Blue heaven for Mourinho

By Neil Warnock Sheff Utd boss and BBC Sport columnist

I was delighted to see Chelsea progress in the Champions League, even if a bit of sloppiness did allow Bayern Munich to give an unrealistic look to the scoreline.

You need a bit of luck to win cups, and in both legs Chelsea were sent on their way by deflections that might not have otherwise have gone in, so perhaps things are going their way.

It would be nice if they faced Liverpool in the semi-final because that would guarantee an English club in the final.

Not allowing him to speak to players before and during the game is pathetic and I really think Uefa should get into the real world. Warnock on Mourinho's touchline ban from Uefa

Once again, Jose Mourinho walked out of the stadium after being pestered by television cameras and people will be saying he went back to the hotel so he could phone his friend in the hat.

Not allowing him to speak to players before and during the game is pathetic and I really think Uefa should get into the real world.

Some of its administrators have only got to read or hear something and they're instigating things straight away.

I have found out over the years that when directors criticise you it's because of something the gardener or window cleaner has told them, otherwise it probably wouldn't have occurred to them.

My current directors have all got opinions and most of them change them over the course of a Saturday afternoon!

Over the long term, though, you have to take a more realistic view and not just react to 90 minutes.

After all, most directors are supporters and fans can certainly change their minds. If we win, they've got us in the play-offs, if we lose we'll be lucky to finish in the top half of the table!

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When United were at their strongest you never heard or read anything about their off-field activities Warnock on Roy Keane's outburst at his man Utd team-mates

Another interesting talking point this week was Roy Keane's comments about his team-mates perhaps not taking their game serious enough.

He was probably referring to another incident involving Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand and a few others who had a night out which resulted in more tabloid headlines.

Roy Keane makes a good point. When United were at their strongest you never heard or read anything about their off-field activities.

Players like the Neville brothers and Paul Scholes must be squirming. They've showed they are model professionals, who live right, do their job and cause the manager no problems.

It does help when you have a settled family situation with players.

On that subject, I think we will have to investigate what goes into the drinks our fitness coach Tony Daley gives the players after training.

No less than seven of my players have their wives or girlfriends expecting and although Tony insists the drinks are for fitness, we're beginning to have doubts!