The Mourinho Thread

[The Skipper 20,609]

Emenalo not going to address how he contributed to our shit summer? He's part of the problem, the cadre of yes men surrounding Roman and NOTHING will change.

Relegation might be the only thing that wakes Roman up to the fact that in 10 years of owning the club the only identity we have is that we sack managers.

He's a fraud who refused to improve the squad over the summer and butchered the Stones transfer. He's as much to blame as Jose for this.

It's very naive to think that Emenalo and Jose were the final decision makers in player acquisitions this summer IMO. What if Roman just didn't want to spend money?

People find it so easy to slate Emenalo, honestly.

[Styles 9,790]

I've had a very long day at work so just getting round to reading Emenalo's comments now - no wonder there are some many negative comments about him.

Emenalo dropped that fire today.

"Chelsea Football Club, one of the biggest clubs in the world, is one point above relegation. That's not good enough."

Ouch. No wonder the Mourinho fan boys are out in full force against the Right Honourable Michael Kevin Emenalo.

[iseah100 5,612]

It's very naive to think that Emenalo and Jose were the final decision makers in player acquisitions this summer IMO. What if Roman just didn't want to spend money?

People find it so easy to slate Emenalo, honestly.

It's very naive to think he didn't play a part in Jose getting fired.

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

Well the match day goers will be mad, sad etc etc the first few weeks, but this will also pass.

I think we was doing good in the past before Mourinho came, but the shadow of his former self was too tempting.

Now after this season that is gone, it will be a relief for future staff as they no longer have such a big shadow hanging on them.

The same thing is happening at United.

No manager will be good enough for them because of the standard SAF left.

This is why I really believe this a reset button for us to move forward and find our own identity.

Free from the shadow of Mourinho.

I just hope that reset button includes SELLING underperforming/deadwood players...otherwise we are in deep trouble as a club

[Styles 9,790]

It's very naive to think he didn't play a part in Jose getting fired.

I think what played a bigger part in Mourinho's sacking than Emenalo is the 9 defeats in 16 league games.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

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[The Skipper 20,609]

It's very naive to think he didn't play a part in Jose getting fired.

Jose has himself to blame more than anyone else. He wouldn't have been sacked if he didn't manage to steer the quality in this team to 1 point above the relegation zone.

[Ossie the King 634]

So you attribute this utter disaster of a season to the fact that we failed to get in the right players in the summer? Now, I would accept that if we were underperforming to a certain level, let's say we were lingering in mid table at 10th right now, but that line has been crossed long ago. It's way bigger than that. To have a squad this talented be 1 point above the relegation zone is utterly unacceptable. And Jose to me is hugely responsible for that. Okay, let's say... He couldn't motivate this set of players anymore. Fine. But this drop off is completely unprecedented.

Yes, we stood still, and Jose then almost reversed us into oblivion. As I said before, with the amount of talent we have in the squad, this is not acceptable from any manager.

Has any club ever won the league and then improved the side by signing he likes of players we had, losing a huge influence in Didier Drogba and selling one of the best goalkeepers in the world to a direct rival??

That's surely unprecedented too. I'm not saying it means we should be one point above relegation but you tell me what position that level of ambition is aiming for? Repeat champions? Top Four? Top half of the table?

What I love about the club? It's a family thing for myself. There's plenty of Chelsea fans in my family and we all have strong emotions towards the club in that sense. It's very simplistic to say it's as simple as the badge, the Bridge or fellow fans. It's a deeply rooted connection. Jose's confidence/arrogance fits the club well when we're performing but he's lost that sort of aura about him. He isn't the same person as he was a decade ago. He sounds a lot different, bitter and deluded a lot of the times, and I'm certain this club isn't about that. Not to me anyway. Jose Mk II isn't the same as the Jose that stepped in a decade ago. Not at all.

But what about the club is it you feel connected to? For me, the club has changed radically since I started going and not always for the better. A lot of the fans who used to go don't but there's still a hardcore. But what's there for them to relate to? It was Jose and JT, now it's only JT.

And Stamford the Lion but even he's changed and got himself a missus.

Funnily enough, the passion that was there supporting Jose in the last few months was as good as it's been for a while. Now what's left?

I don't want us to play like Barcelona. I want us to develop our own identity and we were on our way of doing so. If a manager isn't producing the goods then yes, he has to go. I'm sorry to keep harping about this but... We need to get past the stage where we let a manager dictate the philosophy and ethos of this club. It needs to be the other way around.

It seems like we'll just go around and around in circles with this, so respectfully, I'll agree to disagree with you. I admire your loyalty to Jose, it's great to see - but for me my first loyalty will always be the well being and progression of the club and Jose, the legend that he is, is an unfortunate casualty of that.

So you want the club to dictate the philosophy and ethos of the club....so that's Roman then?

You want a 50-something oligarch to dictate the way we play football? Because there's NOBODY else there who has the influence and everyone around him is a yes-person (hi Marina).

My loyalty is to the club I support and Jose was a massive part of that over the last decade because we changed so much in that time. He was the focal point for a lot of fans which is why his name was sung more than any other manager's at any other club.

What we have now is a massive void because the club didn't do their jobs properly in the summer and whilst your optimism is lovely, there's absolutely nothing resembling a soul or a philosophy left there now.

All that's left is Roman's chequebook.

[DYC. 7,542]

I've had a very long day at work so just getting round to reading Emenalo's comments now - no wonder there are some many negative comments about him.

Emenalo dropped that fire today.

"Chelsea Football Club, one of the biggest clubs in the world, is one point above relegation. That's not good enough."

Ouch. No wonder the Mourinho fan boys are out in full force against the Right Honourable Michael Kevin Emenalo.

You're enjoying this too much, Styles.

That earlier post really made me laugh though.

[Ossie the King 634]

It's very naive to think that Emenalo and Jose were the final decision makers in player acquisitions this summer IMO. What if Roman just didn't want to spend money?

People find it so easy to slate Emenalo, honestly.

Only because he's got no track record in football and appears to be a glad-handing yes man to Roman.

That said Marina is the main dealmaker at the club now and she completely fucked up the John Stones deal to the point where it became a point of principle that they wouldn't sell. It was one of the biggest fuck-ups I've seen a football club make in trying to buy a player and the backup plan was Djilobigi.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

I've had a very long day at work so just getting round to reading Emenalo's comments now - no wonder there are some many negative comments about him.

Emenalo dropped that fire today.

"Chelsea Football Club, one of the biggest clubs in the world, is one point above relegation. That's not good enough."

Ouch. No wonder the Mourinho fan boys are out in full force against the Right Honourable Michael Kevin Emenalo.

Head over to the Hazard thread when done.

Can't miss stuff.

[Styles 9,790]

You're enjoying this too much, Styles.

That earlier post really made me laugh though.

I'm actually laughing going through the thread.

Some people are really trying to make excuse for this all-time collapse.

Not signing 2-3 world class players doesn't justify this complete and utter capitulation.

In the words of Big Mike: "that's not good enough".

[Styles 9,790]

Head over to the Hazard thread when done.

Can't miss stuff.

I've got a lot of reading to do tonight

The fired one's goons had the computers puting today

[Ossie the King 634]

I'm actually laughing going through the thread.

Some people are really trying to make excuse for this all-time collapse.

Not signing 2-3 world class players doesn't justify this complete and utter capitulation.

In the words of Big Mike: "that's not good enough".

People are trying to look at the situation as a whole and examine where it went wrong, and that involved not just Jose but the board and the players.

Either way, the people who are upset, devastated, lost or whatever are still Chelsea supporters. They're the guys you sit next to at the matches, the guys you drink in the pubs with and the guys you travel across land and sea (and Leicester with).

They're not the guys you should be trying to wind up. That's not what Chelsea supporters do now is it?

[Tomo 21,751]

I've had a very long day at work so just getting round to reading Emenalo's comments now - no wonder there are some many negative comments about him.

Emenalo dropped that fire today.

"Chelsea Football Club, one of the biggest clubs in the world, is one point above relegation. That's not good enough."

Ouch. No wonder the Mourinho fan boys are out in full force against the Right Honourable Michael Kevin Emenalo.

You're one of my favroite members on here but the fanboy route is too far.

Ofcourse their will be people with the emotional connection with Jose still, I still do but my club first philosophy made me revert to 'Mou out'.