I cannot believe some of the posts after this game, 'It was ok', 'It was only portsmouth' etc.
lets face it, that was one of the best attacking games we have had all season, Babel, Aquaman, Torres, Maxi all looked good. Reading some of the posts you would think people would prefer Lucas and Kuyt in the team.
Yes it was only Portsmouth who are at the bottom of the EPL but they are in the semis of the FA Cup and they have won 3 of their last 5 games.
It was good to see us getting to the byeline and pulling dangerous crosses into the box rather than hitting hopeful balls from mid way into the opponents half. It was good to see sharp and penetrating passing and movement and not be bored sh1tless as with some of the recent displays. We need to win on Thursday so why would we bring back Lucas and have two defensive midfielders against Lille, just to prevent them from scoring, if we don't score its irrelevant.
Against ManU I would much rather we went to OT and took the game to them rather than go back to the negative defensive cr@p we have seen and concede a late goal.
Is it a coincidence that this display comes when Rafa fields most of our talented players on the pitch at the same time, we should demand that he carries on with this type of selection and tactics and not simply go back to the negative (and costly) displays just because its Rafa and in Rafa we are supposed to trust.