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I have to say, I completely disagree with the notion some have that this would be a 'step backwards' - absolutely not!!

Mourinho and us have evolved completely. When he arrived originally, we were still becoming a top club. Now we are a top club.

Mourinho was facing his first test after Porto to prove his CL win wasn't a fluke; to prove he really could become great. Now he is great.

We, Chelsea, and Jose, have evolved at a very similar rate and to a similar level. This is also a brand new challenge for him, don't forget. The location, owner and fans may be the same - but that's it really. When he arrived and during his transfer windows, we focused on powerful work-horse type players who'd scare opposing teams into their shells and bully them off the ball. A defensive approach with counter-attacking. He had ​to do similar at Inter because they had similar resources and players to us - if he did anything else he'd be foolish and he would have lost games! This has created the notion that he's a counter-attacking manager - but I completely disagree. He's a smart manager who does what needs to be done and gets the best out of every single player in his presence.

Give him Barcelona and believe me, they'd probably be an even more attacking team than they were under Guardiola!

This time around, he has a plethora of attacking midfielders to work with, all of whom are versatile and have maturity far beyond what players their age usually have.

He has a young, hungry striker in Lukaku and a young player he can bleed in (Chalobah) much like he's done with Varane.

He has that 'next big thing' in Hazard - a player not too dissimilar to Ronaldo who he's nurtured into one of the greatest players in history. (I genuinely believe Mourinho has done more for Ronaldo than SaF could have ever done.)

So while this is a new challenge, it's not completely alien to him. We possess potentially similar players to his current Madrid team (Hazard/Ronaldo, Mata/Ozil, Ramires/Khedira [if nurtured correctly], Moses/Di Maria) etc. The only thing lacking is that Xabi-Alonso-esque player. Maybe he could turn Mikel into that? Maybe he could sign the next Alonso? Who knows.

But if he does return, I'm positive he'll treat this as a new place to continue establishing his legacy - not just a stagnated club which is missing it's clog to get running again & revert back to the team of the mid-2000's.

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Just a thought - If the Illuminati exists, I get the feeling Roman is a high power in it. Like if there's a table somewhere at the top with 10 people 'round it, he'll be one of those 10. Heh. Idk.

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Gonna steal some lines from a song just out of sheer excitement! But it fits perfectly/

'I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Tell the World I'm coming home
Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday
I know my kingdom awaits and they've forgiven my mistakes
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Tell the World that I'm coming'

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