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Even as an Arsenal fan I can say that Chelsea are playing some of the best football in the league this season. I don't even hate Mourinho anymore. The fact that I like Hazard and Schürrle is even more endearing.
Thankfully Diego Costa makes it easy to hate Chelsea despite all of that.
On November 30 2014 07:00 MapleLeafSirup wrote:
Real Madrid with a winstreak of 16 games. They are just unbeatable at the moment.
Hopefully they can rest Kroos soon. There were some quotes from him in midweek saying he's getting tired because he's not used to playing so much. I understand it's harder now with Modrić out, but maybe Ancelotti can give Illaramendi or Khedira some games. Though I think the latter has had fitness issues recently.
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On November 30 2014 07:00 MapleLeafSirup wrote:
Real Madrid with a winstreak of 16 games. They are just unbeatable at the moment.
looking like top dogs to me. Ronaldo didn't score today though (but had two assists  )
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On November 30 2014 05:06 Liquid`Drone wrote:
mourinho is pragmatic. in the PL now, he has the best team, and Chelsea has been dominating most of their games. Last season and well, for most of his manager experience with the exception of real madrid, he has frequently faced teams more stacked than his own, and in those games he adjusts his tactic accordingly.. I'd expect chelsea to have a more defensive mindset going against any of the other top dogs in the CL, but in the premier league they are generally going to be dominating games and scoring quite some goals.
Thats pretty much it. he doesnt have a specific playstyle or identity. His identity is to win and prepare his team to give them the the best chance of doing it.
The one time he strayed from that philosophy he got an absolute shellacking and realized he was right all along.
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Inb4 barca beats chelsea in the semis defending for their lives with chelsea having 60% possession.
*oh and lets all have a laugh at the chelsea fans who admitted that their team plays beautiful this season, I thought you guys find that playstyle boring??? xD
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On November 30 2014 20:43 Rebs wrote:Show nested quote +On November 30 2014 05:06 Liquid`Drone wrote:
mourinho is pragmatic. in the PL now, he has the best team, and Chelsea has been dominating most of their games. Last season and well, for most of his manager experience with the exception of real madrid, he has frequently faced teams more stacked than his own, and in those games he adjusts his tactic accordingly.. I'd expect chelsea to have a more defensive mindset going against any of the other top dogs in the CL, but in the premier league they are generally going to be dominating games and scoring quite some goals. Thats pretty much it. he doesnt have a specific playstyle or identity. His identity is to win and prepare his team to give them the the best chance of doing it. The one time he strayed from that philosophy he got an absolute shellacking and realized he was right all along.
If he had played Real like he does with Chelsea now he would have been more successful at Real.
I actually think Mourinho was afraid of failure in Real, that's why he didn't dare to play a different style than he was used to.
At Chelsea he actually experimented last year and thus didn't win anything.
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On November 30 2014 20:58 sharkie wrote:Show nested quote +On November 30 2014 20:43 Rebs wrote:On November 30 2014 05:06 Liquid`Drone wrote:
mourinho is pragmatic. in the PL now, he has the best team, and Chelsea has been dominating most of their games. Last season and well, for most of his manager experience with the exception of real madrid, he has frequently faced teams more stacked than his own, and in those games he adjusts his tactic accordingly.. I'd expect chelsea to have a more defensive mindset going against any of the other top dogs in the CL, but in the premier league they are generally going to be dominating games and scoring quite some goals. Thats pretty much it. he doesnt have a specific playstyle or identity. His identity is to win and prepare his team to give them the the best chance of doing it. The one time he strayed from that philosophy he got an absolute shellacking and realized he was right all along. If he had played Real like he does with Chelsea now he would have been more successful at Real. I actually think Mourinho was afraid of failure in Real, that's why he didn't dare to play a different style than he was used to. At Chelsea he actually experimented last year and thus didn't win anything.
He was plenty successful. Won or drew all the big games in the league, had a decent CL run. His team just lacked goals from a striker and a fair bit of maturity that saw them drop points against weak teams to take them to the next level.
He fixed both and with all the other "top teams" struggling you see the result. Part of the reason Chelsea looks so impressive this season is everyone else who is supposed to be at their level has been pretty shit.
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Where is the hype for Southampton vs Manchester City??????
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#WeMarchOn
Soton is having a lot of problems with the top teams but if Aguero finds that he scored enough already this week they might stand a chance.
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what a pass by Schniderlein.
I can't believe Pelle missed this.
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Gifs for Aguero's supposedly penalty?
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Wow what was he thinking the ref...
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How can ref give a yellow card for DIVING here? O.O
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Schneiderlin off and Yoshida on wtfff
Edit: We're getting close!
Edit: fack
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damn Yaya slowly but surely coming back to his form in the last season.
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Yea man Yaya needs more beast mode games if City is going to win.
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On November 30 2014 20:56 Steveling wrote:
Inb4 barca beats chelsea in the semis defending for their lives with chelsea having 60% possession.
*oh and lets all have a laugh at the chelsea fans who admitted that their team plays beautiful this season, I thought you guys find that playstyle boring??? xD
I like winning. I liked winning when we had 30% possession, I like winning when we have 70% possession.
Circle-jerking about how one playstyle was better than the other is what I have always complained about.
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Pretty nifty FK goal from Palermo: http://m.imgur.com/4Ml4lsG
Paulo Dybala now has 6 goals and 2 assists this season. One of the most exciting young players in Serie A!
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EPT
