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Deadline day thread! :yay: Mail saying Schurrle's dad and agent are in Wolfsburg. Cuadrado deal with Salah loan should be announced soon. Don't expect anything other than those news.

Always a chance for an upset in EPL and their absence increases that likelihood. People were saying the same before Burnley went to the Ettihad.

Ivory Coast through so Toure and Bony are unlikely to be available for City as well this weekend.

I thought the fans at the Bridge had the perfect reaction today. General polite applause for him but kept the focus on the team. A few trying to start "super Frank" chants were quickly drowned out by "Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea" cheers when he came on. That was brilliant by our fans. Frank looked a bit disappointed talking about after the match, seemed he imagined he'd get more. Does he genuinely not realize that he has damaged his image and status with the Chelsea fans? Surely he's too smart not to know.

I blame you, tbh...

Wasn't he speaking about a specific match when he said that? Because that would be one of the stupidest things to say if he was talking in general. I certainly wouldn't want a manager who acts like that. The only generalized "philosophy" a manager should have is that "I will always try my best to do what is in the best interest of the club within the laws and regulations of the game."

I just have one question for you:

We were missing the league top scorer and top assister. You can't criticize our attacking play when we have scored the most goals in the league.

5 point gap and Zouma MOTM.

$110 here. No competition, they can charge whatever they want.

Still injured I guess. No idea what the head injury he got against Bradford actually was to keep him out so long.

Does the bench all but confirm that both Salah and Schurrle are really off?

It's perfect :')

Hmm, you can argue that Jimmy Greaves is probably the best we've produced, but other than that I completely agree with you.

To quote Jose "Andre is player when he is good he is unbelievable, but when he is not he is so and so." Shame, as he seemed like a really nice guy who loved the club and I personally liked him a lot.

The FA are inconsistent because they are too easily influenced by the biased media. But let's not make it out like Diego is innocent in all of this. Both stamp/steps were completely unnecessary. And let's not forget that Diego has been lucky not to be suspended for a few other incidents earlier this season. We always knew that this is going to happen at some point of the season with Costa.

Anyone else would take a point right now? Don't get me wrong, I think we are slight favorites to win, but a point, keeping the gap at 5 points, would be a positive result seeing as City still have some very tough fixtures ahead and we'll still have some breathing space for the upcoming few matches.

Drogba or Remy? No point worrying about the absence of Costa or even Cesc. We go on and battle and win with whoever is available.

Wow, that really looks terrible...

That logo looks like it was made by an 8yo using paint...

That one was actually very much down the middle and I would have expected him to save it. The Moreno one on the other hand took brilliant positioning and body shape.

Well, of course you can make some sort argument for almost everything, but point is, like all good conspiracy theories, there are a lot simpler and more logical explanation for all of them.

Well, seeing as it was a TV interview I doubt you'll find it anywhere, but you can find direct quotes about it at the time in: Italian media: http://www.calciomercato.it/news/116096/Juventus-Nedved-si-confessa-Mi-volevano-allInter-ma-sono-juventino.html http://www.ilsussidiario.net/News/Calcio-e-altri-Sport/Juventus/2011/4/21/CALCIOMERCATO-Juventus-Nedved-rifiutai-l-offerta-di-Mourinho/170243/ English media: http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3276/serie-a/2011/04/21/2452433/former-juventus-midfielder-pavel-nedved-jose-mourinho-wanted http://www.football-italia.net/node/4898 And even Czech media: http://www.lajmesport.com/2011/04/nedved-mourinho-me-kerkoi-ne-inter/ http://www.sport.cz/fotbal/serie-a/clanek/185433-pavel-nedved-mourinho-chtel-abych-prestoupil-do-interu-a-vyhral-s-nim-ligu-mistru.html

Actually Jose wanted Nedved even when he was at Chelsea and you can find quotes of him saying how much he likes him. Those Nedved quotes come from an interview with Mediaset Premium back in 2011. Plenty of articles in both English and Italian media on it at the time.

Favorite? Hmmm, not so sure. There are some really good ones - RDM was sacked because he did not start Torres against Juve. - The reason that Torres was not scoring is because Drogba was destroying his confidence behind the scenes. - Malouda and Kalou had an agenda against Torres and will not pass to him to protect the career of their friend, Drogba. - KDB left because he knew that Thibaut, who stolen his gf, will return to Chelsea. - Jose destroyed Mata's career here because he wants revenge against all Spanish people after what happened at RM (even funnier this year after the signing of Costa and Cesc) Off the top of my head. I don't want to choose a favorite. I can enjoy them all differently according to the situation/my mood