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ajspurs

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To be honest, I think sometimes this is the thing that's missing from our game, what Chelsea are doing. The ability to just be incredibly organised, sometimes sit back when we have a lead, make life hard for the opposition and hit dangerously on the break. Like how both of these teams have beaten us in the past actually.
 

teok

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To be honest, I think sometimes this is the thing that's missing from our game, what Chelsea are doing. The ability to just be incredibly organised, sometimes sit back when we have a lead, make life hard for the opposition and hit dangerously on the break. Like how both of these teams have beaten us in the past actually.

Comes with experience doesn't it. Niggly little professional fouls at key points to break up the rhythms of attack etc. It will come if we keep this group of players together.
 

shelfboy68

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To be honest, I think sometimes this is the thing that's missing from our game, what Chelsea are doing. The ability to just be incredibly organised, sometimes sit back when we have a lead, make life hard for the opposition and hit dangerously on the break. Like how both of these teams have beaten us in the past actually.
We can beat these teams occasionally in the league but so far the big semi-finals we can't get past them.
 

dagraham

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Was just waiting for the commentator to say “Hazard’s twisting and turning like a twisty, turny thing” :D
 

ajspurs

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Comes with experience doesn't it. Niggly little professional fouls at key points to break up the rhythms of attack etc. It will come if we keep this group of players together.

Quite possibly yeah, but I wonder how much is experience and how much is instructional because what I'm talking about is what we practically saw against Madrid at the Bernabeu. We were like a purple wall at times that night, the defensive organisation was so good.
 
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