The Mourinho Thread

[Jase 43,479]

He did say that. But this is the best quote of all:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/managers/jose-mourinho/11519921/Jose-Mourinho-I-have-a-problem.-Im-getting-better-at-everything.html

But there is one point where I cannot change: when I face the media, I am never a hypocrite.”

Jose, every manager is a hypocrite in the public and you are one of the worst offenders ever.

[Jase 43,479]

This part is what bothers me. We all know if Mourinho is really caring about our results, he'll go back to his style, park the bus and grind out results. He did this last season after we lost badly to tottenham, he did it the previous season after we lost to sunderland in the carling cup.

I can't believe he hasn't done this yet. It was unexpected like he doesn't care, "the refugees are really the ones under pressure".

Not sure being pragmatic helps these days when you have people like Ivanovic in defence and playing like he has been.

It's almost as if the players have become satisfied after winning the title last season. All that hunger, desire, determination, enthusiasm etc have gone out of the window.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Not sure being pragmatic helps these days when you have people like Ivanovic in defence and playing like he has been.

It's almost as if the players have become satisfied after winning the title last season. All that hunger, desire, determination, enthusiasm etc have gone out of the window.

But Mourinho is a manager who is characterized for not letting people lose focus. What has happened?? Too many players losing motivation like this is unheard of. Are the players quarreling with him? Or are they tired of how we play???

[Pizy 18,993]

Not sure being pragmatic helps these days when you have people like Ivanovic in defence and playing like he has been.

It's almost as if the players have become satisfied after winning the title last season. All that hunger, desire, determination, enthusiasm etc have gone out of the window.

This is exactly what it is in my opinion as well. It's like the players came back after winning the title thinking that they can just show up on match days and win by default based on their superior talent.

We heard all summer from many of our players that "every team will want to beat us even more now that we're champions." They knew what was coming and haven't been able to do anything about it. Every team in the league, even the small ones like Swansea, West Brom, and Palace aren't scared of Chelsea anymore. Our players are so soft that they know if they get at us we'll crumble like cake.

To compare the situation to another sport, it's like if a champion boxer has a big fight against someone who is a huge underdog. The champion is arrogant and didn't feel he needed to prepare and improve and that he'd just stroll in and knock his opponent out. Meanwhile, the challenger had been putting in work, improving, and figuring out the champion and ends up winning the fight.

[Fernando 6,595]

I sometimes wonder whether people support Chelsea or Mourinho. If it was Benitez you would've wanted him to get sacked immediately.

I don't want Jose to get sacked but I want him to change his tactics and his stubbornnes. If he doesn't we will fail it's as simple as that. Get the Mou fanboy/girl shit out of your system and just think.... see things for the way they truly are.

There is a fine line between blindly supporting every decision Jose makes and actually seeing what's truly happening. Stop being a robot and wake up PLEASE lol.

I actually thought we was improving with Benitez towards the end of the season.

And then we thought Mourinho was supposed to be better then him just to realize his no better.....

Benitez is not the best coach out there but there was some nice progress at the end of the season and that is what matters most.

So if we was able to do that with someone like Benitez then I'm sure it can be done with someone that like attractive futbol and youth.

[didierforever 7,349]

I actually thought we was improving with Benitez towards the end of the season.

And then we thought Mourinho was supposed to be better then him just to realize his no better.....

Benitez is not the best coach out there but there was some nice progress at the end of the season and that is what matters most.

So if we was able to do that with someone like Benitez then I'm sure it can be done with someone that like attractive futbol and youth.

that stings even more.

most of us would be willing to take a year of okay results, top 4 finish etc etc, if it meant some youth integration and attacking style of football.

but we are cant even bloody drop a 31 year old past it CB playing as a RB. what a shame!!!

[DYC. 7,542]

I'm confident the manager and the team can turn things around. I can't imagine finishing outside the top 4 this season. But winning the title was priority #1 this season and I think that's gone now.

Winning the FA Cup would be nice and could soothe the pain of failure a bit. Winning the CL isn't impossible but I don't see that happening tbh.

You'd think the PL season would now offer plenty of opportunities to play the likes of RLC, Musonda etc. but I'm sure now is not the right time because of the terrible start. Last season wasn't the right time either because there was a title to be won. It's never the right time.

[Jase 43,479]

But Mourinho is a manager who is characterized for not letting people lose focus. What has happened?? Too many players losing motivation like this is unheard of. Are the players quarreling with him? Or are they tired of how we play???

Considering what happened in the past with us, players not happy with the manager is nothing new. But what's the reason in this case? We were still fine last season and things started to go wrong since pre-season started. Something must have happened back then or during the off-season.

[manpe 10,861]

Considering what happened in the past with us, players not happy with the manager is nothing new. But what's the reason in this case? We were still fine last season and things started to go wrong since pre-season started. Something must have happened back then or during the off-season.

I am almost certain that some or most players are feeling alienated, because players know that they either a) will not play no matter what, or b.) will play no matter what. Hence motivation levels have dropped for different reasons. I'm sure that the treatment of some players and even the staff don't rub well with team spirit. For example what should Hazard think when he gets constantly criticized for his defending when much worse players get protected and praised for their bloody boots? Then the manager slams other teams and refs for not protecting him, yet recently when our doctors went to check up on him on the ref's call, they got slammed and banished for something that he cried out for before. If you ask me that's douchery and hypocrisy at its finest. And that is only one public incident for us to see, but 99% of the things that happen we don't see. Confusion all around. If I was a player I know I would be confused as hell by my manager. He is not instilling any confidence in the players, but rather sucking it out.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

A lot of the blame has to be put firmly on whoever organized our pre- season games. Last premier league game 24 th May. Then play first pre- season match in Thailand on the 30th May. June 2nd then play in Australia. Go to the States and play three games starting on July 22nd ending on July 28th. A then jet lagged squad travel back to London for the Charity Shield on August 2nd. A completely pointless game against Fiorentina on August 5th which would have been ok perhaps if we were not going to be involved in the Charity Shield just three day previously.

Then we play Swansea on August 8th on what is the earliest start to a season i can ever remember. So the fact is one of these tours has to be given the elbow yes we all know there money making exercises but to go to Thailand just six days after winning the league is just plain stupid. We are definitely winning the race for club with the biggest carbon footprint ha ha. While poor team selection and tactics (and childish rants) are the main problems i do think having a packed pre- season didn't help.

[King11Didier 916]

The fact is that we have been steadily going from good to worse. When Mourinho came, he said his and the club's aim was to improve the team. Evolution was the word used most often. And Mourinho explicitly said that if he fails to make the team play better, more expansive and proactive football, then the blame is fully on him. He also said the same regarding integration of youth players. Well, so far in those terms he has failed despite winning the league last season. Remember his words - he said that he cannot be satisfied winning ugly, there is no evolution in that.

Okay Jose, it would be easy to find those direct quotes from you from ~2 years ago. Now that we are facing the music and have actually been regressing badly, he is blaming everything from luck and referees to computer failures. I wonder if he really feels that way or deep down he knows that currently he is on the failure path more than success path.

Yep, that was something I was about to post. Mou was talking about evolution and how he is creating a great team for the future which can't be stopped. What a f8cking evolution..... Last week he played Obi Mikel for sake. He even said that RLC will start this season, with playing Mikel instead of him last week I can't see any sign in evolution.

And please give me one good explanation why he treated his medical staff this way when they are called from the referee to treat a player? He said that he was 100% sure Hazard was ok.... Then why you need this staff, just take their role and he will decide from the sideline if the player is in pain and if he really need a treatment.

I hate his big ego and that he never feels that he was the person who made the mistake. I don't know if there is another manager who will still play Ivanovic and Cesc with their bad run of form.

[zolayes 14,489]

A lot of the blame has to be put firmly on whoever organized our pre- season games. Last premier league game 24 th May. Then play first pre- season match in Thailand on the 30th May. June 2nd then play in Australia. Go to the States and play three games starting on July 22nd ending on July 28th. A then jet lagged squad travel back to London for the Charity Shield on August 2nd. A completely pointless game against Fiorentina on August 5th which would have been ok perhaps if we were not going to be involved in the Charity Shield just three day previously.

Then we play Swansea on August 8th on what is the earliest start to a season i can ever remember. So the fact is one of these tours has to be given the elbow yes we all know there money making exercises but to go to Thailand just six days after winning the league is just plain stupid. We are definitely winning the race for club with the biggest carbon footprint ha ha. While poor team selection and tactics (and childish rants) are the main problems i do think having a packed pre- season didn't help.

all of this was commented during the pre season ,, it was obviously a recipe for disaster and so it proved to be. I would add we stayed in Canada for the USA games

[Tomo 21,751]

I sometimes wonder whether people support Chelsea or Mourinho. If it was Benitez you would've wanted him to get sacked immediately.

I don't want Jose to get sacked but I want him to change his tactics and his stubbornnes. If he doesn't we will fail it's as simple as that. Get the Mou fanboy/girl shit out of your system and just think.... see things for the way they truly are.

There is a fine line between blindly supporting every decision Jose makes and actually seeing what's truly happening. Stop being a robot and wake up PLEASE lol.

This if it was Benitez is the most awful comparison ever.

Of course Jose is going to get more leeway than Benitez with the average Chelsea supporter, because of what he has done at the club (no I'm not saying we should blindly back him because of past glories, but its the way football is, supporters build emotional connections with players and managers that won't evaporate after 5 games).

Drogba was average in his last two seasons off the first spell up until the last two months, did you confront anyone who cutting Drogba a bit if slack with "if that was Pizzaro you would want him sold immediately"? No because Drogba done enough to earn a bit of leeway, Pizzaro didn't.

When Cech had that wobble in 13/14 did you turn around and say "if that was Turnbull......"?

Or anyone cutting Terry a bit of slack at the minute with "if that was Ben Haim"?

[cfcs most wanted 657]

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3233077/Jose-Mourinho-upset-Chelsea-staff-Eva-Carneiro-treatment-feuding-Diego-Costa-squad-unhappy-Blues-stars-given-manager.html

[kmk108 1,186]

This if it was Benitez is the most awful comparison ever.

Of course Jose is going to get more leeway than Benitez with the average Chelsea supporter, because of what he has done at the club (no I'm not saying we should blindly back him because of past glories, but its the way football is, supporters build emotional connections with players and managers that won't evaporate after 5 games).

Drogba was average in his last two seasons off the first spell up until the last two months, did you confront anyone who cutting Drogba a bit if slack with "if that was Pizzaro you would want him sold immediately"? No because Drogba done enough to earn a bit of leeway, Pizzaro didn't.

When Cech had that wobble in 13/14 did you turn around and say "if that was Turnbull......"?

Or anyone cutting Terry a bit of slack at the minute with "if that was Ben Haim"?

I saw plenty of "Drogba is past his time. We need to look elsewhere," "Terry is too old, we need to find a new defender," and "Cech is slipping. Time to bring Courtois back".

[Clockwork 1,794]

If the board sacks Mou in the near future it really shows their incompetence and lack of foresight. They gave this man a 4 year contract extension a few months ago and now to fire him in the near future is quite fickle. If you believed Mou was the right man in the summer, nothing should change now. Mou is still the same man who won the double and the same man who is leading our worst start in over 20 years.

I remember my suggestion to not give him a contract extension was not taken so nicely. Was a bad idea to give Mou a contract extension in the summer knowing his teams have historically peaked in his second season and third seasons have historically been a disaster.

[Azul 1,615]

This if it was Benitez is the most awful comparison ever.

Of course Jose is going to get more leeway than Benitez with the average Chelsea supporter, because of what he has done at the club (no I'm not saying we should blindly back him because of past glories, but its the way football is, supporters build emotional connections with players and managers that won't evaporate after 5 games).

Drogba was average in his last two seasons off the first spell up until the last two months, did you confront anyone who cutting Drogba a bit if slack with "if that was Pizzaro you would want him sold immediately"? No because Drogba done enough to earn a bit of leeway, Pizzaro didn't.

When Cech had that wobble in 13/14 did you turn around and say "if that was Turnbull......"?

Or anyone cutting Terry a bit of slack at the minute with "if that was Ben Haim"?

Drogba wasn't the first choice striker in his last two seasons though. It's different for players because you can bench them here and there but you can't do that with a manager.

[Tomo 21,751]

Drogba wasn't the first choice striker in his last two seasons though. It's different for players because you can bench them here and there but you can't do that with a manager.

Allright then, if Hodgsdon took Liverpool to there worst home record in half a century he would hace got chased out of Scouseville, but because it was Dalglish.........

Also Drogba was #1 for the most part, Carlo and AVB both gave Torres a chance but it weren't long before both reverted back to Didier.

[Azul 1,615]

Allright then, if Hodgsdon took Liverpool to there worst home record in half a century he would hace got chased out of Scouseville, but because it was Dalglish.........

Also Drogba was #1 for the most part, Carlo and AVB both gave Torres a chance but it weren't long before both reverted back to Didier.

I don't understand the whole Hodgson thing no offense but regarding Drogba you clearly talked about his last two seasons. He was 3rd choice in 13/14 and he was the second choice under AVB in 11/12 before Di Matteo took over. In 2011 Drogba had malaria problems he couldn't perform after that so we decided to buy Torres who was absolute horsehit and when Didier decided to step up and perform you know what happened. He didn't get a free way pass he earned his spot over Torres.