Madmax

Nail. Head. It'll be painful watching him in their shirt but I'll get over it, maybe before he even plays a game for them.

Look at Mr. Chip On The Shoulder here.

Even assuming that's true, he was holding the club to ransom - not something someone with a 'clean' legacy does. You could argue he has a 'cleaner' legacy than anyone else (and I'd agree) but JT hasn't been faultless.

Same JT who was joining City till we gave him a new contract?

Jesus. I was dreading this ever since he signed for NYC. The worse thing is it's not just emotionally damaging, knowing his professionalism and will to win, he'll hurt us on the pitch and the league table as well. The right and best move for him but I'd be lying if I said it's not a dagger to the heart.

Discovered this absolutely magnificent article on Zola

Follow 'uncfctv' on twitter, they put up much of the exclusive ctv stuff on dailymotion.

Suggest making this an article mate. Good read.

Why does he say he needs to remove one non HG player ... we need to move 2.

Aren't Baker and Nat confirmed to be loan bound?

I'd keep Romeu if Mikel goes, otherwise we'd have only Matic, Fabregas, MvG and Ramires for 2 places (3 if we want to switch to 433).

Great interview, comes across as mature and honest. The part about Lollichon's training routines was the most interesting.

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/chelsea/9402690/mourinho-impressed-with-new-signings

lol that was actually the best moment of the season for me, along with the Eto'o 'old man' celebration.

Not about being Brazilian at all. There are different expectations from them because they're different players - one has been here 2 years and the other 6 months, one is the 5th choice option, the other is our designated #10. I've always found Salah's criticism way OTT considering he's a 21 y.o who has moved from Egypt to Switzerland to England in 3 years and plays in a position where you're naturally required to make the most of every touch you get because you have fewer touches than a central player - and this while being 5th choice. He has frustrating sides to his game - of this there is no doubt, but what should also be doubtless is that they're things that can be improved upon and provided he maintains a good attitude, Mourinho is the man who'll make him a better player.

We'd have to ship out 3 because we're at 19 currently.

Yep, they just have to be better than 3 others - shouldn't be difficult for a well run club awash with money to strengthen.

Don't the loaning clubs pick up much of the wage tab anyway? He's on about 25k p/w and we likely received some sort of fee in addition to them paying the wages.

Here you go, full match in HD

I forgot Ramires in that list so in fact it's 19 at the club currently.

Nope. Premier League Regulations V.7.5. the maximum number of Temporary Transfers to any one Club registrable in the same Season shall be 4 and in no circumstances shall more than 1 be from the same Transferor Club at any one time save there shall be excluded from these numbers any Temporary Transfer of the kind described in V.7.6.1 or V.7.6.2;

Cech, 'Roo, Thibaut, Brana, Dave, Luis, Obi, Romeu, MvG, Matic, Eden, Oscar, Salah, Schurrle, Willian, Costa, Didi, Torres - that's 18- so wouldn't we have to move 2 along to get another non-HG?

I think he'll be better at #10 against park the bus teams. With Vitesse holding such a high line yesterday, he'd have been better off with his through balls from a deeper position, as Matic showed.

Individual highlights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnNDhDMjXgI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUpMPb1-D0M&list=UUSaLkJSkm9KHTyl9AoisR_Q