Barbara 15,149 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 <sarcasm>I think if we move Branna or JT up top then we will be ok.</sarcasm>Sorry I couldn't help myself, especially after these past two weeks it seems that our defenders score more goals than our forwards tend to do.actually you made me realize I didn't ever finish the line 'With our AMs, our good headers in the team and hopefully us getting more dangerous in set-pieces, I think we're good in the attack department' it was supposed to be continued with: adding any of those guys to the squad.I agree with what you say about not necessarily needing a world-class striker, but in fairness to the Guardian I do remember Mourinho saying: 'Je n'ai pas Falcao...Falcao n'a pas une équipe' which they correctly translated. I think Canal have removed the video off their channel now(?) which would perhaps back up the paper's suggestion that Mourinho is angry about it and didn't know he was being filmed.oh, my bad then. I only listened to the first vid - the official one - and even then my French is less than scrappy, so I sort of just understood partially. I was trusting the many people here quoting him saying 'I don't have a striker' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chels 2,502 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 oh, my bad then. I only listened to the first vid - the official one - and even then my French is less than scrappy, so I sort of just understood partially. I was trusting the many people here quoting him saying 'I don't have a striker'Yeah I'm not sure why some of the translations I've seen have missed that bit out (I don't have Falcao/Falcao isn't mine) but he definitely said it midway through the conversation and said the striker bit (I don't have a striker) at the start. Barbara and darrus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 they might be reliable, but the way they translated the quotes is weird. I didn't get the notion that Mourinho was questioning Eto'o's age rather than making a joke along the lines 32 or 35, same difference. Also he's never said we don't have Falcao. He's said we don't have a striker and Falcao doesn't have a team. So I think they're trying to make it a bit bigger than it was for the sake of making it a hit story or something.To be honest, we don't need an absolute world class striker. Bayern proved it just last season that you don't need the very best striker in the world (although they do help a lot). We need a consistent, reliable guy that keeps scoring - especially if he manages to do it in important moments (few manage that). It's not the amount of goals, but the goals we need. That was something we had with Drogba. Look at his stats and he wasn't that big a scorer in most of his seasons here, still he scored some of the most important goals that led to titles. Benzema, Costa, Mandzukic, Higuain among others aren't world class or at least not as big as Cavani, Lewa, Falcao, Aguero, Suarez but they score decent amount of goals. I do think they aren't that great in big games, but I think any of those guys are decent enough to have us being favorites to the competitions we play. I'd rather have two guys like those, or maybe one of those guys and some guy like Lukaku (as we don't know yet if he's staying or leaving), than have one big name. Cavani, Falcao, Aguero, Sturridge all got injured this season, if we only have a big name and spend all our money in only one player, and they get an injury we're back at square one. With our AMs, our good headers in the team and hopefully us getting more dangerous in set-pieces, I think we're good in the attack department with any of those guys added to the squad. In a team where the star is a winger/cam (just like Messi and Ronaldo), the striker is just the supporting role that steals the scene sometimes, but just keeps working hard and scoring decently enough. I hate to keep crying on guy we let go and you rarely see me in ex-blues threads weeping about the talent we wasted, but Daniel was the one guy I wish we haven't sold. I don't get why we sold him at all (unless he put a request because he wasn't having as much play time as he wanted). We aren't a selling club, having two good strikers shouldn't be too much (and that's being nice to Torres). We need someone like Daniel. I'd love him to come back like Matic did, but there's no way Liverpool is allowing that... especially if they're back in the UCL which they fatally will with the gap between them and the rest below them.The Guardian is notoriously anti-Chelsea, so the crude tone is not surprising. I agree, next season's strike force should be Costa, Eto'o and Lukaku. Barbara and Tomo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Regardless if he meant that to be public or not, he's been saying basically the same thing in the past couple of weeks. For example, on Saturday, after the match, he said "...we could not gamble much (at HT) because I know that our strikers don'st score much..." Blue Armour and Henrique 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Again, Mourinho's big mouth is the talk. Same old Jose. xPetrCechx and duo11bluecl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskoviolente 425 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 As if he was revealing the secrets where to find the Amber Room. Goodness me, they really know how to blow up everything he says just to make him look bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bs632gPiFI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 There's a time and place for everything and jose either doesn't give a fuck and he's constantly being an arsehole on purpose for attention or he just can't help himself. There was no reason whatsoever to make such a ridiculous and unprofessional statement in public when you know there are cameras and recording device and you are in an industry or position that demands certain level of professionalizm and less than savy comment and behaviour usually atttact bad press and unwanted attention (from the clubs prspective anyway). He's s great manager but his antics gets boring and lame after a while. Like be matured and professional for a change. Gilvorak and Bir_CFC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Mourinho on those comments about Eto'o (the STs). He also said the comment was obviously not good but was basically just a joke in a friendly conversation with someone not in the footballing world. Said there is no reason for Eto'o (or Torres and Ba) to be upset with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Mourinho on those comments about Eto'o (the STs). He also said the comment was obviously not good but was basically just a joke in a friendly conversation with someone not in the footballing world. Said there is no reason for Eto'o (or Torres and Ba) to be upset with it.Here's the video of what he said...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlJw-BBdcGk Mohammed Seif 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! kellzfresh 7,229 Posted February 25, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted February 25, 2014 Well if there were any doubts, now they know they are all shit. Either they respond and start putting chances at the back of the net or get shipped off in the summer. The Mak, The only place to be, Britmex and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Special Juan 28,139 Posted February 25, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted February 25, 2014 He's fucking saying what we have all been saying for ages The only place to be, Muzchap, Viper22 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britmex 12 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Well Jose has done it again! On the eve of our CL quarter final, the media are focused on him and not the team. No pressure for the team. Why do the media get caught all the time. He really is a PR genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 There's a time and place for everything and jose either doesn't give a fuck and he's constantly being an arsehole on purpose for attention or he just can't help himself. There was no reason whatsoever to make such a ridiculous and unprofessional statement in public when you know there are cameras and recording device and you are in an industry or position that demands certain level of professionalizm and less than savy comment and behaviour usually atttact bad press and unwanted attention (from the clubs prspective anyway). He's s great manager but his antics gets boring and lame after a while. Like be matured and professional for a change.If it was an off the record comment, then he isn't in the wrong. If that's the case then you are fundamentally wrong about him making comments 'in public' when they wouldn't have been.Either way, he's speaking the truth. He's saying what every single fan is saying and to be honest, it's really not an issue. Ba is a goner, Eto'o is out of contract and Torres is nothing but a dead weight at this point. If we could ship all three of them out in the summer then we'd be laughing. He's also bang on about the level of professionalism of the reporter IF the comments weren't on the record. IF that's the case then it's massively unprofessional and possibly sackable. Muzchap and Barbara 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britmex 12 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 If it was an off the record comment, then he isn't in the wrong. If that's the case then you are fundamentally wrong about him making comments 'in public' when they wouldn't have been.Either way, he's speaking the truth. He's saying what every single fan is saying and to be honest, it's really not an issue. Ba is a goner, Eto'o is out of contract and Torres is nothing but a dead weight at this point. If we could ship all three of them out in the summer then we'd be laughing. He's also bang on about the level of professionalism of the reporter IF the comments weren't on the record. IF that's the case then it's massively unprofessional and possibly sackable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britmex 12 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Well said. Nobody knows what context the conversation was made in. Certainly the journalist reporting it didn't care and it was an off camera private conversation. There is not one Chelsea fan who does not believe our strikers are struggling. He made his comment privately not publicly unlike the hundreds of fans on these public forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 If it was an off the record comment, then he isn't in the wrong. If that's the case then you are fundamentally wrong about him making comments 'in public' when they wouldn't have been.Either way, he's speaking the truth. He's saying what every single fan is saying and to be honest, it's really not an issue. Ba is a goner, Eto'o is out of contract and Torres is nothing but a dead weight at this point. If we could ship all three of them out in the summer then we'd be laughing. He's also bang on about the level of professionalism of the reporter IF the comments weren't on the record. IF that's the case then it's massively unprofessional and possibly sackable.There is always the possibility, however unlikely, that Jose is not THAT upset about the conversation being made public... The only place to be, Barbara, Muzchap and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOS 580 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 oh crap, this is bad... this is very very bad.. hope Eto'o doesn't mind as much as the media wants him to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Despite of Jose saying the obvious, these statements are not helping anyone.Simply put, Jose got caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Fernando 6,585 Posted February 25, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted February 25, 2014 Here's the video of what he said...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlJw-BBdcGkOf course it's bad. The people here applauding mourinho for saying that are ridiculous. Even though it might be true and we the fans say it, the manager will never bash his players like that. He has never done it in the pass and will never do it. It was an of the record conversation and the media screw him. Stingray, duo11bluecl, kellzfresh and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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