Jase

Nope, sorry. Am somewhat occupied with uni work next week. :banghead: Yay! So, that means you will do Cardiff, Barbara on Schalke, Nish on City and Raphael on Arsenal. Sorted..

Chelsea striker Fernando Torres admits he needs to score more goals this season Talk about stating the obvious...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wBfsjnCX0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3AQg3eglH8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1lR1BALmws

http://as.com/diarioas/2013/10/10/english/1381406202_869268.html Not sure how true but according to AS, Guardiola is having second thoughts on buying Lewandowski..

Doesn't matter if he's a Hazard or MvG like signing, the fact is he remains another youth player that we'll be stockpiling into the team if we buy him.

Chelsea star Juan Mata given thumbs down by PSG fans

Right...let's buy another young midfielder and then people will later complain, as always, as to why other players of the same ilk aren't getting enough playing time or why we are not giving chances to youth players... Think it's about time that we actually stop stocking the squad with so many young players. We need players who are already relatively experienced, approaching their peak or at their peak to come in and replace some older players in our squad. Persisting with buying young players is gonna give us problems in the long run. There needs to be a balance of experience and youth in the team..

The article is about 3 weeks old but Michael Cox of Zonal Marking analyzed Mourinho and his system, tactically, style of play etc in his 2nd reign here. http://www.zonalmarking.net/2013/09/17/new-managers-mourinho-at-chelsea/

Merged with the old thread...

Slightly off topic but Carlooo!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsMjRj9hnOI

Yeah but depends on whether he can be consistent at WBA now. At Sunderland, despite the troubles there, he blows hot and cold and can at times be infuriating to watch.

Really dislike Iain Dowie! Just mumbles utter nonsense, then jumps from one point to another and always does it halfway before suddenly changing his thoughts to something else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUkKoQp6rRg

Was actually kinda referring to McEachran in the CAM role at WBA but never mind. Even with those midfield options, McEachran would arguably give them something different as midfield passer in there, be it in their pivot duo or position behind the ST. And I did mention I would prefer McEachran to go to WBA because of Steve Clarke rather than the other clubs if a choice has to be made out of the list there.

Hmmm. Good that Premier League clubs are watching him, assuming if it's true but not too certain if those clubs will the best for him. Some play a style that doesn't suit him or others that do or close to it, already 1-2 players in his position. My preference from that list, would probably be West Brom given Steve Clarke is there. Their style of play is alright and can arguable trust Clarke to watch after him better than the others.

It wasn't the greatest of first touch but not a bad one like you're making it out to be. He got the ball decent/good enough and it bounced off his hand as he controlled the ball. If you can't even see the incident (objectively), perhaps a trip to the specsavers will help you with that..

Blatant handball? No, it wasn't. It was an accidental one. He controlled Lampard's pass with his right foot and as he did that, the ball just bounced off his right hand.

Michu on Mata.. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/09/michael-laudrup-chelsea-jose-mourinho

Swans boss Laudrup reveals Blues enquired about his availability before appointing Mourinho

Perhaps this thread should be renamed to 'Unofficial Chicken of England'..

Problems at Cardiff... Malky Mackay under cloud as owner casts Cardiff City into disarray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdKiMu-1FnA

Really hope the likes of Azpi and Bertrand being used more. Seems ridiculous that they have hardly got much playing time so far and Mourinho has persisted with running some players to the ground. It's not like Azpi, Bertrand etc are rubbish players.

Seems like it having looked at the players running on the near side. Couldn't tell before as that fella was running like Mata but look slight in frame like Oscar. And Mourinho won't like that from Oscar...