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He has 4 yellows in the league and 1 in the carling cup. Thats a ban right?

I'm sure Sky said it during the Liverpool game. Good news

Oscar is suspended no?

He could easily just be getting massage to loosen it up for later. If he is injured, Luis shouldnt be putting this out in the public domain and giving City the heads up

Have you told Jose?

Is Salah off the other way? Not heard his name mentioned now its getting official

I think the intention is to use Remy as cover for Hazard Costa-Drogba Hazard-Remy Oscar-Fabregas Willian-Cuadrado Matic-Mikel Fabregas-Ramires

The forum over the last few days has been a real eye opener

Our players will walk out at the Bridge with chests held high, Jose doesn't need to do a team talk tomorrow, the FA have done it for him. I'll wait to see what our results are for the next three games. If we win all three, Costa will have had a nice long break and it won't have affected our league position in the slightest.

We're top of the league, we're top of the league, we're top of the league

Clearly Redknapp is as liked in the Sky Sports dressing room as he is here

I agree but I dont think Jose will start next season with Bamford and Remy, neither of them offer the physicality Jose wants in a striker

Interesting, Remy on the left it is then. I think i like the idea of that

Seems this sale is funding Cuadrado, only time will tell if this was the right decision. I fully expect Schurrle to go to Germany and play well, that wont be enough evidence for me though that selling him was a mistake

Can't see it, Schurrle has gone. Unless were bringing Costa in as well which seems unlikely, it would leave us one short. Unless Jose will use Remy wide, which he has done recently.

Not heard this for a while, seems like a good time

https://twitter.com/GNev2/status/560844645434134528 My personal view is that Costa in a process should get off his charge. Impossible to prove he meant it and he doesn't look at the player.

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With Didier probably retiring this season we're going to have to bring another striker in. The obvious in house choice is to put Bamford at 3 and push Remy up to 2 in the pecking order. However, the way we play and our formation, Jose clearly doesn't fancy Remy as a lone striker, which is why I think he's played a bit part this season despite being prolific when he does play. His physicality doesn't suit close games. You only need to look at the City game earlier this season to see what a battle Costa was in up top on his own, Remy wouldnt have been able to handle that. I can't see Jose wanting to bring in another slight forward whose game isn't about physicality in Bamford. I think he loves the way Costa battles and keeps possession up top. So my question is if we dont go Costa-Remy-Bamford, which I don't think we will, who do we bring in for that number 2 slot in the pecking order. Personally, I think Bony wouldve been perfect. Proven goalscorer in the prem and physical to to boot, too late now though. So who would you have to fill Didier's gigantic boots?

Done according to the Sun https://twitter.com/TheSunFootball/status/560744067576135680/photo/1

Common sense that has been a rarity in this thread this over the last few days

Thats the key bit

"A Participant shall at all times act in the best interests of the game and shall not act in any manner which is improper " Thats what theyve charged him for. His comments were about a 'televsion campaign' "The commission did not, however, find that the comments implied bias on the part of a referee or referees." There was no need for them mention this, it was never the issue.

Thats not true. They've charged in relation to his comments to the media. Unfairly in my opinion, but lets get the facts right

Actually the FA set the standard the first time he used the 'campaign against us' line, so its no surprise to me that he's been fined again. If I'm honest, I don't care for this side of Joses management. Sometimes he can be really cutting and destroy someone with one line and I think thats brilliant. This kind of thing is too whingey and negative for me and fuels the perpetual sh*t storm around Chelsea.I understand why he's done what he did because he's taken some of the heat off Costa, so it works, just doesnt sit well with me. It creates the us against them mentality, but that means I end up having to defend some of the ludicrous things he says