The Mourinho Thread

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José Mourinho has now qualified from the group stages in all 12 of the UCL campaigns he has managed in.(BT Sport)

The Special One.

Wenger has passed the group stages 18-19 times - fraud, who cares about that?

Mourinho passes it for the 12th time - GENIUS.

[Muzchap 8,966]

WTF I said the same thing to my girlfriend last week. What a coincidence lmao

Lol ?

Hope yours went better than mine

[Rhino's Skin 972]

Interesting post match interview with Steve Holland.

Was going on about how hard they been working on attacking play in training.

Certainly blows away this myth that Chelsea under Mourinho don't put any practice into forward play

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Interesting post match interview with Steve Holland.

Was going on about how hard they been working on attacking play in training.

Certainly blows away this myth that Chelsea under Mourinho don't put any practice into forward play

I think it even was obvious in the game, too. Remember that deflected oscar shot. Oscar positioned himself in the pocket, matic won the ball, passed its straight to him, Oscar waits until Costa's run has dragged the defender, passes to Willian but instead of shooting he backheels it to put it on a plate for Oscar. The finish was unlucky but no way in hell this move was a coincidence. However, it is easier to pull those off against an opponent who actually tries to score a goal from open play and not parks the bus in front of goal. when teams just have 11 men in and around the box like Bournemouth the other day, it is hard to create chances. We still did, just our final ball was missing. Similar to our gameplan vs Barcelona and BAyern 2011. Make the area tight and allow many half-chances which a good goalkeeper all can take care of. with some luck you can win matches against a superior side this way. The point is we created enough chances to win the matches vs Tottenham and Bournemouth, too with Hazard, Ivanvovic and Costa all having finding space in front of goal numerous times. But until we start scoring those chances the corner is not turned.

[FabHazard 655]

Interesting post match interview with Steve Holland.

Was going on about how hard they been working on attacking play in training.

Certainly blows away this myth that Chelsea under Mourinho don't put any practice into forward play

Can you post the link?

[Muzchap 8,966]

Interesting post match interview with Steve Holland.

Was going on about how hard they been working on attacking play in training.

Certainly blows away this myth that Chelsea under Mourinho don't put any practice into forward play

Yeah - and they should be Having not scored from open play for ages before Porto

As the old saying goes - 'one swallow does not a summer make' - if the focus is now on attacking play, then I will be pleased as it has sorely been missing previously, as evidenced by our previously pathetic displays.

But, I will take this Xmas miracle

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Yeah - and they should be Having not scored from open play for ages before Porto

As the old saying goes - 'one swallow does not a summer make' - if the focus is now on attacking play, then I will be pleased as it has sorely been missing previously, as evidenced by our previously pathetic displays.

But, I will take this Xmas miracle

Exactly. It's high time we start practicing it. Get our fullbacks forward to provide crosses, increase the tempo of our gameplay in the final third of the pitch and we'll create many chances like a normal big team does.

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[manpe 10,861]

Interesting post match interview with Steve Holland. Was going on about how hard they been working on attacking play in training.

Interesting, I haven't seen that. But I also thought that we looked more fluid. I know Porto gave us space because they had to chase the game, but it wasn't the first time we've been given space and even then we looked clueless, getting pinned back and not finding openings to go forward. This time it was different, we looked threatening on the break every single time and with better final touches/finishing, we could have scored 4 at least. That was encouraging, but there have been false flags before, so until proven otherwise, I won't make anything of this. However, this was undoubtedly our best display this season. During the last month or so there have been quite a few of those games where everybody's been saying they were our best performances so far, this means we ARE improving and that is only positive, but now we need to iron out the inconsistencies.

[Special Juan 28,178]

The problem we face now is not just top of the table Leicester but also a team that defend well but also attack in such a fluent way. Mahrez is absolutely on fire, literally unplayable for them at times.

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Can you post the link?

It was on Chelsea TV

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to all those wanted Jose sacked think again after watching this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35041064

[Leif 6,006]

Interesting post match interview with Steve Holland.

Was going on about how hard they been working on attacking play in training.

Certainly blows away this myth that Chelsea under Mourinho don't put any practice into forward play

theory absolutely blown to smithereens, i agree

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Why aren't more Chelsea academy graduates making it to the first team? http://espnfc.com/club/chelsea/363/blog/post/2749884/chelsea-academy-stars-not-reaching-first-team

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Why aren't more Chelsea academy graduates making it to the first team? http://espnfc.com/club/chelsea/363/blog/post/2749884/chelsea-academy-stars-not-reaching-first-team

-via ESPN FC http://es.pn/fcapp

Well the article doesnt answer the headline

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Well the article doesnt answer the headline

I think one of the reasons is that Chelsea are always under pressure. Usually to win something or to qualify somewhere. Now we are under pressure to climb the table. Managers simply don't trust youth under pressure and that goes especially to Mourinho. The games where they do play are against weaklings with less pressure than normal, and even then the minutes are very limited and instead deadwood with no future are preferred.

I am wondering how do they expect them to develop pressure tolerance when they are protected to the point they don't play meaningful games at all? Sure RLC has time on his side, but if the past is anything to go by, then age 19 will rise to 21 soon enough and players in his position will have expected to be playing more prominent roles in the team by then, rather than just sad minutes in cock cup or games where there is nothing to win or lose.

[the wes 7,212]

Mourinho has praised the Chelsea fans for their support

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3355892/Jose-Mourinho-admits-feels-embarrassed-unbelievable-support-Chelsea-fans-difficult-period-Stamford-Bridge.html#ixzz3u1AVRnUY

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Wenger has passed the group stages 18-19 times - fraud, who cares about that?

Mourinho passes it for the 12th time - GENIUS.

yes,Mourinho is a genius.

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yes,Mourinho is a genius.

I wonder what people will think of this season if we finish top half of the table and win the Champions League and say the FA Cup, personally I'd be happy with that.