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sacking him shouldn't even be discussed ... Guardiola is the only one who could replace him but, I think, the cunt despises us.. the best course of action right now would be for the board to have a serious discussion with him and straighten things up..

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Pardew’s starting eleven cost around £40 million, less than a fifth of the £208 million in fees Chelsea paid for their team, with Mourinho’s substitutes costing another £60  million.

What a staggering difference.

It will be interesting to see if Mourinho really will make some changes and place more trust in the non-first XI players.

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Roman Abramovich has questions over lack of Chelsea graduates making the grade in Jose Mourinho's side

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3187293/Roman-Abramovich-questions-lack-Chelsea-graduates-Jose-Mourinho-s-side.html

It's an old article from earlier this month and it has been posted before...

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Jose Mourinho: Chelsea 'young eggs' to be given a chance in first-team

Cool story Jose. Will believe it when I see it. Otherwise, it's the usual BS youth talk.

haha "Young eggs". I think they've more than hatched Jose if they're doing better than some of the senior players....

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Of all the sides he's managed, the current crop of players is probably the most un-Mourinho team ever.

1. Defense. We're shambolic. OK, we might have ended up with the best defence in each season since his return but we're still making mistakes (really silly and basic mistakes) that are not normally associated with a Mourinho side. Never mind about letting in goals, a Mourinho side usually doesn't give the opposition many chances but this season alone, we've probably conceded more than 30 shots on target in four matches! That's poor for a big club and I think only the relegation teams are close to that amount.

2. Set pieces. Do we actually even practice corners and free kicks in training? It's beyond shocking how often the set pieces fail to beat the first man, are overhit or hit straight to an opposition player. We are already struggling to score from open play, the least we could do is be more threatening, more imaginative with our set pieces so we can score from them.

3. Counter-attacks. For a side filled with fast attacking players, we sure score very few goals from counter-attacking situations. Don't commit enough men forward, not decisive in the final third, like to take the extra touch and making the wrong decision with the final delivery. Mourinho has been working with these players for 2 1/2 seasons now and there hasn't been any improvement. I still remember the 4 v 1 counter attack we had at City 2 seasons ago and we somehow contrived to mess it up!

4. Tiki-taka passing. Maybe Mourinho is trying to change our way of playing but can he tell the players not to over-elaborate in the final third? If there's a good chance to shoot at goal, then shoot. But if the opportunity isn't there, then don't and keep the ball moving. It's extremely infuriating that we're tying to be like Arsenal and walk the ball into the net. Be quicker and direct with the passing (I don't mean just lumping the ball to the striker). If there's a chance to set someone on goal, then quickly do it. Don't take the extra touch and pass to create the perfect goal. Quick, direct goals can be effective and great to watch too!

5. Midfield. Teams of Mourinho tend to contain the strong, physical players especially in midfield but this side has too many softies (e.g. Fabregas). Again, this is perhaps part of Mourinho's attempt to try a new way of playing but we are desperately lacking a physical player or two to go alongside Matic. We need someone who isn't afraid to fight, to do the dirty things (if you can call it that) etc when matches get tough and physical. Imagine what a peak Essien, Ballack or Lampard would do for this side. Mourinho needs to get 1-2 those kind of players in because we need to have a balance of strength, power, pace and creativity. Without that strength and power in the side, we get overrun too easily whenever we come up against a half-decent side.

Make this a sticky post :)

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Roman Abramovich has questions over lack of Chelsea graduates making the grade in Jose Mourinho's side

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3187293/Roman-Abramovich-questions-lack-Chelsea-graduates-Jose-Mourinho-s-side.html

Roman is deluded. He wants to see youth flourish and given opportunities in the first team with the ultimate goal of producing a couple of first teamers out of the crop in a few years then hires a manager with a reputation such as Jose. It's a'kin to hiring brendan rogers and then expect your team to be defensively solid.

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The guys at espn think Mourinho is talking about hazard and not Ivanovic as the player he single out last time.

I guess that's about right. Take hazard and continue with Ivanovic till infinity and beyond!

Jose said two or three players.

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