Jase

Yup. Expect the rumour mill to go on full blast mode after the CDR Final though the league will only finish on 1st June.

http://www.football-espana.net/30538/madrid-steal-lewandowski Real Madrid apparently interested in Lewandowski now.

1. That is Benitez's 6th 'Manager of the Month' award in the Premier League. 2. Rafa Benitez has won 4 and lost 1 of 5 previous Premier League matches that immediately followed after winning Manager of the Month award. 3. Rafa Benitez is the first Chelsea (INTERIM) manager to win the Manager of the Month award since Carlo Ancelotti won it in April 2011.

Are you seriously gonna believe what he says there? He's just teasing as always. Take his comments with a pinch of salt.

You know, we would really appreciate it if you guys actually nominate a member for the award properly as opposed to just naming yourself..

Oh dear. Watch out for the award's curse...

8 months on and looking at what I previously said...... *hangs head in shame*

Merged with the old thread.

Once Mourinho leaves Madrid, I don't think the next manager would be benching Casillas for Lopez as well. The latter is likely to be No.2 anyway.

For backup obviously. Hilario and Turnbull's contracts are expiring this summer.

Mourinho continues to tease, tease and tease but he's definitely sending out the signals that he will be leaving...

Chelsea face fight to keep Luiz as Barca prepare staggering £40m offer What a predictable story!

Fergie on Benitez... http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/sir-alex-ferguson-rafael-benitez-is-very-concerned-about-his-cv-8602463.html

ALL NOMINATIONS FOR THE AWARD HERE PLEASE! Nominations close at a Administrators choosing. Vote for the one member, who you believe is the member of the month. If members post more then one, the first option will be chosen.

Remember this idiotic rant from Jorge Jesus? :rant:

Well, La Liga only finishes on June 1st and Madrid have a cup final in a few weeks. If only Mourinho got to the CL final with the Madrid, win it and then announce immediately he's returning here in our second home. Shame.

That might be true but it's still not an excuse for the players to concede those late goals. Those that we let in were simple basic defending errors in which the players we had out there that time should be doing better. You don't need 5-6 defenders etc to be defending those situations. It's all about concentration, marking people properly and taking responsibility but the players failed to do that. Furthermore, Benitez has made such substitutions before and we have seen out games and win them. Why then do we praise the players for doing a good job in getting the win, defending properly etc? Why no praise then for Benitez that he ensures the team see the game out and win them if we are gonna blame him for every dropped points and not the players as well?

It's actually James Walker, Carson, Given, Sorenson, Krul and Hart. The Schwarzer save came in a penalty shootout. So, that doesn't count.

That goes right up there with his shot that went out for a throw in as well against Sparta Prague. Hilarious. And you can see Moses and Ramires getting frustrated at that. While it may be encouraging that he is taking shots lately, he might have been better off to actually keep things simple and pass the ball when the shot is not on. I also hate it when he thinks he's Messi and try to dribble past 2-3 players only to then lose the ball needlessly!

Despite all the news/stories that seem to be reporting he is back for certain, I'm still quite skeptical he would actually do that IF we don't finish in the Top 4.

Cahill didn't exactly bat the question away when asked about Mourinho.

While that might be the case, he's not the only one at fault for this problem. The players also need to shoulder the blame for the current situation that we're in now.

In terms of what?

Thanks stewards, for the time wasting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJmU_ql1hB8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OLiaQuI9To