Thibaut Courtois

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Rumors from shit sources that Jose might be interested in Courtois-Varane swap in the summer if Real come calling. It is probably bs but if that was to ever happen I want immediate sack for Jose.

Courtois MUST stay here until we let him go on our term.

[Oscar 441]

Thibo's fine.

Fantastic player and maybe future captain.

[Jase 43,479]

Some of you lots here get worried so easily.

[Pizy 17,860]

0% chance he leaves.

[Jase 43,479]

Rumors from shit sources that Jose might be interested in Courtois-Varane swap in the summer if Real come calling. It is probably bs but if that was to ever happen I want immediate sack for Jose.

Courtois MUST stay here until we let him go on our term.

Think Mourinho is smart enough to keep Courtois, even if he wants Varane at the club.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Mikel-Varane swap

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I wasn't able to read anything before the match, is he injured? And if so, what's his injury?

[Atholy 1,293]

No news on him being injured.

Must be Jose that wanted to protect him (which wasn't really necessary IMO).

But in the end Petr really saved us 2 times today!

Still you shouldn't play mind games with your GK I think... always dangerous.

[Henrique 9,133]

No news on him being injured.

Must be Jose that wanted to protect him (which wasn't really necessary IMO).

But in the end Petr really saved us 2 times today!

Still you shouldn't play mind games with your GK I think... always dangerous.

Or perhaps he was dropped after two poor performances in a row.

[iseah100 5,612]

Mikel-Varane swap

Varane+20m or no deal.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

No news on him being injured.

Must be Jose that wanted to protect him (which wasn't really necessary IMO).

But in the end Petr really saved us 2 times today!

Still you shouldn't play mind games with your GK I think... always dangerous.

Mind games?

No, not in my opinion. Simply rotation.

Cech is three games away from breaking the PL clean sheets record and his history here means he deserves the chances to try and attain that achievement.

Courtois will just have to deal with that fact. While you have another of the world's top five goalkeepers you can never be an undisputed number one. Courtois has to appreciate the fact he has played 66% of our games this season, because the other 34% have seen Petr Cech take to the field. Petr freakin Cech. We're not talking about Ross Turnbull here. We're seeing Mourinho use two world class goalkeepers, and why ever not? If it brings the best out of the two of them and they're both relatively happy, then it can only be a good thing for the Club.

When Petr inevitably moves on in the summer, Courtois will be the number one for definite. BUT - until then, he's going to have to bide his time. If he wanted to play for a club where he'd play 90% of the games he should have asked to stay in Spain for another year. Cech is goalkeeping royalty and Thibaut has to respect that fact, which I'm sure he does. I think he actually relishes having to be at his best because he knows one sub-par game and that could be curtains for the remainder of the season.

[Hamilton 2,118]

Mourinho said he needed a rest..

[DanishBlue 426]

It's not that wierd tbh, Courtois has been bad in the last couple of games (he couldn't handle simple crosses against Villa) and because of that he had to be benched when we have another WC keeper in Cech. End of...

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Courtois hasn't been "dropped". He's being subtly reminded by José that he isn't undisputed in his position. He'll be back in for the PSG game, 100%.

[MCM4PR3Z 410]

Now, I really really wonder how Courtois is going to perform against PSG if he plays. Option 1. His confidence got a blow and he will play bad. 2. He got reminded that there is another world class goalkeeper at the bench and he well shine. 3. He really was mentally tired like Mourinho said and a game off does him well.

I have no idea which one of the 3 is true, but I certainly hope it's not option 1.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

[Madmax 9,219]

Why must every decision/choice/action be minutely scrutinised and pondered over? A whole lotta philosophers and thinkers around these parts.

[Stingray 9,441]

Why must every decision/choice/action be minutely scrutinised and pondered over? A whole lotta philosophers and thinkers around these parts.

I wouldn't call them philosophers, more sophists [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]