The Mourinho Thread

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

- Santi Cazorla

The last name I expect to hear from, lol

[iseah100 5,612]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1769711-25-classic-jose-mourinho-quotes/page/26

Mourinho's best quotes. Some real gems there, I love this man so much.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Jose Mourinho's back to basics approach is making mugs of Chelsea's title rivals

Jose Mourinho has a novel way of winning football matches: He plays his best team.

For Mourinho, repetition is the new rotation. And he is making fools of his rivals.

It helps that the Special One knows his best team. Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Matic, Fabregas, Ramires, Oscar, Hazard, Costa. Willian, Schurrle and Ramires compete for a starting slot, but, otherwise, the line-up is pretty much sorted.

Seven of those players have started every Premier League game for the Blues this season. It would have been eight, had Cesar Azpilicueta not had to serve a ban.

One of the things that sets Mourinho, apart from his ­adversaries, is his decisiveness.

There are few managers in the world game – let alone the English game – who would have removed Petr Cech from the team.

It was a brutally emphatic move. But, while the rest of the elite go from one head-scratching week to another, Mourinho knows his mind.

That much was clear in the summer transfer window.

­Liverpool’s recruitment was ­scattergun, Manchester United’s horribly front-loaded, Arsenal’s unfocused on the needy areas. Mourinho knew what he needed – a world-class striker, central midfielder and defensive cover.

Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas, Filipe Luis. Tick, tick, tick.

Brendan Rodgers is being cut ­considerable slack because of the obvious difficulty of replacing Luis Suarez.

Yet, when Suarez signed his final contract at Anfield in December, 2013 – one which surely included a release clause – the club must have known the chances of him leaving in the summer were high. To be scrabbling around at the tail-end of the window and ending up with Mario ­Balotelli was simply negligent.

Fabregas and Costa had been sorted long before business opened on July 1.

That would not have been the work of some transfer committee – that would have been Mourinho using his contacts. Fabregas and Costa have been instrumental in Chelsea’s fantastic start to the season.

And are now enjoying a well-earned fortnight off.

Mourinho claims to have had no involvement at all, but he has had a result that could just make the title even more of a certainty. Fabregas was non-stop in 90 minutes at Anfield and Costa ­irrepressible, before going off a minute from time.

Now, they are having a break while key players from rival teams go through the rigours of international duty.

I bet Rodgers would have loved Daniel ­Sturridge to be excused ­international duty this season.

Recently, Mourinho made special mention of his medical team. Hardly surprising. It is a team that gets them fit for club and unfit for country. Ideal for a Premier League manager.

Of course, fortune plays its part when it comes to ­injuries. But it is clear that, for one reason or another, Mourinho has a more robust collection of players than, for example, Arsene Wenger.

At the Etihad, Manuel Pellegrini has had some injury issues – most crucially with David Silva over the past couple of weeks. But he has still lacked the decisiveness of Mourinho.

He only sort-of knows his first-choice team: Is it Eliaquim Mangala or Martin Demichelis alongside Vincent Kompany? Gael Clichy or Aleksandar Kolarov? Is Edin Dzeko in his best team?

Ronald Koeman knows his best side and a top-four finish is there for Southampton’s taking. But Chelsea’s ­established rivals are in a fog of their own making, stumbling from game to game with no clear vision.

Mourinho – with his single-mindedness redoubled this season – is making mugs of them.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/jose-mourinhos-back-basics-approach-4635435

[Barbara 15,149]

^^ I don't like his blatant implication that our medical department makes the players fit for the club and unfit for the country. That's a lie. Those players when reported injured by the club, more often than not are reevaluated by their NT medical staff. they're injured, end of it. Oscar, Willian, Ramires, Luís, Cahill, Hazard, Cortouis, to mention a few, are all off to serve their NTs.

I can detect BS when I read it, and that's just BS.

Spanish interview by Karanka

He speaks quite a lot about Mou.

http://www.abc.es/realmadrid/noticias/20141116/abci-karanka-entrevista-mourinho-casillas-201411152305.html

[Viper22 2,418]

^^ I don't like his blatant implication that our medical department makes the players fit for the club and unfit for the country. That's a lie. Those players when reported injured by the club, more often than not are reevaluated by their NT medical staff. they're injured, end of it. Oscar, Willian, Ramires, Luís, Cahill, Hazard, Cortouis, to mention a few, are all off to serve their NTs.

I can detect BS when I read it, and that's just BS.

Spanish interview by Karanka

He speaks quite a lot about Mou.

http://www.abc.es/realmadrid/noticias/20141116/abci-karanka-entrevista-mourinho-casillas-201411152305.html

The media making shit up? Whatever next...

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

^^ I don't like his blatant implication that our medical department makes the players fit for the club and unfit for the country. That's a lie. Those players when reported injured by the club, more often than not are reevaluated by their NT medical staff. they're injured, end of it. Oscar, Willian, Ramires, Luís, Cahill, Hazard, Cortouis, to mention a few, are all off to serve their NTs.

I can detect BS when I read it, and that's just BS.

Spanish interview by Karanka

He speaks quite a lot about Mou.

http://www.abc.es/realmadrid/noticias/20141116/abci-karanka-entrevista-mourinho-casillas-201411152305.html

Agree. Just ignore that part. The rest are true though.

[LAB 1,030]

Mourinho again at the O2 watching Djokovic - Murray. Seems like he can't have enough of Andy lately

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[Tautvix 1,321]

It's an old photo. I think he's played 35 or 36 games now.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

It's an old photo. I think he's played 35 or 36 games now.

Ah yes, probably until last season only

[cfcs most wanted 657]

WoW

[Special Juan 28,139]

*Arms folded, no problem*

Jose wins.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Who remembers ? Glad we'll finally see him and this team lift the trophy again.

[Liquidator 5,176]

I'd have gone with Pep Guardiola. At least he'd have brought a Barca style of play

[Heisenberg 1,824]

I'd have gone with Pep Guardiola. At least he'd have brought a Barca style of play

Xavi and Iniesta at their prime ( 2008-2014) were on another level compared to Oscar-Fabregas, Hazard is no Messi and Guardiola isnt Mourinho, he wont change the way our team plays in a night, he'd probably stick to some basis because of the profile of players we have, and add a bit of overall possession against big teams, but again, this is all speculations, so pointless.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I'd have gone with Pep Guardiola. At least he'd have brought a Barca style of play

At least Pep won't have defended against the machesters!

[Fernando 6,585]

I'd have gone with Pep Guardiola. At least he'd have brought a Barca style of play

I think Roman tried and he snubbed us.

So no point in going over that anymore.

We turn to Mourinho and he came running. And for that we are grateful to this man.

[tiby2979 175]

I'd have gone with Pep Guardiola. At least he'd have brought a Barca style of play

The Barca style is boring. I never would want that style for chelsea.

[Viper22 2,418]

I'd have gone with Pep Guardiola. At least he'd have brought a Barca style of play

Not a big fan of that style of play. And especially hate the holier than thou 'better football' crap that comes with it.

[Jase 43,479]

I'd have gone with Pep Guardiola. At least he'd have brought a Barca style of play

Still trying to be Phil Driver, eh Harry?