Popular Post! Styles 9,790 Posted July 25, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted July 25, 2014 Mourinho abandons the bus ...The bus is in the garage being prepared for the new season Valdo, Hybrid Angel, bababoom and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 The bus is in the garage being prepared for the new seasonParked buses need preparation too? The Skipper and Styles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chelsea 864 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Jose thought we are finished from the transfer market?? Now DDrogber is there any other surprises?? Tricky Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 petre.ispirescu and StrategiC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,459 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Parked buses need preparation too? The bus is a transformer in disguise robdog, Madmax and RoyalBlues 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 And the European argument is null and void. The strongest the league, the less likely of teams from that league doing well in the European. Isn't that obvious such as 1+1=2? You must be joking right? The best leagues in the world must be from Ukrain, Portugal, Russia...those leagues are so strong that the teams can't even reach UCL semi-finals. You do know one thing or two about null and void argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 You must be joking right? The bets leagues in the world must be from Ukrain, Portugal, Russia...those leagues are so strong that the teams can't even reach UCL semi-finals. You do know one thing or two about null and void argument.I think she was referring strictly to the best five leagues in Europe.The chances for Chelsea to get United/City/Arsenal/Liverpool/Spurs in between a Champions League tie are bigger than Madrid to draw Barcelona or Atletico. You can also have something like Arsenal on Saturday, Borussia on Wednesday, United on Saturday and Borussia on Tuesday. While Madrid will never get such fixtures. Spanish federation and other leagues also allow their teams to postpone games, a thing that the FA never does. They only allow you to move the game by a day, at the very best.So yes, there is a bigger chance for other leagues to have more teams in the final stages of the European competitions given their level of competitiveness and schedule. Barbara, Blue Armour, kellzfresh and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 There is a difference between saying the EPL clubs are the strongest in the world, and saying the EPL, as a league, is the strongest.If you look at the Spanish league (with the notable exception this year), it's a two horse race. This is not a strong league, this is a weak league with two strong teams,What I mean by this is, put our league's two strongest sides (City and Chelsea) against La Liga's (Real Madrid and Barcelona) and we certainly wouldn't have a chance. But put our third strongest side (Liverpool) against theirs, then our fourth strongest (Arsenal, M. United, Tottenham, Everton), against theirs, etc. etc. and eventually you will reach the conclusion that, as a league, the EPL is much much stronger.Well, I'm not sure top 5 PLl clubs from last season are that superior when compared to La Liga ones. Is Chelsea better than Real Madrid? Is Liverpool better than Barcelona? (Suarez left one and joined the other one for a reason). Perhaps Arsenal is better than Sevilla, Spurs better than Valencia, but form me Internazionale and Fiorentina are also better than those teams, but are Arsenal, Spurs, Valencia, Sevilla and Fiorentina that make a league the strongest one?Perhaos PL is as strong as La Liga and Bundesliga, but not THE strongest as claimed by many. About the two horse argument, as I said before, "with the notable exception this year", PL has always bees a two horse race. Sometimes you just change the name of the horses, but since 2004 United have been one of the horses every single season, with the exception of 2003, 2004 and 2014. The rest of the seasons were United/Liverpool, United/Chelsea, United/City, and no to mention the one horse race we had in 2005, 2006, 2013.The talk about 4 or 6 teams fighting for the trophy started in last 4 years, and as I said before, its not a coincidence that PL looked more competitive when Liverpool, Chelsea, United and Arsenal couldn't rebuild teams that were once world beaters. Years ago a decisive match between Real Madrid or Bayern and a PL giant had a predictable outcome. To be honest its not a surprise anymore if a team like PSG, Atletico de Madrid or Borussia Dortmund manage to beat Chelsea. Someone happened in the last 4 or 5 years, and for many reasons PL is not the strongest anymore.If Mourinho manage to build another world beater team, that scenario might change again, because I do believe Mourinhos tactic combined with Roman's money was the reason PL was once the strongest league in the world. DYC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Namika 922 Posted July 25, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted July 25, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2706032/Jose-Mourinho-relishing-new-season-HIS-Chelsea-team-wants-Premier-League-title.htmlTalks about Costa, transfers..."I can play Azpilicueta right back and Ivanovic centre back because of Filipe." kellzfresh, mediator, The Mak and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Hello, The Motivated One The Skipper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted July 26, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted July 26, 2014 Jose Mourinho didn't try to sign Luke Shaw because his £120,000-a-week wage would have unsettled Chelsea squadhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2706095/Jose-Mourinho-didnt-try-sign-Luke-Shaw-120-000-week-wage-unsettled-Chelsea.htmlmind games genius. LDN Blue, bababoom, mediator and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,459 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Well, I'm not sure top 5 PLl clubs from last season are that superior when compared to La Liga ones. Is Chelsea better than Real Madrid? Is Liverpool better than Barcelona? (Suarez left one and joined the other one for a reason). Perhaps Arsenal is better than Sevilla, Spurs better than Valencia, but form me Internazionale and Fiorentina are also better than those teams, but are Arsenal, Spurs, Valencia, Sevilla and Fiorentina that make a league the strongest one?Perhaos PL is as strong as La Liga and Bundesliga, but not THE strongest as claimed by many. About the two horse argument, as I said before, "with the notable exception this year", PL has always bees a two horse race. Sometimes you just change the name of the horses, but since 2004 United have been one of the horses every single season, with the exception of 2003, 2004 and 2014. The rest of the seasons were United/Liverpool, United/Chelsea, United/City, and no to mention the one horse race we had in 2005, 2006, 2013.The talk about 4 or 6 teams fighting for the trophy started in last 4 years, and as I said before, its not a coincidence that PL looked more competitive when Liverpool, Chelsea, United and Arsenal couldn't rebuild teams that were once world beaters. Years ago a decisive match between Real Madrid or Bayern and a PL giant had a predictable outcome. To be honest its not a surprise anymore if a team like PSG, Atletico de Madrid or Borussia Dortmund manage to beat Chelsea. Someone happened in the last 4 or 5 years, and for many reasons PL is not the strongest anymore.If Mourinho manage to build another world beater team, that scenario might change again, because I do believe Mourinhos tactic combined with Roman's money was the reason PL was once the strongest league in the world.Of course not, but teams like Chelsea, United and Arsenal face tougher and similar-level opposition on a more regular basis in the league, when say compared to Madrid, Bayern or Barcelona. Plus you have the crazy fixture pile-up.That's why squads of PL teams tend to be quite worn out when you reach the knockout rounds of the CL competition. The only place to be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 So we were in for Luke Shaw, but his wage demands were just outrageous. Interesting and fair enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Madmax 9,219 Posted July 26, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted July 26, 2014 From mid-season we were feeling that we needed critical surgery, new players but instead of buying five, six, seven, eight, we made a very early decision to go and attack three points where we felt we needed a real improvement.This and exactly this. Truer words haven't been spoken. kellzfresh, Blue-in-me-Veins, The Mak and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Jose Mourinho didn't try to sign Luke Shaw because his £120,000-a-week wage would have unsettled Chelsea squadhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2706095/Jose-Mourinho-didnt-try-sign-Luke-Shaw-120-000-week-wage-unsettled-Chelsea.htmlmind games genius.At least we were trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Jose Mourinho didn't try to sign Luke Shaw because his £120,000-a-week wage would have unsettled Chelsea squadhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2706095/Jose-Mourinho-didnt-try-sign-Luke-Shaw-120-000-week-wage-unsettled-Chelsea.htmlmind games genius.This is reassuring. I didn't realise Shaw was asking for this much, at least it shows there was interest. if wages were the stumbling block in this case, it is understandable why we didn't pursue it. Shame really.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,591 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Jose Mourinho didn't try to sign Luke Shaw because his £120,000-a-week wage would have unsettled Chelsea squadhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2706095/Jose-Mourinho-didnt-try-sign-Luke-Shaw-120-000-week-wage-unsettled-Chelsea.htmlmind games genius.Half mind games and half truth. I'm glad that the club did not bowed down to his demand. RoyalBlues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Van Gaal respond :Van Gaal refused to get drawn into a public war of words with Mourinho - a former protege of his at Barcelona - but it appears he will discuss the matter privately with the Portuguese.'I don't think I have to discuss things in the media, it's better to discuss it with Jose,' he said.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2706566/Louis-van-Gaal-hits-Jose-Mourinho-claims-Luke-Shaws-120-000-week-wages-killed-Chelsea.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,069 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Looks like LVG will be hearing some home truths when he phones Mourinho. Mourinho was speaking the true! RoyalBlues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,591 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Looks like LVG will be hearing some home truths when he phones Mourinho. Mourinho was speaking the true!LVG and Mourinho on the phone?Won't be as funny as Mourinho and Moyes. LAM09, RoyalBlues and ulsterchelsea 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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