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If we aren't going to give a player who has done extremely on loan a chance in the first team (at the very least), then you do wonder if we'll ever give opportunities to our players from the academy at all.

Major reports are saying Klopp has asked Dortmund to terminate his contract at the end of the season. Dortmund will be holding a press conference at 12.30pm UK time.

And Carlo Ancelotti's record against the other big teams in La Liga gets worse...

Think Mourinho said recently that we'll be making 2-3 signings in the summers. There are definitely holes in this squad that need to be plugged.

I don't know much about Nathan but that BrazilStats is a twat on Twitter. Talks a lot of BS. Would take what he says with a pinch of salt.

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Ivanovic, generally, doesn't really know what to do when facing up against pacey, tricky wingers. Tends to either, stick to tight with the player or stand like 5-6 yards of him. And the last thing that we need on Saturday is Ivanovic not putting pressure on the ball and allow crosses to come into the box with Fellaini around.

I wouldn't. I believe he's a quality player and can be a valuable addition to the team. We should look to give him opportunities.

Thought Oscar had the better potential? Well, I'm not so sure if that was the reason. The problem was, Mourinho never rated Mata to begin with. What he did was never going to be good enough. The minute he does something bad in a game, he'll be out of the next. It's worse when you consider some other players make so many mistakes and still get consistent game time.

He's been linked with a move to Aston Villa. Any word on that?

It's almost telling in some ways that whenever we play the big teams, we can pick out like 5-7 players who are a threat to us. But when we try to see which of our players can be a threat to them, there are only like 2-3 players to choose from - e.g. Hazard, Fabregas and Costa.

Well, maybe had Mourinho been more flexible in his approach and less dogmatic to players, Mata might have still been here...

We will give him a good reception before and after the game but during it, he's the enemy. We won't boo him but we also won't cheer for him (unless he scores an OG maybe).

Could have been written in a much more damning fashio but well on point anyway.

Mike Dean?! Oh god! Doubt Mata will be able to outrun any of our defenders, not even Cahill or Ivanovic. The biggest concern for me is his off the ball movement. Could give our back 4 the run around if they aren't switched on.

https://vine.co/v/eupdvUFl2xM Rodgers' reaction to Sterling's miss. :lol:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/13/didier-drogba-chelsea-contract-deal-future-jose-mourinho-season-stamford-bridge-qpr?CMP=share_btn_tw

I know but just saying. It's an approach used by many managers, not just Mourinho.

Definitely his agent, or even his dad.

But you always speak to him...

Seriously, are you Bamford's agent?

Let's be fair, throwing a centre-back upfront to play as a makeshift striker is not a Mourinho-thing. Most managers tend to do it when they need to. Even the so called football purists like Wenger, Rodgers and Guardiola have done it before.

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Entertaining weekend in Ligue 1...

No mention of his foul throw in the first half?