Blue_Fox_

One simple answer, No. To both of your posts. If anything replace Cesc with Oscar or Willian in a mid 3, but RLC has to be there alongside Matic. And a Matic on form is simply world class.

Why the hurry of getting rid of him? Some respect for the man.

Well, as the little flag above my name says, i come from Italy. Producing world class CB was our hobby not too long ago, as a representative of the nation i can say with all honesty: Luiz is a very poor CB, getting rid of him for 50m was a master stroke Would've been useful now? Yes, because we're utter shit. Would've been an upgrade on last season defence? NO! Let's keep developing the French Hulk and let's get Stones.

If Muller would ever come to the pl, his most likely destination would be Man Utd. No way he would even consider us.

i'm sorry this made me laugh. ,,,,,,,, /// Well, we always knew the book was going to be just images with little captions, can't understand the surprise in there.

And in the euro we go!

So it begins......

Understatement Hope this guy doesn't get any game time though. Love Bego too much already.

It's like a whole new signing!

Watch him play Zouma at RB now that would kill me on the spot.

Ivanovic injured in Serbia-Albania.

Albania just saved him his job.

Albania is breaking our players.

Please be true. Ivan, be in good health outside the pitch. Don't come back soon.

I think Claudio started that one, similar to Wenger/Benitez during the years. Claudio said something similar to "He needs to win trophies to be sure of himself, i don't" something along those lines.

“Ranieri? I guess he’s right with what he said I am very demanding of myself and I have to win to be sure of things. This is why I have won so many trophies in my career. Ranieri on the other hand has the mentality of someone who doesn’t need to win. He is almost 70 years old. He has won a Supercup and another small trophy and he is too old to change his mentality. He’s old and he hasn’t won anything. I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to ensure I could communicate with the players, media and fans. Ranieri had been in England for five years and still struggled to say ‘good morning’ and ‘good afternoon.'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/11524241/Jose-Mourinhos-10-best-put-downs.html?frame=3260775 Lazy Journalism. These are 2008/2010 comments, When José was at Inter and Ranieri at Juventus/Roma.

I'm fairly sure this one is an old comment he made about Ranieri (while José was in Italy) and the journalist lazily copied in the article. Why would someone ask him about Ranieri now?

Del Bosque? Low? I'm not sure about Conte, i have a love-hate relationship with him, but it would be a massive test for him to come to Chelsea, winning the serie a with Juve is really not that much of an achievement. It is true however that Italy is still unbeaten in the qualifying group, even with some unconvincing performances. However when an italian comes to Chelsea be it as a player or as a manager, massive stuff tends to happen. I would be curious to see what would happen if Del Bosque would be our manager, considering that our main core of players is spanish. Hodgson?

I think it's worth noting that at the end of the season there's going to be the european championship. Lots of NT managers will probably get the sack or resign from their duties. I really hope he'll turn it around and bring us out of the awkward situation we're in, but if he won't, it'll be worth looking into that.

Even Carlo knows best.

aaaahhh i see......Still my point remains, give this team to Lippi 2006 and the team would win convincingly. You do seem a bit confused about what you're saying tbh...... So, José is overrated, but any decent manager would do? hmmmm...... Sorry but i think now you're changing your tune. Back to the drawing board, as any "decent manager" would say.

AVB, Grant, Scolari and RDM would want your theory to be true. first-half of the season with pretty and fluent attacks, wins over Liverpool,Man City and 6-0 to Arsenal in his first year. Want another example of "any decent manager will do"? Give the current Belgium NT to someone like Lippi 2006 or Del Bosque 2010 and they might put in a convincing performance finally.

Simply try to make a team play without a manager 'nuff said.

Yeah......no. Absolutely not. There's no need to explain why also.

Ehmm...the notion that 1 (non-team) player will win you trophies is absurd. Do you think the second coming of christ Ronaldo will set up tactics in big matches or he will jsut sulk when a team-mate doesn't pass the ball to him, so he can inflate his goal stats and ego? Personally i would never want a players like that in any team i'd support. Also, "what you gave him"?