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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

compelling and rich wrote:

GSC wrote:That's just Joses mind games trying to take pressure off. Nobody believed it

perhaps the players did, cant imagine the fragile egotistical premiership players of today liked hearing constantly that they weren't good enough

cant see it myself, but it's nice thinking all mourinhos BS come back to hit him in the face

Then again, I can't imagine the likes of John Terry believing it either.

Crimey wrote:Maybe Mourinho was right, and his team was too young and wasn't ready this year? He's been downplaying expectations all year, and everybody has dismissed as mind games, if Chelsea do go out and don't win the league then Mourinho was proved right. Even though I'm sure he didn't believe it himself.

I always said his team wasn't ready to win the league, there a bit like Liverpool a work in progress, but i think City have failed some what this season and it's given both a chance to win league. Still think it's citehs to lose though and with the money and squad they have they should be walking the league.

Think Jose went a bit far and with his track record it was easy to say it was mind games.

its funny because all season ive been told united only won the league last season because everybody was weak and now this season were being found out because teams are stronger. make your minds up

GSC wrote:Lukaku really isn't that good yet. People look at pockets of form rather than the whole player. Iirc he went a few months without scoring over the winter

I would rather have lukaku than the players he has, and I think the loan was a bad idea. An uncharacteristic mistake by Jose that could cost him big trophies this season. Although he made up for it by selling Mata for a huge sum that he will probably use to get Diego Costa or someone of that ilk next season.

Crimey wrote:Maybe Mourinho was right, and his team was too young and wasn't ready this year? He's been downplaying expectations all year, and everybody has dismissed as mind games, if Chelsea do go out and don't win the league then Mourinho was proved right. Even though I'm sure he didn't believe it himself.

That was the whole point of his silly lowering expectations game. If Chelsea do win major honors Jose is a genius for having taken an inferior or unready side to the title. If they lose out then Jose is a genius for telling us all along. I think it is less about his players and more about his ego. The fact is that they have a lot of quality all over the pitch that is why everyone and their mother was picking them to win league this year at the start of the season. They were easily 1st or 2nd favorite.

He isn't a genius because no one buys his bollox........

He's not as clever as he thinks he is because the British press play him like a fool..

All these childish pops at Pellegrino and Wenger made him look stupid and he only made them because he had an.. "Appreciative".. audience stringing him a long to be controversial while pretending to laugh at everything he say's...

Top Manager yes............But no class..

Tbf when he said Wenger has been a specialist failure since 2005, it's hard to disagree with him.

Mourinho isn't afraid of stepping on other people's toes. In his defence, though, his head is so big, he probably doesn't even notice that he is stepping on their toes.

Bayerns first league defeat since October 2012. And a bouyant Utd.

Anything can happen.

Score prediction for tonight?

Dortmund 1-3 Madrid
Chelsea 2-1 PSG

Chelsea been playing well early doors.

Hazard off Schurrle on.

Their best player off injured. Chances rapidly reducing from "slim" to "hee haw".

NickisBHAFC wrote:Score prediction for tonight?

As much as i can't stand the "chosen one"

2-0 Chelsea.

Willian Booked. 

Lucas looking classy so far.

Dortmund 1-0 Madrid - Reus

Verratti Booked.

Chelski 1-0 PSG - Schurrle.

Damn PSG ruining me bet

Chelsea 1-0 up

#SuperSub

No one marking the lad though, PSG copying Chelsea's defending last week in France.

Crap defendinding, simple goal.

2-0 looks good now.

PSG were made to look good by JM's tactics in the first leg.

Marco Reus 2-0 Real Madrid  - 2-3 on Agg

The comeback is on! 

Nasty tackle by Eto'o

Dortmound 2-0 up!!!!

What a night of football this is turning out to be.

Should have been two, bad mis-kick.

Two good come backs on.

Madrid seem to collapse everytime they go to Dortmund.

Luiz is such a rat, i'd be embarrassed if he played for my club, nothing to like about him at all.

Fantastic from Dortmund, but one Real goal and game over.

Half time 1-0, PSG not playing well.

Gotta back Chelsea now.

Watched the first half at work staying late in the office with another Chelsea fan who sneakily bought his TV in. I'd like to see a replay of us when Schurrle scored.

Aside from failing to book players for diving, this referee's been quite good tonight.

So unlucky for Schurrle! He has been class since he has come on.

Now Oscar has hit the bar! Is it going to be one of those nights for Chelsea?

I don't get how hitting the crossbar is unlucky?

Cabaye is the one player I didn't want to see on.

PSG giving a masterclass in how not to defend a 3-1 lead

Hammersmith harrier wrote:I don't get how hitting the crossbar is unlucky?

If you do it three times, it's unlucky!!

I want to see willian run with the ball.

skyeman wrote:

Hammersmith harrier wrote:I don't get how hitting the crossbar is unlucky?

If you do it three times, it's unlucky!!

Why is it? It's a shot off target albeit a close one.

Hammersmith harrier wrote:I don't get how hitting the crossbar is unlucky?

Or the post. Off-target is off-target in my book. I do like the noise it makes though.

Hammersmith harrier wrote:

skyeman wrote:

Hammersmith harrier wrote:I don't get how hitting the crossbar is unlucky?

If you do it three times, it's unlucky!!

Why is it? It's a shot off target albeit a close one.

THREE TIMES!!!

Are you being pedantic for the sake of it  

I couldn't less if it's a hundred times, it's still a shot off target.

It depends who you support harrier.

Hammersmith harrier wrote:I couldn't less if it's a hundred times, it's still a shot off target.

BUT, very close and still considered unlucky by most, especially if it happens several times in a game.

Would most not agree?

I also couldn't care less what most think, I thankfully have my own mind, sheep like behaviour is infantile.

 

Hammersmith harrier wrote:I also couldn't care less what most think, I thankfully have my own mind, sheep like behaviour is infantile.

Gosh, you are going down the political lines now.

Is your glass half empty?

This is sport, and to be enjoyed.

This Dortmund game is insane