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The difference: Nedved is now part of the Juve board and still has his banners and flags brought to every single match by the Juve fans. Frank will at most get halfhearted applause on his return to the bridge.

Surely not nearly as bad as the abuse he gets when Mikel makes a mistake!

Inevitable. Once the media started talking about it was bound to happen. I think it's incredibly unlikely that it was accidental, but at the same time I don't think he stamped with any real force. He intentionally stepped on Cann and Skrtel. Yes, the FA are working with complete double standards, but it was so unnecessary from Costa. He doesn't need to give the FA something to try to ban him for.

Thought he had a really great game. Probably my MOTM only after Hazard before he came off. His passing was great, he really helped the front 6 and defensively he did much better than he was doing lately as well. For me, clearly his best performance for us so far.

DM headline will read "Mourinho takes revenge of Emenalo and knocks glasses off his face"

I admit to have lost my temper a bit with him yesterday amid the tension of the match, but in hind sight he did well overall and the mistakes are only normal at his age and he will only benefit and learn from them. I'd like to see him given a run of games and keep his momentum by starting against City though I fully expect Jose to bring Cahill back for taht match.

I'd love to agree, but there's plenty of evidence to the contrary as well!

I read from someone at the game yesterday that the banner was prepared by the sponsor and was quickly thrown at the players after the final whistle.

Why me precisely? Sorry mate, I haven't seen or heard any football related news since the end of the match yesterday. Trying to catch up with all the news and interviews now.

Depends on the technology. We probably use LED lights which can be brought back to full brightness instantly.

Jose was not kidding:

That will certainly make for some awkward party if we lose. Somehow, I don't imagine your birthday wishes to her would be very sincere

Wembley!

Clash of knees with JT. Didn't look serious.

We CAN'T. We just can't have all of Willian, Iva and Zouma on the same side. My nerves just can't handle it!

"Lost" would imply that he had the ability in the first place...

15 points ahead of City

I'm pretty nervous to be honest. This has turned into a massive game after the result at the weekend and the upcoming match against City. The wait is killing me.

From day one his chances of making it here were close to zero and while they have increased it'll still need a half-miracle for him to make it here. I think both he and the club understand that. Meanwhile, he gets a lot more publicity than if he had stayed in Forest as well as wages much higher than most teams would offer him and we can probably sell him for a good amount of money in a couple of years if he impresses. Both parties are aware and pretty happy about how the youth system is designed to work here. Only the fans like to moan about it. If we get just 5m from his sale that would allow us to sign a 25m player on a 5 year deal for the first team. If the academy was not profitable for the club, it would have been closed some time ago.

Amazing creativity there, Jayjay. I am certain that you were a poet in a previous life...

Linkception!

I am pretty certain now that our "interest" in Douglas was just to get fans to, not only accept, but be begging for the Cuadrado transfer to happen! The change of attitude towards that has changed drastically since this rumor came up.

Apparently not involved in first team training today. Not sure if that means he's gone or because of that "light injury" that kept him out of Bradford.

They killed us by playing with sort of two number 10s in the first leg. We have to deny them space between the lines. That means a much better performance and awarness from Matic (who was terrible at Anfield) and who ever is playing next to him. We also need to concentrate more on our passing and move the ball better on transition.

Looks like a lovely dinner... ...that is of course until Jose interrupts the cake ceremony, telling everyone that they should at least give him 25% of the noise at Anfield when they are singing "Happy Birthday" to him