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Only got caught offside 1 time tonight. Improvement.

As Mourinho said, KDB wouldnt have reached this level had he stayed at Chelsea. He wasnt training 100% because of lack of motivation. We dont need players like that at our club, no matter how good they are.

Mourinho on signing Pedro...
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/21/jose-mourinho-bab-rahman-pedro-chelsea

Pedro has a big challenge ahead. For the first time in his career he's going to be important with his team, with a coach who trust in him and in a competition (Premier League) Perfect for fast players like him. And also with a coach who loves counterattacks.

In Barcelona or Spain Pedro has always played a secondary role. And everyone in Barcelona said that he could become a top player if his coaches had more confidence in him.

But with us his role will be different. With 28 years Pedro begins a great challenge for him and maybe Jose can get that Pedro will be one of the big surprises of the season in Premier League.
I'm not a big fan of Pedro. But I do not know why, but this signing (after hearing the words of Pedro and Jose) gives me a good feeling.

:blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf: BIENVENIDO! :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

:blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf:WELCOME! :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf:


Regards.

My word, Willian's stats are depressing as hell...

De Gea
Cesar
Ramos
Pique
Alba
Busquets
Alcantara
Cesc
Silva
Pedro
Costa

Not sure if it is the Spanish national team or Chelsea

Yup.
http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/08/pedro-trains.html

Already training with the team which is perfect.

Petr Cech in home games (Premier League)

under Mourinho: 69 games - 0 defeats
under Wenger: 1 game - 1 defeat

Hey David, remember the 7-1? [emoji23][emoji23] Asshole

I absolutely hate this clown. After his WC antics I changed my views of him, after today it got worse. Scum trash.

Great video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzpu3ZrjrZo
And a very entertaining interview to boot:
http://sport-magazine.co.uk/

Dat pace

The name you are looking for is Varane...

What a start, what a player. Lukaku 1 goal 4 games, Costa 7 goals 4 games. One cost 28M one cost 32M. Money well spent and well recuperated.

Diego Costa completed a full training season with the rest of the #Chelsea squad this afternoon (CFCtv ) #CFC

Diego Costa accepts August accolade
http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2014/09/diego-costa-accepts-august-accolade.html

Barclays POTM

The best thing about Costa is that thanks to him Sturridges thread won't get bumped every time he scores for Liverpool.

The main reason I'm absolutely SURE he'll start against Schalke unless he has a physical issue is because this is a guy who's reached an UCL final last season. He has Europe experience (not saying Azpili doesn't) and football in Europe is NEVER as physical as in England. So it's perfect, he has the experience and the quality and he won't be demanded physically (where he seems to still be struggling to catch up) as he would in the league. I mean, how those two things don't make him the perfect scenario for him to start? Where are the risks that I fail to see? I see advantages actually.
And what defense harmony are we talking about here in the first place? If anything, our defense hasn't been as harmonic as it used to be, we failed in all goals we've conceded this season - except Etoo's in my opinion )although José disagrees about that goal) and we could have conceded two more against Leicester hasn't Thibaut been brilliant. We've changed systems, the defense is still adapting, as well as the midfield, and our players aren't there yet fitness wise. If anything this 'harmony' needs to go away and the consistency from last season to come back (as much as it's possible with the new system in charge - that will undoubtedly affect us defensively to a certain extend).
The more I read Jason's posts about this harmony thing, the less it makes sense for me. And my two points from the previous paragraph stand... So I'll settle for agreeing to disagree.