MrExcalibur100

You miss the point though. This is not about victories or defeats. This is about being an ambassador for the football club. Watch the presser again, it's embarrassing. The Chelsea presser-coordinator seated next to Jose had to make that akward *coughing* noise (as if to say, you're talking to much now) when Jose started going on about Hazard and how many trophies he has won in the last 4 years.

This has more to do with Mourinho and less to do with me. Mourinho has an enormous ego that will get him in trouble with Roman again and would cause him to be fired. He forgets that he is an employee at this football club and gets ahead of himself with some of his comments. I want him to finish his contract and I want it all to work out, but he needs to change his attitude. Being a bad loser is one thing, throwing your players under the boss to save face from criticism (in this case, style of football) is another. "I made eleven mistakes", "I don't have a striker" "my 3 strikers are good" "Hazard has shown evolution in defensive game" "I'm not happy with Hazard's defensive game (all season is what he meant not that isolated incident)", then the ref bullshit, even though we were crap against Villa and Sunderland prior to major fuck ups from refs............... He just needs to caught out the antics and tame his ego. That's all I'm saying bro. Please let's not resort to petty name-calling.

Unfortunately, he might have this time and it won't be the first or last time. He just keeps on burying himself with some of the stuff he comes out with and this isn't the first time. Jose should know that Roman will have him gone before Hazard, I'm certain of that. This is why I had my reservations about him initially, apart from the brand of football.

And please stop with the "Jose is never wrong" sentiment all the time. He is not the founder of the club or a god. He is not Roman. He's a great manager and a Chelsea legend, but he needs to have a rethink of his behaviour if he plans to stay here "forever".

Short but sweet, I agree 1000%. We can't afford to turn a blind eye because it's Mourinho. He said it himself, no one is bigger than the club. No player, not him and not even Roman. Take responsibility and stop giving the media ammunition by publicly criticizing our players. Torres one day, Eto'o the next, Hazard today. Get a grip, Jose. It's not always about you.

Unpopular opinion = I'm starting to get turned off by him, I'm sorry. He's changed. He's not the same guy he was in his first spell here. I'm not calling for him to be sacked, far from it, I'm not insane but he needs to relax a little and accept defeats sometimes. He needs to know he is an ambassador of this football club with every word that comes out of his mouth placed under scrutiny. The clever quotes are fun to listen to, but when you start throwing your players under the bus to deflect from criticism, then you know you have a problem. No one needs to remind Mourinho he's a great manager, but Jesus Christ, the guy needs to curb his ego. His (prepared) speech on how he feels to be going two seasons without a trophy was sad to listen to. Sometimes you wonder if he really loves the club or if he is mostly concerned with furthering the legend of "Mourinho the Special One".

Practically, you are spot on, but this is not the first time Jose is deflecting blame away from himself to hide his failures.

Ok, fair enough, that's one example out of 9 defeats this season. Against Newcastle, Sunderland, Villa, and PSG he either criticized his players or blamed the refs. He has gone from a charming individual to an insufferable person who can't take stuff on his chin. In this same article you point out, he is praising the strikers, then we go away to PSG and lose and all of a sudden, is "I lack a striker". A manager like Ancelotti will never say stuff like that and it's common sense really. Now he throws Hazard under the bus again for making a mistake. The same player who is was just until weeks ago "happy with his defensive contribution". This is a young nucleus of players he's dealing with. And it's an unpopular opinion, but I neither like his behaviour or the way his teams play football. That's why I had reservations of him coming back to be the guy that brings stability to this new Chelsea. Some people think he is the be all end all of Chelsea and treat him as a god. The only person that deserves that is Roman, no one else. I've been a supporter before he was here and I will be one after he's gone. I'm not going to "agree" with all his actions, because I can see when he's right or wrong. Mourinho looked like he was about to handle the Hazard question properly "The quotes were taken out of context" but he was goaded by some journalist and proceeded to throw Hazard under the bus to deflect criticism from the poor brand of football. It's clever, but I saw through it.

Mourinho never takes the blame when the team loses, NEVER. He hasn't done it since he returned and he is trying to protect himself from criticism. Something about the man has changed because he wasn't like this before in his first spell here. His spell at Madrid affected him. This is not about Hazard. This is about Mourinho always making excuses for defeats. His body language in the press conference was very telling. Fortunately for me though, I'm not one of those people that worship at the alter of Mourinho. He has his faults as a manager, but even more worryingly than that, he has a massive ego and that rubs off the wrong way on me and on the image on the club. Any criticism of his failings is either met by deflecting blame or even verbal attacks of other managers. He needs to change his attitude and stop treating this club like a personal play-thing.

And thanks for giving the media more ammunition to write further bullshit about the club, thus creating more bad vibes around the dressing room. I think in the recent weeks, Jose has shown himself to be a very bad loser. Blaming referees and now even blaming his own players. It's always someone else's fault. One minute you're happy with Hazard's defensive work, the next minute, after a defeat, you're not. One minute "we don't have a striker" the next, the "strikers are doing a good job?" I can go on and on but it's getting out of hand. Mourinho needs to understand that Chelsea is a bigger club than the one he left in 2007. His recent antics just won't cut it with the board. It's bad enough we have to watch the turgid football he serves us every week. He seriously needs to focus more on the training and less with trying to sound clever in press conferences. He needs to take responsibility for defeats and realize he is an ambassador for the football club. I'm not one of those CFC fans that believe this sun shines out of Mourinho's ass. His job is to manage the team and not treat it as a vehicle to massage his ego. Ancelotti would never utter some of the stuff Mourinho has said this season. There's a way to be a great manager and classy at the same time, but I've been turned off by Mourinho's antics all season and especially in the last month or so.

It's sad Mourinho won't hesitate to throw his players under the bus to cover his ass. Sometimes he needs to take responsibility for some of his failures and stop giving the media the ammunition to bury him. I see he had already prepared a speech to defend his record, speaking in the first person, like he normally does. He started it with the Newcastle defeat ("I made eleven mistakes") and recently with the Paris defeat ("we lack a striker"). It's your job to coach the team and get the best results. Some of the things Jose says and does just rubs me the wrong way sometimes. Control your ego and stop with publicly criticizing players after defeats.

Considering his antics, I hope not. I seriously do.

I agree but you can't really deny that he's become a world class player this season. He has already tied Drogba's highest goals ever for this club and Costa still has 4 more matches to improve on it. To deny his position as a world class striker is silly. We can go on and on about "worth" but I'm sure you'll agree that it's tedious and a pointless exercise. We can list many players. Bale was worth nowhere near the amount paid for him, but I'm sure no Madridista's are complaining now.

So because he isn't on the same level as those players (since when is Messi a striker?), that means he isn't world class? Personally, I believe Lewadowski is not as good as say, an Aguero, that doesn't mean they aren't both world class. 35 million? I hope you are correct, but you have to be realistic. There is no way in hell costa is leaving for anything less than 50 million euros and we are in a desperate situation now, so we have to pay the sum they want.

Never said that so you are attacking Straw man. I will hope to see your criticisms for Cole, Eto'o and Azpilicueta for goals 1,2 and 3 respectively, or is it only reserved for Hazard?

For one of the best strikers in the world? Just look at the evaluations in the market recently. This is the reality of modern day football. You want the best you have to pay big money. 35 million is really cheap for a world-class striker in 2014.

ROB ‏@1RobBeasley 2h Diego Costa will sign for #cfc in the summer I was always confident about landing Costa considering Jorge Mendes (Mourinho's agent and one of his best friends who he calls "brother") is Costa's agent under the company, Gestifute. And no, Bearsley is no bull-shiter, he is a very reliable source and is close to the club.

3rd goal: https://vine.co/v/MrmQjDZd2gI Were was Azpilicueta the fullback supposed to be in possession? He was tucked in at the centre. It was a collective error, not an individual one. The first one is a similar story. Hazard probably thought that ball was on it's way out, I thought that as well watching it, but the Atleti player managed to reach it and cut it across goal. https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/81FEE78FEF1073373231735611392_1ae76f088c7.4.8.4545721265261156170.mp4?versionId=Wqzmfuz73jTcb0iXiyXcEJRWb6HCA85Q Were was Ashley Cole? Again, miserably out of position. These were collective errors. Our fullbacks went AWOL and left Hazard exposed. Can we finally drop this now?

He has been shocking in almost every game I've seen of him in the Champions league.. A lamp post in every sense of the word. The only good thing I can say about him is that he's good in the air, but his all round game is awful. Even Torres' is much better. Yeah, he scores goals, but even a donkey can score for that Bayern team in the Bundesliga considering they smash everyone 5,6-0.

I find his trolling absolutely hilarious.

I'm fed up with this seriously. You are barking up the wrong tree and making dreadful points. (1) First of all, Hazard can't be as good? What a stupid comment. Are you God? Ronaldo at 23 (same age as Hazard is now) put up similar numbers and performances in the 2006/2007 season to what Hazard has done this season. And Ronaldo was actually playing next to a real striker in Rooney and a team playing some marvelous, attacking football, with less impetus to track back. There is nothing stopping Hazard from elevating his game even further. The fact that a so-called supporter will type nonsense like this....... It gives CFC fans a bad name. The fact that a so-called CFC supporter attacks a young player, and a good guy (from what we see in interviews) like Hazard is a great shame. He has already accomplished an awful lot in his short career. (2) Hazard has done more than his fair share of tracking back this season, even more than he should be doing considering he carries the attacking work almost on his own. Maybe Mourinho should give his best players more attacking freedom instead of turning them into robots. At least that spares us from watching the turgid, awful football we've been playing all season. (3) Bale? Bale tracks back? I've watched him a lot this season, and he doesn't really track back that much. Ancelotti has offered him the creative freedom that such attacking players crave. Ribery? He plays for a team that averages 72% possession their league. He doesn't really need to track back. Suarez? The point is moot as you're comparing a CF to a winger. It's a silly comparison. Almost everything you typed was non-factual, and to add insult to injury, you attack our best player by saying he will never be as good as Messi or Ronaldo. Perhaps he will be better off in a team that actually knows how to play good, attacking possession based football!

(1) Liverpool actually played good football last season, so you could see progress there. Our football has only gotten worse and worse as the season has progressed, unfortunately. We look clueless in possession and we play incredibly disjointed football relying chiefly on the brilliance of Hazard. How many times have you seen people moan about the football we play? (2) We need stability, but the question has to be asked. Can Jose make this team play the brand of football the owner wants to see? Remember, Mourinho was not first choice for this job. He wasn't even second choice. Guardiola and Klopp were ahead of him.

(1) Bring in a CF, preferably Diego Costa, a creative CM, Fabregas, Gundogan or Kroos, a LB, Moreno or Rodriguez, and perhaps another AM/winger, more precisely, a goal scoring one like a Greizmann or Lavezzi. This is crucial if we want to have realistic expectation of winning the league or the champions league. If we are clever in the transfer market, we would have an unstoppable squad. This squad is not far from completion. (2) Focus more on possession based attacking build-up plays. Mourinho needs to set up his teams to play with more freedom and not turn them to robots.The low-block, counter-attacking football is just not cutting it ATM. Give us the ball and we look clueless, disjointed and ponderous with it. Why? That's why Roman signed the Hazard's, Oscar's and Mata's of this world. Whether fans want to believe it or not, this IS a job requirement and if things do not change, well, we know the history of managers in the "Abramovich era" , Mourinho or no Mourinho. It's simple really: Fighting for all titles and playing good football. That's the standard at every big club. We must not lower our standards. Not even for club legends.