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Cahill! let's win this shit now!

That Van Ginkel injury is biting us in the back...

Glad he scored. On the topic of Mourinho vs Lukaku: Im not the biggest Lukaku fan because he has detrimental holes in his play, but wat Mourinho did was out of clear frustration coming of a horrible game Chelsea game. Id expect managers to keep their emotions in check. Never ever should a manager attack a player from his own club in the media!

your right, but it also allows us to rest most of our key players then.

What do people expect?? With this squad a major player will always be left out. I don't expect major rotations till the end of december maybe. Im not saying it's healthy for the team atmosphere but it is what it is now. KDB is likely getting out in january so count him out, and if the situation stay's as it is, Mata is also in danger at the end of the season. I hope not though cause he was our best player the last 2 seasons.

Dat bench is criminal!

I liked the 4-3-3 but it saddens me that our 6 attacking mids are fighting for 2 spots then. Don't think it will be our main formation but we'll definitely see it more and more from now on.

I guess José is shutting me up...

First time this season im pissed at our line-up. Doesn't make any sense against West-Ham.

Wut the hell with this Line-up, Mata is done here btw.

If he comes without us overpaying like crazy, i like it. I was a bit hesitant considering he's going to be 28 next year. But just look at Robin van Persie and Ibrahimovic. These are his best years, and top notch strikers aren't knocking on the door every year.

When do the Brazillians arrive in London btw? I guess they'll get a day off tommorow, and that will leave them with only 1 training session before our match at saturday. I can see José starting with Hazard/Mata/Schürrle to give these lads some extra rest, but on the other hand i doubt it he starts without Ramires.

Hope he retains his spot come WC!

From all our attacking midfielders he seems the most versatile. You can position him everywhere in the AM and you won't regret it. In the games he played with Chelsea he drifted towards all AM positions and performed well. How big are his chances btw that he retains his position in the Brazilian squad come World cup?

I was there at the game, and yeh they booed him every time they showed his face on the side screen.

I for once am glad that the international break is upon us. Some much needed time to think about our attacking play. Got some other points also. 1. Stop rotating our attacking band every single game from now on. We have to many AM's but fuck it, can't please them all. 2. José needs to quit his love affair with certain players, Lampard as the prime example. He was one of our best players in the past, but he's clearly over his peak (there i said it), Dunno if i was the only one, but did anyone else also noticed how pissed he was that he was a sub last game in the post match interview? Well he should review this game, and take his own lessons from his performance today. 3. Workrates aside, there is no cohesion between our AM. And i mean all of them (including Mata/Schürrle/DeBruyne), this game Oscar and Willian where switching their positions too much. Besides that Ivanovic should stick to the center and stay on our fucking side, he fucks up almost everything going forward (except headers).

Well atleast WBA needs to openn their play now, should free alot more space for us.

KDB is not competing with Mata for the same spot. He is though with Willian and Schürrle

Tbh, obviously there where clear favorites for Mourinho from day 1. This meant other's had to step up to earn a spot in Mourinho's eyes. KDB, Schürrle, Mata all had their chances to impress. But they all lack consitency this season.

He did last week.

Ivanovic, Terry, Ramires, Lampard, Hazard, Oscar are favourites of Mourinho, better get used to it. When they play even decent they will always be on the namesheet.

As expected, and our strongest team imo with Luiz/Torres/Mikel interchangeable.

Quite certain he will start and Schürrle will be replaced by Hazard. Mou praised Willian the most and he kept him on the field while he took Schürrle out. I would be very very surprised if he kept Schürrle in.

The better question is "what did he do to stay on?"