Fernando

It's not even debatable comparing Bundesliga to CL, PL and then EL.....well EL is shit, so you win that one!

Oscar work rate for one whole season in the PL, champions League, and europa League compare to a bundesliga? Yeah right!

Oscar is one of the players with the biggest work rate. The one that don't much of nothing when we are defensive is Mata. If anything kdb can take Mata spot, not Oscar.

The defensive thing about josh I remember when carlo said he wanted to put him in the mid as a dm type of player. Now I see why he wanted to do that, as josh has the ability to become some type of pirlo/alonso type of player. But he needs the right type of loan. Hopefully the club and Mourinho can find something interesting for him.

He seems like the new Gerrard.

The pre season hype ala Marín? I still think him and piazon need to go on a loan and prove they are good to start on the team like kdb, lukaku, and Kalas have done.

Well when he gets healed I think we can rest assured that he will be vital for the team. But depending how long he will be out cause he will need to get back into his game.

Damn that sucks, it was going all well and then this.

Tottenham agree deal for Chadli

Like Michael Jordon coming back many times. His first comeback was epic. He should have stayed retired after the Jazz games, but he came back again..... Likewise Drogba, needs to stay away. Sorry, but no matter how much we like him the way the left was epic. Leave it like that for the history books!

I'm excited to see Mark start! I always been a big fan of him. It's an honor to have him at the club, even if it's for a year. Just like it was when we had Hiddink, one of my favorite managers from when I was growing up.

I have to say, it seems like Hazard is one of the happiest guy in the squad at this moment. Of course that all changes when the clown Side Show Bob comes into the team!

I do like the Godfather nickname. The happy one sounded so gay....pardon the homo reference, but I been watching too much Family Guy and TED! And the Special One, always sounded like a mentally retarded tag you give to someone "Special" So the Godfather got a better sound to it. A more mature nickname for a more mature manager.

Yeah pre-season can make a team look too bad like City, and too good like Arsenal!

Pretty much like I thought. City favorites to win the PL this season. We don't really got a chance, as we still yet to solve the midfield and offense problem. Van Ginkel might become good, but will not happen in his first season. And unless we get Rooney, we are stuck with Torres..... Which to be fair, all this is okay. I did not expect for Chelsea to challenge big in this season either. It will be another season like with the one we had with Benitez. Next season is when we need to challenge big. If we are still a "work in progress" by next season, then it will be safe to say we are becoming the new Arsenal!

No that was Scolari. You got to take a look at the team as well. Our team that season was shitty compare to the one Scolari had. Anyways, I still think he is a top manager.

I think they said they will not promote in house. So they will be looking outside. As someone said, has Bielsa name written all over it. And to be fair I would be surprised if they go for someone else and not him. Cause the style of Barcelona is still from Pep. And Pep took the style from Bielsa. So......

Cool cause I was going to say what the heck? He said he wanted to stay here for a long time and then this? Then I said to myself it must be a misunderstanding. And it seems like it was true.

Here they have a list of candidates that could possible take the job: Who could get the Barcelona job? http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/liga-spanish-view-get-barcelona-job-200641096.html

I don't think so. I have a feeling they will take a shot with bielsa, but that's a gamble. Cause you can either get extremely good or extremely poor with him. No middle ground. And he also works his squad to death that after a season they are totally depleted.

Sorry for the repetitive post on the benteke thread. Something wrong with my end or the site. Please delete the duplicate, thanks. :-)

WTF????? Another Rooney? Fucker was so adamant on leaving to play more competitive, and then decides to stay.....

Drogba was like that too. Rally the troops when the chips where down. Mata can be great, but that is one thing he lacks. Similar to Lampard, great player, but there was a reason Terry was always the leader. Cause he can rally the troops and motivate them to push on. Of field Mourinho motivates, but in the field you need that general and for many years it was Terry then follow by Drogba. Now David Luiz is the new emerging leader, and so far the only one out of all these new players.

The exaggerated is you making it sound like he can bring the best out of everyone and that's wrong.Sometime it does not work.

If this was only true for kaka, and hopefully torres..... Otherwise why get a striker? Once a player is in decline, is pretty much over. No matter how good Mourinho is, he can't make the impossible possible.