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Someone mentioned in the last page that Bojan played for Ajax against his parent club Barcelona in the Champions League earlier this season.

Atleti planning permanent Courtois deal Courtois also mentioned in the article above that he will be able to face us in the Champions League if we were to come up against them should we get past Galatasaray..

The UEFA officials favoring a team that is not named Barcelona. How ironic...

Time to take the offside calculator out..

Slightly better than on GD because two teams ended up with the same number of points. The disappointment, if anything, would slightly be more bearable. You could say the team that scored the most goals and was more offensive deserve to win but then again, the defensive side is still crucial in winning titles and we have conceded way less than others right now.

Couldn't watch the game yesterday but judging from what I've read, seems that Arsenal were pretty negative with their approach yesterday against Bayern and were so outpowered that they could have easily lost, no? Yet, have seen the media seem to praise them for their brave and resilient display while we were ridiculed when our games in the Champions League were similar in the last few season.

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The fact that this has been discussed so much over the past few days is hilarious. Only months ago, we were all debating about why Oscar is preferred by Mourinho as opposed to Mata because the former is more of an all rounder that fits totally into Mourinho's system and what he wants of his No.10. Now because of a supposedly huge bid from PSG coming, some have had their heads turned thinking it's just so easy to sell him and just a simple case of replacing one AM with another, when that's not even the case. Mourinho likes Oscar because of his tactical discipline, his dynamism, workrate and that ability to link the midfield and attack as well as arguably acting as a 3rd CM when defending in our 4-2-3-1 system (so that we don't get outnumbered etc). Sure, Oscar can still definitely improve offensively in terms of producing better end product in the final third and doing so more consistently but does the supposed replacements that were mentioned - Kroos, Isco or Draxler - have that attributes like Oscar mentioned in the last sentence? No. Those 3 might have a better end product than Oscar now but they are not an all rounder like him and in the current system and demands of Mourinho, they would probably just be another case of Mata.

Never a transfer window without being linked with Hulk.

Honestly if we are going to lose the title, gosh it better not be on goal difference because that would just so bloody painful to take!

PSG again (scroll down a bit)... Larger version - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BiPIkkMCYAAfVKp.jpg:large

After this result...

Jokes aside, it's nice not to see us panicking and feeling tense of trying to finish in the Top 4 after all the drama and inconsistency from the past 2 seasons! Might have to agree to disagree. Didn't feel or look that way from what I've seen so far. Looks to be in a better mood than past few weeks and pretty much just keep on saying what he has been anyway.

Err, it's the other way round...

True but on paper at least, you do look that way because there is a higher possibility of say City dropping points against United than Fulham.

Well, I just want to take it step by step and see where we are after a few games here, few games there rather than jumping straight to conclusions and all that.

I'm sorry Eden but Cesar is probably my pick for the Player of the Season right now. His sheer and amazing consistency in putting performances every time just can't be ignored.

Didn't know you are also picky in choosing when to like or dislike a player.

Not sure about the fuss that is being made. Mourinho, after all, has already said he will take time to adapt to playing in England and what he demands from the players. We all want to see what he can do but that time will come. Moreover, I don't think Mourinho wants to run the risk of playing a player just so he can adapt when every game is pretty much a must win. He would probably come on when we have won the game comfortably (e.g. against Newcastle recently) but not starting one.

Not bad eh? Hasn't played much and pretty much only came on to see the game out but managed to score 2 goals against Spurs. Well taken goals too.

Still waiting to see the situation we are in after we face Arsenal in two weeks time as well as how the others fare in their big games next week (Tottenham v Arsenal and Man United v Liverpool). City and Liverpool will also play their respective game in hand soon (hope United will be useful for once against those two!).

Err, was he? He looked to be in a better mood now.

If only for the fun of it, would have been better had it been Torres (not Eto'o) that pounced on the back pass and score and Vertonghen committing that penalty foul and getting that red card.