Madmax

We know why you think Rocchi is one of the better ones, Chou Noo.

Guilty as charged

(Mods add the complete nominations list please, I'm on mobile) Courtois, Hazard and Costa among the 23 man shortlist. Only 2 other PL players - Yaya, di Maria. Ronaldo and Simeone have to win, surely?

Italian for sure!

Oh so now we are 6 points ahead of our nearest (realistic) rivals, the league has gotten poor? Weren't everyone wanking themselves silly over 'how competitive the league is' for most of last season? If Arsenal and Liverpool truly were on a different level a few years ago, why is it that only us and Man U won titles between 2004-2011? Truth is it's not the league that's gotten poor, there is simply a more even distribution of talent around the division. That's levelled the field a little bit since the top sides aren't guaranteed a win anymore against the mid and lower table sides.

I've not seen a ref more physically unfit than Jon Moss. Always way behind the play.

If the young 'uns don't play tomorrow, they never will. Mourinho's walk should reflect his talk. I won't complain if we go out of the cup having started Baker, Solanke, Ake and the like.

I'm amazed none of the popular football media talks about how shit it's going for him there. £37 mn is a total rip off lol. He needs to get his ass to Spain to start looking like a footballer again.

He hasn't joined the 'Board', technically.

I can't get over how big of a douche Ronaldo is when someone other than him displays the temerity to score. After the most benign penalty/3 inch tap-in in a tennis score, he'd jump about like it's a World Cup winner but no matter how important a goal his teammates score, he has this porcelain pout on his face 9 times out of 10.

Especially because it pisses off those insufferable cunts so much (seriously, trawl through their forums - it really gets on their tits). Is this sort of amusement petty? Sure. But is this sort of amusement the best? Fucking yes.

Aw yisssss. I hope he doesn't go all Negative Nancy tomorrow at OT (like at City). City's result means we have nothing to lose and I hope that's how we play. Let's overwhelm United; we have the ability and the chance. It's a free hit. Let's start to really put some distance for the inevitable November bad moment. P.S. The captaincy comments above quite clearly hint at Ivanovic.

What's the matter, no refs to be bought in Europe?

You're losing to Olympiacos LMAO

Talk of 'new business opportunities' is a strange one considering how settled and comfortable he seemed in that wide ranging interview a few weeks back.

But Brendan said coaching defence is easy

What's the best way to develop Lewis Baker?

People fret about Costa's hammies but the prospect of an injury to Matic is what worries me the most.

I don't endorse him leaving 5 seconds before the end of EVERY game to 'tell his wife the score' (did he really think people would fall for that?), but the only 'disgrace' between Mourinho and Keane is the latter. Not following niceties isn't quite the outrage that going onto the field with the specific intention of ending a fellow player's career is.

That is ironical because the most common complaint people have about Hazard is that he only unleashes his full talents in an isolated patch or two during games. The boy can't win.

Really good goal. Make that two.

Torres would've missed.

The weekend interview : Cesar Azpilicueta