Kevin de Bruyne

[Azpinator 2,325]

17 minutes ago, Stats said:

I tell you what I remember. KDB impressing in pre-season and then bossed our first game of the season against Hull at a young age. He obivously had 1 bad game after and one gaainst Swindon about couple weeks later but it was clear he had talent from the go. But Mourinho being the person he is and not giving a fuck about the future, made a mistake and it has shot us in the foot. I never wanted him gone because I knew he was going to be a quality player. No other manager would have got rid of him and Lukaku the way Mourinho did. You have to give them game time to prove themselves.

Can you imagine what Mourinho would do if he had the likes of Kane and Alli at his disposal.

I still don't know why we bought Willian if KDB was allegedly in Jose's plans for the season. Was it a board signing vs manager signing type of situation? Maybe we'll never know.

I'm not fairly convinced in the whole "Mourinho never gives youth opportunity" theory. Because there have been exceptions like Robben, Zouma and Varane. I think it has more to do with attitude and egos than age. But that's just me.
 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

I don't think Oscar was the reason why we sell KDB...

[kiwi1691 255]

13 minutes ago, Stats said:

Can you imagine what Mourinho would do if he had the likes of Kane and Alli at his disposal.

I thought Jose had the option to sign Alli but said no. 

[lucio 5,418]

4 minutes ago, Azpinator said:

I still don't know why we bough Willian if KDB was allegedly in Jose's plans for the season. Was it a board signing vs manager signing type of situation? Maybe we'll never know.

I'm not fairly convinced in the whole "Mourinho never gives youth opportunity" theory. Because there have been exceptions like Zouma and Varane. I think it has more to do with attitude and egos than age. But that's just me.
 

zouma cost £12m, and was one of the most hyped players in his position.... and he still made a meal of it, even starting cahill over zouma at the start of the season, no wonder he went on to be sacked, just idiocy

[Pizy 18,415]

3 minutes ago, Fernando said:

This to me shows that Mourinho got a lot of control in transfer. 

Mourinho sold the younger players to get his players that he wanted. And a lot of people say that he didn't get anything he wanted in the transfer window....

This is why I'm not like most that think our board is incompetent and all that. 

In fact I think our board is great, they was doing a great job before the individual came here and screw everything up. And it was great that they realize their mistakes and sack the individual. 

Now they can go back to the deals they was doing before and hopefully Conte will be progress from the individual. 

Don't know if I'm willing to go that far. Mourinho certainly had a lot of control in his first two seasons, clearly. This past year, though, the board and owner had become obsessed with FFP, balancing the books, and became content with the squad.

We know as fact that Mou wanted a few top class players to improve the team and if things were totally up to him they'd have been signed. The board were either incompetent with some transfers (Stones) or straight up didn't try or left it too late for others. Still place most of the blame on the board myself.

[Fernando 6,484]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Don't know if I'm willing to go that far. Mourinho certainly had a lot of control in his first two seasons, clearly. This past year, though, the board and owner had become obsessed with FFP, balancing the books, and became content with the squad.

We know as fact that Mou wanted a few top class players to improve the team and if things were totally up to him they'd have been signed. The board were either incompetent with some transfers (Stones) or straight up didn't try or left it too late for others. Still place most of the blame on the board myself.

Yes and those two years it showed what he was all about, short term glory then building for the future. 

It was good that the board tighten up. 

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Courtois, Hazard, De Bruyne, Lukaku, possibily Nainggolan. Half of Belgium NT. Plus Charly Musonda a full time international in the near future. All this for a fucking title that has done more harm than good. Let that sink in. Mourinho you sick human being.

[Azpinator 2,325]

1 minute ago, lucio said:

zouma cost £12m, and was one of the most hyped players in his position.... and he still made a meal of it, even starting cahill over zouma at the start of the season, no wonder he went on to be sacked, just idiocy

I think he introduced Zouma to the team properly. Just remember back then, us fans wouldn't be so happy if Zouma just walked in the first team especially if it backfired and we conceded a lot. Cahill was the safer option at the beginning because you want a good start to your season.
 

[Pizy 18,415]

2 minutes ago, Fernando said:

Yes and those two years it showed what he was all about, short term glory then building for the future. 

It was good that the board tighten up. 

Let's just pray they aren't so tight in Conte's first summer or we won't sniff the title or even CL football for years and years like Liverpool.

[Stats 7,059]

19 minutes ago, kiwi1691 said:

I thought Jose had the option to sign Alli but said no. 

Not sure. I only thought it was out of Liverpool and Spurs. Alli would never have joined under Mourinho anyway. If he did, he would be out on loan or in the U21.

11 minutes ago, petre.ispirescu said:

Courtois, Hazard, De Bruyne, Lukaku, possibily Nainggolan. Half of Belgium NT. Plus Charly Musonda a full time international in the near future. All this for a fucking title that has done more harm than good. Let that sink in. Mourinho you sick human being.

Mourinho leaving might actually give us hope of keeping hold on to Musonda.

[bluephoenix 1,126]

I don't which one to choose?

Be happy that PSG got eliminated and be sad about City making it through or KDB scoring the winner to take City to the next round.

[Weckerz 3,781]

54 minutes ago, Essien19 said:

I don't get why we have to repeat the same thing over and over again.
Yes, De Bruyne is class, but why isn't there a big discussion going on in the Mata/Schurrle/and so on threads on praising the sellings?
People really like to stick it to some people, only focusing on the negatives, going to bed. Too predictable...

So people who saw his ridiculous talent years before he even played a game for Chelsea can't say I told you so?

Jog on mate

This guy could have been our nr10 for years, if not for that idiot Mourinho

[Mustafa 885]

Thank you Jose Mourinho. The gift that truly keeps on giving.. 

[AWorriedChelseaFan 151]

Could have been our new Drogba or Lampard...but instead he's playing his trades at Citeh...

 

Watch him scores the winner against us in the coming up weekend game. A final nail to the coffin of our fucked up season.

[nyikolajevics 2,595]

We suck ass with Oscar, Pedro, Eto'o or Demba Ba instead of Lukaku and De Bruyne. Great choices made.

[Tomo 21,733]

Yes we screwed up, just like United did with Pogba and Stam, just like Barca did with Thiago Alcantara, it's very annoying but time to move on.

On a second note I'm strongly considering a sabbatical if he nets next week.

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

3 hours ago, Azpinator said:

I think he introduced Zouma to the team properly. Just remember back then, us fans wouldn't be so happy if Zouma just walked in the first team especially if it backfired and we conceded a lot. Cahill was the safer option at the beginning because you want a good start to your season.
 

I dont know if you remember Cahill's performances in 14/15, but they were absolutely awful. Imo his run of horrible performances was longer than Ivanovic's this season. I still think Mourinho's persistence with Cahill was as bad as his persistence with Ivanovic. Just goes to show how much it takes for him to give a proper chance to one of the best young centre backs around.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

A little bit harsh to blame it is manager's fault that the player he sold in the past, turns out to be a well developed player for another club in the future, no? There are a lot of factors involved.

It happens all the time to every manager in the world. Carlo did with Matic for example. But oh wait, this season Matic is sh*t, so that suddenly it makes Carlo genius now? Next time KDB having one sh*t season, it will makes Jose genius, no?

You just can't judge it as simple as that.

For KDB case, it seems there are some reason that we don't know for sure what it is, that make things more complicated, so that Jose finally decided to sell him, as the best option that day. Only Jose and the board knows what it was.