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Exactly, people treat her like a goddess when she's just an employee of the club. How many other clubs have fans that support their team doctor/physio? I bet they don't even know their names. How often has Jose publicly criticized a player or other staff members? (employee who works under him) - On Schurrle: ''Yeah he scored a goal Ramires probably wouldn't have scored, but we also would not conceded a goal if Ramires was on the pitch''. - On Hazard after the Atletico games: '' Hazard not ready to sacrifice himself for the team'' - On Oscar '' He always has pains here and there, but I expect a fully fit player at the start of the world cup'' - On strikers '' I have no strikers'' (Eto'o, Ba, Torres) - On Goal keeper coach Lollichon '' He should not talk about players from other clubs''. No big stories, no one demanded Jose the MANAGER of the team to publicly apologize after these comments. But.... Now he criticize his medical TEAM...suddenly everyone jumps out and says Jose is wrong, Jose should apologize..this that. He didn't even mention Eva personally, he said ''the team''. But it was her who made it a personal fight on social media. (very stupid) The media, along with the oversexed fans who have never seen a lady, have created this silly situation.

No, no, no and no!! This guy is more busy with parties, Twitter and his tattoos than football. And he is really bad at defending...

ChelsTransfer ‏@ChelsTransfer 16 minAt present, #FCB has a written offer from #MUFC for €25m [+€5m bonus] & #MCFC verbal [by Txiki] €30m[+€2m] more to negotiate, for Pedro (MD) ChelsTransfer ‏@ChelsTransfer 18 minBarcelona club sources also added that Chelsea are interested in Pedro, but the player's representatives have no news about it. (MD) #CFC Cuadrado for Pedro? I'd say yes.

ROB ‏@1RobBeasley 33 mins agoIt's started..told you the next weeks will be fun. More to come!

CHELSEA STAR IS JUVE BOUND Juventus are on the verge of signing Chelsea midfielder Ramires, according to reports in Corriere dello Sport.And the Italian sports daily also claims the Serie A champions will land Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler before the summer transfer window slams shut for business at the start of September. Ramires , not the best footballer but always gives everything and is a very very useful squad player...I rather ship out Mikel.

Wow 4-4

Mourinho never mentioned her name. But she was so stupid to post that message on twitter/FB, that's her mistake.

ChelsTransfer ‏@ChelsTransfer 6h agoShould a suitable offer arrive for the struggling Juan Cuadrado, Chelsea will enter the market for a similar valued replacement. #CFC (GdS)

Jose already showed in many occasions that he fully trusts Zouma. He benched Cahill for Zouma in matches vs City and L'pool, played him in a very important COC final vs Spurs, let him mark Fellaini, prefers him over Mikel to be the lock on the door. Also said in an interview :"I thought Ivanovic would be my first option to replace John and Gary in a game and he is not anymore.'' http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/428880/Jose-Mourinho-Chelsea-Kurt-Zouma-doubts So it wouldn't surprise me if Zouma can beat Stones too. It's also very important to keep him at the club to keep other defenders sharp, like what he did with Cahill.

Best timing for this match, time to face the reality. We have not been good in the second part of last season, but it was the fighting mentality along with some great performers and mainly Eden that carried us to the title. - Are we still good enough to park a good bus? - Can we finally show some good counter attacking football? - Does Jose has a new game plan to surprise us in these big games? Our big games last season were really average compared to the 2013-14 season, we need to improve. If we can't show anything positive in this game vs Man City, then what can we do against Real, Barca, PSG, Atletico and Bayern? The big plus is, if we boards want, we still have two weeks to do something about our squad after this match.

Would make no sense, one of the reasons why we are chasing Stones is that we need more quality depth in the defense. Currently we only have 5 defenders, with Baba 6. Last year we also had 6, but in terms of injuries the back line had a miracle year. Basically no major injury for our defenders but we can't gamble on that to happen again, especially with Iva and JT one year older. Zouma will get enough minutes, he is fully trusted by Mou.

Hopefully he can get the same development as Zouma last year.

Would you rather end the month with 5 points (losing 3-0 against City, draw with WBA and beat Palace) and see the board coming with 1-2 improvements. Or would you prefer our team to grind out 10 points but see no new faces at the end of August except for a left back?

ROB ‏@1RobBeasley Now Marina's under pressure!!!!!!!?? ROB ‏@1RobBeasley Here we go.....Jose not happy!!! Next few weeks could be fun!!!!

I like Payet

Interesting game coming up. Will Jose play the same 11 bar Tibo and try to dominate the game? Or will we see Ramires/Mikel/Zouma coming in for Oscar, Willian or even Cesc?

No Cuadrado on the bench, the new Salah, think he'll leave soon.

Remy is good, he has proven himself last year by scoring many crucial goals for us in limited game time. I believe he will score many goals again this season. But It's the fighting spirit and leadership upfront that makes Diego very important for us. Anyone remember Diego being mad at Willian for misplacing a pass in one of his first games? That's Diego, don't think he would allow Hazard being invisible the whole game without going to him and say "What is this? Have U had breakfast yet?"

The only positive point with the season starting earlier is that we (the club) have 4 matches to review the team before this window closes, plus the community shield match vs Arsenal. If the team doesn't perform we will still have time to improve it. The big test is next week against City. Regarding Jose, I think there are rules within his function where he can't openly criticize the club/board. But he has hinted many times that he wants to strengthen. I just don't hope to see a repeat of 2013-14 season where it was clear we lacked a striker and "wasted" that season cause we were really close to everything. And we wasted one of the last best years of Ivanovic and JT etc for example.

http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2015/8/7/9115975/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumor-koke-atletico-madrid-offer Chelsea offered €65 million for midfield target

Don't expect any surprises in the line up: Courtois Iva Gary JT Azpi Matic Cesc Willian Oscar Hazard Falcao/Remy Expect a win here with the real test coming next week vs City.

Wanted to post the same. 0 wins in 90 minutes in preseason. 3 defeats, 2 draws, 0 wins.

Jose confirmed in the interview with ESPN that he actually wants to improve his squad but ''loyalty'' is holding him back from doing it. (video 1) He said he waits for the unhappy players to go but doesn't want to go to a player and tell him to get out. (1 out 1 in policy from the board). The only player who's getting a silent treatment is Cuadrado, didn't play vs Barca and Arsenal while we could sub more than 3 players. Normally Jose's strengthens/fine tunes his squads after a title win, even with not so expensive players, so what he's doing is not typical Jose. Examples: (Only important signings included) 2004-05 title win: next summer bought Essien, SWP2005-06 title win: next summer got Ballack, Sheva, A.Cole2008-09 title win: next summer Sneijder, Eto'o, Lucio, Milito, Pandev, Motta etc. 2011-12 title win: next summer Modric, Diego Lopez2014-15 title win: next summer ???And I actually believe that our squad will be weaker than last season. Let's compare both squads: Luis - Baba?? = a top 5 CL left back for a talentSchurrle - Moses = a clinical proven goal scoring winger for a decent EPL squad player, I prefer Schurrle. Salah - Cuadrado = 4th winger for 4th winger, both are not trusted by Jose. Cech - Begovic = lost a top 5 GK, but we got the best thinkable replacementDrogba - Falcao = a plan B in pinch-hitter Drogba for Falcao, a 50-50 situation currently, Falcao could be an improvement. Cech and Didier out = two leaders in dressing room, could only be replaced if you compensate it with other qualities.Other questions: - Diego Costa fit - unfit Diego = fired 9 goals in his first 5 matches, currently his fitness is uncertain, will he be out for 1-2 months over and over again? - JT, Ivanovic are 1 year older, can we expect them to be better or even be as a good as last season? Remains a big question mark. - Eden reached an unreal level, carried the team and was injury free, can we expect that to happen again?If the 1 out 1 in policy is true, I hope Mikel somehow leaves this window (for Witsel). I like his behavior a lot and see him as a true blue but we should remove him if we want to improve.

He scored against us!

Take out Cesc and we lose 80% of our creativity. He only needs 1 or 2 moments in any game and he can make the difference with his fast thinking/vision, like that ball to Hazard, ball to Falcao and many other examples of last season where he put Diego 1v1 the keeper. That's why he's a must in our line up. Besides the final killer pass, he's also important for our build up and overall play. He's not that type of player you describe, he's not a midfield commander like Modric and Mourinho understands this. That's why we have Matic and Ramires (B2B) or Mikel (DM) to compensate his weaknesses in the tougher games. I actually think we need someone better to dominate the midfield again. Prime Essien-Matic-Cesc would make a very good balanced midfield for example: Defensively solid, strong, creative, plus fire power from midfield. I think we'd win the CL with that kind of midfield. Yes Cesc is not perfect but he's vital for us, and he's too important to let him out.