Madmax 9,219 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Yeah, Mourinho's not going to lose sleep over the voyeur not shaking hands ...But it's ridiculous that Luis has been moved on without securing a replacement. This time next week the first gameweek would have ended and here we are with 5 defenders for 4 positions, losing depth and quality instead of actually plugging obvious holes from last season. iseah100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Jose Mourinho: 'The best team lost and the most defensive team won.' Ohhh jose. Never change. I love you. Barbara and Azpinator 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! DYC. 7,542 Posted August 2, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted August 2, 2015 There's just one thing I don't get. Willian, Cuadrado, Moses (Traore?) as options for the right, yet it's Ramires. Why Ramires? Unionjack, Barbara, Madmax and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,100 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 There's just one thing I don't get. Willian, Cuadrado, Moses (Traore?) as options for the right, yet it's Ramires. Why Ramires?One of his favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Guessing he meant two "new" defenders... supporter and TheIceMan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Guessing he meant two "new" defenders...And a centre midfielder and attacking player... Mana, xPetrCechx, Unionjack and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechromancer 262 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 And a striker. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 And a centre midfielder and attacking player...I CM yes, but I don't see the need for an AM... Willian showed to carry on from where he stopped last season and he had even less time for pre-season, which is a great positive. Hazard is a bit of a slow starter, but still he can do things like the goal against Barça. Then with Oscar, Moses and even Traoré as options for the other position, I don't think we're that bad. It's much worse in defense and CM imo... I don't see us bring another attacker and I honestly don't have it as a concern.What worries me now is Costa injured. Remy doesn't usually do well against Arsenal, so I think he can do a job against Swansea if Costa is out. The problem is if Costa is out a big part of the season. If with 3 pre-season matches he got injured, what are we supposed to wait for the regular season? I'm still backing up the medical department, but it's still worrying. Falcao didn't impress me, but it definitely isn't worse than DD last season, so it's even. I just wish we could have Costa more present this season, not even less. iseah100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supporter 3,088 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Jose must to change your mindset before the market closes.I'm with him until death, I trust Jose without any doubt, and for me he is the best coach in history. But this season he is determined not to sign any player for the midfield and this is a mistake. We need a creative player that Fabregas has been missing since the first half of last season and he can not be our only creative player. For me Fabregas is one of the best in the world, but he seems discouraged.Today Oscar (IMO) has had a good performance, but he and Fabregas is not enough.Koke, Thiago Alcantara, Kevin De Bruyne, Mata, Isco, Verratti... A player like them because they are quite difficult to sign, but Aranguiz might be a good emergency solution.I trust Jose, but he should trust our young players (especially RLC) and accept the signing of a creative player, at least one creative player.Regards. TheIceMan, stroey and iseah100 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despiadado.Maleante 1,046 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Really hope we can get rid of Cuadrado aswell. Sell him now or his value will drop exponentially. TheIceMan and Unionjack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,759 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Not much in reaction to the recent result, but I do hope we bring in someone before the end of the summer transfer window. I don't care who, but at least someone to reinforce any one of the key areas of the pitch.You cannot go into a new season with the same starting 11 from last season, and expect to have the same or even better results. Statistically impossible. You're basically asking all of the same set of players who did well last season, to match or even better their performances this season, and that's extremely unlikely in all probability. Which is why you need reinforcements. Someone to challenge for one of the key starting positions, to prevent the team play from becoming stale.After the end of last season, I remember Mourinho remarking that he would be looking to reinforce 3 areas: Striker, midfield and defender. Now it seems he's settling for using one of the reserves coming back from loan or from the youth academy. If that's the case, he needs to give more game time and confidence to see if they can really make a difference, instead of persisting with the same old tired, starting 11.and only giving them cameo appearances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I CM yes, but I don't see the need for an AM... Willian showed to carry on from where he stopped last season and he had even less time for pre-season, which is a great positive. Hazard is a bit of a slow starter, but still he can do things like the goal against Barça. Then with Oscar, Moses and even Traoré as options for the other position, I don't think we're that bad. It's much worse in defense and CM imo... I don't see us bring another attacker and I honestly don't have it as a concern.What worries me now is Costa injured. Remy doesn't usually do well against Arsenal, so I think he can do a job against Swansea if Costa is out. The problem is if Costa is out a big part of the season. If with 3 pre-season matches he got injured, what are we supposed to wait for the regular season? I'm still backing up the medical department, but it's still worrying. Falcao didn't impress me, but it definitely isn't worse than DD last season, so it's even. I just wish we could have Costa more present this season, not even less.I'd like another option for the three. Someone to offer some real competition to Oscar and Willian. I'd like Pedro. Mostly because of his profile, with his off the ball running, ability to get into the box (how often do we see just 1 player, the striker, inside the box?) and good finishing.Moses and Cuadrado don't fill me with confidence and I doubt Traore can make much of an impact this season.I honestly think Costa was spared this game. This game wasn't important enough to possibly aggrevate his hamstrings. We can only hope he'll stay fit for the great majority of the season Barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I'd like another option for the three. Someone to offer some real competition to Oscar and Willian. I'd like Pedro. Mostly because of his profile, with his off the ball running, ability to get into the box (how often do we see just 1 player, the striker, inside the box?) and good finishing.Moses and Cuadrado don't fill me with confidence and I doubt Traore can make much of an impact this season.I honestly think Costa was spared this game. This game wasn't important enough to possibly aggrevate his hamstrings. We can only hope he'll stay fit for the great majority of the seasonwow I even forgot Cuadrado is part of the squad, that's how bad he is I still wouldn't worry about attacking players now. The defense and especially CM worries me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Henrique 9,133 Posted August 2, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted August 2, 2015 And a centre midfielder and attacking player...We need fullbacks and DM. Attacking player not needed at all. I don't know when people will realize our attacking problems are more related with tactics than the quality of players. mediator, Styles, Beigl and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechromancer 262 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Yeah, I think the same. If you don't really trust Cuadrado or Moses, what about Mikel and Ramires? They offer some real competition? That's the biggest emergency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 wow I even forgot Cuadrado is part of the squad, that's how bad he is I still wouldn't worry about attacking players now. The defense and especially CM worries me though.Says quite a lot about Mourinho's faith in Cuadrado that he didn't use him against Arsenal, despite returning to pre-season at the same time with Falcao and Willian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroey 2,525 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/08/final-whistle-verdict-post-arsenal.htmlFinal whistle verdict: Putting it in perspective supporter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Reading Mourinho complained about Arsenal's game plan, is this true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Reading Mourinho complained about Arsenal's game plan, is this true?he's not complaining, he's supporting it. He said he thinks it's a valid game plan, that the media is the one who normally thinks otherwise...He's being ironic and baiting the media to talk shit about how Arsene set his team, which we obviously know they won't do, they only say shit when we do it. CMS, Viper22 and darrus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 We need fullbacks and DM. Attacking player not needed at all. I don't know when people will realize our attacking problems are more related with tactics than the quality of players.I get what you're saying but I also think it's a bit of both. Peace., TheIceMan, !Hazard! and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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