The Mourinho Thread

[Fernando 6,453]

I thought he did great for the game, bar the naming of Lukaku for the penalty.

That was fucked up and Mourinho knows it.

But oh well next game. Looking forward to see the new addition.

And hopefully Mata will be in better shape to start games soon. We are missing the little magician!

[Phil Driver 503]

I find it very funny to see so many questioning "the special one" and his team selection ,some of them seem to be agreeing with the way the waiter was picking the team.

with regard to certain selections , just to remind Jose is a special manager because he gets most things right and that is why he is back,his team selection so far has been first class and so have the results ,back him and we will be successful for a decade ,question his decisions and we will not.

[didierforever 7,349]

Glad to have mourinho back, we've never had an identity since he left. When I say identity I mean, what type of football do we play?

Since mourinho left I couldn't just place it. Only during ancelloti's time did we enjoy an identity of possession football.

So finally,

Barcelona - possesion

Realmadrid - counter

Bayern - possesion

Dortmund - counter

Juventus - possesion

Chelsea - counter

We have an identity now

we had an identity. it was called DIDIER DROGBA.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

we had an identity. it was called DIDIER DROGBA.

Unfortunately no identity for the team

[CrayzayBarnet 126]

I find it very funny to see so many questioning "the special one" and his team selection ,some of them seem to be agreeing with the way the waiter was picking the team.

with regard to certain selections , just to remind Jose is a special manager because he gets most things right and that is why he is back,his team selection so far has been first class and so have the results ,back him and we will be successful for a decade ,question his decisions and we will not.

brilliant

[The_Flash 1,144]

They ought to bring reviews/challenges into football as well kinda like in tennis and cricket.

They have this new stupid thing on sky sports when people are being interviewed they have a big tv and they show them bits of the goals. They should drag the useless refs out and say why didn't you give a penalty? Why did you let that player get tackled 12 times. And now has a broken leg before you pulled out even a yellow ?

They are a joke, they make the rules up as they go along. Like today was minimal but 9 times out of 10 a penalty would have been given when the goalie touched Walcott in the box but not today.

The tackles by Utd in the liverpool game were terrible and IMO Carrick should have been sent off you think the tiny amount Ramires got sent off for in that Super Cup farce.

[didierforever 7,349]

can anyone post the video or a gif of mourinho trying to get the chelsea fans behind the team towards the end of the bayern game.

[Kezza 1,965]

can anyone post the video or a gif of mourinho trying to get the chelsea fans behind the team towards the end of the bayern game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=synYilq28jQ

[╫rue Blue 47]

@Liquidator

Mourinho wants a tactically disciplined playmaker, Mata isn't that, as he's shown (not just in the big games) but throughout his time here. Hence why Jose even labeled Mata as a winger when questioned about his role (direct quotes). He doesn't track back, nor does he have the work rate Oscar possesses.

Can you share a link for this direct quotes? second time I see you mention it and I haven't found it.

yes, i cant found it either

this is what i found, when mou talk and explain what he thinks about mata

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3329843/title/mourinho-creation-record

"I like the wingers to come inside and on the left we have a lot - Hazard, Moses, De Bruyne. Juan is the only player we have to do that on the right but I also think he is very comfortable playing no.10, so between these two positions he has a lot to give to the team.

'I always say to these creative players that if you have more than the others, you have to do more than the others,' Mourinho says by way of a general conclusion.

'If you have this ability, you have to use this ability. If you do it with one objective, to score goals or to create goals, do it. If you lose the ball then no problem, because you had a good objective in your mind - you wanted to score goals or you wanted to produce goals.

he never labeled mata as winger, he just only player in our squad who can play as inverted winger on the right

in fact he said mata is good to be our #10 player

[ZOS 580]

can anyone post the video or a gif of mourinho trying to get the chelsea fans behind the team towards the end of the bayern game.

why is it chelsea fans get out-sanged all the fucking time? its freaking annoying? this is sometimes true even even at the bridge.... mourinho showed what I really was feeling at the moment, the bayern supporters were far more vocal in their support, damn

[Phil Driver 503]

Maybe we need drums like Bayern?

[ZOS 580]

Maybe we need drums like Bayern?

a great idea , drums and new songs are needed ... something new and original, tiered of listening to the old 'chelsea, chelsea, chelsea'... don't get me wrong, I know its a bit of a culture to sing this but its so repetitive and boring ... I don't know why ppl don't learn and sing 'chelsea boys in blue' by Graham McPherson, its a really nice and groovy song ..... I wish my english was good enough to write an article over this issue, will you, kind sir, put the idea up

[Cosmin 2,484]

Crystal Palace have, by far, the best atmosphere in England at the moment, in my opinion. There's a group of boys with drums, flags and scarfs singing and jumping during the games. That's how you support your team!

[Goemaere 131]

Not that related but i'm laughing my ass off.

[NishC300 1,865]

I've made my final comments on Mata with the response to Liquidator in regards to Oscar being the more tactically disciplined and thus superior option, and that's that. I will however address this..

I was playing devils advocate earlier on in the thread, I still appreciate what Mata brings to the table. Although Hazard is by far our best player, objectively. Mourinho being sacked was worse than Moscow for me, we lost a sense of identity as a club. In the grand scheme of things, Jose is more important than a mere 'pawn' (i.e single squad player).

sure I see your opinion but for me Mata is brilliant and I believe he has a huge part to play in this Mourinho Chelsea.

[NishC300 1,865]

Can't agree with those who said the last 2 seasons was the worst under the era of Roman. It's ridiculous. Yes, we had many troubles and ups and downs in the 11/12 and 12/13 season but we ended up winning the Champions League, FA Cup and Europa League. If you want to talk about the worst, then look no further than the 10/11 season. Just came off the season of winning the Premier League and FA Cup but never even got close to defend those titles. On top of that, our performances in the Champions League were hardly inspiring either and in fact, none of our performances that season was any good. The players stagnated and our play was dull and there was nothing positive coming out from that season. The quality of players and play have since been improving and to think some would disregard what we did for the last two seasons, what certain players did and taking them for granted just because of all the talents we have got now is really pathetic!

I think they meant that in terms of 'squad strength'. The Europa League isn't an important trophy. As a matter of fact we should be ashamed that we actually got into the Europa League in the 1st place.

[Jase 43,479]

I think they meant that in terms of 'squad strength'. The Europa League isn't an important trophy. As a matter of fact we should be ashamed that we actually got into the Europa League in the 1st place.

No, don't think they did. And even if they were talking about squad strength, the 2010/11 season was still the worst. Players became stagnated. Team's form dipped. Nothing of quality came out then. And not to mention, we allowed so many experienced players like Ballack, Cole, Belletti, Deco, Carvalho to leave and ended up only replacing them with only Ramires and Benayoun that summer.

As for the Europa League, yes it's not the biggest of trophies, it's definitely not where we should be in/at but it's still a European trophy regardless. We got into the competition, we won it and we made history in the process. It's still not a success or achievement to be played down. And think we are more ashamed of becoming the 1st Champions League winner to exit the group stage as opposed to getting into the Europa League.

[Laylabelle 9,351]

Yeah ashamed we got into Europa but been even more had we lost it!