Closed Chelsea v Tottenham

[didierforever 7,349]

I think beating Spurs and Hull in Stamford Bridge will mean no problem. The games against Sporting and Derby are unimportant, unused players and youngtsters are likely to feature. The Castle game will be tough though.

derby is not unimportant. we should be looking to win the league cup and take the pressure off jose and the players about being trophyless. also, we are clear favourites for league cup.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Lol, I saw Lampard name in every thread.

[mikeholiday 209]

Any chance Mou doesn't rotate ex-Costa?

[Sepehr SS 36]

Not resting some players for this game is a recipe for disaster against newcastle. I still can't believe Luis is not getting any playing time, he was the best left back in the world last year. And there is no way in hell that Drogba starts over Remy in this game, Mourinho must be a moron to start Drogba.

[Jase 43,479]

Mourinho's presser at 12.30pm UK time later..

[Mustafa 885]

Honestly, I'm not too bothered with who starts up front. The only thing I'm concerned with for Wednesday is getting the 3 points and no injuries. As long as we beat Spurs, I'll be a happy guy....

Oh yeah, and I'd love to see Soldado do a Torres-esque open goal miss just for pure banter

[didierforever 7,349]

Not resting some players for this game is a recipe for disaster against newcastle. I still can't believe Luis is not getting any playing time, he was the best left back in the world last year. And there is no way in hell that Drogba starts over Remy in this game, Mourinho must be a moron to start Drogba.

Oh... so jose will be a "moron" to start DD who scored at OT aginst united when the whole team was looking flat as hell.

Brilliant opinion. Kepp it up!!!

[We Hate Scouse 10,291]

By pure luck I've managed to score a free ticket, it'll be my first game at Stamford Brdige in about 3 years. What a game to go to

[superfrank8 23]

Expect the fans to sing the Willian song in full voice. If Willian plays and scores, that would be great.

[Viper22 2,418]

Any chance Mou doesn't rotate ex-Costa?

I don't know what the ex- part means.

But if you're asking for chances that he doesn't rest Costa i'd say it's around 0% .

He picked up his 5th yellow card of the season during the match against Sunderland and so has a 1 game ban to serve (this game).

EDIT: I get it now, you mean apart from Costa

In that case, I think there's a chance Mou keeps the same team apart from Costa (he's stated before that he likes stability in selection) but surely even he must see how people like Fab, Hazard and Oscar looked knackered in the closing stages of the Sunderland game and we need some rotation to keep the team fresh.

But then again, whatever Mou does I will get behind. Because always trust in Mou .

[didierforever 7,349]

I don't know what the ex- part means.

But if you're asking for chances that he doesn't rest Costa i'd say it's around 0% .

He picked up his 5th yellow card of the season during the match against Sunderland and so has a 1 game ban to serve (this game).

i think he meant except for costa!!!

[ILoveLamp 270]

God, some of the questions in that press conference were so dumb....

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Jose Mourinho says playing Spurs is a big game against one of the top teams and it is derby he likes. #CFC

Jose says past records against Spurs are not important now and he doesn't talk to the players about it. #CFC

Jose reports there have been no offers from other clubs for Petr Cech. #CFC

Jose says the easiest way for people in football to deal with the Christmas fixtures is think what they are giving to the people. #CFC

Jose reports no fresh injuries going in to the Spurs game. #CFC

Jose says with Diego Costa suspended, he trusts Didier Drogba and Loic Remy in the same way he trusts Diego Costa. #CFC

Horrendous questions. Including one about women's football, what the hell has that got to do with anything?!

Jose seemed in a bad mood, made even worse by shitty Lampard questions trying to get a rise out of him.

[Pizy 18,538]

My goodness, that may have been the worst press conference I've seen. These blockheaded journalists asked the dumbest, most irrelevant questions. This is a huge game against a rival and they ask no pertinent questions? Fucking hell!

[Viper22 2,418]

My goodness, that may have been the worst press conference I've seen. These blockheaded journalists asked the dumbest, most irrelevant questions. This is a huge game against a rival and they ask no pertinent questions? Fucking hell!

Are you really surprised? The level of journalism in this country was in the shitter 2/3 years ago and has only got worse since. The level of trust/respect they have from the general public now languishes somewhere between MPs and criminals. Probably rightly so.

[Special Juan 27,602]

It's called the press trying to stir the pot.....Absolute oxygen thieves the lot of them.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

I was waiting for one of them to ask Jose if he'd seen Emmerdale recently. Absolute mongoloids the lot of them.

[the wes 7,212]

Gary Lineker last man to score winner for Spurs against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

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