The Mourinho Thread

[robdog 2,084]

This guy is a legend, his mind games destroyed the best barca side and his mind games made guardiola leave barcelona and made his personal life difficult.

sorry I thought RDM did that in the 2012 UCL Semis

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Too small of a sample. It was like 30-35 min and playing with a 2-0 advantage (like you already said, the first half was poor). It's a different thing from the start at 0-0.

The first half was clearly about us getting used to the tactics while surviving tottenham pressing. After the break they didn't create jack even when they attacked more and we didn't park the bus till 6mins left.

This was a complete contrast to how we've been playing when we go one up against all the big teams this season. I clearly noticed how fabregas covered for Hazard when he was left high up and ramires covered for Willian. It was because of the 3 in the middle with fabregas on the left side instead of a pivot with fabregas in the centre trying to press and failing.

I know it was one match but I really saw a clear tactical difference imo, Willian was sending long passes through to hazard and fabregas was spreading to ivanovic. The only problem is we need to play with it more often so that we get used some counter-attacking pattern

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Whenever you're ready, we're all waiting!

Sorry I didnt know we are all yes man and we are supposed to follow one school line of thought??? This is a discussion forum not a propaganda site were one person's beliefs are forced on to the masses. I dont like Mourinho's brand of football but fair enough to him its showing results as witnessed by last night's win. But dont be naive and think that nothing could have gone wrong with his call last night, Spurs were clearly the better side in the 1st half and were unlucky to go down just before half time. We got the result yes, Mourinho proved me wrong yes, but that doesnt mean my argument was without credit, you come here and attack me with out any logical reason, just attacking me for not following the same train of thought u have?? Like I said this is a discussion forum and everyone has the right to their opinion which everyone must respect just the same way I respect your thoughts on Mourinho.

Just to end at the end of the day regardless of what you might think of me I am a Chelsea Fan and I love my club whether you approve it or not or whether Benitez, Mourinho, Avram Grant, Vialli, Glenn Hoddle is in charge.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Well im only doing what I promised because I am a man of my words,laugh at me all you want but this is not a Nazi forum were we are supposed to follow one man's school of thought. Yes we won last night and Mourinho proved me wrong, but that does not make me a criminal for criticising his team line up. Its a discussion forum and we are all entitled to different line of thoughts which we all have to respect regardless of them being right or wrong. Lets say we had lost last night I would never have come out glotting to you that I was right about the line up because at the end of the day we are all Chelsea fans and we want the best for the team

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

The first half was clearly about us getting used to the tactics while surviving tottenham pressing. After the break they didn't create jack even when they attacked more and we didn't park the bus till 6mins left.

This was a complete contrast to how we've been playing when we go one up against all the big teams this season. I clearly noticed how fabregas covered for Hazard when he was left high up and ramires covered for Willian. It was because of the 3 in the middle with fabregas on the left side instead of a pivot with fabregas in the centre trying to press and failing.

I know it was one match but I really saw a clear tactical difference imo, Willian was sending long passes through to hazard and fabregas was spreading to ivanovic. The only problem is we need to play with it more often so that we get used some counter-attacking pattern

Couldn't agree more. This season we have completely abandoned the counter attack. And with the likes of Hazard/Willian/Rambo that is criminal. Now i understand that Rambo was sidelined for what felt like forever, but still, this was the first time since his time back in the squad where we've looked to play on the break. I mean even against the big oponents, its clear our tactic is just to knick a set piece goal and then see it out, which we all know has been unsuccessful this year.

And the thing that surprises me, is that we've been a very clinical team this year.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

maybe he has already complied or isn't coming back to post - CFC is too industrial for him IMHO

I am a man of my word and like I said I would stop deactivate my account if we won with that line up, im going to honour what I said. By the way I was away becuase its a Monday and I work so can only post on the forum after I leave work at 4:30 which is now. Im not hiding because we won, Im happy we won, even if we lost I would not have celebrated at being right rather I would be hurt that my team lost

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Well im only doing what I promised because I am a man of my words,laugh at me all you want but this is not a Nazi forum were we are supposed to follow one man's school of thought. Yes we won last night and Mourinho proved me wrong, but that does not make me a criminal for criticising his team line up. Its a discussion forum and we are all entitled to different line of thoughts which we all have to respect regardless of them being right or wrong. Lets say we had lost last night I would never have come out glotting to you that I was right about the line up because at the end of the day we are all Chelsea fans and we want the best for the team

Criticising the line-up isn't a problem, 90% of us (me included) did it. Critics to Mourinho happen quite often. The problem is the way you did it, you went over the top... You're in your right to dislike him, but do it in a respectful way. He's the manager of our club afterall. Cheer up, we won and you had trolling coming to you after the stuff you said. Friendly banter never hurt anyone, did it?

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Criticising the line-up isn't a problem, 90% of us (me included) did it. Critics to Mourinho happen quite often. The problem is the way you did it, you went over the top... You're in your right to dislike him, but do it in a respectful way. He's the manager of our club afterall. Cheer up, we won and you had trolling coming to you after the stuff you said. Friendly banter never hurt anyone, did it?

I accept friendly banter, we all do, im happy we won, but @Chelsea Legend's responses are over the top, saying he doesnt like me for having a differnt opinion to others, just felt it was un called for the nature of his aggressive responses. At the end we are all happy Chelsea won

[Barbara 15,149]

missed this fierce celebration to JT's goal.

<3

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[SS 93 14]

Some of you might think I'm talking shite but about half-way in the first half I thought to myself "fuck, we're winning this", before we looked like scoring, the way we were set up was perfect imo and the end result reflects that. Our defence just looked solid - proper solid, one of those games I just KNEW they weren't scoring, and to top it off, while it wasn't perfect our counter-attacking was good enough to cause them problems.

Basically my point is there really was no point in this game were I was ever worried, I knew the result would come and I hope we stick with the 4-3-3 in the bigger games, we look more compact.

I've still not got over the fact it's the first trophy for this new team, Mou's first trophy in a couple of years... brilliant.

(Also to the Canadian guy above, don't delete your account mate, no need. :blue scalf: )

[iseah100 5,612]

Well im only doing what I promised because I am a man of my words,laugh at me all you want but this is not a Nazi forum were we are supposed to follow one man's school of thought. Yes we won last night and Mourinho proved me wrong, but that does not make me a criminal for criticising his team line up. Its a discussion forum and we are all entitled to different line of thoughts which we all have to respect regardless of them being right or wrong. Lets say we had lost last night I would never have come out glotting to you that I was right about the line up because at the end of the day we are all Chelsea fans and we want the best for the team

Don't leave, man. Just learn to criticize in a nore effective way. Not bashing the manager and trusting him. Sure, it wasn't the prettiest win, quite a few people were skeptical about the lineup. But there is a reason Jose has only lost 2 finals ever. Just friendly banter, everyone has an opinion, express yours on here. We're all, after all, Chelsea fans. [emoji111]

[Tomo 21,751]

Nigel Pearson reacted to criticism by a Leicester fan by telling him to "fuck off and die" and refused to apologise.

Kind off puts Mourinho's supposed "cuntishness" into perspective.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Sorry I didnt know we are all yes man and we are supposed to follow one school line of thought??? This is a discussion forum not a propaganda site were one person's beliefs are forced on to the masses. I dont like Mourinho's brand of football but fair enough to him its showing results as witnessed by last night's win. But dont be naive and think that nothing could have gone wrong with his call last night, Spurs were clearly the better side in the 1st half and were unlucky to go down just before half time. We got the result yes, Mourinho proved me wrong yes, but that doesnt mean my argument was without credit, you come here and attack me with out any logical reason, just attacking me for not following the same train of thought u have?? Like I said this is a discussion forum and everyone has the right to their opinion which everyone must respect just the same way I respect your thoughts on Mourinho.

Just to end at the end of the day regardless of what you might think of me I am a Chelsea Fan and I love my club whether you approve it or not or whether Benitez, Mourinho, Avram Grant, Vialli, Glenn Hoddle is in charge.

You don't have to be a yes man to have respect for someone who has won everything possible in Europe. The question you need to ask yourself is what makes you think you know what's best for a team you've see play maybe 6hrs a week?

Jose spends every waking moment with this squad and he's only ever lost 3 times in all competitions with them, you can couch critique when he's proven to be a failure. Clearly the decisions he's getting paid to make are paying off! The idea is to win and that is exactly what he is doing, if you don't like his style of football perhaps Chelsea isn't the club for you? I've never known Chelsea to be a team that play expansive attacking football, we've pretty much always been an opportunistic club that rode their luck and above all else won. That is the hallmark of Mourinho football, its not always pretty but it is highly effective when you are a results driven club.

And what is this drivel about "not being naive and that it could've gone wrong"? Of course it could've!! but why are you crying before a ball is even kicked? If you were to ask me before kickoff what I thought the lineup would be I would've wanted Ake in the midfield with Ramires and Cesc. That would be totally based on my extremely limited knowledge of the club. When I saw it I didn't assume the sky was falling, I got behind the manager whose done nothing but win for this club and supported his well thought out plan! What did you do? piss and moan about how terrible it is before they even got on the pitch... That's wack. We are supporters! SUPPORT being the operative term. Its the badge before everything else!

Yes this is a discussion forum but before its that it is a SUPPORTERS discussion forum! We try to emanate positivity and show our love for the club! All you ever do is post your pissing and moaning and clearly more than a few are just sick of it. Either get behind the club or piss off... There are zillions of other outfits that may suit your particular brand of "positive" football.

IF you truly love the club try showing it every now and again, there is nothing wrong with disagreeing with what the club or the manager is doing but when its all you do its deemed negative and you will most certainly get negative responses, DEFINITELY from ME

UP THE CHELS!!!

[robdog 2,084]

Don't leave, man. Just learn to criticize in a nore effective way. Not bashing the manager and trusting him. Sure, it wasn't the prettiest win

if Cesc would have converted that Chilena, people wouldn't be saying this