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King Shergar said:
They were not forced into playing that way, you could see by his team selection that they where set up to play that way. They started with 4 midfield players, that had all mainly played as Defensive midfielders this season:biggrin:
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Jose said that you tool, what the **** do you know?<doh>
 
King Shergar said:
Yeah because all the other multi million pound sides in Europe regularly set up that way??? You've built this side of multi million pound footballers, and you approach games like Big Sam and Tony Pulis. You really think any other top side would have gone to Atletico and played that way. Atletico aren't a team that keep the ball like Barca or Bayern, there really was no need to set up like that:biggrin:
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That's right, atletico are far more dangerous then barcelona/munich. Why would we play attractive football against one of the best counter attacking football teams only to lose 0-3? Even more so when we were missing 4 of our most important players and cech for the majority of the game.

If atletico were missing Juanfran, Courtois, Costa, Koke and Gabi, how would they cope?
 
Purley said:
That's right, atletico are far more dangerous then barcelona/munich. Why would we play attractive football against one of the best counter attacking football teams only to lose 0-3? Even more so when we were missing 4 of our most important players and cech for the majority of the game.

If atletico were missing Juanfran, Courtois, Costa, Koke and Gabi, how would they cope?
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No they aren't. They lack the creativity of the other two but have a better defence than Barca, they repeatedly failed to get overlaps in the hole between the 7 players sitting back. It would have been risking getting caught but also it would have risked getting a goal.

Atletico's lack of creativity made it very easy for Chelsea
 
Purley said:
That's right, atletico are far more dangerous then barcelona/munich. Why would we play attractive football against one of the best counter attacking football teams only to lose 0-3? Even more so when we were missing 4 of our most important players and cech for the majority of the game.

If atletico were missing Juanfran, Courtois, Costa, Koke and Gabi, how would they cope?
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Watch Jose Mourinho's interview after West Ham, and you'll hear his opinion on why it's wrong to play like that :biggrin:
 
King Shergar said:
If it was a normal league game and your tactics weren't 19th century football, Schurrle and Oscar would have played instead of probably Mikel and Lampard. We did not park the bus in 08 either, we had Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez all on the field. We set up how we normally set up.

I wouldn't mind but Mourinho has the cheek to have a go at West Ham for doing it, yet he's the biggest culprit for it:biggrin:
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Even poorer excuse for 1 shot on target against their 17 shots.. 28 per cent possession against the worst Barca side for a decade, 17 points off the title
 
King Shergar said:
Watch Jose Mourinho's interview after West Ham, and you'll hear his opinion on why it's wrong to play like that :biggrin:
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I have no problem playing like that, and we probably would of played defensively, who wouldn't in an away match in the semifinal? What i'm trying to say is we would of had a far more attacking threat on the counter if our full squad was available.
 
Purley said:
I have no problem playing like that, and we probably would of played defensively, who wouldn't in an away match in the semifinal? What i'm trying to say is we would of had a far more attacking threat on the counter if our full squad was available.
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Yeah Matic and Ivanovic would have probably played, and you might have had both Cech and Shwarzer in goal for the 2nd half, had Cech not come off injured <whistle>

But in all seriousness doubt you would have set up to differently had all been fit, Hazard would have probably played instead of Lampard, though he would have been on a tight leash:biggrin:
 
Man Utd let Barcelona have that possession in these games. They created 0 clear cut chances in 180 minute of football while we missed a pen and a few sitters. Go watch the highlights there be **** all from Barce except longshots.
 
MoyesOut said:
Man Utd let Barcelona have that possession in these games. They created 0 clear cut chances in 180 minute of football while we missed a pen and a few sitters. Go watch the highlights there be **** all from Barce except longshots.
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Ditto us against a much better side in 2009. They had one shot on target at the Bridge. The one that mattered... Iniestaaaaaaaaaaaaa <laugh>
 
It doesn't really matter what we think of Chelsea. The real point is being missed. How much does Mourinho think of Chelsea?? And when you look at how he managed his other teams, clearly he doesn't think a lot. I honestly think he has never had the belief any Chelsea side has the ability to beat teams playing attacking football. Not like when he managed Inter(example look how he played against Chelsea and in the semi-final in 2010), Real Madrid (look at ALL his CL knockout rounds over the 3 years there regardless of whether he won or lost) or Porto. He clearly had a higher opinion of these teams and their players. That is the saddest indictment of Chelsea FC if I was their fan. Why the hell doesn't he try and develop teams like those at Stamford Bridge? It comes down to something beyond him IMO.
 
Treble said:
It doesn't really matter what we think of Chelsea. The real point is being missed. How much does Mourinho think of Chelsea?? And when you look at how he managed his other teams, clearly he doesn't think a lot. I honestly think he has never had the belief any Chelsea side has the ability to beat teams playing attacking football. Not like when he managed Inter(example look how he played against Chelsea and in the semi-final in 2010), Real Madrid (look at ALL his CL knockout rounds over the 3 years there regardless of whether he won or lost) or Porto. He clearly had a higher opinion of these teams and their players. That is the saddest indictment of Chelsea FC if I was their fan. Why the hell doesn't he try and develop teams like those at Stamford Bridge? It comes down to something beyond him IMO.
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Interesting point but its not like he doesn't have the finances to develop an attacking team at Chelsea.
 
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