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That's the arrogance for a Juventus fan for you...

Inter have sacked Stramaccioni and appointed Walter Mazzarri, who of course just left Napoli.

You have to remember that Benayoun is Benitez's favorite child. And Marin probably stole Benitez's cooking recipes previously.

It's called the reverse jinxing.

Beware of the second season syndrome...

Can't be helped. All part of the 3rd party ownership deal doing like Falcao. Anyway, locking thread.

Robert Lewandowski brings goals and fortitude to Borussia Dortmund A profile feature on Lewandowski. Good read.

http://www.asm-fc.com/en/news/team/agreement-with-fc-porto-for-moutinho-and-rodriguez He and James Rodriguez has officially joined Monaco.

No. The CL final kicks off at 7.45pm while this friendly starts at 10.30pm. UK time.

Happy that he scored in the game. Can we just register that as his first official goal for us?

Seriously. Enough with the square pegs in round holes already. Playing Lukaku out of position isn't going to help him developing either.

Merged with the old thread. Why do we even need Benteke when we already have Lukaku? What we need right now is world class ST that can come in and do the job for us, not another young talent. Can't go buying all the young and upcoming players out there!

Agree. Ramires is a perfect option to have should we go 4-3-3 in or for games, if or when needed. And Mourinho would love his energy and pace in counter attacking situations, something of course Mourinho's teams tend to be good at.

Just because I mentioned PVA, doesn't mean I rate him. Never know what our next manager will do with him.

Great. Here we go with round 2 of the friendly. Don't forget that Cole, Cahill and Lampard will not be playing in this one as they will be flying back to UK today (IIRC) and join up with the England NT for their upcoming matches. P.S. Do note the kick off time. Will be slightly earlier this time (UK time).

Can't believe this friendly game's post-match thread has ended up with more posts than the Everton one last weekend!

Chelsea vs Manchester City PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT Post-Season Friendly Match No.2 25th May, Saturday 2013 Yankee Stadium, New York 22:30 Kick Off (UK time) [Match kicks off at 5.30pm local time in New York, 25th May]

Chelsea vs Manchester City POST-MATCH DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS Post-Season Friendly Match No.2 25th May, Saturday 2013 Yankee Stadium, New York 22:30 Kick Off (UK time)

Well, that was bloody annoying. Even though it's just a friendly, to throw away a 3-0 lead is just . And even in a friendly, we still can't beat City. Not even after going 3-0 up!

Chelsea subs: Blackman, Hilario, Ferreira, Luiz, Aké, Ramires, Marin, Oscar, Torres. We are allowed to make up to 8 subs. Suspect either Blackman or Hilario will miss out then.

We are playing City in US while Spurs are gonna face Jamaica in the Bahamas later...

As of now, we still have Cole and Bertrand. Could even count in PVA if you want.