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Greatihex:
i hope you still remember the line up that overcame barca and Bayern the last time?

Yes! But that was a team that was built as a mechanical team. A team that was good in the art of defending, a team that was the antithesis or antidote for those teams(barca/bayern). Now, we are trying to match them, to play like them and that requires time.

The Conte effect: Chelsea boss hailed for turning David Luiz into a 'serious defender'

Luiz rejoined the Blues from Paris Saint-Germain during the summer transfer window.
Chelsea's summer recruit David Luiz looks like a "serious defender" under Antonio Conte, according to Jamie Redknapp. The pundit has been impressed by the Brazilian since his move from Paris Saint-Germain, observing that Luiz looks a much better player than he did during his first spell at Stamford Bridge.

Luiz, 29, played for the Blues from 2011 until 2014, when he moved to the French capital. But his career at Stamford Bridge was blighted by high-profile errors – and Luiz's shock return to West London during the summer transfer window created a lot of discussion among fans.). "There is a hunger about this Chelsea team," Redknapp said on Sky Sports. "The manager has brought that in and the players are buying into it.

"Every single player on that pitch is working hard and there's a desire about them again. Conte has got them so well drilled. Everybody knows their job when they have the ball and it suits them defensively as well.

"Luiz looks – I'm scared to say it – like a serious defender. You've got him buying into it as well, and that was a problem for Chelsea for many years. But when he's like that, he looks the real deal."
Chelsea's disciplined defensive display also impressed Gary Neville, who was previously critical of Luiz for overplaying in dangerous areas of the pitch. "This Chelsea team have not made a mistake today, they've not put a foot wrong," the former Manchester United captain said.
"The concentration and focus is there but the clean sheet mentality is the big thing for me, and it's there right through the team these past few weeks. Even Luiz is kicking it into the stand when two years ago he might have done a Cruyff turn and tried to beat the attacker."

City lost the away leg 4-0 in Spain and are second in Group C, one point in front of Borussia Monchengladbach.

Sergio Aguero is expected to start for City on Tuesday, and right-back Pablo Zabaleta could be available.

"We dropped two points against Celtic, so we have to recover those points," said the former Barcelona manager.

"It's not a final for them, it is a final for us."

Aguero started the game at the Nou Camp on the bench but, following two goals in a win over West Brom in the Premier League on Saturday, is expected to start.

"We have to be focused for 90 minutes, knowing they are going to provoke mistakes because of the quality they have," added Guardiola.

"But we had a few chances [in the first game] and have to keep going in that sense and try to finish better than we did in Barcelona.

"We will try. I have never entered a match thinking we can't win but we have to play almost perfectly."

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37823784

raumdeuter:
So when you look at Last seasons Chelsea.

Look at this seasons Chelsea

Look at this seasons Man utd

How come CHelsea last season is looking like Man Utd this season in results while the only common thing to both teams is Jose Mourinho

You are still attempting to draw me back and forth with this but I think I'll pass. All I'll say is that this argument should take place by December /January, then can we begin to assess both Chelsea and man-u's projects.

By the way,what happened to your dayokano account Abi them give you life ban

raumdeuter:
Conte had multiple tries at the Champions League with Juve, he never made 1 semi final, his last attempt, he crashed at the group stages to Galatasaray led by geriatrics like Drogba and Sneijder

If its unfair to call him a failure in Europe, Is it fair to call him a success in Europe?

Like you said, I am also for Conte to succeed in the league at least to firmly point to it that last seasons woes were on Mourinho because some fans silently want him to fail so they can exonerate Mourinho from last seasons fiasco

Anything that will drag Mourinho down, I am all for it

I don't think anyone has ever called him a success in Europe. He lacked experience in Europe as it was his first time of trying but his ideas and methods finally triumphed as one can boldly say that the team that played in the finals when he left was a team made in his image and which had all his imprints on it.


As for Chelseas last season, I really don't want to go back and forth with you on this matter as it would lead to nowhere, you hate mourinho so there is nothing I would say which would change your stance on what you feel about him and many here will see my view as being sentimental but I don't think mourinho is to be fully blamed for last seasons woes. He definitely has a share of the blame but there were many factors which I can't go into right now due to time.

elampiro:
All these stats do not matter. There are players that are specialists in gathering individual stats for themselves. I always preferred some other players to Mata when at Chelsea. I usually don't rate passers, though. I think it is the simplest thing to do. I will take young Lampard over many of those passers we have now.

I always preferred Hazard to Mata. In that Chelsea 2011/2012 team, I loved to see Ramires, Malouda. Mata was just one of those players to me.

The only good thing about Ramirez was his versatility and hardwork just like willan.
They have no end product. If you have up to 3 players like that in your Team, you're finished. We once finished 6th in the league with these players.

Those sending me some kind pm,

Ayam not understanding

It's definitely too early to say this team can beat the elite teams in Europe but it's also wrong to say conte won't succeed in the Champions League because of his pedigree
Raumdeuter, juve had finished 7th when conte was appointed, they had not been in Europe for four consecutive seasons and Moreso their appearances preceding their eventual demise from Europe was very underwhelming.
As for conte himself, he was making his debut in the Champions League as a manager so he could be forgiven for underwhelming in his first season considering the factors I have earlier accentuated.
For juve to have eventually reached the final immediately conte left is proof that his gradual task of rebuilding juve had been completed.
Many fans and pundits certainly appreciate his efforts in rebuilding juve so it's very unfair to for raumdeuter to call him a failure in Europe but it's will certainly be a grand delusion of the highest order to say this Chelsea can beat Barça or Bayern or any of the elite yet but as a Chelsea fan, I believe we are gradually getting there.

Preview coming soon

Ibime:
This is not Bayern Munich that plays an attacking 3-4-3, leaving MSN one-on-one with their defenders to score 5 goals.

Not all 3-4-3 are the same.

please enlighten me.
what other types of 343 are there?

3DCYCLOPS:
pls can anyone help with a good subtitle app...Subloader seems not to be working

Go to addic7ed.com, all subtitles are there.

pamcode:
Donzajet you mean that is your real chest lol i thought you were a bouncer before I looked at your arms - quite thin for a credible bouncer. No pun intended tho

Haha.
I love going to the gym. Na the result of my hardwork. And no, I am not a bouncer , I So no, I am not a bouncer

Skimpledawg:
Donjazet, let this sleeping dog lie in peace na.. What do u rily wish to gain from all this up and down typing...

Una finger no dey pain Una.?

I don't respond well to unprovoked attacks. Go back and check the history of tonights banter, you would see that nihilist just insulted me unprovoked! It was only logical to retaliate in same way, no be sooo?

Anyways, nihilist forget all these yarns you na my man.
Sleep well and give the cute boy a hug/cuddle for me. goodnight.

Nihilist:
You are irredemably daft..otherwise you would have understood a very simple post in simple English here.
Now this crap

I maintain a thread in a hidden section. The posts in there are unquotable and the thread itself is not advertised. For you to read my diary, first you have to look for my profile, then click on my posts. Only a an utter bufoon would say such a thread reeks of high narcissim

I clicked on your profile and saw what appears to be a nekkid man in bowtie. When I said you were an attention seeking clown, I was right on the money. Only an attentionwhore would cover himself in copious amounts of vaseline to pose nekid for a DP. I can't believe I've been here trading words with a confused abomination unsure of whether he is a waiter or a male stripper. The only thing I can say is that I should have known better...

I definitely should have known better...

Stale, boring and a cheap shot! Am sorry, was that supposed to be funnyHahahaha, let me help you laugh.
I am sorry I work very hard on my body to maintain good fitness and a very perfect health and take pride in it. I Am sure you are ashamed of your unhealthy drummy pot belly, yam legs and over bloated face that you can't ever try showing it off.

Certainly I should be flogged heavily and slapped constantly for ever thinking you were a tad reasonable which must have made me curious as to see who the fellow was and boy was I shocked by what I saw!
I pity that boy you call a son because his environment is certainly doomed if he turns out in half to reflect his uber-useless fathers lifestyle.

Please go back to smoking your quality weed and possibly sharing it with the little boy.

I hope you enjoyed the post match report

Now move along dimwit, I have spent a valuable piece of my time on a shallow minded crack-head.

Ibime:
All credit to Conte for switching formation, deploying Azpi at centre-back, Moses and Alonso at wing back etc, something none of us could have thought of.

This would be a clear case of the manager taking the credit, not cos we have the players.

The usual Chelsea template of 4-2-3-1 would have Garri Cahill miscafoning and struggling to keep clean sheets and Oscar being as useless as ever in our no10 position. That team can struggle to finish in the top 7 this season. So all credit goes to Conte.

You are mostly spot on in your analysis! And observation. nice one.

Report: Southampton 0 Chelsea 2

It was a pleasingly familiar tale for the Blues on our Sunday afternoon visit to the South Coast as we recorded a fourth straight league win without conceding a goal since the change in team shape at the start of the month.
In its way, this well-deserved victory that came courtesy of an early Eden Hazard goal and an outstanding Diego Costa strike in the second half, matched the home wins over champions Leicester and Manchester United given Southampton’s strong home record. They had not been beaten at St Mary’s in the previous 11 games. Chelsea’s win here last February had preceded that run.
Following the four goal-mauling of Man United in this slot last weekend, it was no surprise to see Antonio Conte leave his selection unchanged for our final game of October, especially as he had rested a few legs at West Ham in the midweek cup outing.

Pedro, following such an early impact on that game a week ago, took only marginally longer to make his presence felt today when his run and pass found Eden Hazard inside the Saints penalty area but although the Belgian slammed on the breaks and centred the ball, Diego Costa at the near post was not allowed a chance to shoot. It was a good start from the visitors.
Nemanja Matic was called upon to block a shot from Dusan Tadic and our former midfielder Oriol Romeu hooked over from range as the home side had their initial go at goal, but with just five minutes on the clock they went behind.

Goalscorer Hazard was involved earlier in the move. He then took a return pass from Victor Moses on the right and sold the Southampton defence the same dummy they fell for on his earlier attack, but he this time went for goal rather than a pass and a great choice it was too. The ball flew through Fraser Forster’s legs and into the net for Hazard’s fifth Premier League goal already this season, and one that kept his team’s momentum turned up high.

Southampton spent the following minutes playing safe in an attempt to steady ship but our forward play was looking lively enough to suggest the next chance was not too far away. It didn’t come and by the midway point in the half the Saints were gaining the initiative.
Marcos Alonso gave away a free-kick on Tadic which the Serbian took and drew a save low down in the bottom corner from Thibaut Courtois. That would prove to be the home side's one shot on target.
Gary Cahill and Alonso won aerial contests which were the platform for a Blues counter-attack. Hazard’s crossfield pass was meant for Pedro but instead found Moses whose shot was deflected off-target.
No goal but it did herald a spell of more Chelsea possession and greater control. Hazard, this time from a position on the left, drifted inside and had a good effort saved.

Diego Costa had not been greatly involved up to this stage but he was the next to be denied by the now busy Forster after Matic, impressive throughout, won the ball forcefully. Our striker’s shot was saved by the keeper’s foot so the teams went in at half-time with the Londoners one goal ahead.
It was Conte’s side who started the second half with the greater impetus too, and Fonte was not far away from turning a dangerous Alonso cross past his own keeper as he defended it facing goal.
Alonso on the run then shot several yards wide after an impressive turn and surge down the middle of the pitch from Diego Costa. Our striker would do even better a couple of minutes later.
In his two and a bit seasons in the Premier League, the 28-year-old has built his goalscoring reputation mostly on being a penalty-area predator but his 56th-minute strike that doubled our lead was worthy of any long-range specialist. He received the ball outside the area towards the left, worked it inside a yard or so and then gave Forster no chance with a rocket into the far side of the net.

The exuberant celebration was worthy of the strike. Diego Costa was back above Sergio Aguero and Romelu Lukaku as the Premier League’s topscorer. This was goal no.8.
This afternoon’s two goalscorers nearly combined for another shortly after and then Pedro had the chance to make the Saints pay after Forster failed to hold onto a Moses shot, but delayed shooting too long.

The home side had a good chance to halve the deficit with a quarter of the game to go but Charlie Austin headed over. Later in the game, Steven Davis challenged David Luiz in the air and the ball looped onto the top of the Chelsea crossbar.
Moses tested Forster with a stinging effort shortly before Austin had the ball in the net at the other end, only to see the flag raised for offside. The clean sheet did not come under threat again.
With these three points we retain our fourth place at the top of a very tight league table.

Chelsea (3-4-3): Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill (c); Moses (Ivanovic 87) Kante, Matic, Alonso; Pedro (Willian 78), Diego Costa (Batshuayi 88), Hazard.
Unused subs Begovic, Terry , Chalobah, Oscar.
Scorers Hazard 6, 55

Southampton (4-3-3): Forster; Martina, Fonte (c), Van Dijk, Bertrand (McQueen 78); Clasie (Boufal 61) Romeu, Davis; Redmond, Tadic (Hojbjerg 78), Austin.
Unused subs Taylor, Yoshida, Ward-Prowse, Olomola.
Referee Mike Jones
Crowd 31,827

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Nihilist:
More attention seeking nonsense. Nobody made you the class captain, so nobody expects you to call anybody to order. That day, nateevs quoted me to ask a question, and raumdeuter then joined in the conversation. How can i be trolling when i didnt even start the discuss? This is just a poor excuse to justify your bebeto behaviour.

The fact of the matter is that nobody here us willing to engage in any sort of discussion with you whether public or private, despite posting a gazillion articles a day..mostly because its pretty obvious from your constant copy and paste operations that there is not an original thought to be found in the donjazet medulla. I mean even your username is a ripoff.

You are an attention seeker by nature. If you weren't born a human being, you would have come to this world as a traffic light, such is your appetite to be looked at.

Please gerrahia. Match reports will soon be ready on other blogs. You need to keep your fingers supple for your control-C, control-V duties tonight.

Not only were you trolling, you were sounding so amateurish and childish. As though you were thinking through the anal hole( covers nose).
To show how much of a dimwit you are and a half baked cretin, the same you who made the comment below;

Nihilist:
I like this.

Thanks Donjazet. Please keep the articles coming.

Is still the same person now saying it is an "attention seeking" function.

Of course it's not anyone's responsibility to keep the place lively or post the articles like I do( not that I have the time anyways) but this place became so boring!!
There was a time when ibime, cougar, Chelseabmw, raumdeuter, cfcman, elampiro, Tval and other old users used to regularly engage in matured, sensible debates, discussions and banters. That has long died and I can be forgiven for trying to revive the thread, only an ignorant fool would see a nice innovation and call it an attention seeking exercise after already commending it.

I could have stopped if I saw it didn't have any effect whatsoever but the recent surge I had in followers( of which you are one) indicated that people liked it but maybe couldn't comment always. If you are not comfortable with them, make the transformer your best friend
I have never taken credit for the articles, so you saying I lack ideas by "copy and pasting"( sourcing and editing nice articles) is a further proof of your Tom foolery.

If anyone is "attention seeking ", it's you at least I don't go around making a public diary of my life.that reeks of high narcissism . Nobody wants to see your dreaded god-forsaken drug-taking lifestyle.

In your words.

BE GONE CLOWN

Ibime:
Yup, this formation is just about the best fit given these set of players. Nice work by Conte.

Absolutely!!!! Conte is really proving to be a bargain. I am highly impressed.

Emaprince:
your profile pic

Haha!! no evidence of constant hardworking.

Emaprince:
@donjazet, na mud-crack dey your stomach Abi Wetin?

I no understand.

Nihilist:
Thank God, a witness was around to check you.

You were [b]seeking attention that day, by inserting yourself into a conversation that did not involve you [/b]and asking raumdeuter and nateevs to 'ignore Nihilist'

I only pointed out that despite posting a million articles on here, nobody seemed to want to engage you in any form of discourse, which is probably why you attemptrd to attach yourself by force to our convo which such a blatant notice-me post.

As previously pointed out, i was one of the first to commend you for posting articles...but i will check you sharpish if you bé into my lane like a puma canvass.

Now lets focus on the game.

For someone who is supposed to be learned, you ought to know that there is nothing such as "private convo" in a public forum.
If you had thought well before posting, you would know that this is a public forum where general ideas are shared, discussed and debated upon.
If you were also adequately literate, enlightened and informed, you would have known that this is a Chelsea fan thread where Chelsea fans discuss ideas about the club and debate sensibly on issues. as such only an ignoramus would see a fans interjection or opinion as "notice me". You were trolling and you had to be called to other. If you have a problem with that, that's your cup of tea.
I would advise you to go and learn further about a public forum.

PS; nice game!! Costa and Hazard, keep flying the blue flag high.

I hope we win with a large margin today

Emaprince:
Hehe.. dude, the same person that said you were 'seeking attention' is the first to commend you for posting those articles on this board.

In 'seeking attention'... I don't think he had the articles in mind.

We had a slight banter that day which led to him saying it, what else could you think he probably meant?

luvola:
TEAM NEWS
West Brom defender Jonny Evans returns
after serving a one-match ban.
However, Claudio Yacob is suspended
after accumulating five yellow cards, while
Saido Berahino won't be considered due
to a lack of fitness.
Manchester City will assess midfielder
Kevin de Bruyne, who injured his calf
against Southampton last weekend.
Defender Pablo Zabaleta could be
involved after missing the last two games
with a foot injury, while captain Vincent
Kompany is available.
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
Guy Mowbray: "Behind Pep Guardiola's
polite smile, there seems a growing
irritation with being asked if he's prepared
to change his style of play to get
Manchester City winning again.
"Not a chance. There's a quest for a kind
of footballing perfection at play here, and
at times they've been close to it already
this season - just ask Ronald Koeman.
"If the frustration of City fans is that it's
all a bit 'over done' at times, then their
Albion counterparts have contrary
concerns.
"Like Guardiola though, Tony Pulis - who
this week extended his contract until 2018
- is not for changing.
"Both have been successful enough in
their own way to stay true to their ideas.
"Both could really do with a win. In their
own way."
Twitter: @Guymowbray
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY
West Brom head coach Tony Pulis on his
new contract: "This is a time of great
change at Albion and when that happens
you need continuity.
"I want to build things here and play my
part in improving the club. You cannot do
these things overnight but I do believe,
step by step, we are making advances.
"I think the bulk of our fans understand
the process we embarked upon under the
shadow of relegation less than two years
ago."
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on
City's six-match winless run: "For the
players, they don't deserve this. We are in
this period like it is but it will make us
stronger in the future, I am sure about
that.
"I need time to learn, to improve. I'm still
in that process. We have to learn as
quickly as possible."
LAWRO'S PREDICTION
I will be at this game for BBC Radio 5 live
and I am expecting the Baggies to make
life difficult for Manchester City, or at least
try to - but I think Pep Guardiola's six-
game winless run will end at the
Hawthorns.
Prediction: 0-2

m.bbc.com/sport/football/37737767

I thought guardiola would lose this match at the hawthorns today.
Anyways no shaking

Another away game for Manchester United and a chance for José Mourinho’s players to respond to the manager’s scathing criticism of their efforts against Fenerbahce. Swansea, on the face of it, should be benign opponents. They are second from bottom, without a victory since the opening day and have collected only two points from a possible 27, prompting Bob Bradley to describe keeping Swansea up as a “huge” job. Mourinho must feel the same way about turning United around. Stuart James

Kick-off Sunday 3pm

Venue Liberty Stadium

Last season Swansea City 2 Manchester United 1

Referee Neil Swarbrick

This season G5, Y22, R0, 4.40 cards per game

Odds H 4-1 A 3-4 D 3-1

Swansea City
Subs from Nordfelt, Tremmel, Birighitti, Ki, Kingsley, Amat, Fernández, Bastón, Fulton, Rangel, Montero, Cork, McBurnie, James

Doubtful None

Injured Dyer (ankle, 19 Nov)

Suspended None

Form LLLLDL

Discipline Y15 R0

Leading scorer Fer 4

Manchester United
Subs from Romero, Johnstone, Depay, Lingard, Fosu-Mensah, Tuanzebe, Schneiderlin, Mkhitaryan, Jones, Young, Ibrahimovic, Pogba

Doubtful Pogba (leg)

Injured Bailly (knee, Jan), Smalling (foot, unknown), Valencia (arm, unknown)

Suspended Herrera (one match)

Form LWDDLD

Discipline Y22 R1

Leading scorer Ibrahimovic 4

Oasis007:


What do you expect..... when Dudes see nothing impressive with the Contributions of Donjazet!

larride:
He just be like say all of them don go on suspension.
Truly, I skip all the articles don jazet brings here as long as it pertains to CFC, wetin concern me, But I have to say he was doing a great job until some few dudes latch onto him.

@ larridee thanks for the compliments, although I feel that my aims of doing it are defeated most at times. I use little piece of my lucrative time to source for nice articles, opinions or matters concerning Chelsea and a few fans will complain with one even inferring that I was "seeking attention " .
But all the same, seeing these comments and the amount of followers I have amassed since I started suggest some fans are okay with it, when I have the time, I will try my best.

The mood at Manchester United is one of frustration mixed with confidence that very soon everything will begin to click and performance will match result. Tottenham Hotspur are six points ahead of José Mourinho’s side in fifth place and given Mauricio Pochettino was of interest to United before hiring the Portuguese each man may have a little extra motivation to deliver three points.

Kick-off 2.15pm
Venue Old Trafford
Last season Man Utd 1 Tottenham 0

Referee Robert Madley
This season G10, Y49, R0, 4.9 cards per game

Manchester Utd
Subs from Romero, Johnstone, Depay, Lingard, Fosu-Mensah, Tuanzebe, Schneiderlin, Young, Blind, Fellaini, Schweinsteiger, Rashford, Mata, Rojo, Rooney
Doubtful None
Injured Shaw (match fitness, 14 Dec), Smalling (toe, 17 Dec)

Suspended None
Form LDWDDD
Discipline Y34 R1
Leading scorer Ibrahimovic 8

Tottenham Hotspur
Subs from Vorm, López, Trippier, Davies, Dier, Wimmer, Carter-Vickers, Carroll, Winks, Onomah, Sissoko, Nkoudou

Doubtful Davies (ankle)

Injured Janssen (ankle, 28 Dec), Lamela (hip, unknown)
Suspended None
Form DDDWLW
Discipline Y26 R0
Leading scorer Kane 7

Neimar:
2-0 final score

Till then

Sure 3 points?