THE MRS SAYS..."LET'S GO OUT"

I was driving from Malton, north of York, to Barnsley this afternoon and missing all the football news. Actually sometimes I forget that football is on....well not really but there were quite a few distractions, such as Women's Ashes, Rugby selection, Rugby League, FA Cup prelims, Mo Farrah.... until I saw a sign for Stanford Bridge; one of the great medieval battle grounds in Yorkshire. I immediately thought of Chelsea.

Meanwhile, at the London Stamford Bridge, Chelsea lose and drop more points.

Jose will take his wife out for dinner. Today was his 200^th league game with the Blues and coincidentally, if he had won, it would have been his 100^th win at Stamford Bridge; it is likely that they would not go out.

Mrs Mourinho, Matilde, says “He is more likely to take me out when he loses”. I wonder if he has been seen on the streets tonight.

If he had won then he would have things organised at home and he would have had a “quiet night in “

Sometimes Jose walks through Chelsea after a match and enjoys the banter from the locals as he heads home. I wonder if he would have been approachable tonight?

He has, at home, won 76, drawn 22 and his only previous defeat was against Sunderland in April 2012. That made 99. With John Terry sidelined due to a recent red card, Palace manager, Alan Pardew, knew he had a chance. Look what happened! Pardew, once at Newcastle, has done it before.