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Lets hope so.

He's definitely not crap. He's not the best defender, but for a right-back he defends well considering the amount of shit fullbacks in the world at the moment.

Yeah, that was one of his problems in La Liga. He was vulnerable to being closed down since he doesn't have the dribbling ability of Xavi or Iniesta to get out of a tight space, for example. David Luiz didn't give him a second to turn and Matuidi and Veratti were absolutely amazing in closing down both him and Hazard as well. Perfect game from that midfield. Pretty much a perfect midfield performance from him imo, the tackle aside. That little dribble to get the freekick in the first half was amazing.

Veratti was absolutely amazing (despite that challenge). Good result for Chelsea, but PSG were very good today in the second half and were unlucky not to win. Their midfield bossed it completely, not a chance created by Eden or Cesc and Diego Costa was nullified by the CBs. Zlatan lost one header all game I think and Courtois is amazing.

He did. This has been a far more exciting game for me than it should, because footballing wise it's been the typical Mourinho. Boring, lucky on one side and scores ont he other with his teams only chance. Paris been a bit better but Lavezzi and Willian fighting for the title of worst winger of the round. Has any of them done anything right so far? Paris midfield has really bossed it in terms of keeping Matic, Hazard and Fabregas quiet. Disagree with most of that. Hardly been exciting at all, but aye, it has definitely been a typical Mourinho performance so far. Which also influences a lot of your third paragraph, Hazard and Fabregas has been quiet, but more so because Chelsea have clearly been told to not take any risks at all. Matic has been as good as he usually is IMO, keeping possession and staying in the right place when they lose the ball. Like I said, footballing wise it's been bad. But I'VE found it more exciting despite that, probably because it's a CL game and I haven't enjoyed football properly since the World Cup. If you follow closely you'll see both Hazard and Fabregas don't get a second on the ball. They're being closed down quickly leaving Willian open a lot which he can barely do anything with. Ivanovic is at times when they have possession playing more as a right winger and Fabregas moving down the pitch to collect the ball. Both Matuidi and Veratti have done very well to make sure he can't turn. Matic has been decent, but don't think Chelsea midfield has done anything impressive.

Tbf to Cavani though he's doing as good as he can tonight, not his fault Courtois had a nice save (probably wasn't going in actually) and that Matuidi can't play a through ball. Lavezzi has lost every possession he's had basically.

He did. This has been a far more exciting game for me than it should, because footballing wise it's been the typical Mourinho. Boring, lucky on one side and scores ont he other with his teams only chance. Paris been a bit better but Lavezzi and Willian fighting for the title of worst winger of the round. Has any of them done anything right so far? Paris midfield has really bossed it in terms of keeping Matic, Hazard and Fabregas quiet.

Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry ©, Azpilicueta; Ramires, Matic; Willian, Fabregas, Hazard; Diego Costa. PSG: Sirigu; van der Wiel, Silva, Marquinhos, Maxwell; David Luiz, Verratti, Matuidi; Lavezzi, Ibrahimovic, Cavani. About time Marquinhos starts centrally. Mourinho with his typical defensive line-up in the CL as well.

Was just thinking this. They are so boring, by far the dullest "top team" () in the league IMO. All other good teams in the league at least has some players that I enjoy watching, Man U haven't even really got that. Di Maria?

Every single time but rightly so ffs.

For that reason, they were my favourite club to use back in the halycon days of landing in US for the first time and playing FIFA 06 every second of the day. Loved Fifa 06. Mainly because Ronaldo was the best player on it with a 95 rating or somat daft despite being clearly past his best. Was it 06 where free-kick were dead easy?

Bradford or Reading making the semi's. Going by Leicesters draw we could've had been playing West Brom at home and possibly Bradford or Reading in a semi-final

91 goals man That's sickening. Why? He ain't no Godfrey Chitalu.

I hate it, but somehow enjoy it. His conduct in the CL final was probably the worst I've ever seen from a professional manager, absolutely f***ing diabolical. Aye he snapped, but game was 4-1 when Varane decided to play a pass into Simeone when he had the whole field to play the ball out of play. He aimed at Simeone and the guy snapped. He should probably learn to control himself but I thought it was poor form from Varane tbh Seen Scolari hit a guy on the pitch and Pardew headbutt someone, that's worse IMO. He was acting the c*** before Varane iirc. Don't remember the exact timeline but from the moment Real equalised or took the lead he totally lost it. Varane was just the final explosion. Like Ronaldo I recognise he's great, but he's a woeful person. Fair enough Still think his explosion was ok considering what was happening I mean he was a second or so away from taking them to a CL win. Would've been one of the biggest achievements in football history.

I hate it, but somehow enjoy it. His conduct in the CL final was probably the worst I've ever seen from a professional manager, absolutely f***ing diabolical. Aye he snapped, but game was 4-1 when Varane decided to play a pass into Simeone when he had the whole field to play the ball out of play. He aimed at Simeone and the guy snapped. He should probably learn to control himself but I thought it was poor form from Varane tbh Seen Scolari hit a guy on the pitch and Pardew headbutt someone, that's worse IMO.

I suppose the next challenge now; how you go about the real big boys who can defend and attack in equal measures; you did fair well against Athletico recently I don't think there's a team in the world that could defend against Barcelona at the moment. It's all going to come downt to how to limit the amount of counter attacks Real Madrid has and how do you keep the ball away from Bayern in the CL.

Aye fair enough. Probably true. I just felt he wasn't giving a shit on the pitch, now he's actually at times coming back to defend and win the ball deep which is great. Neymar on the other hand has stopped that for most parts.

Really seems like he's enjoying playing. Might sound funny, but looks like he has a new best friend in Neymar. For the past 18 months Neymar only looked for Messi and not the other way. Now both just look for each other. Pedro ran his socks off yesterday, but Messi kept only looking for Neymar. Was great seeing him give Neymar the penalty midweek, which shows hes back to his humble self after being a bit selfish and uninterested for 12-18 months IMO. Team is doing well, but that defense is like you say, still hugely insecure.

Barcelona have been amazing today.

messi 2-0. Barta did brilliant there.

What a ridiculous goal that would've been from Messi (who was onside as well). Him and Neymars counter attacks are better than Bales and CRonaldo at the moment.

is this a joke? Does it look like a joke?

2-2...

Much ignorance of pre-Chelsea Willian. ooooh 23 goals in 7 years in Ukraine and Russia, I was wrong. He's not a goal scorer though, it's like judging someone like Iniesta on goals. Willian plays further up the pitch, sure, but he also gives his team another dimension (or at least did). Now he just does what you are talking about for most part.

Much ignorance of pre-Chelsea Willian. Even the last game where he didn't have to play that covering role he was a decent threat. Wasn't as good as I have seen him before, but was a much improved performance over the ones he's had this season. Still has a lot to desire in the final third.