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Looking forward to this. But did people notice how much he aged in madrid? When he first got there till when he left, it looks like he aged 10 years!

Anyways, since it seems like you know a lot about La liga cared to share a bit info on Pellegrini here? http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/16176-man-city-next-season/page-2 Since this is Mourinho thread, please discuss in that other thread. Would not mind reading your opinion on their new manager and what are your expectation for him with that squad. Thank you and have a good night.

Yes he did bad at Madrid, you made your point and I agreed with it. Time to move on. He now will have his second chance at redemption. If he does bad here too he will be sack, simple as that. Nothing to toss and turn over. So let's just end this and let the people rejoice at the second coming of Mourinho.

Well then, I hope you are right. 3 to 4 years of managers stability will be good for starters In that time I hope Mourinho can get the best out of the current crop as you put it. We now have more talented young players then before. And I hope he will continue the progressive vision the club has, to be a more attack minded team.

3 Ligas in 10 years, while Mourinho won 1 league in 3 years...... So if you have 3 managers that where giving 3 years just like Mourinho, they would have each won one league in each of their 3 years tenure. Nothing great for these managers, and nothing great for Mourinho either. And I agree with your last view, if you have a good squad and a good manager you can do good. Barcelona with Pep, Bayern with Jupp, Juventus with Contes. But Pep came out of nowhere. Contes came out of nowhere. Klopp came out of nowhere. So that view, that if Mourinho gets sack cause he does bad and we can't get a good manager is false. There will always be a manager out there that can bring out of the best of a good squad. But for that, we need the board to invest wisely like we have been doing as of late.

Well first I totally agree with your first line. 3 to 4 years is a lot in today's modern world. Why? Because of the money that is managed. It's much easier to build a squad in such a short time, then it took before. So most top managers get only that, 3 to 4 years and you will get measured based on that. Second, the players "dream" has nothing to do with history!!!!! Look at Liverpool, much more history then us, and you don't hear that now. Why? Because a player wants to get pay good and challenge to trophies. If Madrid did not had the money or payed good, nobody on earth will dream of playing there. Third, for 10 years achieve nothing? So your telling me that Barcelona won the league for 10 years straight in a row??? Cause the only thing of importance that Mourinho won was a league. So are you saying that past managers never won that? And last good players come whey they are paid good and see that the club is spending on top players. Torres left Liverpool, because Liverpool was not spending big on top players. And because of that he came to Chelsea. Not better, ok. But with RDM we where already going down hill. Humiliated in the super cup, beaten by City...albeit beaten the whole season. Out of the CL group stage, which was pathetic! And leaking goals like nothing, because our team was badly shaped. The trend was down, and Roman did the logical to turn the ship. In the end it work. Was not the best season, but an ok season. And about "the fans who put their hard-earned money into the Chelsea kitty and they deserve to be treated with respect"...well I feel your pain however, there is that big however, the fans are not bold enough to stand to the one guy that makes decision. Roman! Why? Because Roman is the man, and what he says it's what goes. I don't see millions and millions of supporter boycotting, or protesting outside the grounds against Roman. If they don't do that then their voice means nothing, and thus the treated with respect will never happen.

I like some of your comments. But sometimes it does feels like you are trolling. I don't mind people bringing different ideas, even if it's ideas that are against the popular just as long as you have a good argument to back with it. But when you start going all psycho with posting pictures, and insulting people because they don't agree with you it gets weird. Like I said, I don't mind people bringing opinion that are against the popular. Is good food for thought but not the insulting.

Like we did recently? Do you mean sacking RDM and hiring Benitez? Was not that bad if you ask me. We finish third place, with the squad improving. We defend better now then when Beniteze got here. So all good me thinks. No good players? Excuse me, but I think you are a bit exaggerating there. The highest turn over of managers comes from Madrid. Yet players "dream" to play there. Managers like to take that challenge because it has a good squad and good pay. Similar to Chelsea, great squad and good pay. All thanks to Roman my man. So yes if team like Barcelona, Madrid and Bayern continue to win trophies despite changing manager and not holding to that ridicules notion of "manager stability" for the sake of it then we will also continue to do that. I will highlight that in these type of environment is where the board must be good, because the board will outlive the manager. And for me the board has been doing great. Emanolo and company can continue being at the club for a lot longer if they continue to make buys like Mata, Courtois, Lukaku, KDB and much more.

Celebrate the many trophies Chelsea won over the years with different managers? If so then there is the truth. That managers are dispensable! As long as we got a good squad which our board help us build we will win with a decent manager.

It is a horrible time. 3 years with all that money and that's all he could win? And don't come with record breaking league cause a horrible Barcelona just did that this season....

Bayern treble. Mourinho time at Madrid compared to jupp at Bayern is horrible. And this come with Bayern changing manager like Chelsea and Madrid does. Stability? Nonsense! Is all about the board building a great team so the manager can manage them and get the best like jupp did. Now time to move on and give chance to another manager. This is the philosophy I see Chelsea following with roman, emanolo and company. Managers are dispensable.

Well there is something else to consider, not every manager can be top for quite a while. Two great example are Wenger and Benitez. Wenger did amazing when he got to Arsenal but as the year went by well you know the story. He over stayed because of sentimental value, like the fan love him, stability and all that nonsense. All that emotions can blind you from the truth, that your manager ain't good no more. And because there is so much emotional connection there is greater support to hold onto a losing cause. Benitez was amazing at valencia and did amazing at the first couple of years at Liverpool. But same like Wenger he went downhill. When people talk about stability they think about saf, and for me that's a misconception. I think saf case was once in a lifetime. We might never see something like that ever again because the sport has changed. So much money involved in the game that I think 3 to 5 years for a manager in a team is a long time. That being said, with Mourinho horrible time at Madrid he needs to hit the ground running on his comeback.

Yeah I agree. For the time and money he was mostly bad for Madrid. For Chelsea, well I rather have AVB back then Mourinho. Because the squad we got is suitable for the philosophy of AVB then it fits Mourinho. If anything city will be the perfect place for him because the squad is like that of Chelsea of old. Big and aggressive players. Well let's see how this goes.

Barcelona 100 point in the league. Negating Mourinho last year record breaking league..... I will agree with tmo on this one. 3 years at Madrid and Mourinho was shit. But like I said even hiddink did bad at Madrid. What will matter is if Mourinho can bounce back and do good with Chelsea. Most top manager do that, bounce back after a bad period. If Mourinho is still good he will do great with us. If not he will get the sack like any other managers. Roman is ruthless as shown with the sacking of rdm.

Any welcome home Mourinho poster out there already?

I went to Sky Sport and did not see that.

I thought we had a server melt down because we made official the Mourinho come back or gotten rid of Torres for Cavani!

Stability??? Arsenal got stability and look at how they are doing? It's trophies above that. And does not matter if he is love. Just like rdm if he is doing bad he will get the boot!

Is funny cause the whole "what if" world was like that this whole season under Benitez. I'm saying things like I said for Benitez. If he does this then good. If he does that then bad. I'm not a Benitez fc, torres fc, or Mourinho fc fan. Despite Mourinho doing good in the past, he still is required some minimum standard like any manager. So yes that's the what if scenario.

Is all fine and dandy but if we are in the verge of failing to be top 4 he will go. Such mediocrity will not be accepted. Was not accepted by past managers and won't make an excuse for him. If any Mourinho set the bar high and he will have to deal with that. That being said I don't expect a cl or pl this new season but I don't want to see a worse season then this one. Mourinho will have to hit the ground running just like last time he was here. Especially after such a bad season in Madrid. He needs to bounce as every top manager does after a bad season.

Di maria sounds more and more like another version of Kalou.... But hey Mourinho brought him here along with Mikel, which when Mourinho got him he said he had found gold... So I agree that Mourinho can make bad purchase as well good. But so did saf. If he can bring out the best from mediocre players like saf did with his squad, then all good.

So Liverpool want over 50 mil for him? Well I don't blame them, since Torres went for that price, then surely Suarez commands a similar fee. Damn you Roman for paying that 50 mill on Torres! It distorted the strikers price. Lets see if Real goes for him. Imagine Madrid with Suarez, Bale and Ronalda up front? Damn that will be some scary team!

Well if he does worse then Benitez, then yes he will get the sack. But Mourinho doing worse then Benitez??? I don't see it!

Are you a kid or something? Cause in many posts I always see you insulting somebody that does not agrees with your opinions..... Anyways to this Madrid guy, all I can say is that hiddink had a bad time in Madrid but he was an awesome coach for me despite that fiasco. The same I would say about AVB with us. Another fiasco but I think he is still a good coach that will get better as the years passes.

Probably, but Lampard is still king at Chelsea. He saved our ass this season so many times, and he is a Chelsea image. He sets the standards and the examples for new incoming players. So in this point in time with so many young players, I rather have a Lampard then a KDB. KDB is still young, and can come back to the team after a season or so.