The Mourinho Thread

[Rhino's Skin 972]

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Side note (not directly aimed at you): I don't post that often, but am on here most days. And I tired of seeing so many people question if someone is a fan or not. You have no right to question that.

Just because someone does not agree with you doesn't mean they aren't a fan.

Just because they don't follow your exact "fan rules/law" and defend everything the manager, players, or club does, does not mean you're not a fan.

Just because someone has never been to a game, whether that is by choice or they haven't been able to, doesn't make them any less of a fan.

Just because you are from a certain country, does not mean you're not a fan or less of a fan.

Just because you became a fan of the club because of a certain player, doesn't make you any less of a fan.

It does not matter why you became a fan, even if you did it because of the success we have had recently. It doesn't matter if you're the type of fan that goes to games and watches, but doesn't do any chants or singing. Some people just don't like to be loud when they watch games.

None of that matters. Everybody has a different way of being a fan. It doesn't matter how you became a fan of this great club, what matters is we're all fans. We have different opinions and views, and different stories of how we became fans. None of it makes any fan better than another. Just supporting and wanting what is best for the club we love.

phew..!!!!! glad I am a supporter and not a fan then ;-)

[Fernando 6,491]

I'm sorry, how exactly are the Arsenal board a million times better?

The fact that Wenger can do whatever he wants point to the board right?

Here the manager will never have the control that you can get at Arsenal.

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The fact that Wenger can do whatever he wants point to the board right?

Here the manager will never have the control that you can get at Arsenal.

playing devils advocate...but surely thats the sign of a 'weak and naive' board if a manager can dictate everything

[Miki-Liki 405]

You do understand that the WHOLE ball has to cross the line right? And you do see that the WHOLE ball didn't cross the line? How anyone can see the shot and still think it's a goal is what baffles me.

There's a campaign against Chelsea.

[LukakutoStamford 779]

Chelsea continue to insist otherwise They insist the support remains for Mourinho and that they did not take the unprecedented step of backing their manager publically three weeks ago lightly. The statement was meant and still holds, they say, so it cannot be discounted.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/managers/jose-mourinho/11955490/Jose-Mourinho-has-tried-every-trick-in-his-book-to-turn-Chelsea-around-now-he-must-adapt-or-die.html

Good article, have a read

That article is terrible. It suggests it's everyone else's fault but Jose. It even goes as far as to say it wasn't his fault that he called Wenger a specialist in failure and it wasn't his fault for acting the way he did towards Eva as if Jose is merely a puppet with some Deus Ex Machina pulling the string.

'Kinhell if you agree with article you might as well lap up Jose's piss

[Rhino's Skin 972]

another view of things from the independanthttp://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/jose-mourinho-in-defence-of-the-chelsea-manager-who-should-not-be-sacked-no-matter-the-result-a6709261.html

seeing a few articles appearing to support him rather than castigate him ( like a few on here ) at every opportunity.

Wonder if the club has been in touch with a few of these media hacks threatening them with a banning order from SB etc etc

[simon_me 38]

I will be very sad, if Mourinho will leave Chelsea. Yes, our results are awful, but when you just sack perfect manager, who all of us were waiting for years – it's just stupid. It's like killing yourself, if you have severe flu.

Sacking Mourinho is the simplest way, but why not to find actual problem and solve it? I don't want a new manager, whether it's Pep or someone else. For me it's starting from the very beginning again. You want Chelsea, which will be strong in Premier League and Champions League? Let's be patient, let's show our trust for the team and manager, criticize them, without hysteria.

I think there is no happiness without drama. We can't do anything with that.

[Henrique 9,133]

Chelsea continue to insist otherwise They insist the support remains for Mourinho and that they did not take the unprecedented step of backing their manager publically three weeks ago lightly. The statement was meant and still holds, they say, so it cannot be discounted.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/managers/jose-mourinho/11955490/Jose-Mourinho-has-tried-every-trick-in-his-book-to-turn-Chelsea-around-now-he-must-adapt-or-die.html

Good article, have a read

Indeed, he was spot on:

"There is a theory that Mourinho is trying to engineer his own sacking by his increasingly provocative behaviour. I do not buy it. I do not think, either, that Mourinho’s pronouncements and actions are as thought through as others have claimed. Instead he is simply lashing out."

[Rekin 835]

If they sack him. Would next manager have this passion for this club? Ofc not.

Dude, that means absolutely nothing. Its just a simplistic way to win over people who are purely run by emotions. Mourinho's heart only beats for himself (no shit) and while I have no doubt that he likes CFC, I also have no doubt that he would leave us the moment a better opportunity came.

[Adnane 1,101]

Absolutely delighted at the ascending common sense in here, the spirits are a bit higher than previously.

Just a bad phase, we'll come back eventually.

[kmk108 1,186]

If they sack him. Would next manager have this passion for this club? Ofc not.

I'm sure Roberto Di Matteo had a lot of passion for Chelsea.

[Rhino's Skin 972]

Absolutely delighted at the ascending common sense in here, the spirits are a bit higher than previously.

Just a bad phase, we'll come back eventually.

from the article in the independant comparing several years into Fergusons reign when he also courted the FA several times and paid for their Christmas bash

"Sir Alex Ferguson had a bleak three-year spell at Manchester United when he failed to win the Premier League, failed to get to the quarter-finals of the Champions League and had fans and the media calling for his head. He won just one FA Cup in that time. But Ferguson turned it around and went on to win another five Premier League titles and the Champions League, retiring as one of the greatest managers world football has ever seen.

At the very least, Mourinho deserves until the end of the season to prove that he can turn it around at Stamford Bridge. "

[Adnane 1,101]

Exactly my thought, that article is spot on.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Gary Neville Suggested as Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Successor by Richard Keys

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2582856-gary-neville-suggested-as-jose-mourinhos-chelsea-successor-by-richard-keys

[Leif 6,006]

If they sack him. Would next manager have this passion for this club? Ofc not.

they'd develop it

& just in terms of CFC managers i'd say Di Matteo was more passionate

more successful too?

[LukakutoStamford 779]

from the article in the independant comparing several years into Fergusons reign when he also courted the FA several times and paid for their Christmas bash

"Sir Alex Ferguson had a bleak three-year spell at Manchester United when he failed to win the Premier League, failed to get to the quarter-finals of the Champions League and had fans and the media calling for his head. He won just one FA Cup in that time. But Ferguson turned it around and went on to win another five Premier League titles and the Champions League, retiring as one of the greatest managers world football has ever seen.

At the very least, Mourinho deserves until the end of the season to prove that he can turn it around at Stamford Bridge. "

Look I get the support but unless you've coached at a high level you don't understand the ramifications of losing the locker room. It has nothing to do with a coaches skill as a manager but rather everything to do with belief in the undertaking. If the team doesn't believe in the undertaking you're done. The signs are as clear as day that Jose has lost the room and therefore can no longer remain as the manager.

If Mourinho stays he will do irreparable harm to Chelsea, which may include losing Hazard and other players, failing to qualify for any European tournament, and in the worst case scenario Chelsea getting relegated.

[Henrique 9,133]

If Mourinho doesn´t get the axe, he will resigns, eventually.

Mourinho doesn't like a hostile enviroment. Despite press controversies, british media learned to love Mourinho, and most of the Mourinho's myth was created in England. Just think about the famous "special one" conference. There was nothing special in what he said, he just said he believed he was a special manager. Somehow those word became messianic, and soon he became the Special One.

One of the reasons he left Spain was lack of love, the man said himself, while in England he was loved. The love is slowly dying.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

If Mourinho doesn´t get the axe, he will resigns, eventually.

Mourinho doesn't like a hostile enviroment. Despite press controversies, british media learned to love Mourinho, and most of the Mourinho's myth was created in England. Just think about the famous "special one" conference. There was nothing special in what he said, he just said he believed he was a special manager. Somehow those word became messianic, and soon the became the Special One.

One of the reasons he left Spain was lack of love, the man said himself, while in England he was loved. The love is slowly dying.

Don't know, that £30m+ is too good and probably worth risking his relationship with some fans/Chelsea over it