The Mourinho Thread

[kellzfresh 7,229]

We have 40 points halfway through the season. The last time we were this high at this point, was under Ancelloti when we won the league.

[zolayes 14,489]

what joy listening to Talk Sport and hearing the Scouse loving experts weeping ,,, ,,JUST LUV IT ,,,,

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Nice to see that we attacked from the flanks.

[MHL 47 378]

what joy listening to Talk Sport and hearing the Scouse loving experts weeping ,,, ,,JUST LUV IT ,,,,

That Spud supporting idiot Danny Kelly has been bleating all morning about Jose. Kelly has the needle on two fronts - he's a spud and has had the 'pleasure' AVB and he also works for BT Sport who missed out on the best game on TV for weeks. Haven't got BT Sport myself so I'm not sure if Jose gives a lot of his time to them, well as much as he gives to Sky?

They only moan when you're a threat to the established 'normality' and Jose, in his own way told it too them straight - there's no one with a Chelsea background doing regular pundit work (week-in, week-out). Butch does a bit, here and there but that's it.

[zolayes 14,489]

That Spud supporting idiot Danny Kelly has been bleating all morning about Jose. Kelly has the needle on two fronts - he's a spud and has had the 'pleasure' AVB and he also works for BT Sport who missed out on the best game on TV for weeks. Haven't got BT Sport myself so I'm not sure if Jose gives a lot of his time to them, well as much as he gives to Sky?

They only moan when you're a threat to the established 'normality' and Jose, in his own way told it too them straight - there's no one with a Chelsea background doing regular pundit work (week-in, week-out). Butch does a bit, here and there but that's it.

They named a load of Chelsea pundits but of course they are hardly ever on Tv or radio ...Media is dominated bt Manure Arse and Scum ex players

and camp followers

[bushman 2,043]

They named a load of Chelsea pundits but of course they are hardly ever on Tv or radio ...Media is dominated bt Manure Arse and Scum ex players

and camp followers

We all know, success breeds hatred. Chelsea are the most successful club in UK for the past decade. Therefore, the envy is there.

No matter, how well the team plays, there is always someone who will find faults, then.

I´d say, fuck them all. Let Jose to work on his magic, we ain´t seen nothing yet. Just one more potent striker, NO ONE IS GOING TO BEAT CHELSEA, under Jose´s guidance.

[Styles 9,790]

If we can play the way we did in the first half regularly then I will be more than content. When we press and play on the front foot like that I don't think there's a team in the league that can live with us and that includes City.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

We all know, success breeds hatred. Chelsea are the most successful club in UK for the past decade. Therefore, the envy is there.

No matter, how well the team plays, there is always someone who will find faults, then.

I´d say, fuck them all. Let Jose to work on his magic, we ain´t seen nothing yet. Just one more potent striker, NO ONE IS GOING TO BEAT CHELSEA, under Jose´s guidance.

yeah potent is the keyword

[bushman 2,043]

yeah potent is the keyword

I´d say, 10-12 goals for the remainder of this season & 4-6 in the CL. Bingo, one of the trophies goes to Stamford Bridge, thank you mamas & papas.

[Laylabelle 9,754]

Just gotta keep it up.Play like it every game as its the teams in the bottom half etc that can surprise us and have already this season

[Jase 43,479]

Mourinho on the Eto'o-Suarez penalty incident..

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/dec/29/jose-mourinho-chelsea-luis-suarez

"The player [suárez] is amazing and I love his quality, commitment and ambition to play," said Mourinho. "I know him from his time at Ajax. A very nice boy. He does everything to win, and Brendan [Rodgers] has done a very good job with him because he's changed. No doubt, he's changed. But when you are losing, the nature comes out of the player. The wild nature, the cultural nature of the player. Culturally, people from that area, they like it. Not just that area. There's a corner in Europe, where I belong too, where they like that too.

"One of the things we have good in this country is we don't like simulation. It's not good for our game. [César] Azpilicueta had the ball, he was leaving the box, and now Suárez is doing an acrobatic swimming pool jump to try and get the penalty because he's so clever he knows he's in the penalty area right in front of the Liverpool supporters. I hate players who try to provoke situations, and he tries too much to provoke these situations. Suárez lost that duel with Azpilicueta, Eto'o comes in and it looks like somebody shot him [suárez] in the back. Webb is 10 metres away and the only mistake he made was not giving him a yellow card."

Mourinho declined to indicate whether he had seen the incident again on television after the game, preferring instead to suggest bias in the punditry. "There are lots of people on television, but nobody is a Chelsea man: [Jamie] Carragher, Liverpool; [Mark] Lawrenson, Liverpool; [Phil] Thompson, Liverpool; [Alan] Hansen, Liverpool; [Jamie] Redknapp, Liverpool. We don't have one. When I retire, at 75, I'll go as a pundit and defend Chelsea on television."

[╫rue Blue 47]

Chelsea official just post this on facebook

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152152207572259&set=a.217015422258.132731.86037497258&type=1

nobody in here, want to ask ?

even the possibility is slim

but i hope you guys here, probably can give in depth or more excellent question for him ?

*sorry for horrible english

[Jase 43,479]

Gary Neville: Don't write Chelsea off, they've got Jose Mourinho

[Toli 977]

only negative in this game is Mata I think. I dont know, I kinda feel sorry for him. such a great lad and player but does not seem to fit in Mous plans. should have sold him in the summer already :/. I still hope that Mou kinda finds a place for him or he gets better defensively, but in truth I think he will leave us in the summer of 2014 ...

[MHL 47 378]

They named a load of Chelsea pundits but of course they are hardly ever on Tv or radio ...Media is dominated bt Manure Arse and Scum ex players

and camp followers

The only positive Chelsea one I can think of who gets a national voice is Pat Nevin, who is usually very fair and balanced. However his POV only gets across on an odd occasion. Andy Townsend he plays to his paymasters requests and isn't very positive (trying to be unbiased myself there). Craig Burley - he's as anti-Chelsea as they come (1994 cup final?), anyway he's a tosser.

All the people Jose named in his interview have weekly/daily media exposure i.e. Lawrenson, Hanson, Thompson, Jamie Redknapp, Gary Neville. I may have missed one or two. TV has massive Liverpool bias, Radio tends to be Spuds, Arse and the written press has Red written through them with the odd claret and blue splatter.

[Laylabelle 9,754]

Gary Neville: Don't write Chelsea off, they've got Jose Mourinho

Awww Gary talking sense again

[Mouri_Matic 560]

I´d say, 10-12 goals for the remainder of this season & 4-6 in the CL. Bingo, one of the trophies goes to Stamford Bridge, thank you mamas & papas.

12 goals is the minimum, Suarez scored 19 in 3 months

[The only place to be 11,313]

The TV pundits point is a little overplayed. Football exploded on TV in the mid-90s so the big-name recently retired stars were obviously going to come from successful clubs like Liverpool and United. We do okay with the likes of Butch, Hod and Nevin getting regular screen time, and then intermittently the likes of Ballack, Ruud and even Wisey get a look-in.

Can't include Burley cause the guy is an utter cunt.

Funnily enough one of the kindest voices to us recently has been Souness who has been talking up a resurgence in our fortunes. Neville talks a lot of sense too, although Carragher's dolphin squeals haven't quite hit the mark.

I think if you actually look at the people who were around in our growth during the 90s and 00s then you'll see a fair few went into management (Gullit, Wisey, Zola, Vialli) whilst a few others have got gigs on other shows (Ferrer and Minto do the Spanish footy, LeBouef works for ESPN, Desailly does stuff in France). Give it a couple of years and I think JT and Lamps could pop up on Sky, although I think they could be in the Beckham/Scholes camp of really not needing/wanting to.

Having said all that, how Owen, McManaman and Redknapp (I get he's somewhat good looking but he talks unbelievable amounts of shit) get consistent screen time is beyond me.

[MHL 47 378]

The TV pundits point is a little overplayed. Football exploded on TV in the mid-90s so the big-name recently retired stars were obviously going to come from successful clubs like Liverpool and United. We do okay with the likes of Butch, Hod and Nevin getting regular screen time, and then intermittently the likes of Ballack, Ruud and even Wisey get a look-in.

Can't include Burley cause the guy is an utter cunt.

Funnily enough one of the kindest voices to us recently has been Souness who has been talking up a resurgence in our fortunes. Neville talks a lot of sense too, although Carragher's dolphin squeals haven't quite hit the mark.

I think if you actually look at the people who were around in our growth during the 90s and 00s then you'll see a fair few went into management (Gullit, Wisey, Zola, Vialli) whilst a few others have got gigs on other shows (Ferrer and Minto do the Spanish footy, LeBouef works for ESPN, Desailly does stuff in France). Give it a couple of years and I think JT and Lamps could pop up on Sky, although I think they could be in the Beckham/Scholes camp of really not needing/wanting to.

Having said all that, how Owen, McManaman and Redknapp (I get he's somewhat good looking but he talks unbelievable amounts of shit) get consistent screen time is beyond me.

Regular and repeated voices was the point I think Jose was making with a view to getting balanced media opinions.

Hoddle, Butch, Uncle Albert all are bit part players, as is Gullit who is as pro-Chelsea as they come. We must have made an impression on him, despite what dear Ken did to him! Minto rarely has any opportunity on his Spanish football show to make any comment on us. Cundy lost his gig on Sky as soon as he started to display any inkling of a pro-Chelsea bias that the masses would find unpopular.

I'd agree that Neville is pretty fair as regards us. Squeaky boy Carragher just pisses me off looking at him never mind having to listen to his tripe. Redknapp is full of soundbytes, clichés and un-original thoughts.

[bushman 2,043]

12 goals is the minimum, Suarez scored 19 in 3 months

He was on drugs, then.