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Fergie did an interview with The Telegraph and it was a good one - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/Sir_Alex_Ferguson/11874371/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-reveals-the-real-reason-for-his-retirement-as-Manchester-United-manager.html Some of the best/relevant bits: On taking risks. On needing strong characters in dressing room. On dealing with strong characters, big egos etc. On managing players. About the hairdryer treatment.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek not yet tactically or physically ready for Chelsea starring role, says Jose Mourinho

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/18/cesar-azpilicueta-chelsea?CMP=share_btn_tw An interview of Azpi with the Guardian. Good read.

Eva Carneiro row: Jose Mourinho faces FA probe into use of 'sexist' language to Chelsea doctor FIVE??!!!

True and Italy only have 5 teams in Europe, which means they get slightly more points than England.

Same goes for Italy. Only 2 out of 5 teams won in Europe.

I meant after what happened on Wednesday. The upturn in form has to start from somewhere.

A fun fact - Walcott was the last Arsenal player to score against us in the Premier League, nearly 2 1/2 years or 5 matches ago. Get the feeling that we would need to score at least twice on Saturday to get a result.

Think that's over-exaggerating. He hasn't been good but he hasn't been that bad either to suggest we're better off playing with 10 men. Besides, who do we have to take his place anyway? Best to start with giving him a pep talk and then see how it goes (Mourinho needs to utilize his man-management skills here).

Thank you.

And I thought that was a fair response, albeit with a little sarcasm.

Chelsea planning for life without Branislav Ivanovic as Jose Mourinho orders scouts to find suitable replacements for the defender So, Azpi...

True but the same could be said about the others too. Their passes in the final third were so bad and had we been on form last night, we would have easily smashed another 3-4 goals past Maccabi Tel-Aviv.

It's all good saying he should be dropped for the reasons but who do we have to come in for him? We only have 2 inexperienced youngsters at the moment. On top of that, he's not going to regain any form by sitting out and even if we leave him out for say 2-3 matches, who's to say he will return to his old self? There's no guarantee in that. What he could need right now is Mourinho having a 1-on-1 chat with him.

Dropping Hazard isn't the answer here, especially when we're in dire need of results. Besides, even if we drop him, who do we have to take his place? Willian and Pedro are injured and we only have the inexperienced Kenedy and Traore as back-ups.

Waiting for Liverpool and Spurs to botch their Europa League games tonight...

Note that I posted that lineup before Mourinho revealed the injuries last night.

Because it's only one step in this recovery process (if you can call it that). It means nothing if everything goes BS again on Saturday.

A goal is a goal. Doesn't really matter how it was scored, especially at a time like this. Hopefully, there's more to come on Saturday.

Well, I posted that before Mourinho revealed the injuries. So yeah, things just got worse for us...

Ramires on the RW then...

Almost feel sorry for Hazard now after what happened in the game. This is probably the toughest period he's had so far in his career but I'm confident that he will bounce back and become the Hazard we all know again. Mourinho could help by giving him a little pep talk.