The Mourinho Thread

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Sign pedro and Witsel and our team is rejuvenated, motivated for the next season. But we trust and are okay with our squad, what if we become less motivated to win the league since we won it last season? It happened to mancity, it happened to us under Ancelloti. It is not easy to defend the premier League title, that's why few have done it.

What happened to getting better every season??? Did we win the treble that made us seem okay with our achievements last season??

I was thinking the board will compensate fans for the pain of selling cech to Arsenal. Since no new starting line-up improvements are coming then If we don't bring youth in this season, we would have wasted one year of our lives by not winning anything and not preparing the future.

[The Mak 4,459]

Mourinho claims it takes him 10 minutes to determine whether kids can cut it with the champions.

Well, there goes any hope of Mourinho changing his ways.

Bit ironic considering the fact that Cuadrado is still here and he decided to get Falcao despite their atrocious last seasons. Mourinho is blurred by history and past glories when it comes to expensive purchases, but when it comes to kids (who don't have that benefit)? Nah, 10 minutes is more than enough. Cya later KDB, hello Cuadrado. Working really well isn't it?

[Reddish-Blue 2,701]

I think you are reading the runes wrongly here R-B. It seems to me that Jose wanted/wants to strengthen. Clearly something is getting in the way of us achieving that aim but, whatever it is, it is not the manager's stubbornness.

As is the case with any manager, Jose has to say things designed to sound like he is satisfied with the situation. No manager can ever afford to say, my squad isn't good enough and we're in trouble, but consider all of his statements and it's hard to conclude anything other than that TSO knows we need reinforcements. If we can't get them then it's frustrating, but there must be good reasons for it.

I get what you're saying but there doesn't appear to be any good reasons behind the lack of reinforcements...

If there were concerns about FFP or lack of quality players on the market, I would understand...but that's not the case

Most of the major european clubs have strengthened their squad (Bayern, Juve, Barca, Atletico, Real) and I feel we are being left behind...

[Reddish-Blue 2,701]

Mourinho claims it takes him 10 minutes to determine whether kids can cut it with the champions.

Well, there goes any hope of Mourinho changing his ways.

Bit ironic considering the fact that Cuadrado is still here and he decided to get Falcao despite their atrocious last seasons. Mourinho is blurred by history and past glories when it comes to expensive purchases, but when it comes to kids (who don't have that benefit)? Nah, 10 minutes is more than enough. Cya later KDB, hello Cuadrado. Working really well isn't it?

Maybe Mourinho likes playing FM/Fifa in his spare time...as those are the only places I've seen Cuadrado + Falcao do well in recent times

[didierforever 7,349]

Mourinho claims it takes him 10 minutes to determine whether kids can cut it with the champions.

Well, there goes any hope of Mourinho changing his ways.

Bit ironic considering the fact that Cuadrado is still here and he decided to get Falcao despite their atrocious last seasons. Mourinho is blurred by history and past glories when it comes to expensive purchases, but when it comes to kids (who don't have that benefit)? Nah, 10 minutes is more than enough. Cya later KDB, hello Cuadrado. Working really well isn't it?

nope. its not working well. i mean we just won a double last season. yuck!!!!

kill jose!!! burn him!!! jose out!!!

[The Skipper 20,609]

Mourinho claims it takes him 10 minutes to determine whether kids can cut it with the champions.

Well, there goes any hope of Mourinho changing his ways.

Bit ironic considering the fact that Cuadrado is still here and he decided to get Falcao despite their atrocious last seasons. Mourinho is blurred by history and past glories when it comes to expensive purchases, but when it comes to kids (who don't have that benefit)? Nah, 10 minutes is more than enough. Cya later KDB, hello Cuadrado. Working really well isn't it?

The Falcao analogy is bang on tbh. This is quite annoying, tells you he doesn't really evaluate these kids properly at all... Sigh.

[The Mak 4,459]

nope. its not working well. i mean we just won a double last season. yuck!!!!

kill jose!!! burn him!!! jose out!!!

Still trying to cause conflict for the sake of it? You are quite pathetic. Posters like you are the reason people stop coming on to TC.

[bethos1 802]

Still trying to cause conflict for the sake of it? You are quite pathetic. Posters like you are the reason people stop coming on to TC.

No it's because a lot of people are always negative and keep repeating the same shit over and over again. Yes we need to improve our squad but does that really have to be said every day in almost every thread?

This is just in general, nothing personal .

[didierforever 7,349]

Still trying to cause conflict for the sake of it? You are quite pathetic. Posters like you are the reason people stop coming on to TC.

cause conflict?

i would say pathetic and OTT posts like yours are the reason people stop coming on to TC cause you know what, whatever jose is doing is definitely not working. i mean cya later mata, hello eden, oscar. cya later SFL, hello matic, cesc. PATHETIC decision making from jose's part.

[Jase 43,479]

Mourinho claims it takes him 10 minutes to determine whether kids can cut it with the champions.

Well, there goes any hope of Mourinho changing his ways.

Bit ironic considering the fact that Cuadrado is still here and he decided to get Falcao despite their atrocious last seasons. Mourinho is blurred by history and past glories when it comes to expensive purchases, but when it comes to kids (who don't have that benefit)? Nah, 10 minutes is more than enough. Cya later KDB, hello Cuadrado. Working really well isn't it?

Honestly, that is probably the most frustrating thing about Mourinho - his stubbornness and lack of trust when it comes to using youth players. It's one-way management from him really - he expects them to do all the work to prove they are good enough (which is fair) but he doesn't return the favor by putting faith and belief in them. To say 10 minutes is enough to judge whether one is good or bad is ludicrous. How can he expect someone to showcase their ability in just 10 minutes?! It's like he expects them to score a hat-trick or it's curtains for them. He is so obsessed with success that is he's not willing to deal with the ups and downs of integrating youth players into the first team.

[Roquila 1,335]

cause conflict?

i would say pathetic and OTT posts like yours are the reason people stop coming on to TC cause you know what, whatever jose is doing is definitely not working. i mean cya later mata, hello eden, oscar. cya later SFL, hello matic, cesc. PATHETIC decision making from jose's part.

I don't want to get between a fight or something but the 'cya later mata, hello eden,oscar.' part is confusing me. Mata left in January of 2014 and we bought Eden in 2012. Makes no sense to me.

[The Mak 4,459]

No it's because a lot of people are always negative and keep repeating the same shit over and over again. Yes we need to improve our squad but does that really have to be said every day in almost every thread?

This is just in general, nothing personal .

Not really. It's because I called him a child with a keyboard and he's decided to prove me wrong by acting childish trying to conflict with whatever I post. If I said José is perfect he would still have a moan. Anyway, I won't be responding to the child anymore.

And how am I 'repeating the same shit over and over again' when I am referring to a news article about Mourinho that was just published hours ago? I also said nothing about improving our squad, I was talking about José mentality. You seem a bit confused.

Since you're insinuating I might just be 'having a moan', you should also know there is a massive difference between criticism and moaning. Criticising is based on a specific argument, fact or point of view. Moaning is just complaining for the sake of it. Some people criticise fairly, some people just moan and some people just moan about others criticising/moaning (guess who). Which one brings about quality discourse on a forum?

[marketing media pet 27]

cause conflict?

i would say pathetic and OTT posts like yours are the reason people stop coming on to TC cause you know what, whatever jose is doing is definitely not working. i mean cya later mata, hello eden, oscar. cya later SFL, hello matic, cesc. PATHETIC decision making from jose's part.

Mate, eden and oscar were not mou purchase.. and oscar is absolutely worse than mata

[bethos1 802]

Not really. It's because I called him a child with a keyboard and he's decided to prove me wrong by acting childish trying to conflict with whatever I post. If I said José is perfect he would still have a moan. Anyway, I won't be responding to the child anymore.

And how am I 'repeating the same shit over and over again' when I am referring to a news article about Mourinho that was just published hours ago? You seem a bit confused.

You should also know there is a massive difference between criticism and moaning. Criticising is based on a specific argument, fact or point of view. Moaning is just complaining for the sake of it. Some people criticise fairly, some people just moan and some people just moan about others criticising/moaning. Guess which one brings about quality discourse on a forum?

I don't know what happened between you and Didier, don't really care tbh. I was just talking about why people are leaving. I don't mind criticism, there's nothing wrong with that at all but lately there have been too many people moaning and moaning about the same shit everyday in a lot of threads. I don't know if you're one of them I was just talking in general.

[didierforever 7,349]

I don't want to get between a fight or something but the 'cya later mata, hello eden,oscar.' part is confusing me. Mata left in January of 2014 and we bought Eden in 2012. Makes no sense to me.

mata was the most integral part of our team. infact the team revolved around him. hell, we could not beat qpr at the bridge if we gave mata a rest. jose changed all of that.

how does it make any sense to say "cya kdb, and hello cuadrado". kdb's usefulness to the squad was so immense that we did not even need for him to be replaced. salah was mata's replacement. schurrle was already here and cuadrado was schurrle's replacement. the current position in our squad corresponding to kdb's position in 13-14 is being taken by bertrand traore

[didierforever 7,349]

Mate, eden and oscar were not mou purchase.. and oscar is absolutely worse than mata

see my explanation to roquilla.

[didierforever 7,349]

If I said José is perfect he would still have a moan. Anyway, I won't be responding to the child anymore.

hahahha... why dont you give it a try?

oh wait, that would mean you would have to stop crying and whining and moaning for a moment.

and yes, this is whining and moaning not critisizing. if pre-season was a way to judge a team, then barca probably need 200mil worth of investments considering "how poor" they have been in their pre-season.

[lionsden 4,689]

Makes sense now why he has such poor record with youth development with an attitude and approach like that. How is it even possible to evaluate any player in such a short amount of time.

He must be going "he's tall and got great thighs check, he talks, walks with swag and maintains eye contact, check. Alright I have seen enough, he's good enough and ready for first team football". No other explanation makes any sense in this context.

[tawee75 39]

If i were the the owner of Chelsea with the ambition of developing talents for the team, i would fire Jose immediately for admitting he evaluate young players in 10 min. How can you see a potential in 10 minutes? So he allows older and wash-up players to continue to flop game after game but would not give young players a chance (Drogba in last season and Falcao this season). If he really meant what he said then he is not a good coach. The fact is he has no idea how to groom young players so he always has to rely on established players to execute his way of playing the game.

Well i don't want to believe that his CL victories were fluke.

[cfcs most wanted 657]

Maybe Mourinho likes playing FM/Fifa in his spare time...as those are the only places I've seen Cuadrado + Falcao do well in recent times

They have done well sitting on the bench