Filipe Luís

[manpe 10,861]

32 minutes ago, CHOULO19 said:

Why should he have been in the team when Azpi was objectively consistently performing better? 

He played in 26 matches last season, including a run of 6 or 7 matches in November when Azpi was suspended for 3 matches in the league and Jose decided to keep playing Luis in the cups and CL as well. In that run he made several costly mistakes and generally failed to impress so Azpi was back in the side the moment he returned from suspension. 

I really don't get how that was 'short-term' vision from Jose. In what sense? His decision was to give more playing time to the younger player who was consistently performing better. 

And there certainly was no lack of patience from Jose on this matter as he kept giving Luis chances and playing time till the end of the season despite failing to displace Azpi. If anything, it was Luis who lacked patience because he decided to go back to Atleti after just one season instead of giving himself another season to adjust more and try to win a starting a place. 

Good points, you might be right.

[LAM09 7,043]

Shame he was sold instead of Iva.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

6 hours ago, CHOULO19 said:

If anything, it was Luis who lacked patience because he decided to go back to Atleti after just one season instead of giving himself another season to adjust more and try to win a starting a place. 

It seems that this "lack of patience" as you call it occured with Lukaku, De Bruyne and Bertrand as well and you have to wonder why it's happening. Why are players so eager to leave Mourinho after such short spans working with him? Maybe because he wrote them off from the start? Ok, let's call Lukaku a nutter for wanting to leave after that penalty miss. Maybe he could not take the pressure and did not have what it takes to make it at Chelsea as some say (although I do not agree with this). But what about Filipe Luis? What about De Bruyne and Bertrand? Were they pussies as well? I don't think so and I don't think they lacked patience as well. They knew from the beginning (or as the season went by for Filipe Luis) that they don't stand a chance against Mourinho's favourites no matter what they do on game day or on the training pitch.

Maybe none of these players would have ever left if Mourinho gave them a glimer of hope that Chelsea is all about competition for places. But it wasn't like that, it was all about constant favoritism and they figured that out and they've all gone and saved their careers. They did not lack any patience, they were smart in figuring out that Mourinho would have never dropped his favourites, no matter what. And they were damn right, this season has demonstrated this with plain facts.

[Beigl 1,387]

Not good enough for Mourinho. [emoji1]

[LAM09 7,043]

40 minutes ago, Beigl said:

Not good enough for Mourinho.

It's truly unbelievable. He fancied an RB at LB rather than him. 

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

Incredible player. To think that Mourinho never game him a proper chance and when he played him in the champions league he benched Azpi and not Iva is just astonishing. He should have started here since day one. Mourinho really fucked us this time around.

[Essien19 1,415]

Good thing is back in the day we all knew it. Brilliant, brilliant, at that time Azpi and Iva were shocking.

Fun being a couch manager. ?

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[Pizy 18,848]

Indeed a fantastic player as most of us knew when he was here rotting on our bench. Nice guy off the pitch as well and seemed genuinely delighted to come to Chelsea. Ivanovic being Mourinho's general doomed him from day 1.

Happy to see him doing so well. Luckily, unlike with KDB and Lukaku, Felipe is over 30 now so we won't regret letting him go for too long.

[Fernando 6,585]

10 minutes ago, Essien19 said:

 

Good thing is back in the day we all knew it. Brilliant, brilliant, at that time Azpi and Iva were shocking.

 

Fun being a couch manager. ?

 

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Good example that Mourinho got a lot of support and backing from the board to do whatever he wanted....well not 100% but a lot. 

If we do the same for our next manager then we should be good.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

This is the one player i regret the most letting go. Wish he would've stayed, but oh well 

[Kieran. 6,317]

What a fucking player..

[hazardousteddybear 16]

Atletico and their defense are beautiful to watch. Even with Godin injured, they have a solid block. Luis was awesome to look at, both in defense and offense.