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My only holdback against Guus is whether he is still up to it. He is 69, does not have won a title since that very FA Cup 2009 and his last few spells ended in disaster. I couldn't have more respect for what he achieved here + his sides either always managed to play nice football (like when he managed Turkey and Russia) or at least grinded out results (he had a marvellous winning percentage here).
Also he was fine as a caretaker with players like Lamps, Ballack, Drogba, Essien who were grown man, mature characters and respected the experience and tactical nous of a man like Hiddink, I am not sure if our current group of boys with their fancy shoes, selfies, fragile mindset and volatile attitude will do so, too.

Good for him.
Now get back to business and work that magic in the transfer window! :blue scalf:

Well done Nigel Pearson with his Mourinhoesque attack on a journalist.
Think he's being clever. Papers will be all over it, thus deflecting attention from their relegation battle. Fair play

Yeah our away form is hit and miss.more miss of late.Even with the 'easy' away fixtures coming up can easily get caught out

Pardew said Wenger is better than Jose.
Wow, just wow.

I came into this thread just to read Barb once again enthuse about our little Spanish magician .

hope he'll be great with JT ...unfortunately, i stopped believing in David Luiz so Gary has to be really solid to help us attain our goals...

United's net spend this summer is around £10m higher than José Mourinho's entire net spend in his two spells at Chelsea

United's net spend this summer is around £10m higher than José Mourinho's entire net spend in his two spells at Chelsea

United's net spend this summer is around £10m higher than José Mourinho's entire net spend in his two spells at Chelsea

United's net spend this summer is around £10m higher than José Mourinho's entire net spend in his two spells at Chelsea

United's net spend this summer is around £10m higher than José Mourinho's entire net spend in his two spells at Chelsea

United's net spend this summer is around £10m higher than José Mourinho's entire net spend in his two spells at Chelsea

United's net spend this summer is around £10m higher than José Mourinho's entire net spend in his two spells at Chelsea

We are a stoic team. Defensively solid, which takes away from us when going forward. Something's gotta give and that's the strategy we currently employ.
I side with skipper that our team is just not setup for this type of matches. At some point Sunderland projected their FWs forward because our defense remained very deep for the entirety of the match. If one goes by numbers alone, if our opponent defends with 11 and we have 3-4 players still sitting in defense, well the numbers aren't on our side.
The way we play is far more suited for single-elimination competitions... Cl here we g!

Best draw we could have had IMO

Oh dear, 'we're gonna win the league' chant at Anfield. Disgusting

I think we were watching different games. The Samu I did gave his absolute all, and in games like that, that is all you can ask of a striker playing in a team that doesn't need a striker.

Matic needs to sharpen up a tad

Chelsea's Kevin De Bruyne to return to UK for MRI scan on knee. But understand the club are confident he'll be fit for US pre-season tour. - Richard Conway

Chelsea's Kevin De Bruyne to return to UK for MRI scan on knee. But understand the club are confident he'll be fit for US pre-season tour. - Richard Conway

Chelsea's Kevin De Bruyne to return to UK for MRI scan on knee. But understand the club are confident he'll be fit for US pre-season tour. - Richard Conway