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If by some miracle we make it to the final, the last thing we need is Mourinho's mind games.

You implied that I had no life because of it, so after a comment like that, it's fair enough that I offered you an explanation. Posting blinding without giving any consideration to what may have been posted before is just pointless, quite frankly. It's the opposite of why forums exist.

I suppose not everyone has the same capabilities.. I can breeze through 10-20 pages in no time. If you do have difficulty reading quickly enough, you can take tests and have training.

Must have been quite a team talk from Mourinho...

It depends on how fast a reader you are, you can do 'speed reading tests' online. It should only take 5 minutes or so for an average person to get through 10 pages on TC. Otherwise what's the point of a forum? ..

Already posted on page 27, do you not read through threads?.. or do you just click on the last page skipping everything?

Can we switch the threads back to 20 posts per page?.. It's 12 atm, and we will most likely have around 60% of members who don't click on the 'speech bubble', in order to view the newest post. Which means most members are just wasting their time by bothering to post.

Just like in 2009 (Messi V Ronaldo), UEFA have their 'ideal final', El Clasico. They may not even have to appoint a dodgy ref this time. No doubt the officials will want revenge on Chelsea FC, for the treatment of ‘one their own‘, as a European match official family. the abuse from fans, hurling flags at Ovrebo in the tunnel, The death threats Ovrebo received, the players reactions. Revenge time indeed…

A lot of people (myself included) were worried Mata may have regretted leaving Valencia, considering what followed. Having said that, if he had remained there for his entire career, competing in a Champions League semi-final would have been an uncertainty. So, all in all..

Parker nominated over Mata...

He's the type of player who would excel 'out of spite' at another club.. If we reportedly signed Lukaku for 18m, 'mostly' to prevent other clubs from signing him. Then surely we need to keep hold of Sturridge, and at the very least prevent him from joining a rival. Although after the Benayoun saga, that's not exactly something we can bank on.

It's all about momentum now, any news on David Luiz? Not true, even when we sealed the Mata deal, we were chasing Modric until the final hours of the window.

It's not being naive.. I want us to go out 'fighting' in the CL, rather than field a fatigued side and get humiliated on the worlds biggest club football stage.

I will never forgive Di Matteo if he plays a full strength squad for the full 90 minutes, with Barca 3 days afterwards. The small-time mentality of throwing in the CL towel before we've even kicked off, would make RDM a bigger villain to me than Ovrebo.

^ Pretty much spot on.

^ 'Personality wise', I thought the opposite, Ballack/Lampard are the real manager types. It's only Shanghai though, I imagine it went something along the lines of this.. "Anelka, manager?.. Yeah, why not."

It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, that's including every page of the sexiest women thread. Anyone who dislikes this kit has 'objectively' poor taste.

Do you want City to overtake Roman's success at Chelsea? Another title for United changes nothing, one more for the pile. City spending all that money and failing YET AGAIN, would be a bitter blow. Nearly men mentality, sparking a managerial merry go round etc etc.

Alan Carr's dad (UK comedian) is the head scout for Newcastle, anyone who's heard of Alan Carr will understand how bizarre that is.

Grandiose, Sublime. Not only the greatest Chelsea shirt of all time, but the greatest football shirt of all time.

You are the king of threads.

I never said we could beat them. Just that using the 'Fulham performance' as an argument as to why we're fucked is void, considering the variables.

A few Mata type signings please, under the radar, swift negotiations. The deadwood should be cleared out before the summer tour, don't let them anywhere near the new manager.

I'd rather avoid utter humiliation in the CL, than progress in the FA Cup. We won't be clinching a top 4 spot, so let's at least put on a show against Barca and bow out in style.

Easy conclusion to reach after last night. Let's not underestimate the aroma of a european night and the emotional ties with this particular fixture.