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I think Mourinho knew he'd get this reaction. I wonder if it's his way of waking the club up using what is most important. The supporters.

Hope Cesc doesn't do anything stupid to get a booking.

My thoughts: Gerrard Pique is homegrown. Wouldn't be a terrible signing actually. Gets more stick than he deserves in my opinion. Won't be as exposed at Chelsea I think, won't have to play in a high line, and more importantly, is very good at passing the ball. JT's not bad at that at all, but when we're passing it around the back , it inevitably ends up going back to Courtois. Pique would help in that respect. Having said that, I have no idea why Barcelona would sell him. Might as well just nurture Christensen. Complete CB. But if we do sign him, I wouldn't complain. We'll have Miss.Eva Carneiro's long lost sister in Shakira who would be frequenting the Bridge often lol.

MATCHDAY woohoo! Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, JT, Luis, Matic, Cesc, Oscar, Hazard, Schürlle, Costa. We may see Jose giving Schürrle another chance. If QPR decide to sit back and defend, Schürlle will be more effective. And hopefully Ramires is on the bench. Predo: 3-0!

Rumours of us being linked with Gereard Pique heavily doing the rounds. Thoughts ?

€185k per week. That's the amount which was enclosed to the media when he signed for us.

*Said José, a month back. :P

What happened to all that talk about Azza signing a new contract?

My opinion on him- He's a speed merchant. A roadrunner. As someone said here, pairing him up with a visionary player like Fàbregas might get him to prosper. Could as well be as good as Theo Walcott was for Arsenal if he works on his final third product. But I don't see it all happening anytime soon as José rarely uses him. If we're selling him, we might as well do at season end and NOT on the winter transfer window. As he can leave with a potential 3-4 winner medals. Would be good for him to have them.

Aye, back. But unsure if he's fully fit (has he ever been fully fit since joining us?). Expect him to start.

Anyways. By the end of this season we MIGHT see John Terry lift the EPL trophy and we MIGHT see Rio Ferdinand relegated. Poetic justice.

So badly wanted Rio to start this one against us and watch him get twatted by Diegol. Got himself suspended for this ficture, dammit!

Imagine the Egytian outrage if we sell Salah. They spammed our social media accounts for months with happiness after he was signed. They'll never forgive us.

Haha. That's some good wordplay there!

The way Diego Costa walks is just...TOO EPIC!

https://vine.co/v/OMpWLewWPeF They're...they're walking! :')

Summed it up perfectly. Nait. Hit. Head.

Oscar for me. Was a treat to watch when on the ball. And his off the ball workrate was fantastic. He keeps running despite being picked for like 6 (?) consecutive matches in 3 weeks and showed no signs of fatigue! Aké comes a close second.

A Madridista!

Surprised reading some of the posts here. Yes, he won the La Liga,reached CL final and all that. But no way does he deserves to win ahead of Ronaldo or Messi.Honestly, those two are in a different level, altogether! And Costa having a bad world cup doesn't help his cause either. Surely in top 5. But no.1? Nah.

Good observation lol. Maybe the FIFA are trying to make the choice obvious!

The surprise inclusion here is Iniesta. And I'm pretty sure Ronaldo will win. Scored in probably a ballon d'or deciding Clasico too. Would be a bonus for us if either of Hazard or Costa come fourth or third.

Title eidt: And Thibaut Courtois. Forgot to mention. That's 3 of our players in the 23 man strong list.

The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014: Gareth Bale (Wales), Karim Benzema (France), Diego Costa (Spain), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Angel Di Maria (Argentina), Mario Goetze (Germany), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Toni Kroos (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Mueller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Paul Pogba (France), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), James Rodriguez (Colombia), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)

José said something like his mind is connected to Cesc Fà bregas in the field when we play. But ended saying with 'someone who has been at the club for a long time now'. That rules out Cesc. Two very contradictory statements.