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The £150,000 per week is probably supposed to be in Euros as opposed to pounds. A mistake perhaps.

Think that was his agent that said it. Lewandowki only said he wants to move to the club of 'his dream club'. Don't recall him specifically naming one club.

José Mourinho relishes return to Chelsea and beloved Premier League José Mourinho: calm, humble, relaxed and now 'the Happy One' New era, but same old Jose! Don't be fooled by the quiet start, Mourinho is back at Chelsea ready for a scrap

Yes. He spoke about it after the press conference to the newspaper journalists.

TBF, thought that was a decent question by a Portuguese journalist. He just wanted to get Mourinho's thoughts on not having a countryman as his player this time around especially when he has always got at least 1 wherever Jose has been in his career. This is exactly what pisses me off! Mourinho spoke nothing about Mata and only about Torres in there and yet somehow the journalist managed to drag Mata into the frame. The article says there were rumours Jose wants to sell Mata off to rebuild a team in his image. Define 'a team in his image'. If the media is going by the stereotypical opinion that Mourinho wants to build a team on strength by being physical and forceful like last time, then they should just bloody report Mourinho wants to sell Oscar, Hazard, Moses, Marin etc because they are all short, lightweight and not physical! Absolutely pathetic!!

Mourinho on Torres (and among others in the link below)... http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jun/10/jose-mourinho-chelsea-manager1

Me too. Agree to disagree then, till something about it happens again that one of us doesn't like.

You know, I'm starting to question if this Mourinho is an imposter. Just look and feel so different completely from the last time. He's just so calm, somewhat restrained and suddenly getting into the idea of developing young talents.

Aware of that but said it's the feeling that people seem to transmit across like Marin has done something bad. Said 'if'...

Yes I realized that and I did acknowledge that point in the post. Having the numbers and options are also important and that has been the preference of Jose. And mind you, Eto'o was hardly brilliant in anyway or even Balotelli when they played out wide but Jose got them to do the necessary job effectively when needed. Ba can do that if needed. That was my point. You're making it sound like it's totally difficult or even near impossible to have 3 STs when it won't be a big problem. Won't go into it again but already made my point clear and benefits of having 3 STs.

But there is this... Anyway, true or not the quote, it's the fact anyway about KPB changing his haircuts more times than he scored last season.

Without wanting to turn this thread into a Marin one, I'm just not sure why most people seem to have this hatred feeling whenever they speak about Marin. He has by no means been good but has he done anything sinfully wrong?! The way people speak of him sometimes is like as though Marin just killed someone.

Is it the official one or the MOTM handed out by some random TV station or the Brazilian media etc?

Not saying Lukaku won't be the 2nd choice. It's just many have completely overreacted about Lukaku's performances at West Brom and thinking suddenly that he's world class already. As I said previously, he's got talent, potential and ability to succeed but he's still got lots to improve on and prove at the highest level still. Lukaku is still inexperience. But because of this ridiculous high evaluation of Lukaku, most people think having Cavani and Lukaku is enough when clearly that won't be enough. You need quality but also quantity, for a club that aims to challenge on all fronts. And really, Ba will get his fair share of game time. You're making this situation worse than it even actually is. There will be rotations/suspensions/injuries and even lost of form of the STs. Mourinho will manage and work around with the STs and moreover, having 3 STs give him the option to tweak and try different options, as I said mentioned previously (feeling like a broken record now). We won't just be playing with 1 ST throughout the season. Mourinho will sometimes deploy 2 for a game or during it and may even use all 3 as he has done so in the past. I agree that a strike force of Cavani, Lukaku and Ba isn't exactly versatile like the Manchester clubs but the key thing here is the depth. They have the quality but also numbers in abundance and we need to have that as well. When either of the Manchester clubs have a ST injured, they can replace him with another ST. If one is tired, they can rotate and rest them. If one is out form, they can replace him without any problem. You get the idea. Furthermore, in Mourinho's previous spell here, he had at least 3 STs in each season: 2004/05: Drogba, Gudjohnsen, Kezman 2005/06: Drogba, Gudjohnsen, Crespo 2006/07: Drogba, Shevchenko, Kalou Even at Inter... 2008/09: Ibrahimovic, Balotelli, Adriano 2009/10: Milito, Eto'o, Balotelli There's quality and more important quantity in there and even the supposed 3rd choice STs got a fair amount of game time throughout the season, scoring a few goals. Admittedly, Mourinho did play some of them out of position sometimes and despite the STs being played out of position, Jose was still able to ensure they perform as effectively as possible and do the necessary job if/when needed. Worth remembering that Ba was used out wide and also played behind Cisse numerous times at Newcastle.

That is true. Will be interesting to see if he actually uses the back 3 formation at Everton like he did with Wigan though it might work out better with the former given they have the better players. Will be tricky not knowing how they will fare if we face them. Ideally, hoping for a newly promoted side at home. Start off with a decent game and get that 3 points, hopefully.

The more annoying thing IMO is the fact that no one asked about Luiz, Mata etc. Could have quashed the BS rumours completely by saying things like what he did with Lukaku and KDB, as you pointed out. But no. No one asked him and we'll continue to hear and read more of these BS stories in the media.

This just looks wrong coming from Oscar.

A bad idea. They usually start slow but that was under David Moyes. It's now Martinez. There might be a case of their players wanting to impress him.

Have always knew that I'm not wanted around here. Feel out of place...

Hence why I said 'if' in there. Really, I don't see why someone like Jose can't get more out of Marin than what he has given here. It's not like he's finished or a washed up player like Torres.

There will be some egg faces around if suddenly Mourinho is able to turn Marin into the player that most of us have in mind and the impact that we like him to make when we signed him.

Erm, I don't think any decision has been made or announced about that suspension. And IIRC, even if it were to carried over to England, it will be in the domestic cup competitions.

So @Steve, you are saying it was a mistake by you to make me mod?