Today's Football 2017-18 Season

[artetas_biggest_fan]

Which is a reflection of the cowardly tactics Mourinho pulled. That Man Utd squad have more than enough quality to dispatch the current Sevilla side with little bother yet they set up last night like they were against Barcelona. It's probably one of the strangest games I've seen for some time and that includes us away to Southampton mate.

Sevilla putting them out doesn't automatically mean Sevilla would be in second place in the Prem just like Spurs smashing Real Madrid doesn't make them better than the back to back winners. Atletico Madrid got smoked out of a group containing the 5th placed Chelsea and 3rd placed Roma and yet sit comfortably second in the league.

Hopefully I've made the point - The quality of domestic football shouldn't be judged and decided by a game of knockout football. It's a hell of a lot more complicated than that. Just like other sports, styles mean everything.

Without doubt you cannot base the standard of the Premier League on the cowardly tactics of Mourinho. Stick any other top six coach in charge of the same group of Man Utd players they win comfortably. The other four English teams would have smashed Seville. Spurs were the better team against Juve for 2 hours 30 minutes of the three hours played. They threw away a tie in which they were comfortably the better side. Three English teams should be in the last 8. Chelsea played very well against Barca and in no way does 4-1 reflect play. The first game Barca would never have scored but for the Chelsea defender’s stray pass along the backline which Iniesta picked up and put in Messi..besides that gift they created nothing. Chelsea hit the post four times in the two legs. It’s not a vintage Barca team, the midfield isn’t functioning.

 

[Rook]

What an incentive for Hughes though to send down the club that sacked him by keeping his new club up.

has 1 manager ever taken 2 clubs down in one season? Rednapp?

 

[USABlue]

Without doubt you cannot base the standard of the Premier League on the cowardly tactics of Mourinho. Stick any other top six coach in charge of the same group of Man Utd players they win comfortably. The other four English teams would have smashed Seville. Spurs were the better team against Juve for 2 hours 30 minutes of the three hours played. They threw away a tie in which they were comfortably the better side. Three English teams should be in the last 8. Chelsea played very well against Barca and in no way does 4-1 reflect play. The first game Barca would never have scored but for the Chelsea defender’s stray pass along the backline which Iniesta picked up and put in Messi..besides that gift they created nothing. Chelsea hit the post four times in the two legs. It’s not a vintage Barca team, the midfield isn’t functioning.

Bring out the CL alternate table then lol

 

[Harryflashman]

has 1 manager ever taken 2 clubs down in one season? Rednapp?

Billy McNeill relegated city and villa in 86/87

 

[FC sexy xxx]

Chelsea getting smashed love it. @FC sexy xxx Chelsea were a nothing club, before they got their dirty russian blood money pumped into them.Before that, they didn't have anything close to our stature and standing in the game.

the reality is they have overtaken us mate . I’d love to see us smashed by Messi in the nou camp in a champions knock out game instead of at home to Atalanta or by dinamo Bucharest . There European record mocks ours but you can keep them blue tinted specs on .

Whether they were tin pot before abramovich is irrelevant. He’s been there 14 years and left a trophy winning legacy . Them 14 years are included in HISTORY mate so they are a bigger and more successful club than us . Also 7 years before abramovic came they started winning trophies.

We’ve won more league titles

They’ve won more
Fa cups
League cups
Champions league
Cup winners cups
Europa leagues

You can’t argue with facts

 

[Zezti]

What a beauty from Griezmann

 

[Big_nev]

Something isn't quite right here.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Something isn't quite right here.

Borini at rb interesting

 

[Cork Evertonian]

the reality is they have overtaken us mate . I’d love to see us smashed by Messi in the nou camp in a champions knock out game instead of at home to Atalanta or by dinamo Bucharest . There European record mocks ours but you can keep them blue tinted specs on .

Whether they were tin pot before abramovich is irrelevant. He’s been there 14 years and left a trophy winning legacy . Them 14 years are included in HISTORY mate so they are a bigger and more successful club than us . Also 7 years before abramovic came they started winning trophies.

We’ve won more league titles

They’ve won more
Fa cups
League cups
Champions league
Cup winners cups
Europa leagues

You can’t argue with facts

Good god i regret that Russian blood money comment in hindsight!Traditionally we were the bigger club.But we have been fast asleep for the last 30 years.I still don't think Chelsea are a bigger club than us yet.But they are catching up with us, and catching up with us quick.

 

[FC sexy xxx]

Good god i regret that Russian blood money comment in hindsight!Traditionally we were the bigger club.But we have been fast asleep for the last 30 years.I still don't think Chelsea are a bigger club than us yet.But they are catching up with us, and catching up with us quick.

mate they’ve overtaken us already.

We go on about the Bayern semi final , they’ve been involved in so many of them compared to us . To even try and argue the toss is laughable.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Something isn't quite right here.

Had to do a double take when I saw Borini and right back. Bit odd that.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

mate they’ve overtaken us already.

We go on about the Bayern semi final , they’ve been involved in so many of them compared to us . To even try and argue the toss is laughable.

Well until they equal our 9 league titles, i will still consider us to be the bigger club historically.I also wouldn't see Chelsea as even the biggest club in London.That honour belongs to Arsenal.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Welbeck has bought that penalty

 

[electricblue]

Shocking dive from Welbeck

 

[wilfjacko]

Penalty my arse.