The Mourinho Thread

[Liuxas 121]

Haha new season same shit. Oh dear Premier League clubs in CL are so terrible. England need to lose one place maybe then they learn.

[Fernando 6,385]

In fact,it is very bad because England will lose their 4th CL spot and if Chelsea continue to play this shit,the 4th CL spot would be the only realistic spot in the end of the season.That would harm us very much

Who cares.

Is not like we are going to be like this crap forever.

Anyhow feels a little good to see the English teams do bad after feeling down because of our current form....I know sad but hey it is what it is.

[Laylabelle 9,305]

I'd be happier had we played and won our game..not that losing is a omg moment anyway more of a expected result way we're playing.saying that hehehehehe

[kellzfresh 7,226]

It even happened at the start back here, the Tottenham, Norwich and Cardiff games he turned 2 points into seven with his quick thinking and subs, its recently ish he's seemed to go all Rafa where as if the starting tactics work everything's good but when they don't (which has been the case every time this season) he doesnt seem to know how to turnthe game around.

Hopefully he can catch up soon,because like I said earlier Fergie had a similar stage but eventually snapped out of it, I still have hope Jose will do the same.

Jose just needs to go back to being unpredictable.

I know every move he'll make, I know the starting line-up, I know the type of subs he'll make when he's losing (Falcao on), I know the pattern of attacking his team will play(slow passing in the middle with ivanovic crossing aimlessly), and recently people now know his weak side in the defense.

He's making it too easy for everyone to prepare for him. He needs that unpredictable aura about him he used to have in his first spell. The surprising subs, the different tactics against different opponents, taking out underperfoming players even in the first half. And he needs to let our fullbacks provide width and stop being so narrow, deliver balls to costa from midfield (like pogba to mandzukic today, I don't know why fabregas stopped doing this, he's turning into mikel with all this sideway passing) and more passing interplay from wings and we'll score more.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Juve showed a master class away performance, the type of performance that Mourinho aims to replicate every single time and fail, he only succeed once in 13-14. This is what perfect counter attacking football with solid defending looks like.

[Johnnyeye 7,415]

Whatever happens i will always love the man for what he achieved with us and all we went trough with him, thank you for all the good memories, there is only one Mourinho :blue scalf:

[iceboy 992]

If he axe Costa, Terry, Iva and Matic, he is showing his balls to all players.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Why Matic? He should be playing alongside Loftus and Oscar tomorrow in midfield.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

If he axe Costa, Terry, Iva and Matic, he is showing his balls to all players.

If only we had some squad depth to cover those positions

[Jase 43,479]

If he axe Costa, Terry, Iva and Matic, he is showing his balls to all players.

Only if he does it against Arsenal. Regardless of our form, he was always going to rotate players against Maccabi Tel-Aviv anyway. Him "dropping" a few players tomorrow doesn't mean much. He would be making more of a statement if he drops them against Arsenal, which I doubt he will do.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Only if he does it against Arsenal. Regardless of our form, he was always going to rotate players against Maccabi Tel-Aviv anyway. Him "dropping" a few players tomorrow doesn't mean much. He would be making more of a statement if he drops them against Arsenal, which I doubt he will do.

Well let's see what happens tomorrow - if we thump them 5-0 or something they might just get a chance on Saturday

[zolayes 14,489]

If only we had some squad depth to cover those positions

saw the bench City had today .. ok they lost but I remember our bench from 10 years ago, Pundits then reckoned our second team would have been above

mid table , That is a measure of how far we have regressed

[LDN Blue 7,903]

saw the bench City had today .. ok they lost but I remember our bench from 10 years ago, Pundits then reckoned our second team would have been above

mid table , That is a measure of how far we have regressed

Preciesly.

A common retort for that is "no-one wants to sit on the bench", but all the big clubs around the world know how to rotate effectively enough so that players don't get frustrated. I hope this isn't some sort of dumbass cycle we're going to get stuck in. Spend big 1 summer, then peanuts the following summer & repeat.

[Barbara 15,149]

There was BANTER

and it does look like a lot of dressing room problems there, doesn't it?

Seriously, I don't believe we have dressing room issues or players turning against him. Unhappy players is normal in football, if you don't play you're unhappy, if you play bad and lose, you're unhappy. that's not a big deal. I hope things are fine within the squad and we just have to solve the tactical and technical problems.

[11Drogba 2,000]

Finally new look.

I have more confidence in him when he has short hair and looks sharp. He looked like as if he was going to take part in a shampoo commercial.

[ZOS 580]

If he axe Costa, Terry, Iva and Matic, he is showing his balls to all players.

This doesn't tell us much. If he does this for the arsenal game, it would be interesting.

[Muzchap 8,966]

and it does look like a lot of dressing room problems there, doesn't it?

Seriously, I don't believe we have dressing room issues or players turning against him. Unhappy players is normal in football, if you don't play you're unhappy, if you play bad and lose, you're unhappy. that's not a big deal. I hope things are fine within the squad and we just have to solve the tactical and technical problems.

I hope you are right

Think everybody wants this nightmare to end

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Our play has been so scripted and readable for so long it's hard to see exactly how, and when it will change. I certainly can't see a grind out 1-0 result coming anytime soon due to defensive frailties, and nor can I see a 2/3-0 win coming anytime soon either.

Players have been massively under-performing but in all this JM is culpable for simply not dropping these players who have under-performed for weeks now.

Jose, you claim to be 'The Special One' lets see why, and lets see some 'Balls'

what have i just read?