The Mourinho Thread

[zolayes 14,489]

Lampard was a BIG player for us ,, Jose is a Mig manager for us ,, But both are tiny compared to Our Club ..

Time for everyone to move on .

I might even change my name to HAZARD OUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[lionsden 4,689]

You could say 'better late than never' to be fair.

That's all well and good, but Mourinho needs to start showing that. Giving RLC less than 10 minutes in a dead rubber isn't exactly helping.

At least Ivanovic speaks his mind, none of this "happy for him" b/s.

He actually name dropped Boga in the discussion lmao. If he wasn't a football manager, he would have made a good politician because he does talk an awful lot of bollocks.

[Styles 9,790]

He actually name dropped Boga in the discussion lmao. If he wasn't a football manager, he would have made a good politician because he does talk an awful lot of bollocks.

Honestly, I just read it now and actually burst out laughing.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

He actually name dropped Boga in the discussion lmao. If he wasn't a football manager, he would have made a good politician because he does talk an awful lot of bollocks.

Honestly, I just read it now and actually burst out laughing.

Yeah, for now it's just a PR thing.

I'd have been fine if he just named Oscar, Matic and Fabregas because at least we're not being deluded into thinking anything else lmao. He really needs to start showing us he's serious about these claims

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

well, ok, maybe it even would have worked if we heard it all back in August, but not now.

Jose said the same thing back in early or middle of September.

[lionsden 4,689]

Honestly, I just read it now and actually burst out laughing.

Next week is Tammy Abraham's turn and the week after that will be Jay silva's "academy day".He might run out of academy players to use as PR excercise at this rate. jose is spreading the love, i tell ya

[zolayes 14,489]

I thought he was brin ging back Boga(rde)

[lionsden 4,689]

Yeah, for now it's just a PR thing.

I'd have been fine if he just named Oscar, Matic and Fabregas because at least we're not being deluded into thinking anything else lmao. He really needs to start showing us he's serious about these claims

The randomness of it just screams PR stunt like you said. Boga just rolled off his tongue out of Nowhere. The interviewer must have been thinking where did that come from Jose.

[Fulham Broadway 16,956]

Asked whether Chelsea had made a mistake in letting Lampard go, as he netted another winner for City at Leicester on Saturday, Mourinho was initially terse.

“It’s his life, nothing to do with us,” he said. “He left Chelsea as a free agent and chooses his life, we can't complain about it. That’s football.”

But the Blues' boss then went on to go far deeper into the reasons behind the split than he has yet mentioned.

He said: “My view is that when you want to look forward, look for the future and have people like Fabregas and Matic and Oscar which are the next 10 years of the club, and the project is prepare for the next 10 years not for the next year, we made the right decision.

Think hes right there, but hes also covering the boards arse.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

He is spot on imo.

[Fernando 6,496]

Well a good read about Chelsea and City academy from G. Neville

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/11289726/Premier-League-academies-must-be-more-than-just-obscene-cosmetic-surgery.html

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

[The Skipper 20,593]

Why oh why did he even name drop Boga? More action and less words please Jose.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

The randomness of it just screams PR stunt like you said. Boga just rolled off his tongue out of Nowhere. The interviewer must have been thinking where did that come from Jose.

Yep. What it does is just confuse everyone, the anticipation for RLC getting minutes midweek was incredible. He even let the kid do the presser, I don't understand why. I still, albeit slightly ignorantly, believe Mourinho does want to use these kids.. But he seems too afraid?

[lionsden 4,689]

Well a good read about Chelsea and City academy from G. Neville

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/11289726/Premier-League-academies-must-be-more-than-just-obscene-cosmetic-surgery.html

Gary absolutely hit the nail on the head here with a sledgehammer. here are the highlight from the article.

"Loftus-Cheek was paraded like some kind of exotic creature. Look, an academy player in the first-team! We lined up in the Sky studio excited at the thought of seeing homegrown talent in a Chelsea side. When he played for eight minutes, we showed the highlights of it as a special segment. We were seeing a rare species."

"The moment where the talking has to stop. Academies are not about infrastructure and how many pitches you have. How many gym bikes. It’s about how many players you produce for the first-team. Nothing will demoralise a youth team coach faster than feeling there is no pathway to the first-team squad because off-the-shelf signings are blocking the way."

"We have now reached the time when those Manchester City and Chelsea youth team and academy coaches need the inspiration, the bragging rights. They need to know all their hard work is not in vain, that opportunities exist."

[Stats 7,060]

It was really OTT with the RLC and the way his debut was being built up by the media. It goes to show that either the media don't have faith in Mourinho integrating youth players into a first team or highlights our poor track record in developing young players at the club. The reason I say this is that Arsenal had a younger player than RLC making his debut against Galatasaray named Ainsley Maitland-Niles who is a real talent. You did not hear any of the same hype about him even though he was actually given the chance by Wenger to play much longer on the field then the odd 8 minutes we gave RLC. Like yeah I was pleased to see RLC make his deut but the way it was all built up, you would think he is the second coming of Christ FFS.

[lionsden 4,689]

It was really OTT with the RLC and the way his debut was being built up by the media. It goes to show that either the media don't have faith in Mourinho integrating youth players into a first team or highlights our poor track record in developing young players at the club. The reason I say this is that Arsenal had a younger player than RLC making his debut against Galatasaray named Ainsley Maitland-Niles who is a real talent. You did not hear any of the same hype about him even though he was actually given the chance by Wenger to play much longer on the field then the odd 8 minutes we gave RLC. Like yeah I was pleased to see RLC make his deut but the way it was all built up, you would think he is the second coming of Christ FFS.

Wenger tried to take the shine off our "academy day" but failed. Jose 1-0 Wenger

[Strike 7,272]

Absolutely. Action speaks volumes. Mourinho can say youth integration in any number of different ways he wants but ultimately, I'd rather see the youth players given a chance on the pitch rather than be talked about in the press.

League cup game at Derby tomorrow and Mourinho has belted out "We will pick a strong side" etc.