The Mourinho Thread

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

So in his managerial career he won:
1 serie A in 8 seasons.
1 Pl in 2 seasons

1 League 1

3 UCL

That's a poor league record.
He's a good cup manager though. Also, why don't you answer me with a proper comment or something meaningful, posting his player and managerial trophies makes little sense, i could post Mourinho's trophies as well.

@Billy. While i think he's doing it really slowly he's doing some changes, JT being benched is one of them, young players are getting more minutes, still not good enough of course, but something is there.

[Amblève. 4,995]

Few thoughts...

1. Most people shudder at the thought of bringing in an AVB-esque coach but I'd be all for it if we sacked Mourinho. The major part of AVB's failure was the dressing room; now, with almost everyone from the old guard gone, I'd love us to hire a young coach who has yet to prove himself at a big club. We have a lot of young players in the current squad and to me it feels like we need someone who can grow with that group of players. No more old men teaching the young guys with their experience, get someone who is willing to learn and knows how this generation's brains work.

2. If we proceeded to fire Mourinho you have to go full measure and get rid of Ivanovic. Anyone who's been visiting Brane's thread last season knows that I was one of the few who defended him more often than not but even I can't find any words for Brane's clusterfuck of a season so far. It's clear Ivanovic has a high standing in the squad so benching him all of a sudden won't do the team climate any good. Group dynamics don't work like that. Sell him and give the reigns of leadership over to the new generation. There will never be new leaders as long as the current senior players are leading the rest of the team straight into Mordor.

3. While we're at it, get that fucking Gooner out. Just kidding, just kidding. Or not?! Seriously, if the plan is to keep Fabregas as a starter then at least play a system that won't expose him as badly as is happing currently. Fabregas is probably even getting run past on his way to the supermarket in these days.

4. Going to use the same phrase as before: go full measure when buying players. Either you buy world-class talent or you lose ground. Simple as that. If you don't believe that a player is good enough to start for a top team right now or doesn't have the potential to do so in a year don't buy him. It's okay to have 3 or 4 players in the team that just scream rotational players but that's about it IMO. You need a few of these players because no matter how good your squad rotation is having 7 world-class players constantly on the bench will never work (egos, ambition, NT importance etc). However, and I'm being repititive now, every top club manages having 2 or 3 world-class players on the bench, I don't see why we should have to be the exception. Eventually, injuries kick in and you need a couple of players whose performances will be on par with those they are replacing. There's no reason to settle for anything less than having the best squad.

5. Mentality change regarding spending money on players, please! I don't want anything to do with penny-pinching over 10m or something and then claiming a victory that we didn't spend "a crazy sum" on a player. These are nothing more than moral victories, for which Wenger and Rodgers are constantly being laughed at by dozens of people on this forum and Chelsea fans in general. If people are so concerned about being financially stable then why not think one step further and consider that winning usually equals making higher profits. I'd rather take my chances and invest confidently to win as many titles as possible every season than pay little money because we can save 10 or 20m by doing so.

According to the UEFA ranking we're the 4th best team in Europe. Again, there's no reason to settle for being second place. The ambition should always be being the #1 and big transfers play a huge part in achieving that goal nowadays. There should be no pride in being 2nd best considering the status of Chelsea Football Club.

[Henrique 9,133]

Sacking Jose now might be a bad idea. To other side, I have no doubt the club made a HUGE mistake giving him that contract extention. For em its clear people running the club don't know what they are doing. Real Madrid did the same thing with Jose, gave hime a contract extension after 2 seasons, only to sack him 10 months later.

[bluesman2610 1,423]

I heard Klopp wants a PL move

Will always respect Mourinho for what he brought in both spells, but his tactical decisions are killing us this season. Our best football has been played with 3 in midfield and/or Ivanovic on the bench. He can not be that blind and pig headed that seeing the way he sets up the team is setting us up to lose.. I Love Mourinho but I LOVE Chelsea more

[LAM09 7,067]

I heard Klopp wants a PL move

Will always respect Mourinho for what he brought in both spells, but his tactical decisions are killing us this season. Our best football has been played with 3 in midfield and/or Ivanovic on the bench. He can not be that blind and pig headed that seeing the way he sets up the team is setting us up to lose.. I Love Mourinho but I LOVE Chelsea more

Klopp has only done it at one club. Don't think he's ready for the top just yet. Liverpool would be a more suitable option.

[Blue Gino 377]

Leave Jose alone he works with the players the board gives him. He'd have galacticos everywhere if you let him pick in the transfer market. He's giving young players chances but he's gotta balance the locker room with all those veterans. He can't just give 3 or 4 of them the Malouda treatment and have them manning a radio tower in Siberia.

[Reddish-Blue 2,513]

Few thoughts...

1. Most people shudder at the thought of bringing in an AVB-esque coach but I'd be all for it if we sacked Mourinho. The major part of AVB's failure was the dressing room; now, with almost everyone from the old guard gone, I'd love us to hire a young coach who has yet to prove himself at a big club. We have a lot of young players in the current squad and to me it feels like we need someone who can grow with that group of players. No more old men teaching the young guys with their experience, get someone who is willing to learn and knows how this generation's brains work.

2. If we proceeded to fire Mourinho you have to go full measure and get rid of Ivanovic. Anyone who's been visiting Brane's thread last season knows that I was one of the few who defended him more often than not but even I can't find any words for Brane's clusterfuck of a season so far. It's clear Ivanovic has a high standing in the squad so benching him all of a sudden won't do the team climate any good. Group dynamics don't work like that. Sell him and give the reigns of leadership over to the new generation. There will never be new leaders as long as the current senior players are leading the rest of the team straight into Mordor.

Hiring a young unproven coach may sound great in theory...but in reality, they would most likely fail to deal with the pressures associated with managing a club like Chelsea

It's not just about growing with the players...you need a certain personality and mentality to coach the big clubs and from what I've seen...there aren't that many quality young coaches available (aside from Klopp, Simeone)

[xPetrCechx 13,578]

Sometimes I just can't understand some of his decisions...

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

We're toothless upfront and that's what is going to cost us in the end. Mourinho is a one dimensional coach that can't teach the team how to play in the final third and the most frustrating thing is his stubbornness to bring in an attacking coach. Fergie had the exact same problem, but at least he realized this and brought Meulensteen to his coaching staff.

With all the world class forwards we have, we're still dreadful in the final third. Take all the matches this season, bar the WBA one - we've only scored from set pieces and long shots. That's depressing for a team of Chelsea's calibre.

You simply can not go to a place like St James's Park and start the game the way Chelsea did yesterday. They're a shower of shite beaten by Watford and Sheffield Wednesday's reserves at their place in the space of one week and we're still clueless and start playing football only after we're 2-0 down. Depressing stuff.

[marketing media pet 27]

We want Carlo !

[Parky 739]

This game proved that nothing's going to change in Jose's mind. Same old stubborn one trick Jose. Luckily soon as I saw the lineups I went to sleep as I knew it was going to be the same shit.

[lionsden 4,689]

Again his post match interview is a big indication that he's delusional. He said we played well in the 2nd half when we hadn't created any decent chance and only had one shot on target (Fabregas shot) until the Ramires wonder strike in the 78th minute. And this against a team that hadn't won any game all season and were considered one of the worst teams this season based on form.

If that's his idea of "playing well" then there's no wonder we have been garbage for 9 months. Since he can't see a terrible/average performance even if it strikes across the face.

And the funny thing is if we had found another goal in the end to win 3-2, there would probably be a few fans who would also consider that a good performance.

[Essien19 1,415]

And the players he has are good. Or has a strong potential to be. He just doesn't use them.

I recall Jose saying he is 100% happy with his players during the market, but only started doing things when it was too late.

If Kenndy, RLC, Baba etc played yesterday and lost/drew, I'll wouldn't be this angry at Mourinho. Because these guys need experience. Using them against non PL teams such as Tel-Aviv and Walsall will NOT give them that experience.

And I'm sure the senior players won't mess around with Jose. Drop these underperforming players!

What does Jose want? To be liked by the veterans or to be sacked? Because he will be sacked even before the end of the season if results like this continue.

We are too big of a club to fight for relegation.

Chelsea doesn't fight relegation after just two months, deep down you know that!

I think a lot of the guys here needed an excuse to call for his head, some of them are bored because their toy isn't fancy anymore.

As Mourinho said: "envy is the biggest tribute that the shadows do to the man."

Really sad and depressing times around here, thank god that Abramovich and his board, a bunch of well trained und educated acadamics, don't think that way anymore.

So, get some air, spent time with your families and friends and let that man work, for fucks sake...

Otherwise continue that discussion, maybe Costa should go too, lol.

I can only speak for myself and I am loving life...

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[Muzchap 8,966]

Chelsea doesn't fight relegation after just two months, deep down you know that!

I think a lot of the guys here needed an excuse to call for his head, some of them are bored because their toy isn't fancy anymore.

As Mourinho said: "envy is the biggest tribute that the shadows do to the man."

Really sad and depressing times around here, thank god that Abramovich and his board, a bunch of well trained und educated acadamics, don't think that way anymore.

So, get some air, spent time with your families and friends and let that man work, for fucks sake...

Otherwise continue that discussion, maybe Costa should go too, lol.

I can only speak for myself and I am loving life...

So how long are you prepared to give him?

Are you happy with our performances since Jan?

Are you happy that we drew with the worst team in the league?

Are you happy that squad rotation does not exist?

Are you happy that Ivanovic starts every game?

Are you happy that Chelsea are constantly embarrassed by Mou's antics?

...

You're either knee deep in water and staring at the pyramids (De-Nile) or are seeing something completely different to me

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I understand people's frustrations, but making Mourinho solely culpable for the failings of the players is too convenient an excuse, in my opinion. He deserves his share of the blame but anyone calling for his head is making a severe over-reaction in my book. Okay, it is his job to set the team up and organise us tactically, etc., and to motivate the players, but the fact is we're still playing catch-up with everybody after our belated start to pre-season. I wholeheartedly believe we'll come good around Christmas and put a United-esque run together to get back into title contention. But with 93 points left to play for, I'm not worried just yet. Still a long time to go and we're just on a bad run. This is the fickle nature of football.

We want Carlo !

Ancelotti's second season was amongst the darkest days in Chelsea's recent history, and the root cause of our failings up until Mourinho's return (his failure to replace key members of the squad, i.e. Carvalho, Ballack, Joe Cole, as well as his inability to instigate a period of transition between Mourinho's first squad and an overhaul of younger players being his biggest fault). Be careful what you wish for.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Again his post match interview is a big indication that he's delusional. He said we played well in the 2nd half when we hadn't created any decent chance and only had one shot on target (Fabregas shot) until the Ramires wonder strike in the 78th minute. And this against a team that hadn't won any game all season and were considered one of the worst teams this season based on form.

If that's his idea of "playing well" then there's no wonder we have been garbage for 9 months. Since he can't see a terrible/average performance even if it strikes across the face.

And the funny thing is if we had found another goal in the end to win 3-2, there would probably be a few fans who would also consider that a good performance.

...He said it was the worst performance in 7 years.

It's always been a bogey gorund for us. Even when we were shit hot last season we still lost at SJP.

I won't take anything from it - although I don't understand why JT has been dropped instead of Ivanovic.

[blues.bridge 343]

Klopp has only done it at one club. Don't think he's ready for the top just yet. Liverpool would be a more suitable option.

you're wrong, klopp has done well with two club: Mainz and BVB!

Mou when he arrived at bridge he had done only with Porto!

[Styles 9,790]

Again his post match interview is a big indication that he's delusional. He said we played well in the 2nd half when we hadn't created any decent chance and only had one shot on target (Fabregas shot) until the Ramires wonder strike in the 78th minute. And this against a team that hadn't won any game all season and were considered one of the worst teams this season based on form.

If that's his idea of "playing well" then there's no wonder we have been garbage for 9 months. Since he can't see a terrible/average performance even if it strikes across the face.

And the funny thing is if we had found another goal in the end to win 3-2, there would probably be a few fans who would also consider that a good performance.

On the BBC interview he said "you don't have to play well to win games".

It's really no surprise the team plays such shit football 90% of the time. I can count the amount of good team performances this calendar year on one hand.

[blues.bridge 343]

if we continued like this , the next year we could be out of CL .

this would be very bad: for the prestige, for the money, for the marketing, sponsosrship etc!