The Mourinho Thread

[Phil Driver 503]

I think that will be the last time we see Oscar and Mata in a Chelsea team away from home together,Jose's fears have been realised they are too similar as players and they offer little when we are defending,after Arsenal it was an obvious decision to pair them but today showed the problems we encounter with both in the team.

[Tomo 21,733]

I think that will be the last time we see Oscar and Mata in a Chelsea team away from home together,Jose's fears have been realised they are too similar as players and they offer little when we are defending,after Arsenal it was an obvious decision to pair them but today showed the problems we encounter with both in the team.

I think it's more the Mazacar as a trio, two off our best games this season (against Norwich and Steuna) we did well with the Schurrle-Mata-Oscar trio.

[Korea 734]

Its not mata-oscar, its hazard-mata-oscar that should never play together.....

2 of 3 is fine though...

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Jose says he made 11 mistakes in his team selection today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7VNQpOQejs

[Barbara 15,149]

^^ unfair with Cech and Terry imo, but I guess he's not being literal

[CHOULO19 24,332]

^^ unfair with Cech and Terry imo, but I guess he's not being literal

Indicator of what he might be saying behind the scenes. The players are definitely getting hair dryer treatment. Expect changes against Schalke and hopefully players who are fighting for their lives on every ball.

[Stingray 9,441]

Indicator of what he might be saying behind the scenes. The players are definitely getting hair dryer treatment. Expect changes against Schalke and hopefully players who are fighting for their lives on every ball.

They should get a hair dryer treatment ....

[The_Flash 1,144]

They need to pull their finger out I want us competing, really competing for trophies, this great club and fans deserve it. Must do better :/

[Jase 43,479]

Indicator of what he might be saying behind the scenes. The players are definitely getting hair dryer treatment. Expect changes against Schalke and hopefully players who are fighting for their lives on every ball.

Yeah...except those changes would probably be like the obvious ones in Mata, Luiz etc while those have been performing like crap will keep their place..

[Henrique 9,133]

"Of course, of course I am worried, and I read in previous years, it happened the same.

"They (Chelsea) were successful in cup competitions, they were not successful in the Premier League. They finished 20 points behind, they finished 15 points behind.

"They qualified for the Champions League because they won the Champions League, but they finished fifth or sixth in the league.

"Last year in December, they were not in the race for the title because they were already 20 points behind. This season, we have played five matches away in the Premier League - I know at difficult places to play difficult matches - but we have one victory and we have two defeats.

"Of course it concerns me."

Really interesting how he uses 'They" instead of "We" to describe the poor performances of past 2 seasons. In his first interview he said " When WE won the UCL...".

Well...

[Jase 43,479]

^^ unfair with Cech and Terry imo, but I guess he's not being literal

He obviously isn't..

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3520976/title/final-whistle-verdict-deserved-defeat

Mourinho had spoken ahead of the game of the difficulty he would face in choosing a starting 11 following impressive recent performances from his whole squad. Asked if he was happy with his selection today, the manager responded:

'I made 11 mistakes. I should pick the other 11 and not this one, and it's the feeling I have when my team plays so bad. Of course I'm exaggerating because I had some players in good form but the feeling is that I made 11 wrong choices.

And what Mourinho said here is definitely true..

'This season we have played five matches away in the league - I know difficult places, difficult matches - but we have one victory and we have two defeats. It does concern me.'

Part of the reason for that is arguably down to Mourinho's somewhat negative approach against United and Spurs to begin with but really, if we do not start picking up our away league form soon, we won't come close to challenging for the title.

[Shane 2,275]

I'd imagine he's the type of manager you'd hate letting down, and the players let him down today. Still have FULL confidence in Jose and Chelsea. Today changes nothing.

[Henrique 9,133]

He obviously isn't..

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3520976/title/final-whistle-verdict-deserved-defeat

And what Mourinho said here is definitely true..

Part of the reason for that is arguably down to Mourinho's somewhat negative approach against United and Spurs to begin with but really, if we do not start picking up our away league form soon, we won't come close to challenging for the title.

I beat you for 1 minute. I'm amazing.

[Henrique 9,133]

Mourinho should try something different. The team is not playing well but he just does not change the structure of the team. I would try something like this:

Cech; Azi, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole; Ramires, Luiz; Hazard, Oscar, Willian (Schurle); Torres.

[bushman 2,043]

As I said, it´s too late to make excuses now. Jose had changed too many players in these last two games.

The players were not match ready, I feel. Also, current Chelsea team has too many players sitting around. Some might say, they will get their chances, later. I believe, this is the biggest problem for Jose. He even said it, himself.

[NishC300 1,865]

Di Matteo scored more goals in his Chelsea career than Mourinho. Obviously Di Matteo is a better manager. #BringDiMatteoBack #MourinhoOut

[TrippingStep 336]

What I don't understand, is why the club didn't buy central midfielders in the summer. I thought it would have been the priority of the new manager and club after the last seasons.

And what annoys me is that Azpi is not playing many matches, Mata Luiz Hazard are performing well below what they were doing under Benitez. Ramires has a very restrictive role and I miss his run full of pace after we would have set-up plays and creating space where he could go.

We had 61% possession yesterday but how much % in our own half. I prefered 55-60% but nearly all in their own half and with real pressure on their defence than our % with no change of rythm and no real plan in the final third.

For me Benitez did a good job, changing the personnal in the back four and have them play a higher line, the players in the pivot having less trackback running to do, Azpi in the right back was great as he gave width, Oscar could come inside, if not, Ramires could have space to run at speed.

I liked the triangle plays on the side to either release a runner behind their fullback, if not fixing a side of the opposition defense where a quick change of play to the other side could be dangerous. The way we were setting play with players like Hazard, Oscar, Ramires, even sometimes Luiz driving in a controlled way was giving a little bit of space to Mata.

And I liked that our passing between the back four was much quicker.

[Term-X 7,891]

I understand he has to juggle the ego's at the club but I'd rather he picked the most suitable squad for the opposing team. Rather than rewarding players like Mata a start mostly due to merit gained from the previous game. Players don't like being benched the following match after 'supposedly' earning a spot in the squad the game before.