super result over the weekend... 

the team is now more compact and creative compared to last year where most plays will develop into "hit the long ball and hope for ibra to do something with it"...

with ibra's departure and all those delicious new arrivals  , mourinho is shaping the team to become something he has envisioned...

the team is playing more one-touch football and all the players are getting involved in play...i believe mourinho is really shaping the team to be more competitive in champions league

in CL previous years, we were too one-dimensional with ibra on the team and english, spanish teams dealt with us pretty comfortably, i believe with the extra dimensions in attack (pace from etoo, sneijder, motta's more productive passes) our plays will be more unpredictable...

A bit of analysis on the new players:

Sneijder

i like his pace and his ability to launch balls quickly...something that we need to cure the lack of pace and movement last year which was shown painfully in our CL exit...he is something like a trequartista but i do appreciate that he can also press opponents

Lucio

i believe he was bought so that we can push our defenders up more instead of sitting too deep at our end...he is very good with the ball on feet, so he will be able to carry balls out more effectively, one thing though, he might be a bit prone to mistakes sometimes.

Etoo

whats not to like about this guy? sure, he misses sitters once in a while  but he brings so much more to the team, the runs behind defenders, his pace and power which is something we lack so much last year...i'm predicting much more penalties this year 

Milito

he is not dubbed as il principe (the prince) for nothing, he is a very good goal poacher and he's also very good at the assist...but the most important asset of all is his movement on the pitch which is superb....for all of ibra's talents, he was too much of a primadonna and his movement to bring in his teammates was not very good....

Motta

a bit injury prone i think but he is a very good passer of the ball, very confident and a good selection of short and long passes and like sneijder, he has wonderful accuracy...again this will help improve the team's movements and quicken up play...

and of course they still need time to gel...