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He thought he could get the best out of Falcao- that hasnt happened, but Falcao and Remy should be more than adequate cover. As for a fullback, the board have been too stingy imo with regard to Stones, either of the Manc clubs or even liverpool would have coughed up what they want. Stones has covered at RB before. This was the plan until Terrys legs had gone.

The club/board only gave him Begovic after selling Cech . They let him have Falcao on loan until after the disaster at Man city, aswell as shipping out or losing Drogba, Luis, Salah etc. Say what you want about their abilities but they were squad players and we had a small squad already before letting them depart. The club failed to back Jose in the summer and now we are suffering because of it. That said, I think Jose has to take some responsibility, but not all of it. Like he said we all (the club) need to take responsibility. Look what happened last year when they listened to him and he got his players in and did their business early. Bottom line hes one of the top 3 managers in the World. I can see a big January panic coming. Similar to torres/Luiz a few years back.

This seems to allude Baba wasnt a Mourinho signing http://www.london24.com/sport/football/clubs/chelsea/mourinho_reveals_why_he_won_t_throw_new_boy_into_chelsea_defence_against_aston_villa_1_4258556

We need action now, too many words. But to me it is way too premature to sack him. Brendan got 18 months, Wenger's had 10 years, Jose's had 8 matches so far...

Definitely had a mixed bunch. Steve Clarke was good, Paulo was very good, Boularouz -remember him ? bit mental. Jose played Essien there who was surprisingly good, and I am sure Ranieri played Hasselbaink there or left back

Return of Dark Clouds to Chelsea article above... "the question is what to do ?-all I know is we are in deep trouble"

Of course theyre fucking plastic. Theyre running a business. End of. They dont spend all their disposable income following the team, get chelsea tatoos, queue, get treated like shit by stewards and the old bill. All they are interested in is making a profit.In terms of plasticity percentage Bates would be the most.

Chelsea have had 3 owners. The Mears dynasty, Ken Bates and Abramovich. Not sure what you mean by plastic , but they are interested primarily in profit, and..er....thats it.Right now the board, and I think Maria will have quite a bit of input, will be looking at projected profit and loss scenarios with or without Jose. My guess is they will stick with the same employee at present.

@supporter - great post and analysis. Also @Adnane your post earlier as well. Great positivity.

Kop will have a minutes silence for Brendan next home game. They want Klopp. Rename the kop the Klopp. Kloppites

haha and they say Joses arrogant

You mean his big arse ?

Safe to say quite a few Chels wont be inviting him for dinner

Passion https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=911973545517978&id=628797043835631&refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rivalsfootball.net%2Fchelsea%2Findex.php&_rdr

He put it all very well last night, I think: "This is a crucial moment in the history of this club. Do you know why? Because if the club sack me they sack the best manager this club ever had. And the message again is that if there are bad results, the manager is guilty. This is the message people have got over the last decade from Chelsea so this is a moment when people assume responsibilities, including me, the players and other people in the club. We need to stick together. This is what I want. I have no signs that anything changes. But you know the history of this club: every time the results are not good, there has been a change of manager. The power is always, in the end, with the owner and the board. But when I was contacted to come back, I was told: ‘We had so many managers, and we know you are the best.’ So I think it’s time for the club to act in a different way, to mark a position of stability, a position of trust. Three months ago we were on the bus with the cups, so it’s time for all of us to be together now at the bottom of the league. And I think, in December, January, February we will be top four. To be champions would be very, very difficult, but top four is completely do-able. Do the players trust me and feel I am the man for the job? This week we spoke about it and the answer was not in doubt. The supporters … when they booed the decision to take off Willian I would have done the same if I hadn’t known Willian was vomiting in the dressing room at half-time. If they have some negative reaction at the end, I’d do the same because the result wasn’t what we wanted.” And then went on to talk about playing youngsters: "Yes, I agree totally. My job is not so simple. I have to measure the situation & ask what's the best thing. Clearly it is not the time to play 4, 5, 6 kids. Because some are not ready. But I think Ruben is one that is more ready. I cannot name the players. I cannot say Peter and Carl and Anthony - I can't say. But it is easy to see some are in difficulty. I was never afraid of responsibility. One of the changes I am going to do, because he is the one that is ready, is Ruben."

He was BlueDaze

Fair play to her for reminding the FA that however outraged they appear now at the treatment of a "woman in football" they did absolutely nothing about the sexist abuse she used to get all the time from opposing fans, particularly that West Ham game where they ruled ''nothing had happened.''

He was better against Porto, but its taken a lot of time for him to raise his game. Whether he can sustain it for a a while remains to be seen. Wont hold my breath

The 80s were worse, but we had a massive loyal following

Its away games.

Likewise, I will quote this post to make some things clear. I think Jim, Alex , Special Juan etc have made it pretty clear how they envisage the forum to progress. This has been stated in the Announcements section several times. I think you have had problems with this and have had warnings before. As far as i am concerned there is no problem with having different views about managers, its healthy. It is obvious though there are certain members here that use the 'hate Mourinho' vehicle as a Trojan horse to attack Chelsea and cause arguments. My view on Mourinho at the moment is he is chucking his toys out the pram because he didnt get the players he wanted in the Summer, and is thus stubbornly playing what he has as a message to the board. Howver i also think he is the best manager Chelsea have ever had since I have been supporting since 1967. He is however, one dimensional in that he likes to buy ready made top players off the shelf -but then again top clubs demand instant success. I really dislike the way people seem to be turning against one of our best servants over recent years. Seems like typical modern football style, reacting to a couple of months of bad form and forgetting years of service. Anyone would think he's pissed on Osgood's grave. I think Mourinho can be criticised for playing Brana -but having a go at Brana is wrong. He gets picked-whats he going to do , say no I am not playing ? If a player who's won everything with us and performed well consistently for years gets called a cunt (social media) and calls for him to never wear the shirt again cos he's had a bad two months, then what hope for anyone else? And we claim to be great supporters towards players who've served our club well. As far as changing the title of this thread to the .'Moaning thread' you are completetly wrong. I was always changing it back to the 'Mourinho thread'. You seem to have a bit of an obssession with TOPTB, I think you both have something in common in that you could both start arguments in an empty room. I would direct you to where he went when he was banned, it was the Shed End Forum, but apparently he has been banned from there as well.. ..for being nonsensically argumentative Yes we can disagree over Mourinho, I dont know whether it is something deepseated, or ativistic with you, Portuguese/Brazil, empires etc but I agree with RMPR we all support Chelsea dont we ? so lets get behind the team FFS. And yes I am looking forward to the crowd getting behind the manager today- slagging him off with songs wouldnt be that productive really for the club. PS liked your review of FIFA v PES btw

, no passive aggresiion here. Like you too fella and we bonded over palestinian solidarity. I have a fault when it comes to chelsea I become partizan belgrade/hitler/stalin/ultra since 1977 or thereabouts. I hace had qiite a few beers now. You are top geezer tom. Plastic Bertrand. Cest plane pour moi .ktbffh.

Not really, seems a lot of hostility to the greatest ever Chelsea manager, most of which is media driven. Someone that people thought was superb last season, they need to realise class is permanent, form is temporary. I think its funny tbh. There are some though that obviously are not Chels, and are only interested in certain players. Thats the internet though aint it ?

Do you rate him as a manager though, despite his personality flaws ?

Exactly. Has Dyke given back his freebie 10k watch yet from FIFA, that was by the way, in no way a bribe.