Post-season review - Chelsea 2013/14

[Beigl 1,387]

We should have done better against the small teams in the PL.The positive thing is we could beat the big teams +PSG and we just need more dynamism and creativity from midfield and a competent striker to unlock the doors against Sunderland and so on.

This season was much more enjoyable than the previous one,thanks to a proper manager.We need to buy 1-2 very good players and we are set.

[5354 204]

although we won nothing, the style of football is established here.

counter attack.

if only we can improve on the attacking aspect even more, especially when we need plan b or c to find a way pass buses parked aganist us

the squad itself.... i think we need to find a new ST, and the defence backline needs 1 or 2 addition. CA cant play at LB forever. we need a genuine LB to replace cole. I dont know if RB can do the job, but it will be nice to see him settle into the squad

the squad itself look good generally. mikel can leave since van ginkel is back.

but matic is seriously the most impt player we have for the latter part of this season

[boshman 1,073]

The fact people are still calling this season a faliure is simply staggering!!

We are still in with a shout of the title with 2 games remaining and have reached a CL semi final. All in a season of fucking transition.

Some people on here need their heads checking.

[haranr 485]

FUCK this thread. What the hell is this.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Last season we went out in the CL group stage, This year we made it to the Semi finals!

Last season we were out the title race in January, This season we will likely still be in the title race on the last day of the season! (something we haven't done in years)

All that in a Transition year with no world class striker and no prolific goalscorer in the entire squad!

Jose has put us in a position now where a few signings in the right areas and a few players out on loan returning, will make this squad good enough to walk the league next season!

We have a great base to build off for next season! Jose got us to that point in 6 months! it would take most other managers a few seasons!

Huge progress has been made! Jose has showed just how special he is!

[laeth 527]

We're going to destroy the league next season.

[yuvala 2,167]

Last Season vs. This season

* Knocked out of CL group stages - Made it to the semi-finals

* Out of the league by Jan - Fighting for the title untill the very end

* A manager who we all hated - A manager who we all love (and the players would die for him) + he's here to stay

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Last season we went out in the CL group stage, This year we made it to the Semi finals!

Last season we were out the title race in January, This season we will likely still be in the title race on the last day of the season! (something we haven't done in years)

All that in a Transition year with no world class striker and no prolific goalscorer in the entire squad!

Jose has put us in a position now where a few signings in the right areas and a few players out on loan returning, will make this squad good enough to walk the league next season!

We have a great base to build off for next season! Jose got us to that point in 6 months! it would take most other managers a few seasons!

Huge progress has been made! Jose has showed just how special he is!

Agree. The only question that always remains is- why didnt we brought a top CM and a top CF last summer? so they could help us right away?

Personally i dont think it was Jose's desicion, i think the club said "take one season to establish the philosophy with the current players, see whats good and whats wrong, and next season we'll get the right players to complete the squad" (Like Rooney was supposed to be the right striker).

Its hard for me to believe Jose thought this squad is good enough, i guess we'll understand things better in the summer... but i'd like to know what people here think- was Mou wrong to go with that squad or it wasnt his desicion?

[didierforever 7,349]

Agree. The only question that always remains is- why didnt we brought a top CM and a top CF last summer? so they could help us right away?

Personally i dont think it was Jose's desicion, i think the club said "take one season to establish the philosophy with the current players, see whats good and whats wrong, and next season we'll get the right players to complete the squad" (Like Rooney was supposed to be the right striker).

Its hard for me to believe Jose thought this squad is good enough, i guess we'll understand things better in the summer... but i'd like to know what people here think- was Mou wrong to go with that squad or it wasnt his desicion?

jose was not at all wrong to go with this squad. we had an objective which jose continously shouted over the roof tops. it was to achieve top 4, and then top 3. he, our board knew the squad's strengths.

with players like willian and schurrle everyone said that they were luxury signings. that could not have been any further from the truth. wilian and schurrle were jose players, not kdb and mata. like u said, jose wanted to set up a philosophy. we have a system to play in NOW. getting a good striker would have helped us definitely but in the end we would have had to sacrifice the players that jose had wanted.

as for CM, we got matic for a bargain simply cos benfica got knocked out of CL and needed money. if we had tried to get him at the start of the season, it would have cost us a fortune.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

jose was not at all wrong to go with this squad. we had an objective which jose continously shouted over the roof tops. it was to achieve top 4, and then top 3. he, our board knew the squad's strengths.

with players like willian and schurrle everyone said that they were luxury signings. that could not have been any further from the truth. wilian and schurrle were jose players, not kdb and mata. like u said, jose wanted to set up a philosophy. we have a system to play in NOW. getting a good striker would have helped us definitely but in the end we would have had to sacrifice the players that jose had wanted.

as for CM, we got matic for a bargain simply cos benfica got knocked out of CL and needed money. if we had tried to get him at the start of the season, it would have cost us a fortune.

Well its probably two CM', Matic and the one we should get this summer.

Im asking this question because a big argument against Mou in the last few weeks is that he apparently had millions to spend in the summer and he failed to build a better team.. people dont get that our objective was different for this season.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Although unlikely, I swear this thread (and probably the Mourinho one) will take another 180 degrees turn from negative to positive comments if we win this weekend and both City and Liverpool lose...

And it will be rightly so because that means we might win the BPL and how can that mean this season is a failure in anyway? 360 degrees more like, anyone say otherwise is a troll.

[Fernando 6,585]

This is what I call success: