Closed Spurs v Chelsea

[Barbara 15,149]

Chelsea TV just confirmed everyone but van Ginkel is available for tomorrow, and they've showed a shot of Ramires among the many shots of today's training.

[Barbara 15,149]

Chelsea FC ‏@chelseafc 1m

Mourinho says he has no wish to talk about his relationship with Andre Villas-Boas. #CFC

Mou 1 x 0 AVB

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea FC ‏@chelseafc 1m

Mourinho reports @Rami7oficial is in the squad for the Spurs game but he has not trained and he is a doubt with his hip injury.

[Pizy 18,419]

Hopefully that's a tactic to make AVB think he's not playing and Jose will start him.

[Rmpr 8,977]

Haha thanks for that. Apparently iPhones don't have Brazilian names in their dictionary

Willian is not a Brazilian name by any means!

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Currently, Chelsea are impuissant on attack, not scoring much.

I hardly can see them scoring many goals here.

Somehow, I get the feeling about a low scoring & a boring game tomorrow.

We have struggled to score past teams who park the bus, Tottenham will attack us and leave spaces in behind, there is more chance of us scoring some goals past Tottenham then it is against a team who parks the bus.

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea FC ‏@chelseafc 51m

Mourinho: 'The injury is very sad for Marco van Ginkel in a season important for his evolution. He is in good hands.'

Mourinho says he liked the performance and attitude of @juanmata10 at Swindon. 'He made a big effort to come in my direction.'

Mourinho says he likes playing Spurs because of the big rivalry.

Mourinho says he has no wish to talk about his relationship with Andre Villas-Boas.

Mourinho 'You win titles with squads, not with an especially good player, so Tottenham are bigger contenders than before.'

Mourinho: 'We play Man City on Sunday before cup game v Arsenal on Tues, so our Under-21 side will probably have a great experience.'

Mourinho reports @Rami7oficial is in the squad for the Spurs game but he has not trained and he is a doubt with his hip injury.

Alternatively...

Miguel Delaney ‏@MiguelDelaney 51m

Mourinho: "I'm not here to defend Man Utd, not at all, but the reality is they had a start that, if you win every game, you are exploding"

Mourinho on Mata against Swindon: "I liked.... his attitude was very good. I think he made a big effort to come in my direction."

Mourinho on taking on AVB: "No, I look forward to taking on Tottenham as opponents... I like these matches."

Mourinho talks about his own similar relationship with Van Gaal. "I did it in a professional way. I think that's what you have to do."

Mourinho asked about AVB again: "That's enough... I think nothing. I think of how my team can win."

Mourinho: "I think Chelsea 04-05 and Man United 05-06 [assume he means 06-07] were better than all these teams."

A difficult moment at end of broadcast session when Mourinho asked is "spirit of Robson" over this game. "Why?" [1/2] ...

[2/2] "You tell me something new" ... when asked about AVB's connection to Robson.

Mourinho not in very "happy" form in any of that press conference. Mostly a detached surliness.

[Special Juan 27,439]

Mourinho says he liked the performance and attitude of @juanmata10 at Swindon. 'He made a big effort to come in my direction.'

Jesus.....Juan I thought you liked women.

[Farid ChelseaIndo 1]

But not for the spurs' coach

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Mourinho: 'We play Man City on Sunday before cup game v Arsenal on Tues, so our Under-21 side will probably have a great experience.'

[CHOULO19 24,332]

The one thing that will always make me feel confident against Spurs is the mental aspect, people expect them to win and i wonder how they will react to that. 11/12 they were better than us, but we still outplayed them at White Hart Lane and thumped them 5-1 with the world watching.

Pretty sure that was at Wembley.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Is it confirmed?

Yeah it is confirmed for over here.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Match Preview Here by Nish

[Azpinator 2,325]

Lol no way on earth. The only thing you can criticize Willian for was being selfish in his search for his 1st goal, but at least i knew he was playing..

I can criticize his crossing and finishing all day long. And I knew he was playing because I could his hair from distance.

[diskoviolente 425]

Two grown ups duking it out who was Bobby Robsons favorite protege.

Hilarious.

I think we should start with Torres tomorrow, he offers more "direct" (i know, i know) play towards goal. I think Jose drilled it into him that he is a true number nine and not a 8 1/2 or 9 1/2, because he is getting in the box more and getting at the end of attacks. Something that rarely happened.

Mouthwatering game tomorrow. Make it three points at the Lane, boys!

[Sheva. 5,373]

I can criticize his crossing and finishing all day long. And I knew he was playing because I could his hair from distance.

I agree about his crossing. Seen him do it at Anzhi too, he just beats his man and hurries the cross to the near post.

Can work great if there's someone making a run there, otherwise a pretty easy clearance.

Finishing, it was one game. But even then, bad finishing is nothing new from our players.

[Pizy 18,419]

Please, please, PLEASE put Spuds in their place tomorrow!

You can already see their ego's inflating thinking they're an elite side. Smack them at their house and make a statement.

I'd love nothing more than to see our boys that Spuds hate score. Say a 2-0 victory with JT and Willian scoring.

[Korea 734]

Lennon's out?

I remembered Lennon destroying Cole last season...

It better not be 0-0 tomorrow.