The Mourinho Thread

[didierforever 7,349]

We are short: one defender and one central midfielder

Our main weak areas: one spot in defence and central midfield.

Mourinho asked for: one defender and a central midfielder in April/May.

He got from the board: An unknown Djilobodji and reports of 33 loanees.

Let's all blame Mourinho, only.

fair enough on defender but he did not ask for a CM.

he asked for POGBA, the most sought after entity in football now a days. there were CMs like vidal/moutinho/schneiderlien/bastian who would have suited us and made us a much much balanced team.

also, did he ask for a RB? he sold luis and bertrand to play azpi. he bought a 21 mil baba who now he deems to be somehow even a worse option than the worst player in the PL currently.

we still have options in the CM department who are far better than cesc defensively and in most aspects of football except for quarter backish long passes like rambo and RLC, how many PL games have those 2 started in the mid?

so yes, lets all blame jose.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

I want Chelsea to be a pressing team that plays with intensity.

Not possession, not Tiki-taka, just basic pressing and intensity.

We have to develop an identity for our team so that the players instinctively play that way when the match isn't easy. Teams like Bayern and Barcelona hold unto the ball when they're having a tough time because they instinctively play to their training pattern. We on the other hand look like a team that once the game tactics don't work, every player starts playing what he feels like is right without any cohesion.

Mourinho just has to get us playing one pattern so that we get used to it, so that even if he doesn't give any match tactics, we won't look so confused and can fall back on our identity.

[LAM09 6,819]

you're wrong, klopp has done well with two club: Mainz and BVB!

Mou when he arrived at bridge he had done only with Porto!

Mou had just won the CL. How did Klopp's last season end?

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

Even if MOurinho is at fault for our slump, is Newcastle really the right event for criticizing him? His subs salvaged the draw after all. I am sure he did not tell the team to play like shit from the beginning. Give him this season. It is too expensive to sack him now anyway, so let him have it and if we fail to win a single title he has to go.

[zolayes 14,489]

Mourinho also asked for a 16m 29 year old LB and then played a RB ahead of him all season.

Mourinho also asked for Falcao and got him.

He asked for Begovic and got him.

back after injury Ryan Bertrand MOM for Saints .. Wasn't he in the PL team of the year last season . Not good enough for us of course despite being HG

[Billy. 2,742]

Chelsea doesn't fight relegation after just two months, deep down you know that!

I think a lot of the guys here needed an excuse to call for his head, some of them are bored because their toy isn't fancy anymore.

As Mourinho said: "envy is the biggest tribute that the shadows do to the man."

Really sad and depressing times around here, thank god that Abramovich and his board, a bunch of well trained und educated acadamics, don't think that way anymore.

So, get some air, spent time with your families and friends and let that man work, for fucks sake...

Otherwise continue that discussion, maybe Costa should go too, lol.

I can only speak for myself and I am loving life...

If there was any chance we could get any of Augero, Lewendoski, huntelaar, even Dkezo i would be saying ta la Costa

[Billy. 2,742]

The problem with us atm is we have to many pussy's on the team that get pushed off the ball way to much. i mean Matic atm is one of the worst for this and he is meant to be our rock in the middle. Back when we have Duff, Robben and Cole out wide they could hold their own. Now with one little brush Hazard, Willian and co just go down or lose the ball. In the middle we used to have Essien, Lampard, Ballack and even little maka that used to boss people about. We have also lost our ruthlessness and going for the kill, it just seems like jose is happy to send them out and ease into the game and maybe nick a goal

I will always love what Jose has done for this club in both spells but i feel that this may be the last season with him as the boss.

I can see us going for Klopp in the summer.

[LAM09 6,819]

What? Mourinho didn't win a CL in years...

I'm talking about when he first joined us.

[didierforever 7,349]

back after injury Ryan Bertrand MOM for Saints .. Wasn't he in the PL team of the year last season . Not good enough for us of course despite being HG

but ryan is CLEARLY not good enough for us. just like MOSES is "clearly not good enough for us" (someone said this exact line right after moses put in a 10/10 performance at the etihad. LOL)

[Polo7 3,496]

Mourinho also asked for a 16m 29 year old LB and then played a RB ahead of him all season.

Mourinho also asked for Falcao and got him.

He asked for Begovic and got him.

He also asked for Stones and got Jellyboji.

[bluesman2610 1,353]

The problem with us atm is we have to many pussy's on the team that get pushed off the ball way to much. i mean Matic atm is one of the worst for this and he is meant to be our rock in the middle. Back when we have Duff, Robben and Cole out wide they could hold their own. Now with one little brush Hazard, Willian and co just go down or lose the ball. In the middle we used to have Essien, Lampard, Ballack and even little maka that used to boss people about. We have also lost our ruthlessness and going for the kill, it just seems like jose is happy to send them out and ease into the game and maybe nick a goal

I will always love what Jose has done for this club in both spells but i feel that this may be the last season with him as the boss.

I can see us going for Klopp in the summer.

There are reports Pep is also considering a move to PL

[Jase 43,479]

People are calling for Ivanovic's head. We want him benched. But what can Ivanovic do about it? That's the problem. He cannot disobey Jose's orders. He will be at risk from not getting paid AND dropped from the bench. It's Mourinho that we should be looking at for Ivanovic.

Why did we sell Luis is beyond me. It's stupid, I just can't get my head around it. He would have been PERFECT for this season, perfect.

And why bother buying Baba if we are not going to test the waters with him in the PL. Even the useless Cuadrado had minutes last season in the PL.

What can Ivanovic do about it? He could start by improving his performances to justify the manager's (blind) faith and stop us from constantly moaning about him. If Ivanovic and the other players have any sense of pride, professionalism etc about them, then they should look at themselves and ask if they are putting in the effort in matches - because from what we saw yesterday in the first half, they certainly did not do that and haven't been doing it. The one thing we always have down the years is fighting spirit, the willingness to fight, put in the miles and work the socks off, especially when things aren't going our way. And right now, we don't even see that in the players.

[lionsden 4,689]

Compare to previous managers, Mourinho gets a lot more stick than them/players escaping from criticism pretty easily.

Name these previous managers that were let off easy. Although I suspect those managers weren't drama queen who dragged the image of the club through the mud and had us languishing in bottom half of the table at the end of September while playing atrocious football to boot whilst doing absolutely nothing to inspire confidence and so on.

[coolhead23 1,146]

Why did we sell Luis is beyond me. It's stupid, I just can't get my head around it. He would have been PERFECT for this season, perfect.

50m ... says it all ... who would refuse that for 3rd string CB at the club ...

However the question should be why didnt we find replacements for the ageing players ...

[lionsden 4,689]

Let me make sure I get this right. Are some of you saying we need more signings in order to churn out better performances and results than we have shown so far this season? So our squad is now relegation candidate level?. The bottomline is, there's absolutely no justification for the quality of a squad such as ours to have 8 points after 7 games while playing some of the worst football in the league, if not europe. the blame lies heavily on the manager. this team should be achieving far more than its currently doing.

[boshman 1,073]

If that doesn't happen - then I see no other option. I think it will happen sooner rather than later. We are in danger of missing out on Top 4.

Now i understand your frustrations with performances and more importantly results but to say we are in danger of missing out on the top 4 is ludicrous. We are 5 points behind with 31 games still to play....

[Jase 43,479]

Name these previous managers that were let off easy. Although I suspect those managers weren't drama queen who dragged the image of the club through the mud and had us languishing in bottom half of the table at the end of September while playing atrocious football to boot whilst doing absolutely nothing to inspire confidence and so on.

AVB, Ancelotti etc. Those managers had their faults during their time but the blame, back then, was laid equally on both parties. At the moment, it seems like it's more on the manager than the players. Why? I said it before, Mourinho hasn't done himself any favors with several questionable decisions but the players haven't helped him and our cause either. No one is taking any responsibility and they seem to be taking the easy way out by just 'hiding' behind the manager, letting him to take all the criticism while they do nothing to improve their own performances. It's something that we have seen in the past with previous managers and it seems to be happening again.

playing atrocious football to boot whilst doing absolutely nothing to inspire confidence and so on.

We might not exactly be playing scintillating football right now but it appears you have forgotten how pathetic our football was under AVB, Ancelotti (second season) etc as well. The kind of football we're putting out there at the moment is no different to what we played in those times.

[lucio 5,418]

Now i understand your frustrations with performances and more importantly results but to say we are in danger of missing out on the top 4 is ludicrous. We are 5 points behind with 31 games still to play....

And we don't look up to playing anyone bar Sunderland. You think we will beat Southampton?