The Mourinho Thread

[zolayes 14,489]

He was seen at one this season so far.

Apparently Cesc was seen at one of our PL games and it was rumoured Costa has been spotted in the opposition penalty box .. not sure I believe that tho

[Rhino's Skin 972]

i have never read anything from pat nevin that says he is neutral about jose.

if i remember correctly, just a month ago he said something like "jose foresaw chelsea's collapse.. so decided to sign pogba and stones". i mean seriously. jose actually foresaw chelsea being in a relegation fight and wanted about 150million worth of players, so if he did not get those players, instead of looking at cheaper options, he said "screw it, let it play out"??

i respect pat nevin for what he has done in the past, but i have to say that he actually "adores" jose. and so, i would categorize him in "the black and white childish hate/love mourinho inrerpretations here."

when he is on R5 he tends to give a more balanced impartial view and when on CTV he can sometimes put on the blue tinted specs.

However, to say he 'adores' the manager is OTT. He is just doing his job as a pundit and Chelsea supporter and he tends to be diplomatic about whoever he talks about from Chelsea.....even off camera over a beer or two

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

ps : i am not sure how barca acquired messi illegally but that is not the point. the point is taking that leap of faith. the point is replacing someone like yaya with busquets. will jose EVER do that? does he have the balls? can he trust our youth enough to make that call. he cant give RLC game time against bournemouth even when cesc is having a shocker after shocker, can he actually make a change of selling someone like yaya and replacing him with busquets. for me, the answer is simple: NO CHANCE.

I thought about this for a moment - Mou selling Yaya to bring someone from the Academy. WOW. It's literally impossible. Let alone Yaya, I think he wouldn't do that with Mikel.

Mou is the kind of manager that preferred Khedira to Modric. Enough said ? He changed Mata position and threw him on the right to run like Moses. Oh and I forget that he gave Kevin De Bruyne total of 130 minutes in the Premier League, not fielding him in the league for 4 months (!!!) until he was sold.

Yeah, let's waste our time about this again. About Ferguson, as far as I remember he wasted his time trying to bring through such talents like Macheda, Bebe, Cleverley and Welbeck. He actually tried though.

[Essien19 1,415]

LOOK back to when I first came on here ,, I was always POSITIVE ,, now Im a realist unlike you ,, Still think we will finish third ????

After beating Leicester (possible, imo) we still need to overcome 14 points.

We must go on a run as soon as possible.

I think City has cemented its place within the top 3, Wenger will grind out enough results no matter how bad the injuries get (imo),

that leaves one spot.

As long as Van Gaal is around, i think we will have shot, i rate the Dutchman, but at the moment he acts like the mad king,

for example take a look at his substitutions.

1) Against Wolfsburg his team desperately needs goals, therefore he subbs off Schweinsteiger and their best player Mata, very bad, imo.

2) Against Bournemouth his players had lost it again and they played hoofballs without any direction.

What did he do? He subbs off their best player Fellaini (perfect for this kind of football) and in the injury time he brings on a defender

while 2:1 down. I'm lost for words, i'm an amateur, but how is he going to justify this?

The Yids have a very good starting lineup, but their squad lacks depth; no backup striker, lack of good replacement for the defence

and so on. That will hurt them over the course of the season, imo.

In my point of view it's a typical Chelsea situation; against all odds.

It's ridiculous when taking the worth of the team into consideration, i give you that.

Mourinho:

"We have put ourselves in this situation. Now we have to put it right.”

A lot of things have to go in our favour, but the season is still young, we haven't even played half of the games in the league and

it's not impossible to finish strong and maybe find ourselves up in the third place in may.

Accoring to our bet, my situation has become worse, nowadays the odds would be better.

I think you'll see it differently and be a lot more pessimistic and negative than i'm about it, fairplay, it's one way to think and the season so far can get you the impression, imo. The bookies back it up. i think.

An older Chelsea fan (a father and in the prime of his life) is getting more and more fed up by Jose Mourinho's antics too.

In the past he already called him arrogant because of his project "Radamel Falcao", assumes he lost control of the dressing room some time ago, Eva scandal didn't go well with some of the players, thinks Chelsea relied too much on the brilliance of Eden Hazard and more or less thinks Mourinho is finished at Chelsea (most of this was before Porto, have to check again, but the situation in the league is still there).

It's well known over town that i don't share the believe that Jose Mourinho's days are already numbered.

But whether i like it or not, in the last interview there were some passages where one can fall a bit into mediation.

Jose Mourinho:

"I imagine myself finishing my contract with Chelsea.. "I have three-and-a-half years left. After that I imagine myself coaching, I don't say every club, because there are some I would say always no, but I imagine myself coaching any club."

"I'm always against a sacking. I think the end of the season is the moment to change things when people analyse the work of the season and believe that the best thing is to change. But the clubs have the power, the owners, the CEOs, and it's their decision.

[didierforever 7,349]

Moslty it comes down to having a B team. We have the option to ship our loanees to a lot of teams with a lot of different apporach to football. We cant keep them near the first team, let them experience the atmosphere of having A team star players join in on trainings etc. Barca B is doing exactly what they expect a A team player to do - same footprint and style of football. Plus La Liga is less punisning, you can field a youth player that already knows the club way's inside out, because Barca can practically walk over any team in the world, let alone La Liga.

fair enough.

but we do have u-21 and u-19 football. if barca can let them have an experience of training with the B team, why cant we?

i dont think playing RLC ahead of cesc and baba ahead of iva against bournemouth would have been a detterent. infact, if any thing, it would have been a good move considering the form those 2 have been in.

also, no one is asking jose to field musonda, RLC, colkett, recall solanke and boga and play them too. but its a completely different thing to not even start RLC (who he deems "ready") to start a game ahead of cesc. that has nothing to do with us not having a B team or the players not knowing the club tactics inside out. it is simply the fact that jose cant integrate players from youth.

[xPetrCechx 13,598]

Sky Sources: Carneiro will claim for reinstatement in her role as Chelsea first team doctor #SSNHQ

Sky Sources: Carneiro also seeking damages from Jose Mourinho for sexual discrimination #SSNHQ

BREAKING: Sky Sources: Legal dispute between Eva Carneiro, Jose Mourinho & Chelsea to be heard by employment tribunal on Jan 6 #SSNHQ

So she wants to come back???

[Styles 9,790]

#FreeEvaandLionsDen

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

Sky Sources: Carneiro will claim for reinstatement in her role as Chelsea first team doctor #SSNHQ Sky Sources: Carneiro also seeking damages from Jose Mourinho for sexual discrimination #SSNHQ

How could she accuse Jose for sexual discrimination and want to come back...

[bellion 170]

but since then in the PL it has never happened again to that scale and success not even by Ferguson.

That was a one off which served them well for several years but he still needed to spend a lot as well to compliment them.

The game has changed since then with revenue and trophies more important than bringing through loads of youth

However, man utd has never stopped blooding youth until today.

Mourinho only want ready made players and nothin less.

[Rhino's Skin 972]

However, man utd has never stopped blooding youth until today.

Mourinho only want ready made players and nothin less.

Over the last 10 years, how many of Utd youth are now regulars in a successful trophy winning side? Not as many as you think.

Mourinho would like the Chelsea system of academy, U19/21 then out on loan to produce ready made players

[Rhino's Skin 972]

How could she accuse Jose for sexual discrimination and want to come back...

She could come back and rejoin the department (that she was never sacked from) but Mourinho picks who he wants on the match day bench.......she doesn't have to be on it

[Miki-Liki 405]

: i am not sure how barca acquired messi illegally but that is not the point. the point is taking that leap of faith. the point is replacing someone like yaya with busquets. will jose EVER do that? does he have the balls? can he trust our youth enough to make that call. he cant give RLC game time against bournemouth even when cesc is having a shocker after shocker, can he actually make a change of selling someone like yaya and replacing him with busquets. for me, the answer is simple: NO CHANCE.

He would sooner replace him with another experienced player like Cambiasso than give youth a chance. We've witnessed that a few times.

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

Because maybe she loves Chelsea?

You can dislike Mourinho but still love the club. Mourinho isn't Chelsea.

But she would be working with him

[xPetrCechx 13,598]

Still not sure that jose said those things directly to eva...

[Muzchap 8,966]

Because maybe she loves Chelsea?

You can dislike Mourinho but still love the club. Mourinho isn't Chelsea.

Post of the month!

Some people would be wise to read and understand this absolute cracker of a post!

[Henrique 9,133]

I was just checking the PL table and realized we have 4 wins and 8 losses. Thats really shocking.

[MefiX19 1,092]

I was just checking the PL table and realized we have 4 wins and 8 losses. Thats really shocking.

And 1 point from religation zone!

[Rhino's Skin 972]

Yes that maybe so, but if she does win the case it teaches Mourinho a lesson.

Now Mourinho would think twice before saying stuff like that to Eva.

You can hate your boss but still want to work for the company...

And Eva has friends in Chelsea too, I'm pretty sure if the whole of Chelsea doesn't want her anymore she wouldn't want to return...

what has he actually said to her directly then?

has new stuff come out the woodwork?

[Rhino's Skin 972]

No...but if she does win the case, then there's obviously more to it then what Mourinho said on the pitch.

possibly....the strong rumours of the troubles during the off season could come out.

But as we are speculating...maybe it was her in her role as 1st team doctor that decided the players needed a longer rest in the summer and pursuaded the board to arrange a shorter pre season.

Perhaps, it was her that mis diagnosed Costa's injury problems.

Perhaps it was her who favoured some players over others etc etc etc

All things that could make Mourinho unhappy about her conduct and spout off all this sexist stuff behind the scenes because he certainly publicly hasnt been sexual discriminatory.

All speculation but lets put stuff down as facts all before January and see how long the media pick up on it

[1chelsea 864]

Not this Eva stuff again she should just go and leave chelsea alone for she coming back with all this rumors drag the team back into the media hand straight into spotlight. Can I use the word just F off