1 minute ago, coco said:

its not all sarriball, all the time, especially 0-1 away from home, sometimes you got to hold the ball longer, plus he scored so f**k off 

He scored but its still a poor game from him, so many times he just runs into men instead of making a quick pass. Every other player can do it.

gotta take our chances better in the second half

0 minutes added time......where do European refs get this from?

Dominant first half, a bit dull, Rudiger and Barkley the stand out players so far.

PAOK offering very little offensively. It's like playing a low table premier league side at the moment. 

Rudiger is our best defender by some distance, can defend and pass a ball, great player. 

Really slow tempo has made for a pretty dull half to watch. 

We've been pretty solid so far, and the game should be dead and buried but for some poor finishing. Morata has had 6 shots off target so far, I'm wondering if he can reach double figures. 

It's hard to criticise players that don't play regularly, as they aren't obviously match sharp, however zappacosta has been poor. 

It's a shame we didn't put ampadu and CHO on the bench, the early goal has made this pretty much a friendly now.

1 minute ago, Slojo said:

Rudiger is our best defender by some distance, can defend and pass a ball, great player. 

Lovely pass to Morata in that first half. He does that occasionally and they're almost always good balls. 

Could see Giroud, Loftus-Cheek and Fabregas on in second half. 

Might come back to bite us missing these chances. Hopefully not. Would like to see Cesc and ruben get a half, for kante and jorginho but that may be too big a risk. 

We must not get complacent. It's only 1-0 and they can easily come back into the match. Please somebody score a second.

Only issue I have is when we have it this easy we can get complacent and lose concentration. Need to try take it to them. 

Edited September 20, 20187 yr by enigma

4 minutes ago, Slojo said:

Rudiger is our best defender by some distance, can defend and pass a ball, great player. 

Didn't know he was so good on the ball when we signed him. He's been a great signing. 

Although Azpilicueta is probably slightly better. 

4 minutes ago, enigma said:

Could see Giroud, Loftus-Cheek and Fabregas on in second half. 

I wouldn't mind seeing Fabregas try the Jorginho role. It's a similar role I thought he would have taken up under Conte, but it never happened. I wonder how he would get on. They both pass well, I think Fabregas is the better chance creator of the two though, their pace is similar, but Fabregas doesn't move as well as Jorginho.

Just now, Scott Harris said:

I wouldn't mind seeing Fabregas try the Jorginho role. It's a similar role I thought he would have taken up under Conte, but it never happened. I wonder how he would get on. They both pass well, I think Fabregas is the better chance creator of the two though, their pace is similar, but Fabregas doesn't move as well as Jorginho.

Fabregas is brushed off the ball far too easy compared to Jorginho. Although their passing range is about the same.

7 minutes ago, Dr Gonzo said:

Didn't know he was so good on the ball when we signed him. He's been a great signing. 

Although Azpilicueta is probably slightly better. 

I probably should have said central defender, but yeah him and Azpilicueta are excellent, Christensen has massive potential, and David Luiz on form is up there. That's if he ever captures that form from two seasons ago anyway. 

4 minutes ago, Old Shaggy said:

Fabregas is brushed off the ball far too easy compared to Jorginho. Although their passing range is about the same.

He also has the pace of an 80 year old. 

When I saw Willian was Captain, I thought there was no chance the forum would be up tonight, or for several weeks as it would have gone into meltdown with the anti-Willian whining.  Then I log in and find loads and loads of the instagram/Kardashian generation bitch-moaning about being "bored" when we are totally dominating and 1-0 up, but with no special filters or fireworks, obviously.

Don't know who it was but I also saw some idiot saying Willian "doesn't get it" or something like that. The best player in the first half "doesn't get it" - So amusing.

Didn’t realise UEFA had f**ked with the kick off times and missed the first half 

oh god willian

LOL !!! The joy of the UEL with their rather original teams

wtf is this

 

barcelona fan i guess

We are missing so many chances.

Come on Willian !!