Miki-Liki 405 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 WTF I said the same thing to my girlfriend last week. What a coincidence lmaoLol ? Hope yours went better than mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino's Skin 972 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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 stroey, Essien19 and Johnnyeye 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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 playI 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. 11Drogba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabHazard 655 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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 playCan you post the link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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 playYeah - 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 kellzfresh and bellion 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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. Stats and Muzchap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,582 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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manpe 10,861 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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. zolayes, Muzchap, kellzfresh and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,187 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino's Skin 972 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Can you post the link?It was on Chelsea TV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! oxfordblues 299 Posted December 11, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted December 11, 2015 to all those wanted Jose sacked think again after watching this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35041064 Blue Armour, Essien19, stroey and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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 playtheory absolutely blown to smithereens, i agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,602 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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 Muzchap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino's Skin 972 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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/fcappWell the article doesnt answer the headline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Well the article doesnt answer the headlineI 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. didierforever and zolayes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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 stroey, Blue Armour, Essien19 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Chelsea4 1,521 Posted December 11, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted December 11, 2015 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. Special, Blue Colored Sky, stroey and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 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. xPetrCechx, Essien19 and Johnnyeye 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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