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On the other hand:

Hope so, the thought of Emenalo on the phone to Loic Remy is shuddering.

Tonight I have been listening to an episode of Talkport, Kick Off, with Mark Saggers, Danny Murphy & Steve Sidwell. The main discussion was about Man United and why Jose is going through a managerial crisis. It touched on so many aspects of Chelsea football club that if you haven't listened to it I would say it is well worth listening to when it is available on podcast. Some of the highlights included: - how Sidwells family was invited to Jose's house when he was about to sign for the club, the book that Jose gave him and the discussion they had. - Sidwells views on Jose the manager, how the whole dressing room cried and responded (Drogba was on the floor) when Jose left first time around, how it was different the second time around - the modern day player, the relationship they have with a manager, the importance of a good number two and the importance of having former players around the club. - the core players in Jose's first spell and the effect they had on the dressing room. - promotion of youth players and the fact that Jose doesn't have a record of promoting them Now I know a lot of this is about Jose's time at Chelsea as that was under discussion, but the programme gave a wonderful insight from a player that was at the club and in the dressing room at this time; and hearing it firsthand rather than reading it was more insightful and enlightening than I expected it would be. Thought it might be an idea to start a thread centred around former employees of the club and what their take is on what goes on behind closed doors, Sidwells views were well worth hearing.

Liverpool braced for Jurgen Klopp battle as Bayern Munich consider ditching Carlo Ancelotti after poor start Pressure is piling up on the former Chelsea and Real Madrid chief as Leipzig lead the Bundesliga and Rostov downed the Bavarians midweek in Europe

“If we analyse the game, we were better,” said the Argentine. “We competed very well and we were a bit unlucky to concede. “I think he’s [Pochettino] doing fantastic work for Tottenham,” said Conte after the match. “During the game we spoke in at one moment and he explained to me that he was in a disagreement with one of my assistants.”

See Antonio just doesn't understand what Mopo is on about - gees up the crowd to fever pitch

Oscar playing a very vital part here

These losing managers do like to tell Antonio how to play this game

Shoosh there are reps from Barca here

Ivanovic to steady the ship

Alonso has Ramires boots on

2-1

Am I in the minority in thinking we were bossing the last ten minutes

What with fielding a weakened side in the CL game, I reckon MoPo has been working out a strategy for sometime, I think Chelsea inspires him.

With both teams thinking they can win this s cond half we should be in for a high intensity game - super goals only today.