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Vitor Pereira is leaving Porto apparently. The door is open there...

That's because many people on Twitter like to fabricate quotes and which many end up believing them. And that quote you posted came from this Twitter account. www.twitter.com/tekkabooson Look through his tweets, scroll down a bit and you will realize he's just trolling.

Oh dear. That is fake quote FGS! Saw it on Twitter. It's just somebody trolling!

Basically what I said originally. Because of this bias and hatred towards, people are not judging things objectively. Agree but my main point earlier on was basically about the double standards - When we win games, it's because of the players. When we lose games, all the blame is on Benitez.

That will be a different story if it was Mourinho.... Yes, I know it was because RDM won the Champions League but if you look beyond that, his work was hardly anything special is it going back to your point earlier, no?

That is somewhat contradicting. When someone you know says make a mistake and then late correct it, don't you give at least credit them for recognizing the mistake and change it? Yes, Benitez may have been tactically dodgy during his time here but in that United game, he recognized his mistake early and then rectify it but yet hardly a credit given, regardless of whether he got it right one time or not. Credit where it's due. Benitez's work might not have been special but he did what was necessary. He managed and rotated squad decently and ensure every player is fresh as possible especially with the limited squad depth we have. And though as said, tactically he is a bit dodgy, some of those approaches in certain games worked and helped us to get a result. And if you want to talk about the manager's work being special or not, then you would only have to look back at RDM last season. We might have won the FA Cup and Champions League under him but his work was hardly anything special as he only got us back to doing the basics after the AVB mess and yet he received so much credit for what he done then. Most people has claimed that it wasn't Benitez that got us what we have now but rather the players' will and determination and yet last season, many praised both RDM and the players, not just 1 side! Disagree. The sympathizers are basically those from outside the club, mainly the media. None of us fans want Benitez here at all because we all hate him and it's a marriage made in hell with him coming here. However, from us fans itself, it is basically divided into two categories - haters that will just hate for the sake it and blame everything on Benitez even when it's not his fault and those still hate him but more willing to look at things objectively.

Bitter dressing room battles that sealed the fate of preening Mancini Interesting read.

There were stories that we are gonna hand Courtois a new contract and extend it soon.

Can't believe we let Cole go for this fella!

I'm sure the club would have taken that into account when they agreed to a new contract with Lampard as opposed to just blindly agree whatever he wants... The likes of Mata, Hazard, Luiz etc are all still relatively new to the club and their wages will likely to increase as it goes along. And yes, while the performances of those said players may have been more important than Lampard this season, let's not totally discount the goals and impact he had on (and off) the pitch as well on these young players. Moreover, somebody like Hazard, a player that we have bought just this season and is only 22 y/o, is already earning 110k p/w wages, only 20k less than Lampard. Isn't that a bit too much as well for someone that just came in especially when some of the more senior players at the club are earning a lot less than him? And if you really want to compare the wages, Benayoun is earning 90k p/w wages at the club here while the more important players like Mata, Ivanovic, Ramires etc are all earning less than him! Also, I'm not sure if the players, in the future, can really demand high wages in the case you pointed out there with the FFP coming in.

Mourinho will probably be pissed that Benitez guided us to a European final, even if its just the Europa League, and won the trophy...

Mancini thanking the City fans in a full page ad in the Manchester newspaper.

Let's not think that the reported 120k p/w wages is the right amount. The English media, after all, did report that Hazard was supposedly on a 175k p/w wages when in reality, he's only earning about 110k p/w as mentioned by the Belgian and French media. Even if he's earning 120k p/w, that could include the bonuses he will be earning based on appearances, goals etc into the whole package. On the other hand, I don't know why people are making a fuss of what Lampard earns here. Yes, I know he's turning 35 years old soon but based on what he has done for the club for the past decade, he probably deserves it. His contribution is gonna be vital both on and off the pitch. Moreover, we will be letting quite a number of players leave this summer and that clears up the wage bill a lot especially when you consider one player that hasn't done a lot for us at all is earning reported 90k p/w wages here!

Yes. For it to get to a play-off, it would need us to draw this game and Arsenal beat Newcastle by 1 goal as well as score 2 goals more than us in the process. For example, we draw 0-0 and Arsenal win 2-1. We draw 1-1 and they win 3-2. Draw 2-2 and they win 4-3. We draw 3-3 and Arsenal win 5-4 etc.

Oh dear. Is that from Daily Mail? Everton are actually in 6th with 63 points and Liverpool in 7th with 58 points, not the other way round.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DO1TjLjlo0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMOziy9jM4Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orKXUfI3y7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-qdzouxRo

We won it twice under Mourinho - 2004/05 and 2006/07 season.

Again, I didn't say everyone praised the team and not give Benitez credit did I? And in that scenario, there were quite a lot of people blaming him for not starting the strongest team like leaving Hazard on the bench for example. When he did change things around early, hardly anyone mention that and instead, they choose to focus on whatever negatives they can find.

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This will be the first time Jose Mourinho goes a full season at a club without winning a trophy... That is unless he gets sacked soon OR he suddenly considers the Spanish Super Cup as a major trophy after belittling it previously.

Thibaut Courtois has now won the Europa League, UEFA Super Cup & Copa Del Rey at Atletico Madrid. Has won 5 trophies overall.