The Mourinho Thread

[edetarod 2,155]

did it against Bayern too, it wasn't something new

[DoubleO 192]

love him.

[HD3D 1,038]

Anyone got a gif of Jozay pumping the fans up at the end of the game? I'm willing to kill for it.

From the Liverpool - Chelsea thread:

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Solid tactics, awesome team selection (eventhough I had ny doubts earlier on), great use of our subs- pure greatness.

Brilliant Jose.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

I told you guys he won't go defensive in our home games. We didn't go unbeaten for so many years under him at home by doing dat

[Jase 43,479]

Mourinho is in his element today, isn't he?

1. Interview bombing Luiz and Hazard after the game and joked that Luiz purposely got the yellow card so that he can go back to Portugal. And when Hazard asked about him going to Belgium, Mourinho said "Southampton".

2. When asked of the Eto'o-Suarez penalty incident by Geoff Shreeves, shifted the attention to the Hazard one earlier in the game. And then he said this..

Dan Levene ‏@BluesChronicle 1h

Mourinho calls Suarez' penalty appeal 'an acrobatic swimming pool jump'.

3. More mind games and building the siege mentality

Jamie Reid ‏@JamieRfootball 1h

JM press conference: "Man City are still favourites. They have strength, age, experience, the four strikers. Very very strong."

Classic Mourinho. "Are you trying to put pressure on City by calling them favourites?". With a wry smile: "You think I'm capable of it?"

4. And then this.

ChelsTransferGossip ‏@ChelsTransfer 58m

Jose Mourinho: "There are no Chelsea men on TV. I'll be a pundit when I retire at 75 and I'll defend Chelsea"

[Stingray 9,441]

Support does not equal blind support, that is why when there are problems we need to analyse what's gone wrong to fix it instead of sitting there and say 'too bad guys, nvm, next time we will do better'

I know mate. True. But, that is not what you do, really. You go on a doomsday trip and revell in it every time there is a hard game or we played bad. That is very different than just being critical and rational about the team.

[Stingray 9,441]

There are no Chelsea men on TV. I'll be a pundit when I retire at 75 and I'll defend Chelsea"

Lmaooooo HAHHAHAHAHA that is gold!

[Barbara 15,149]

I said just before the match that it came down to a point where I simply support whatever lineup he brings to the table.

He knows those players better than I do and even when I disagree I'll support because I know he has a plan in mind and I just trust his assessment and his tactics.

Today he had the team I would have liked to see and I think we played very good, entertaining, effective football.

The way this team presses high in the pitch, the way those players are finally buying his ideas and going by them, the way we attack and counter-attack. Everything is coming together very nicely and I guess it's now time to mature those tactics. If the players can carry on performances like that more often and for most part of the 90 minutes like they did today, in all honesty we'll be unplayable against 85% of the teams we face. It's too much pressure we put on the opposition, we seem to surround them and dominate them in a way that they don't know what they fear more, when we have the ball and stars like Hazard, Mata, Lampard, Oscar can make a play or take a shot, or when they have the ball and we have Oscar, Willian, Azpili, Ramires, Luiz, Hazard enclosing them and being a constant threat to their possession either in the second third, or worse, in the attacking third. It's going to be very hard to play against us (and note I'm saying play, not win) because we just don't allow the other team to play. That's how we control those matches, they have their possession basically in the first and second third, while we press high and hard, and we have possession in the second and in the third, also being very effective in the counter. Of course, the team isn't there yet, they're still polishing those tactics, but once they're mature and finished, even if we don't have the most attractive football out there (we'd be very far, far, far away from having ugly football too), we'll have a feared kind of football, the kind that suffocates the opposition and just imposes itself. CAN. NOT. WAIT.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

[AndersonBLUE 819]

My how this thread has changed since my last visit, glad Jose is proving the talkchelsea managers wrong

[MHL 47 378]

Like I previously said, we've now got the right man for the job.

Stop with the negative waves, and have faith.

[Fernando 6,453]

All this he has done with shifting Mata away from the main team.

Amazing!

Now we can sell Mata and get some money for a DM or new striker.

Cause let's face it, Ba, Eto, and Torres are horrible.

Only one good is Lukaku, but Lukaku a lone won't be enough.

[The_Flash 1,144]

That was brilliant when Jose appeared, I am so happy he is happy with David.

IN JOSE WE TRUST !!!

[Tomo 21,733]

We played fantastic football in the first half, in the second half we didn't as much, but made sure we held out for the win.

Jose is king at the percentage game.

[Special Juan 27,422]

Jose is the biggest must main stay of this set up.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Still the best manager in the world.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Absolutely fantastic to see his passion today and to see us actually transitioning to a particular style of football. We just need the players in to execute the plan...and put the fucking ball in the net.