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Believe it's past it but what the heck! Happy Belated Birthday Jim lad!

Slightly off topic but somewhat related to the Madrid fans reaction towards Mourinho. Ancelotti whistled for the first time by the Bernabéu

This is almost like when Liverpool were in bottom 3(!) at one point and basically languishing in the bottom half under Hodgson before Dalglish came back in..

Oscar will probably still play as the No.10 with Mata out wide and then rotate their positions as it goes.

Like how he just somehow casually announce Mata will play against Steaua on Tuesday.

Errr, weren't you championing for Mata to start over Oscar and now suddenly worrying that the latter will be dropped??

Real lost the Madrid derby to Atletico today and apparently Real fans were found chanting 'Mourinho' twice outside the Bernabeu then. HA!

Looking at the incident again on MOTD, it look as if Torres didn't actually clip Vertonghen. More like a dive from him.

As funny it may be, that was pretty silly and needless thing for him to do. Wouldn't have been sent off if he hadn't done that.

Juan Mata has scored 3 goals and produced 4 assists in 6 appearances in all competitions against Tottenham. Juan Mata has scored 3 goals and assisted 2 others in 4 appearances in all competitions against Arsenal.

At the moment, one may say Kalou is a better finisher than Schurrle but if anyone says the former is better overall than the latter, then they clearly have a short term memory. Apart from scoring the goals, have people actually forgotten how many brainfart moments Kalou usually produced when he's on the ball?! His final product is very average. He often loses the ball and very easily too as a result of overdribbling with the ball. I remember back then fans were going frustrated and tearing their hair up watching Kalou and his silly moments..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yw9y6pqUdk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MpQvMTI7Ow

Apart from Mike Dean's brainfart moment to send Torres off for no good reason, thought he did well. He allowed the game to flow and was calm in handling the foul or any skirmishes between players for a big game like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z6DD7-EMLE

Yes, only a 1 game ban for 2 yellow cards. Will miss next weekend's trip to Norwich.

Cannot afford to drop points here. A must win game.

Steaua Bucharest vs Chelsea PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT UEFA Champions League Group Stage Matchday 2 1st October, Tuesday, 2013 National Arena, Bucharest 19:45 Kick Off (UK time)

Steaua Bucharest 0-4 Chelsea POST-MATCH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS UEFA Champions League Group Stage Matchday 2 1st October, Tuesday, 2013 National Arena, Bucharest 19:45 Kick Off (UK time)

Bamford has scored 8 goals in 10 league appearances so far this season for MK Dons. Has 9 in 12 overall.

We have got Mata, Schurrle, Willian and De Bruyne to play out wide and for whatever reason, Mourinho decided to play Ramires on the RW. Missed his energy and physicality in midfield in the first half and was crucial in our second half performance turnaround when he got moved to the middle.

That was arguably his best performance for us since he came. Full of energy, running and took the piss out of the Spurs defence. Helped to give the attack impetus and momentum that we have hardly ever seen from him before. However, just like after the Swindon game, not getting carried away with this one bit. He needs to be doing this week in week out regardless of the opposition and not only choose to turn up whenever he wants to.

Think there is just way too much emphasis on defending. Not saying it isn't important but seems that under Mourinho so far, we are more concern with defending than attacking..