The Mourinho Thread

[Laylabelle 9,381]

Problem is with the quality of football we are currently playing, any match we go down 1-0 (which isnt improbable considering our defence) will be almost impossible to overcome.

So, in our current situation we either score first and hope to maintain the lead or we are pretty much certain to drop points.

Top 4 is impossible because you know we are not winning 5 games in a row. We just arent...

we ain't even winning 2 in a row..so far one game a month!

Can't see us doing it.unless every other team falls apart.Liverpool have quickly pulled things together and I can't see arsenal have a bad run as bad as ours!

May be proved wrong but way we are at the moment...nah

[Stats 7,059]

The player I feel sums up our current malaise is Baba. He has to wait ages for his debut mainly because it's pretty apparent that the manager doesn't rate him. He's then given a run when the team's confidence is shot to pieces and it's affecting him badly. He's no Roberto Carlos but he's looking pretty lost out there at the moment and I feel for the kid.

I will be so angry if he is dropped against Norwich. He had a bad game yesterday but like I was saying before he needs a run to prove his worth. He is very talented but keeps being in and out of the team. Norwich is a team we should we beating even in our current predicament so I hope he gets a start because that is a game where I expect us to be on the front foot for majority of the game.

[zolayes 14,489]

We all know Brana will be picked and Costa unless he is injured .

Its not negative to say we wont make top 5 its realistic and we arent certain to make top half

[jmarlow 458]

at this point i do feel its best for us to finish 3rd in our CL group and go into the Europa League, if we can get back into form in 2016 we should be able to win the EL and get CL football next season.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

What? Tell him he would be sacked at the end of the season and ask him to do these things? It's like you`re telling a man you will fire him next week but you need him to do this and that for you. That simply won't work, every man would probably say "fuck you" and leave the exact time you tell him that

Perfect. Then, he resigns and resolves the main issue which is his huge pay-off.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

We all know Brana will be picked and Costa unless he is injured .

Its not negative to say we wont make top 5 its realistic and we arent certain to make top half

You know our situation is doomed when i agree with zolayes

[The Mak 4,459]

What's the point of sacking him after it's mathematically impossible to quaify for the Champions League? The chances of us finishing in the top 4 are already low at this point but there's still a chance. If the club are really concerned about getting into the competition, then sack him now and hope his replacement can get us into it with 26 games left. Otherwise, back him all the way, even after the failure to qualify for the Champions League.

Because it allows the club to say "Oh look, we gave our manager who won the league last season the maximum amount of time to achieve the minimum objective". (I would also imagine it voids a massive chunk of Mourinho's pay-off)

I think it's more about the club not wanting to scare off the best replacement for Mourinho, not really about the CL. The fact he has lasted this long tells me the club are really trying to change their image about being trigger happy with managers.

[Tautvix 1,321]

Rumours say that he is keen to replace Van Gaal at United. What if he is trying to get himself sacked to make that move?

[The Mak 4,459]

Rumours say that he is keen to replace Van Gaal at United. What if he is trying to get himself sacked to make that move?

Yeah, hopefully so he can sell Mata back to us...

...and to relegate them in about 3-4 seasons!

[Rmpr 8,977]

we ain't even winning 2 in a row..so far one game a month!

Can't see us doing it.unless every other team falls apart.Liverpool have quickly pulled things together and I can't see arsenal have a bad run as bad as ours!

May be proved wrong but way we are at the moment...nah

Even so. We are 13 points behind 4th so even if we win 13 or 15 points in the next 5 games (which again wont happen) it isnt difficult for the other contwnders to make 9 or 10 points. Which in the end would still leave us 3 games behind!

So, in resume what I am saying is we definitely are not finishing top 4. People need to accept that and end of story!

[Laylabelle 9,381]

Even so. We are 13 points behind 4th so even if we win 13 or 15 points in the next 5 games (which again wont happen) it isnt difficult for the other contwnders to make 9 or 10 points. Which in the end would still leave us 3 games behind!

So, in resume what I am saying is we definitely are not finishing top 4. People need to accept that and end of story!

yeah that's what mean for us to get top 4 everyone else would have to fall apart drastically.ain't happening.just gotta focus on getting far from the bottom at the moment.

Crazy how things have changed..

[bababoom 4,478]

People say we played well last night, but did we really? We managed to have loads of the ball but we created next to nothing until the last 10 minutes when we went for it. In that time Stoke could have and probably should have scored from two counter attacks.

I still think we should keep Jose but this is astonishing. How can a team that won the league last season with so much ease be 16th? Jose may need to look at freshening up his training methods and playing style and as Gary Neville said, play some fucking youngsters. What have we got to lose now?

[Rhino's Skin 972]

Rumours say that he is keen to replace Van Gaal at United. What if he is trying to get himself sacked to make that move?

thought LvG had another season after this one......bit of a long term ploy by Mourinho if thats to be believed.

p.s. that flag on your profile. Yours?????

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

This graph makes it clear that attack-wise, this team has been on a terrible decline since 2014/2015. This lends further credence to Jose's inability to affect his sides on the offensive end.

Mourinho's teams have never had any sustained way of playing in attack. Just relying on counter attacks and the quality of certain individual players will not bring long term success. Excluding the initial spurt in quality of football after the Costa and Fabregas signings, we've been very unconvincing in attack throughout Mourinho's 2nd spell.

Mourinho is to busy making proclamations like "when you reach my level, it's difficult to learn from others". Other managers continue learning, his ego means he's stood still.

Another thing is this.

We have 5 outfield players of all players in the PL to have registered the most minutes. That's crazy. I see a lot about how Oscar has played so much football in the last few years, I wasn't aware that Eden had even played more. Like Capello said recently, Mourinho runs his players into the ground. It's not to difficult to imagine this is one of the biggest reasons we've struggled this season.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Isn't he supposed to be sacked today regardless?

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

The player I feel sums up our current malaise is Baba. He has to wait ages for his debut mainly because it's pretty apparent that the manager doesn't rate him. He's then given a run when the team's confidence is shot to pieces and it's affecting him badly. He's no Roberto Carlos but he's looking pretty lost out there at the moment and I feel for the kid.

Filipe Luis mark II. The fact that Zouma was played at Right back when Jose's favourite son got hurt says it all.

People say we played well last night, but did we really? We managed to have loads of the ball but we created next to nothing until the last 10 minutes when we went for it. In that time Stoke could have and probably should have scored from two counter attacks.

I still think we should keep Jose but this is astonishing. How can a team that won the league last season with so much ease be 16th? Jose may need to look at freshening up his training methods and playing style and as Gary Neville said, play some fucking youngsters. What have we got to lose now?

Of course we didn't play "well". A bunch of talented attacking players huffing and puffing, playing directionless football has been our story for majority of Jose's 2nd spell. Teams like City and Arsenal, that actually have a style of play create far more clear cut chances than we do. Instead, our manager likes to fantasize about "so many chances" we apparently create in his post match interviews.

[Leif 6,006]

In a way it's depressing that Mou hasn't been trending on Twitter following our losses anymore. It shows how expected they are.

[Adnane 1,101]

It is not impossible at all for us to get top 4. As good as Leicester have been, you assume that by the end of the season we should be above them, hopefully. 14 points behind them while 13 behind United. Assume now that City, Arsenal and United are top three. Then you assume our big challengers for the 4th spot will be Spurs, Liverpool and the lesser likes of West Ham, Everton and Southampton. Our next game is Norwich at home which should be a home banker. We then go to Spurs which will be a crucial game. If we can get our act together and beat them, we then have Bournemouth which is surely a home win for us followed by Leicester away and Sunderland and Watford at home. Really, we are good enough to get maximum points there. If not maximum we should be targetting around 13 points at least. We do that then all of a sudden our top 4 chances should look much better. Look at the run Arsenal put together last season and they were doing bad around this stage last season too, albeit not too bad. They ended up finishing 3rd and got top 4 easily.

Hopefully the same with us. Got to keep the faith. We have got too many talented players to think we cannot get a run going :blue scalf:

I love your positivity !

As Chelsea fans we should know better that miracles do happen