The Mourinho Thread

[Spike 12,049]

What attacking talent?

Hazard is a genius so fair enough.

Cesc is in a terrible form and only replacemnt if RAMBO.

Willian is limited but should be given a try as a CAM, that's one place jose should be looking at.

Oscar is a pile of shit who would seems unable to complete 2 5 yard passes in a row. His first touch is abysmal and for someone who is supposed to be the main linl up man in the team, he is just AWFUL.

cuadrado- the jury is still out

Remy - one of the most untapped of our attacking resources. Deserves a bloody chance even if its as a RW.

So with our main and probbaly only real creative player hopelessly out of forn I don't expect goals and with our no.10 losinf balls every time he touches it, I don't expect control of the game.

The other 19 teams in the league would love the players Chelsea has. Show some perspective, this team isn't QPR or Sunderland. What attacking talent would you have? Messi? Reus? Bale? Complete nonsense that the team's potential is waved away so quickly. The team was scoring much more at the start of the year there is no excuse for Mourinho or the players to have been performing so poorly.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

He did say how the team played, he also highlighted the mistakes of the referee. We weren't 'shit'.

Really? first half was one of the worst I have ever seen.

Mice that the players remember how they need to play in the second half. but bad & late changes from jose, screwed the 3 points today.

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Really? first half was one of the worst I have ever seen.

Mice that the players remember how they need to play in the second half. but bad & late changes from jose, screwed the 3 points today.

We had a penalty denied and the last minute shots not going in. We didn't play 'shit', it just wasn't our day. We are making mistakes, and instead of insulting them, support them as they come up with a response. No one's doing it on purpose.

[Fernando 6,484]

Not really worried about the tittle.

We are not that crappy to let it go now.

I'm now looking forward to the summer to see what he does with some players.

For example it's obvious by now that Oscar is not a player to count on for the future.

3 seasons in a role and enough trust on the manager.

He's either a good sub now or best be sold.

But we definitely need a replacement on him.

Mourinho and the club has done great with Matic, Costa and Fabregas, but they also wasted money on unnecessary buys like Cuadrado, Felipe Luis and Willian.

Rather spend more on better players then spend a little less on more players who are just average.

[Polo7 3,496]

What annoys me is that people always think the grass is greener on the other side. Taking over a team in transition and making them play amazing football in a year is impossible. 2 seasons ago we were a mess, we have come a long way. Yes we are not playing well, we just need a bit of luck with referees and need our players to step up.

Who could possibly do a better job than mourinho? Of which are available right now? Just show some faith people. It's not as easy as we make it out to be. BELIEVE!

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

We had a penalty denied and the last minute shots not going in. We didn't play 'shit', it just wasn't our day. We are making mistakes, and instead of insulting them, support them as they come up with a response. No one's doing it on purpose.

So? Chelsea at home need to rely on penalties?!

wasn't our day? like against burnley? and psg? etc...

[hjperdeath 2,226]

So? Chelsea at home need to rely on penalties?!

wasn't our day? like against burnley? and psg? etc...

fine then. I apologize. Mourinho's shit and so are his tactics, lets just insult him more. That will help us.

[didierforever 7,349]

The other 19 teams in the league would love the players Chelsea has. Show some perspective, this team isn't QPR or Sunderland. What attacking talent would you have? Messi? Reus? Bale? Complete nonsense that the team's potential is waved away so quickly. The team was scoring much more at the start of the year there is no excuse for Mourinho or the players to have been performing so poorly.

The other 19 of this league are crap. Comparing those teams to ours solves no problem.

How many of our attacking players would be startinf material is barca/bayern/RM. except for hazard, no one even comes close. Out of our 3 strikers costa may have a shot at RM, the remaining 3 AMs would not even make the bench. Thats the sorry state of affairs. Hell, they would not even make the bench at psg.

Our attack is purely and completely cesc oriented. And that is a FACT. We have over relied on cesc and with him out of form, we are struggling to score. That is no nonsens but a FACT. Most of our recent goals and the most important ones have come thru set pieces and our defenders cos we have been so shocking from open play. We do have options like remy and cuadrado who should be used cos people like oscar just are not.

[Laylabelle 9,381]

Miss the days we'd go 1-0 up and think we'll either win this 1-0 or score again.Not how long till the other lot score.

Sacking..bleh better not go down that route again but something needs to change tactic wise

[didierforever 7,349]

So? Chelsea at home need to rely on penalties?!

wasn't our day? like against burnley? and psg? etc...

we should have been 3-0 up by HT against burnley, had a player wrongly sent off as well as the other teams' player was not.

Psg was woeful and I won't even start defending that performance.

Today, if we got a penalty which was same as the one that was awarded against us if we had oscar/hazard dpuble shot, costa pole, JT double shot, oscar 1v1.. any one of those chances taken, it would have been perfectly fine and just.

To summarise We were unlucky today. Thats it. We were robbed against burnley. Thats it. And we were woeful against Psg. No need to mix these 3 games. 2 of them, we should have won normally.

As for penalties, lets every team then keep fouling the opposition plauer when in the goal scoring range if they are not going to be given as a pen cos in all reality, this is what is happening to us

[Polo7 3,496]

So? Chelsea at home need to rely on penalties?!

wasn't our day? like against burnley? and psg? etc...

Yes, when a team isnt at its best we need to have at least some decisions going our way. We have had 4 or 5 stonewall penalties not given. Other teams are getting penalties left right and centre. Thats how you build momentum.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

The other 19 of this league are crap. Comparing those teams to ours solves no problem.

How many of our attacking players would be startinf material is barca/bayern/RM. except for hazard, no one even comes close. Out of our 3 strikers costa may have a shot at RM, the remaining 3 AMs would not even make the bench. Thats the sorry state of affairs. Hell, they would not even make the bench at psg.

Our attack is purely and completely cesc oriented. And that is a FACT. We have over relied on cesc and with him out of form, we are struggling to score. That is no nonsens but a FACT. Most of our recent goals and the most important ones have come thru set pieces and our defenders cos we have been so shocking from open play. We do have options like remy and cuadrado who should be used cos people like oscar just are not.

Use Luis instead and send him on holiday then, along with Oscar.

He's no use to us in this poor a form.

[Tomo 21,733]

His lack of rotation has ended up costing us the CL and probably the League if the the other "contenders" weren't complete shit.

The 'lack of rotation' is partly the reason we have such a lead.

Upto November we were almost flawless because we had a settled side while our rivals were tinkering and dropping point's like it was going out of fashion.

[Laylabelle 9,381]

Yes, when a team isnt at its best we need to have at least some decisions going our way. We have had 4 or 5 stonewall penalties not given. Other teams are getting penalties left right and centre. Thats how you build momentum.

Except we cant rely on penalties and we never get them and instead our players get booked for diving.Though given that the referee a few weeks ago sent off the wrong player not surprised they cant get the big decisions right

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

To be honest, Iva likes to dive.

[Tomo 21,733]

There's been talk of a new contract but I hope it's just talk at this moment. Even if we do go on to win the league he shouldn't be given a new contract. What's the rush? He supposedly loves the club and will only leave if Chelsea sack him / don't renew his contract. I personally don't want him to be given more time until we play better football and are more competitive in Europe - an easy run to the Champions League semi last season only to be comprehensively outclassed by a team with less than half the budget wasn't competitive before anybody mentions it.

That team also won La Liga against the two most expensive squad's in football history.

[Spike 12,049]

The other 19 of this league are crap. Comparing those teams to ours solves no problem.

How many of our attacking players would be startinf material is barca/bayern/RM. except for hazard, no one even comes close. Out of our 3 strikers costa may have a shot at RM, the remaining 3 AMs would not even make the bench. Thats the sorry state of affairs. Hell, they would not even make the bench at psg.

Our attack is purely and completely cesc oriented. And that is a FACT. We have over relied on cesc and with him out of form, we are struggling to score. That is no nonsens but a FACT. Most of our recent goals and the most important ones have come thru set pieces and our defenders cos we have been so shocking from open play. We do have options like remy and cuadrado who should be used cos people like oscar just are not.

Those three teams are inconsequential for the majority of the year save for a chance encounter in the Champions League. The other 19 teams are the teams that Chelsea has to defeat to win the league. The players that Chelsea has at it's disposal should be more than capable of winning any match in the league. If what you say is true and the team has over-relied on Cesc Fabregas to makes things tick than the fault falls squarely on the manager's shoulders for not have a plan-B. When a key player is out of form it is the manager's responsibility to come up with a solution, of which there hasn't been one. The squad isn't a paper-thin QPR that would be relegated without Charlie Austin. The resources available at this club are boundless and the fact that Chelsea can barely draw with Southampton and Burnley lose to Bradford City with the so often called best manager in the world is embarrassing. Since the club has last won the league a total of

£377,850,000 has been spent on players, players that can't beat Burnley. Unacceptable to play in such a pathetic manner.

[Tomo 21,733]

Arsenal will finish like 2nd or 3rd-probs like 5-8 points off top in the end and 'go again' next year then the cycle repeats. I am only worried about City because they have experience with these things while their rivals collapsed. Who knows God might reverse it this time with Gerrard scoring the winner in a few weeks and we lose ground to City. Anything can happen with the way we play.

Arsenal have two boom bust cycle's.

Start the season really well, have people talking about title, Wenger finally getting it and the transition over, only to collapse badly and end up 3rd or 4th.

or start the season abysmally, Wenger out etc only to be resurgent in the second half and get 3rd/4th, it's been one or the other for them since 2007.

And as u said in the title race thread, we can afford to be above average and still be all right.