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Mourinho on De Bruyne.. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/13/jose-mourinho-chelsea-players

José Mourinho: Keeping Chelsea players happy is not my problem

But seriously though, how many more of these do we need?! :banghead:

Chelsea send scout to Everton to watch rising English star Barkley

His second goal vs Norwich tonight..

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/8919999/mata-i%27ll-fight-for-my-place Mata's interview on Sky Sports where loads of different questions were asked ranging from about our form, facing Everton, on Roberto Martinez, the Spanish players in PL, new players at the club, competition for places, summer transfer rumours about him leaving, on Lampard, Lukaku etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOlqKANM0iU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXY2pJdavfc

A trip down memory lane the last time we went to Goodison Park under Mourinho. Remember 'those' 2 goals?

Saved by the point. And yeah, let Rodgers win it and Liverpool suffer the award's curse.

Well, Malky Mackay has been nominated after just 1 win in 3 as well and it came also against a big team in Man City. So, yeah..

Paul Lambert isn't nominated for the award. Only Mourinho, Malky Mackay, AVB and Brendan Rodgers have been nominated.

So, first he says 'Chelsea FC' and then 'FC Chelsea'. The German thinking is still there.

Since when the white kit is used only in the Champions League?! And in case if you guys forget, we played in the white kit when we went to Goodison Park last season.

Mourinho wanted to loan out Eden?!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-transfer-news-willian-says-2267825

Well, Rambo Ramires isn't separated by a '-' in there like he did with others, is it? Still 11 players..

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3453394/title/the-selector-cesar-azpilicueta Azpi is a big fan of Homeland..

Nope. After we face Norwich away early next month, there will be another 2 weeks of international break where teams will play their final round of World Cup qualifies and some others friendlies etc. Till then though, we'll be playing 6 games.

There will be another one coming in 1 month's time.

FWIW, it's probably best to just have low expectations on Eto'o to begin with. At least IF he doesn't perform to the level that we all hope he will be or better than our current strikers, we won't get too pissed off and disappointed about it. And on the other hand, if he surprises all of us and do well, then we all can feel really happy about it..

Curious, mind expanding on why you say that?

Well, now that you have explained it that way... Don't necessarily disagree with what you said there but the lack of quality attacking wise in that United game certainly played a part in both teams being able to defend well and restrict one another to half chances. There were several instances during that game where either side could have exploited the space given or available but did nothing with it and allowed the other side to get back to defensive positions/setup. And I wouldn't go till that extent to call what Mourinho's game plan being a tactical master class. It was good but not till that. As for the Ukraine v England game, it was not too different from that game at OT. Yes, it is as you said, there were space and defensive frailties in both sides that should have been exploited but otherwise, there wasn't anything much else really. Both teams were hopeless going forward and just defended when they had to. Nothing special but did what was necessary. Just that the other was better slightly and depending on which POV you want to look from.

Not exactly consistent there. The game against United was similar to Ukraine v England, dull and lacking in quality if not just slightly better. Can't go look into the former from a tactical perspective and then the performance wise in the latter.