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Incidentally, another reason I dislike Chelsea.. I've been to Stamford Bridge several times working and the most popular song was usually the one that starts "f*** em all, f*** em all" and ends.. "we are the Chelsea so f*** all the rest". Ok, so we have a few chants with swearing in, but they...

attendance for Manchester Utd v Athletic - 59600. Attendance for Athletic v Utd - 40000 sell-out and widely regarded as one of the top 5 games in their history per-match. Half deserted.. Hmm. Only the English are so disdainful of the Europa League and yet our clubs can't even win it.

This. They made United look one-dimensional and bereft of ideas. And United are 25 points clear of Chelsea. Beyond the top few clubs, English football's in a grim state.

That's true enough once the red had happened. But they played exactly the same with 11 men.

In the 'old' days, I'd always have wanted the English club to win. But 1) I love the way Barcelona play football 2) I love'Barcelona as a place after several memorable trips and have always liked the people 3) Chelsea are hardly an English club, bankrolled by Russian millions 4) they have...

Haha. Good point! I was adding up both legs... :wink:

Sticking 22 men behind the ball is hardly the way forward though is it...

The sad thing is that if Chelsea do somehow manage to hang on, it'll be seen as a brave rearguard action against the odds when, in fact, having Terry sent off has made no difference to their approach whatsoever. Ten men camped in their own penalty area.

This. Not just letting the club and their fans down (hilariously) but also then treating them like brain-dead morons. Which most of them are, but that's besides the point.

Barca already need to score 3 in total. If Chelsea score again, they will need four.

I miss the days when I used to support clubs in Europe simply because they were English.

Damn. Terry sent off. Wanted Barcelona to grind them into the dirt - but what a shame they'll now have an excuse for getting battered.

Barca have looked very dodgy at the back when Chelsea have ventured forward so strange (lack of) tactics in some ways - one away goal would really make life difficult for Barcelona. Oh.. and there's the inevitable opener... so surely they'll have to move some players more than 30 yards from...

In terms of ambition, this is a bit like watching a Conference South club play Manchester United. Attack v Defence - like a training exercise. It'll be astonishing if Chelsea can hold out.