The Mourinho Thread

[quickpassnmove 924]

Seriously though, this squad is only lesser in talent to City.

Arsenal has fantastic cams, but their balance is lacking. I can totally understand losing the title to City, but to be under United, liverpool, Spurs, Everton,etc is not acceptable. The team could be tired or what not, but man city always is tired/unmotivated and always get second place with their "lack of motivation/bad luck injuries."

When is the last time we were in relegation zone? Tomorow could be the first time in years this has happen and might be the first time ever a champion team is in relegation zone.

when you don't have two excellent CMs and two excellent fullbacks on the pitch, I'm not sure you can be a cut above the rest of the teams in this league.

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

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[Oscar 441]

when you don't have two excellent CMs and two excellent fullbacks on the pitch, I'm not sure you can be a cut above the rest of the teams in this league.

Come on, cesc and matic in european standards aren't excellent cms, however outside of City, which combo is better in England?

Fullbacks, yes. The whole notion that Dave was one of the best fullbacks was complete farce and ivan is ivan.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

Emenalo on why the timing wasn't right for Cuarado:

One defeat and Mourinho completely halted the development of the team.

And who's fault is that and more to the point who bought him Emenalo or Mourinho?

[DazLaughlan 55]

I won't call for Mourinhos head yet but can understand why people are. If we continue to stick with Ivanovic at RB for the next 2/3 games that's when I'll be against Jose. This is his third season and we are a complete shambles all over, our attacking play has always been suspect but papered over with a tight defence, now we are absolutely struggling at both ends. Ivanovic should be finished as a starter at this club for the season, he is the biggest problem in the team, our right side gets opened up every single week. Fabregas and Hazard need dropped, I don't care about Cescs assists last year, he is a man down this season. Hazard hasn't kicked a ball all season, he is absolutely invisible majority of a game and if that was Cuadrado putting in those shifts he would have been slated.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Come on, cesc and matic in european standards aren't excellent cms, however outside of City, which combo is better in England?

Fullbacks, yes. The whole notion that Dave was one of the best fullbacks was complete farce and ivan is ivan.

Matic is probably top 5 best CDM in the world when he is on form.

[xPetrCechx 13,548]

So:

The results are not fair.

The players played good.

Jose is good.

Really Jose?! Really?! You lost It!

[Leif 6,006]

I WANTED HIS RETURN SO BAD BUT THE GRASS WAS SIMPLY GREENER. BRING BACK DI MATTEO. HIS SMILE REIGNS SUPREME.

[robsblubot 3,255]

Newspapers have been reporting that LVG has lost the dressing room but regardless of results I see his players running for him.

Now, has Jose lost the dressing room? Was the Eva episode or the players, in a completely unprofessional fashion, all came back from vacation in terrible form.

[Henrique 9,133]

If people who really understand about the game were rulling the club Mourinho would be sacked at this point. But it seems that Gravoskaya girl is the one playing the cards, and according to reports she was the one responsible for Mourinho return and for his stupid contract extension months ago. I see Mourinho keeping his jop even the club can't even reach the UCL next season.

[Tomo 21,684]

Come on, cesc and matic in european standards aren't excellent cms, however outside of City, which combo is better in England?

Fullbacks, yes. The whole notion that Dave was one of the best fullbacks was complete farce and ivan is ivan.

Sorry what?

Azpi is as good as it gets from a defensive POV.

[quickpassnmove 924]

Come on, cesc and matic in european standards aren't excellent cms, however outside of City, which combo is better in England?

Fullbacks, yes. The whole notion that Dave was one of the best fullbacks was complete farce and ivan is ivan.

come on, what? two of the four are not quick enough. Cesc is not strong enough back there.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

That reminds me.

I knew the international break would do feck all. I knew that these players won't be motivated. It wouldn't add up at all.

Stop trying to be the TY of Chelsea. How can you defend Mourinho after 5 poor performances (just because we won at West Brom doesn't mean it wasn't poor), what he says in the press conferences and him adding unnecessary drama?

And tell us we have short memories! We aren't dumb, we don't suffer short-term memory loss. We fucking remember.

Last fucking season was last fucking season. Just because Mourinho won us the PL last season, don't mean he now has the right to sink Chelsea to the ground like this. He is suppose to improve us, lead us, guide us to better things. Not make it worse and turn us into a major crisis. 4 points in 5 games is way beyond terrible.

You cannot defend him that he continues to use his favourites including the worst player in Chelsea right now - Ivanovic. "But there isn't anyone better than him!" - BS. What is something special about Ivanovic now that anyone else can't do? Ivanovic can't cross, can't defend, slow as fuck, looks like he doesn't give a damn...

Literally almost anyone will be better than Ivanovic, just bench him.

I'm tired of people defending players (or the manager) that have been absolute woeful, and use "history" as their defense to try and make us shut up. No. I won't accept these consistent terrible performances from Chelsea at all. They are getting paid big bucks to do feck all at the moment. It's a disgrace for a top club like us to have an increasing negative goal difference, sitting much close to the relegation zone, 11 points behind and no signs of improvement.

We are suppose to play like defending champions, not like chumpions or Derby County when they were in the PL.

We are suppose to look forward to the next game, having confidence that we'll beat said team. Right now, most of us have ZERO confidence because of Mourinho's stubbornness.

having meltdowns after 5 games isn't my style, I'm afraid. I will come back and quote you once we sort ourselves out and see if you're still having a meltdown. In the meantime, Chin Up.

[Azul 1,615]

If people who really understand about the game were rulling the club Mourinho would be sacked at this point. But it seems that Gravoskaya girl is the one playing the cards, and according to reports she was the one responsible for Mourinho return and for his stupid contract extension months ago. I see Mourinho keeping his jop even the club can't even reach the UCL next season.

Abramovich calls the shots though, he really does not give a f*ck about contracts.

[Oscar 441]

Sorry what?

Azpi is as good as it gets from a defensive POV.

He's good defensively, but offensively he's not as a fullback, especially a Spanish fullback. I blame Jose, but even if he plays on the right side, I don't think he is that good as a offensive fullback.

come on, what? two of the four are not quick enough. Cesc is not strong enough back there.

I say 3 of the 4 are not quick enough and Cesc is better suited in a 4-3-3, but in terms of the EPL, outside of City, I can't imagine a better combo than Matic-Cesc.

In europe, most definitely, you are 100% correct, England, not so sure.

[Tomo 21,684]

He's good defensively, but offensively he's not as a fullback, especially a Spanish fullback. I blame Jose, but even if he plays on the right side, I don't think he is that good as a offensive fullback.

I say 3 of the 4 are not quick enough and Cesc is better suited in a 4-3-3, but in terms of the EPL, outside of City, I can't imagine a better combo than Matic-Cesc.

In europe, most definitely, you are 100% correct, England, not so sure.

Call me old fashioned but shouldn't they me judged for their defending first and foremost?

Ronaldo is dreadful defensively but if anyone used that to suggest he wasn't in the top two that person will be laughed out of the room, why is it one rule for wingers another for fullbacks? Furthermore the ones who are great going forward leave a lot to be desired as an actual defender.

[Special Juan 27,105]

He's confusing himself now. It's like the liar that constantly keeps lying, at some point they will thrip themselves up, he's doing that.

Him not dropping players and constantly telling us we are just unlucky has to stop. The big picture is very simple, he's been found out, he's gone stale, he has ran out of ideas and 95% of the team are shite.

No point glossing things, it's all there for everyone to see. It maybe hard to swallow but that's the truth.

[striker 43]

that's the thing... the problems from last season aren't this big.

There has been problems, many people pointed them out. Let's not pretend we played this bad last season. The players look disinterested. It's like they're resting in their laurels (winning the league) and won't bother. Further proof of that is if they all sudden show up in the UCL.

Mourinho made mistakes then and now, but he isn't the only problem. That's an ignorant statement and giving the players any excuse for their behavior is a bigger one. They're very well paid by the club, they SHOULD at least show up.

We play exactly as bad as at the end of last season. The only difference is that now we don't have the luck we had last season and Hazard is not as exceptional as he was then.

A great coach should have looked through the luck and the individual brilliance and he should have done something about the problems that were already there.

Because he neglected to do that he should be sacked!

So that is not A small mistake. That is A big mistake and for that he should be sacked!

I never understood why they extended his contract!