The Mourinho Thread

[Jase 43,479]

I know this manager hasn't done great of late but surprised no one has mentioned Hiddink, particularly if we're looking to have an interim manager till the end of the season.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

I'm one of the biggest Mourinho critic over here but the blame has to be shared with the board and the players. Players need to play for their wages ie Fabregas, Ivanovic, Terry, Costa just to name a few. As for the board they should have kicked on w seems to always make the same mistake after winning the title. This is just a carbon copy of the 2010/11 season were we failed the manager then by not signing Aguero and freshening the team. Mou makes mistakes yes but this group of players is the worst in the Roman era. No fight at all

[Pizy 19,381]

I know this manager hasn't done great of late but surprised no one has mentioned Hiddink, particularly if we're looking to have an interim manager till the end of the season.

Think he's done as a manager at the top level. Names like Hiddink and Capello that I'm seeing here just aren't the level of manager we need. Even as an interim. We're better off just sticking with José.

[Reddish-Blue 2,702]

I know this manager hasn't done great of late but surprised no one has mentioned Hiddink, particularly if we're looking to have an interim manager till the end of the season.

He's failed in every position since leaving Russia's national team in 2010..

[Adnane 1,101]

I'm perfectly aware that what I am about to post could cause a shitstorm by being reallt controversial at this exact moment, but after sitting down, forgetting about the awful game just gone in particular, rearranging my thoughts on the matter, I think I might finally be able to fully express my opinion.

My unconditional love for Mourinho has got a huge hit, three times in a row in the last few days.

The first one came on the day of the game against Porto, I was perfectly glad hearing what he had to say about no intouchables and picking the best guys at the moment, but when the teams were out, I felt extremely disappointed by him, mainly because of the fact that he kept underperformers such as Ivanovic and Fabregas, and benched Matic ( I was quite mad about Hazard too but then we all just knew he had a child the day before ). I was really defending him before that, although not necessarily understanding what good he keeps seeing in picking Ivanovic, but I kept believing in him.

The second one was during the game early on, when subbed off Matic, I was absolutely furious with the manager i could've called untouchable at Chelsea for the last 10 years, the picture of Matic sitting on the bench, with tears in his eyes, feeling down, disappointed, emotionnaly weak, and Cesc still strolling around the park doing fuck all absolutely pissed the hell off me, I was shouting all sorts of words and that was the moment I said, José, your time is over, and joind the #MourinhoOut campaign.

The third in fact was his interview, at the time, I thought it was an absolute disgrace, we are a team having huge collective and individual problems, sitting 16th in the table with 8 points from 8 games, what we need is a collective wake-up call, solidarity, empathy for one another, not a cocky individual show by our already within sacking distance manager, I didn't want him to talk about himself, talk about the team for fuck sake, defend them, remind everyone that we are champions, and that we are coming back, these bunch of guys deserve more credit than they got last year and surely need more support and kicks in the asses than you standing up only for yourself, talking shit about referees THREE FUCKING TIMES during a single interview and making it the headline of every Chelsea defeat you've had along the way since you came back, or stating that the club NEEDS YOU to avoid spreading the wrong message obviously, it's always on the manager, nor slamming the already destroyed Matic publicly while Iva and Cesc could jerk off on your suit and you still would be picking them.

I have no problem with the fact that the club need to be careful with the message they are sending, that the bunch of guys who were bu a country mile the best of the country just a few months ago need to get their shit together and turn it around individually, nor that we need stability, solidarity, cohesion and standing up for each other in these tough times as it is arguably the hardest time this club has seen for over a decade or so, BUT, I do have a problem with you going fully psychic in the interview, insluting the press, blaming referees, and expressing all of the matters we experience publicly, we win together, and we win together, if you do not want the axe, get your shit together, protect your players, NOT BY BLAMING REFEREES, NOR BY TALKING ABOUT THE SACK SHIT, no.

First, give credit to the Southampton players for the absolutely magnificent game they had, yes, they were so mainly because we were shit, but give yourself some class, give yourself a breather, build sympathy around you by giving credit to those who deserve it first in such an important interview in your career and Chelsea's season. Secondly, slam the team collectively, not the ref, extremely disappointed with the display, we were awful, we were shit, we deserve to lose.

Then finish your interview by claiming that you see the end of the tunnel, that your players know how to turn it around, that champions don't disappear in three months, use whatever poetic words you need to, MOTIVATE THEM IN FRONT OF THE PRESS, pick them up, take the blame : " We know how bad we were, we are working on this, it's another disappointement, but we will come back, I promise".

End of story, don't talk any fucking refereeing nonsense, don't talk about Matic, avoid questions, apparently you have been doing so for 15 years now whenever you wanted to, storm out of the press spot or whatever it is called having transmitted the right message, no more no less, the board have the decision, the referee did his job, we were bad, congrats to the saints, we work and we will come back, we stick together and we were champions a few months ago. FULL FUCKING STOP.

This is what I was ideally waiting to hear from Mourinho, but then again, that was the biggest deception i had with him to date, these 3 events.

On his defence, he had some pretty fair points.

- Our players play absolutely miles below their normal levels, stand up for yourselves, be men, no bullshit like Matic being afraid to go out there and play, pick yourselves up, you are Chelsea and are paid a shitload of money by the club to perform your duties, that money comes mainly from stadium revenue, so you OWE IT TO THE FANS.

- As much as we win together, celebrate, and so on, WE DO LOSE TOGETHER, everything should be worked out within the club, even individual mistakes, we should all help each other, this generation has already lived pretty euphoric moments by cruising to the title last year, and the team spirit should be absolutely fucking high, as much as the belief that they WILL turn things around.

- Last point, what kind of message does the board send if they sack him ?

Now pardon me, I am absolutely furious about the way José put it, he made it look like it is ALL ABOUT HIM, and that we need him, and he deserves a few tough words from the people above him, but he is absolutely right.

Everyone at the club have been going on and on about the need for stability in the last years, the need for a long-term project, a successful generation, youth, an identifiable chelsea blueprint, etc. WE SHOULDN'T QUIT at the first tough test, if i learned anything by supporting this football club for more than 10 years, it is that we never die, as long as we fight, and we have already turned absolutely critical situations around, we CAN do it, and we SHOULD stick by our plan.

Say we sack José, fair enough, he absolutely deserves it at the moment with the results, his attitude AND his favoritism, I do not wanna argue with the pros and cons of each available coach out there ( as we already know there aren't much ), do we know guys how much it takes for the guys to get used to the new coach's methods ? Do we all know we need to pay Mourinho absolutely ridiculous money to bring over someone with whom we might not perform as well ? Do we know the shitstorm we would be inclined to come the end of the season ? With all the departures ? New ways of working ? New era ? Say we got Klopp, nobody will convince me he will keep us winning for a decade, no manager will in the current european football, what do we do ? Sack him after 18-24 months again ? No, I do not wanna go that same route again, we have a plan, we stick to it, we do NOT wanna open that door, do we know how much it costs us to change a team according to the newcomer's philosophy ? Didn't it cost us trophies in the past 10 years ? Didn't we need caretaker after caretaker ? Once we go that road, we are NEVER coming back.

One of the best moments i had to witness in football is Sir Alex's departure speech, against Swansea on 2013, I will never forget one of his most powerful words " You stood by me, stand by your manager".

I do NOT believe we should stand by any wanker who comes along the road, no one could even get close to half the dynasty Sir alex built and I don't think what he achieved will ever be matched again.

But who are we talking about in our case ? This is JOSE MOURINHO for fuck sake, if ANY FUCKING MANAGER EVER DESERVED BLIND GREEN CARDS, FORGIVENESS and SECOND CHANCES IN THIS FOOTBALL CLUB THEN IT HAS TO BE HIM.

We owe to him the trust, for the moments he seemed to lose it and completely got it back, remember winter 2013 ? post tottenham when we were losing and drawing last year ? AND HE OWES US A LOT, STARTING BY WORKING WITH THE PLAYERS AND FIXING UP THE FUCKING MESS THEY ALL MADE OF OUR FOOTBALL CLUB in the last few months.

I want him to stay, fix that with the players, get back on track, because that will make this football club STRONGER THAN EVER, we are not pussies who run from the responsibility anymore, i do not wanna turn into madrid, keeping the prestige of sacking managers when things go wrong at the expense of winning ONE title in 7 years, ONE Champions league over 12 years and getting absolutely smashed by Barcelona throughout that period.

I want this football club to come back from down below, I want my manager to get back to the real legend he was, the one that we used to love, STOP YOUR FUCKING REFEREEING BULLSHIT, you can say that when you have a won a few games and feel unlucky, I'm totally for the manager standing up for his team and that was one of the things I absolutely hated about Ancelotti for one, start picking the players that deserve, bench those who don't, don't be affraid, you know how messy the situation is, you KNOW that if you keep picking underperformers you WILL EVENTUALLY GET SACKED, your choices might bite you.

Double your work hours in your office, analyze your team, find answers, you are Mourinho, one of the greatest coach the game has ever seen, if you wanna anchor your name forever in the history of this football club, pick yourself up and bring us back to the top, i believe he can, and I believe our players can come back stronger and feel absolutely invincible when this horrible nightmare is over, I want PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND FIX THIS SHIT THEY MADE

This just to say, that I have been defending the guy for months/years now, and that he absolutely let me down in the last few weeks/days, and that I was the first one calling for his head all over the internet on the heat of the moment after the game today, but this is also to say that we owe each other a last chance, for what he has done for us, and for the mess he has done to us, we don't live the good moments only, we take the whole package, if we want to have a successful history together with this manager, we stick through THICK AND THIN.

I have absolutely no idea what the guys on the board think, I just hope he gets exactly this kind of speech, because he deserves a chances, even though I am ABSOLUTELY furious with him, but give him a chance to fix his shit.

KEEP THE BLUE FLAG FLYING HIGH.

[Rmpr 8,977]

I know this manager hasn't done great of late but surprised no one has mentioned Hiddink, particularly if we're looking to have an interim manager till the end of the season.

I thought he retired...

[nullabletype 987]

Seems on this forum that many of the people who are craving stability are the same people calling for Mourinho's head. Our first real wobble since his return, off the back of a double no less, and they want him gone... Stability indeed.

Makes you wonder how much time any new manager would be afforded. Klopp to pick a popular name, would he also be under intense scrutiny if he were in the same position? Is a period of instability all it takes to declare a potential long term project a failure and so on to the next one?

Stability means taking the rough with the smooth and since José came back this is the only really rough period we've had.

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

Based on the post match interview it's clear as day the guy has lost his mind. Sack him ffs. He beyond embarrassing.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

wall of text

That is some really aggressive love right there

But it's exactly how i've been feeling in the last few weeks/days, and exactly what i've been saying a few times, we're only coming out stronger as a team if we get by this bad run with the same staff and players as we do now. Everyone will mature, even José and the club will really benefit from it.

Brilliant post.

[HRiver 1,512]

Wow, this is starting to become a bit ridiculous. All of you who believe the coach is being too harsh on the players by "putting all the blame on them" and being arrogant... seriously get real. They're grown men, I'm pretty sure they can handle it. Besides, what if this is his way of motivating them? And since when can't a coach criticize his own players? He took Matic off after less than thirty minutes and now Matic has been made a scapegoat and it's the end of the world. Since when can't a manager take off a player if he believes he's not doing his job properly? Yes, it rarely happens, but the manager has every right in the world to do it.

[Adnane 1,101]

That is some really aggressive love right there

And I believe that is exactly what he needs from the board !

[Henrique 9,133]

Just went to hang out with my ladie and watch The Martian (thought the movie was pretty average), and when I returned home I was really shocked by two things:

1- Mourinho has not been sacked yet.

2- Only 50% of people who answered the poll so far believe Mourinho should not get the axe. I thought it would be up to 90%.

If people who make decisions know what they are doing, Mourinho will sacked as far as monday, but since they already gave him a contract extension, one year before the end of the current deal, then perhaps they don't know what they are doing, and there will be a dead man wakling as the manager untill someone realize the axe is rational thing to do.

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

I've been very very very patient with JM. I was positive that the second half of last-season could be justified once the 2015/16 campaign got started. I admitted we were playing poorly, but I thought a PL Title would restore a collective sense of relief and belief in everybody's confidence, especially for JM who I believe couldn't fathom going two straight seasons without a league title for show. Especially when you consider how we lost 2013/14.

How fucking wrong I was.

You guys were right in the end. @MrExcalibur100,@lionsden, @Styles

-----------------------------------------------

The issues from the beginning of 2015 have escalated to alarming levels.

I have no problems seeing Chelsea lose a match, but these aren't even competitive losses.

Look at Man City-1 West Ham-2. Wave after wave after wave of attack. Which result in real, goal-scoring opportunities, those are losses I can accept. A competitive loss.

Those matches where the opposing GK is just playing out of his skin, or every shot rattles off the post/crossbar.

But not once this season has Chelsea lost a match in that fashion. Not Once! Crystal Palace, Everton, Man City, Porto & Southampton all deserved their 3pts on the day.

There is no defending that.

Our "pressing" continues to be a joke. In fact, all we're doing is creating more space for the opposing midfield to pass more efficiently.

It's so disjointed, you can tell this has never practiced properly in training. Come on Jose.

The lack of open-play goals is scary. Our infamous Chelsea Bus has been moved to the other side of the pitch.

Also, JM doesn't even tell our CMs/AMs to sit back,and play more conservative. Not once this season has our team been setup to play on the counter, Or play like we did against Man U in April. At least then I can say, "JM is changing our approach to matches, trying to stop the leaking, etc. etc.."

Instead, for some reason, every match our players stroll on the field attempting to out possess/attack the opposition, and it's been failing on disastrous levels.

Like, forget the whole Ivan & Cesc thing for a sec, JM isn't even instructing our players to play more defensive! Where's the infamous pragmatism FFS?!

This to me is the most glaring and indefensible reality of this season.

At the end of the day, I support whatever Roman decides to do.

We'll come out of this. Chelsea Football Club always does..

Watch us get to a cup final and/or Top 4.

[Henrique 9,133]

@DYC., Do you remember when I said Mourinho doesn't have many options after Chelsea?

His post-match interview reeked of somebody who knows his options are limited.

For me Mourinho's future is pretty clear: he will manage a european NT after Euro 16, probably England or Portugal, and stay there for the next 4 or 6 years.

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

I Have more respect for AVB. At least he had balls. Give this greedy fukker his 20mil and be done with it.

[Reddish-Blue 2,702]

Seems on this forum that many of the people who are craving stability are the same people calling for Mourinho's head. Our first real wobble since his return, off the back of a double no less, and they want him gone... Stability indeed.

Makes you wonder how much time any new manager would be afforded. Klopp to pick a popular name, would he also be under intense scrutiny if he were in the same position? Is a period of instability all it takes to declare a potential the long term project a failure and so on to the next one?

Stability means taking the rough with the smooth and since José came back this is the only really rough period we've had.

This is something more than a rough period, it's more like the start of a downward trend

I just wish Mourinho would hold every player accountable for their poor performances this season...rather than having double standards and playing favourites with Ivanovic/Fabregas.

I'll be surprised if Mourinho is the manager next season as let's be honest, he wasn't brought here for 'stability', because Mourinho and stability are like antonyms

[11Drogba 2,000]

What pisses me off the most is the fact that we still play without real fullbacks, well we do play one but he has to play out of position... I wonder how the fuck he even came up with that idea.

At Real he was using Arbeloa and Coentrao frequently. They did not play much after Mourinho. I really don't understand how he evaluates fullbacks.

[Henrique 9,133]

Its unbelievable how 9 out of 10 people writing in UK press is saying we are favorites to win the PL this season. I'm getting the feeling those people barely know what's really going on with teams, because the amount of problems with this squad is really worrying. It won't be a surprise if the team struggle during this season but if that happen I imagine many "10 reasons why" articles everywhere.

In some predictions some guys only point to "Mourinho factor" as the reason the team will win the league.

Before the start of the season, anyone who understood what was going, knew this team had many problems. The idea that Matic was world class DM, Cahill was world class and Terry was as good as 10 years ago, all of those ideas were crazy.

You just can't accept that Mourinho started his 3rd season with Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta as the main defense.

Despite that, I'm really shocked about the current situation. The football today is easily worst than any game from AVB, Scolari or RDM years. Southampton completely outplayed us all over the field. For a moment, I was afraid they would score 6 or 7.

Its clear Mourinho lost the dressing room. I'm sure in the future there will be many stories in the online papers about how Mourinho lost the dressing room, and was sacked less than one year after winning the PL. Its hard to say why he lost the dressing room, but he only got himself to blame for the quality of this squad.

I won't point the players that were here when he came back in 2013, because everybody know who they are and what they are doing elsewhere.

I think in some years from this day, many will understand what happened since 2013, but at this point I realized that Mourinho is VERY limited. I'm shocked about how limited he is. He is a winner, but he is limited. I mean, he arrived saying his formation was 4-2-3-1. Instead of trying to take the best out of his squad, he asked the players to adapt to his 4-2-3-1 formation. Mata was playing as a winger who must mark the opponent's full backs, and thats not what Juan Mata is about.

It doesn't matter if you are facing City at Eithad or the worst team of the league at SB, its the same 4-2-3-1.

I was never a big fan of Ancelotti during his 2nd season, but during many games in 09/10 season, the team was playing mid/attack: Ballack, Lampard, Joe Cole; Malouda, Anelka, Droga. The team played with no proper DM during many matches, something that Mourinho would never do.

Opponents realized how this team play, beacuse its pretty predictable.

[ack17 205]

People did. Even though we won the title, when it was Hazard who was mainly stepping up more than other players and Oscar went back to hiding again, many people were making it clear that KDB should be here. Not so much Mata, but KDB especially as he was always scoring or assisting if not both every week in the Bundesliga. Mata despite not being excellent last season still got into double figures with goals and that is considering one stage he struggled to get in the team. Mata was a fans favourite and one of our best players and while we got a big fee for him, his replacement is not as good and has not lived up to the hype Mourinho gave him which is more frustrating.

The most worst decision of Mourinho is selling Mata and KDB, and signing of Cesc and Pedro. That make Chelsea need to rebuild again.

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

I honestly thing if we had gotten another manager instead of Mourinho we still would have won the league. We had great squad depth especially in attack. All we needed was a DM and ST. Bring back KING CARLO please before this idiot ruins the team further.