Reply 656

Rk2k14

Original post by Fizzel

Dont really recall Spurs having many solid chances when Juve took the lead. Kane one but that was offside.
Last 20 odd minutes from Juve was brilliant defending though. Chiellini especially.

More of the point, Juve actually did look like they had a plan going forward. Especially with the introduction of the wing-backs. Spurs were really struggling out wide and Allegri exploited that.
Thats why I think its a big disservice to Juve to say it was PTB. That was what we did at Anfield this year. We had no intention of attacking from the offset and when we rarely got into their final third it was like uncharted territory.

Reply 657

That Bearded Man

Original post by SCIENCE :D

What team are people thinking we will play on Satuday, something similiar to the Chelsea game?

I think we'll play Mata with Sanchez and Lukaku. Young, Valencia, Smalling, Bailly.

Think we're right to keep Mata/Lingard on the bench. wpuld like to see Martial. Also I'm happy with Lindelof so id love to see him play again

Reply 658

Lúcio

Original post by That Bearded Man

Martial needs to feature for you in my opinion - his dribbling ability could certainly cause our RB major problems, especially if it’s TAA and not Gomez.

I’m expecting Mourinho to go fully defensive like he always does. It’s sad to see it from Manchester United at home, but equally it is the most effective way to compete against us. Reduce the space in your third and we can’t really do anything since we don’t have a KDB/Özil type player to make that critical pass.

You will just have to be really cautious in attack; if you’re loose in possession we’ll be right on you for the counter.

I don’t expect us to win though. I’m never confident against you guys...