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went to thebarca/levante game last week. Terrible atmosphere.

Defended extremely well for all of the first half, and for all the talk of us picking them off when tiredness set in they in effect did that us. Extremely frustrating that for all that we've spent in the transfer window we're playing a shite defensive midfielder at centre back and Hart is still flapping goals in- two goals conceded from set pieces to Frazier fucking Campbell is simply not good enough. I've got faith that Pellegrini can circumvent the blueprint teams have been successfully using against us for more than a year now, but it's depressing watching this exact same thing- teams defending narrowly and then preying on defensive errors on the break and from set pieces in the last third of the game- again and again and again. And yeah, you joke but I'm not seeing Chelsea in particular dropping many points at relegation candidates this year.

Hard to get hugely pumped so early in the season- it doesn't feel like much is at stake yet. Doesn't help that it's a Monday night either. Personally felt that Chelsea had the better over virtually all the 5 games they played against United last year but that United have some exceptional finishers. I'm leaning towards a draw but the two sides have such an even record against each other that it's always a hard fixture to call.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyK_yq0vkTE&feature=youtu.be

citeh?
United???
PSG?
those other guys?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23841998

You can't have ALL the good players Chelsea, it's not fair.

kinda feels like one of those that is built up so much its bound to be a dull 0-0. bound to be some #CONTROVERSY too.

8-0 to Man Utd.

A win at last!! :D

Oscar, Hazard, Schurrle, Ramires and Lampard are the fittest midfield/attacking options we have. Even a fully-fit Mata doesn't have the same running him and although Lukaku isn't just a bettering ram he won't be able to help out as much as Schurrle.

Or showing Rooney just how easy it would be for him to get into the side.

Tancredi Palmeri ?@tancredipalmeri 8s
Chelsea this evening have presented a new bid for Rooney. Manchester United still have not answered. Seems Chelsea is very confident

man utd really need to exploit the space down the wings, would've been great to have rafael there at RB (although Jones has done a good job defensively), and welbeck needs to get stuck in a bit more.

that counter on the 43 minute mark is what utd need to be wary of

if Rooney joins Chelsea does that mean Torres will be off to Napoli ?

...imagine if Wenger bought him

93rd or 94th minute?

great defensive performances from JT and Vidic i think. way too many HOOFS from Man Utds defense, but pretty disciplined overall. with Moyes still bedding in I think thats a decent result.

probably a penalty.

Like someone else said not sure why the put these big games in so early in the season, it was always going to be disappointing!

Think the first time we kept the ball for more than 30 seconds was injury time- very sloppy in possession. Too big a game for either manager to lose, I suppose- all the focus was on Chelsea's formation but it's not like United steamed forward in numbers all that often.

Think Lampard was fortunate. I probably wouldn't give that if I was a ref and saw it clearly, but plenty understandably would.

Probably the only interesting part of my football-watching evening ... Al Jazeera had Mark Halsey on as a pundit and he was surprisingly candid about not really rating Martin Atkinson. Nothing too scathing but clearly a man who hasn't been joylessly media-trained.

not the worst 0-0 you'll ever see.

front six of;

----modric-isco
-di maria-ozil-ronaldo
--------benzema

very attacking.