Still confident then?

I think he's doing a great job!

For anybody who's bored enough to watch the SPL; Danny Wilson?

In all honesty, I think he would struggle in the Premiership. Completely different kettle of fish to the SPL. He's a good player with age on his side, so plenty of time to settle in but I think in the PL he will be out of his depth if he gets thrown in straight away. He'll be playing against better players week in, week out, so he'll be tested more.

It's a good job there is such things as YouTube etc, because without them I wouldn't be able to remember Gary Neville as a fantastic right back. He should do the honourable thing and fook off to the retirement home in the summer. It's embarrassing to see him play nowadays, and it's costing the side. Rafael needs to replace him against Bayern.

Scholes' passing on Saturday was shocking, despite a success rate of 2 from 100 he still insisted on the cross field ball to Valencia. Giggs' passing was poor too.

I've seen that the papers have been wrongly harsh on Berbatov too. It's impossible to rate him based on Saturday because he never got the ball to prove anything. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, we need to buy a creative midfielder in the summer because we look clueless in the midfield. If Chelsea were any good they'd have wrapped up the title ages ago, we've been poor all season bar the odd game.

I see there are some rumours that Rooney will be rushed back for Wednesday. It needs to be done, because it's season over if we go out.

Is it worth the risk though, surely you have enough to see of Bayern? If Rooney aggravates his injury (and let's face it an ankle id an easy target for the opposition) and is out for the season then surely that definitely would be season over.

Look how it backfired on Arsenal with Arshavin, Gallas and Fabregas against Barcelona, though admittedly risking players was more ridiculous than just 1.

Without Rooney we will have a weaker line up than the first leg and Bayern will have Robben and Schweinsteiger back.

I'd put him on the bench, then bring him on if we need a goal to go through. Macheda should be given a chance up front with Berbatov, with Nani and Valencia on the wings - can't see it happening though.

I can't see us beating Bayern, they will be stronger and we will be weaker. Unless we suddenly remember how to pass the ball again?

The problem was that there was no other option for Scholes the left side was shocking Giggs is nowhere near match fit and was shockingly bad leaving the right side as the only option as we don't have a midfeilder who can play in the hole behind the forwards to link up the play. The pace and formation changed completely when Nani came on as it gave us options down both sides allowing us to push further up field.

As for the penalty claims i think Parks was a stonewall penalty i've seen it a few times now and from the back it's inconclusive but Zhicov didn't win touch the ball at any point imo. Neville on Anelka was imo nothing more than an old fashioned shoulder charge but i could have understood if the ref had of blown up although there wasn't much of an appeal from the chelski players. Lampard on Berbatov was a cracking tackle but he did jump in from behind so again could of understood if the ref had blown for a dangerous tackle but then again Neville was booked minutes later for a similar challenge on Malouda. Was Mike Dean under pressure after his howler last week week in the Blackburn game and the fact the player came out in the week and admitted he'd dove? Who knows but i guess it proves you'll never win a penelty at Old Trafford

As for Drogba's goal it's twice this season that Chelski have won a game thanks to an offside Drogba

funny thing was i asked my brother if he could have got me the odds on Drogba scoring from an offside position

Come on Munichhhhh!

He was the greatest right back in the universe after the Liverpool game (think it was the liverpool game?) on MOTD.

Got to disagree with you on this fella. I like Berba a lot, but on Saturday he was shocking. His movement was just poor - not lazy as some would have you believe, but poor. You saw a difference when Macheda came on, he stretched Chelsea.

I'd be suprised if Ferguson would risk playing a two-man central midfield from KO against a team who can keep the ball effectively. If he did go that way, I am sure he would acknowledge it as a risk. Do you think Ferguson trusts United's midfielders to play as a two in the big games?

Never a pen. Park simply dangled his leg away from his body hoping for a connection. It was Pires-esque / Gerrard-esque.



A shoulder charge using his hip and thigh? Neville barged into Anelka. It was an obvious penalty.


From the two points listed above, I would never have guess you are a United supporter, fella.



A United fan making such a claim will get very little sympathy.

Sure.

Correct on every point. Team selection wrong and we simply weren't good enough.(although Dean was shocking)

You need to watch it again. This time, watch the path of the ball. If you don't think that Zhirkov touched the ball, book an appointment with an optician.

Thought they were both penalties to be honest. Neither decision affected the game though as Chelsea were far better in all departments.

I thought the Anelka penalty was definite.

I thought the Park one could've been given. If Zhirkov hadn't made contact with the ball then that would've been definite too. 50/50 call for me. The way Park went down would have swayed the decision against him but TBH I'm not sure whether he was doing a Gerrard.

Couldn't agree more. The sad fact was that Chelsea could've upped their game at any time.

Walcott being hyped up as Arsenal's key man tonight.

They're out.



[i1725: CSKA Moscow v Inter Milan: Stay tuned for a full build-up of Barcelona v Arsenal, but it kicks off on the plastic pitch at the Luzhniki Stadium in 10 minutes, so lots to talk about there too - including Inter coach Jose Mourinho's amazing pre-match comments after CSKA's scheduled league game against Zenit St Petersburg at the weekend was cancelled for security reasons following the double Moscow suicide bombings last week: "CSKA have already done something to win - they didn't play on Saturday," said Mourinho. "They used a slightly sad excuse but they did it well. Of course they could just have told the truth. Would I coach in Russia? Only for CSKA, because they have the ability to reschedule matches as they want."[/i

Inter a goal up after 6 minutes.

Free kick from Wesley Schneider. Terrible defending and 'keeping to let it in.

Its official Burnley are a pub team www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... ttr=796995

Its official Burnley are a pub team www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... ttr=796995

Quote ="LFCRhino"Its official Burnley are a pub team www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... ttr=796995'" TBH if I was a Burnley fan I wouldn't care less that a subbed player left the ground after being subbed. I'd be pretty damn furious with the ridiculous performance they put in though, and if that player was one of the worst he'd be getting my virtiol over that, but over leaving the ground? Big deal.

Quote ="LFCRhino"Its official Burnley are a pub team www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ ... ttr=796995'" TBH if I was a Burnley fan I wouldn't care less that a subbed player left the ground after being subbed. I'd be pretty damn furious with the ridiculous performance they put in though, and if that player was one of the worst he'd be getting my virtiol over that, but over leaving the ground? Big deal.

Now that is a perfect example of an Arsenal fan. And one of the biggest reasons I hate 'em so much.

Arsenal FC - The World's Biggest Gay Club.