The Mourinho Thread

[English Freak 456]

This is where you are wrong. Spending does basically equal success.It's statistically proven. Teams that spend, win and teams that win spend. QPR is different because QPR spent 42M from a crappy base of players. Mourinho had teams that were spending 150M with a world-class base already in place. There's spending and then there's spending. Chelsea has had success because we've spent a ridiculous amount of money.

You got some issue with Mourinho.

As for spending money, you can spend 150 million on top players, but that doesn't guarantee your team will dominate the opposition and win the league title back to back. Mourinho was a key reason behind our dominance, he brought a winning mentality to the club.

[nachikethas 1,154]

For all geniuses thinking why many Chelsea fans are going nuts over a deal that could happen is that we are all humans. We think emotionally than logically in this case. There wont be a bigger emotional thing than reunion with Jose.Why no no one wants benitz as our coach.why no one is crying for mancini in city ( honestly i am just assuming it.)

i like to feel that extra mile in Chelsea than just playing.

[Toli 977]

according to AS, mourinho wont be going before the last 2 games. also there is no meeting on monday and nothing will be announced. stili, they are sure, that these are his last 2 games for Madrid and his departure will be announced when the season ends. dates should be 1st or 2nd june.

http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/05/19/primera/1368923518_382155.html

[The only place to be 11,313]

He's a fine manager, but the regard that many Chelsea fans for him is so insanely over-inflated based on what he's actually accomplished. People also forget the negatives and there are negatives. The boring football (and this is not Greece at the Euros, this is taking the most talented team in the world and making them play super-defensively), the ego circus, the sore losing, etc...I just don't get the obsession or the desire to go back there.

It's a tough one to explain, but the culture at Chelsea changed with him. That arrogance and swagger just fits Chelsea Football Club so well, and it endured after he left. It took us to the Champions League final in the season he left, and it was also evident last season in the Lampards, Drogbas and Cechs. That resiliency, that strength and that pragmatism were all something that Jose bought to the club.

And there's still a strong bond with him that one might call love. You love your stats but this is something that goes beyond stats (although I'm sure Jose has some impressive ones still). It's about the emotion of sport, the unquantifiable and the intangible. What Jose does is he creates a team, a 'siege mentality' where it's us against them and that was something magnificent even when we weren't winning things.

Things weren't perfect and that has as much to do with the board at the time as it does with Jose, but both those things have changed. We're not the club who buys Benayouns anymore (hopefully) focusing more on young players with tremendous upside and he is coming off a tough experience in Madrid (where he still has a pretty decent record). It's hard to explain, but this just feels right.

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What Jose does is he creates a team, a 'siege mentality' where it's us against them and that was something magnificent even when we weren't winning things.

True, the boards decision to sack him was so insular, Mourinho was bigger than a 'moment'. You could say the previous seasons accomplishments were the reason for that, however.. Carlo never had that same affinity with the fans, as demonstrated by the lack of uproar. If Jose' had the same season he'd just had at Madrid, 99% of us would still back him.

[blu35_army 551]

@F8Piraux

José Mourinho to Chelsea FC very soon. #CFC

[BlueLion. 21,491]

HE HAS TOLD HIS INNER CIRCLE

Mourinho going to Chelsea

J. L. CALDERÓN. MADRID 05/19/2013

Mourinho will be the Chelsea manager next season. The Portuguese tactician will bring his adventure at Real Madrid to a close on 30th June and return to England to begin his second stint in charge of the Blues.

The Portuguese manager has already told his innermost circle that the agreement with Chelsea is a done deal. All that was needed to complete his departure from Real Madrid was a new destination, given that his exit from 'Los Blancos' was already decided at the end of last year.

On 3rd December, MARCA led with the cover story: "Divorce on the horizon". It reported that relations between Florentino Pérez and Mourinho had come to a head, and that the Portuguese manager's reign was at an end.

There have been six months of rumours about Mourinho's next port of call. Manchester City, United, PSG, Inter and Chelsea are the teams which have been talked about the most. It turns out that Abramovich and Mou are willing to give each other another go.

One of Chelsea's captains, Frank Lampard, has already spoken about the future which awaits him with Mourinho. Mou has also been hinting at it in recent weeks, without a great degree of subtlety at times. In his inner circle, people have joked about the legacy which Chelsea's current boss Rafa Benítez leaves behind for him, comparing it to the one which the Portuguese left the Spaniard at Inter when he took charge of the Italian side.

With Inter, Benítez contested the European Super Cup (which he lost), the Italian Super Cup (which he won) and the Club World Cup (which he also won). Mou will contest the European Super Cup thanks to Rafa.

http://www.marca.com/2013/05/19/en/football/real_madrid/1368945895.html

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True, the boards decision to sack him was so insular, Mourinho was bigger than a 'moment'. You could say the previous seasons accomplishments were the reason for that, however.. Carlo never had that same affinity with the fans, as demonstrated by the lack of uproar. If Jose' had the same season he'd just had at Madrid, 99% of us would still back him.

^ This. The human element of a manager is often overlooked.

[Toli 977]

True, the boards decision to sack him was so insular, Mourinho was bigger than a 'moment'. You could say the previous seasons accomplishments were the reason for that, however.. Carlo never had that same affinity with the fans, as demonstrated by the lack of uproar. If Jose' had the same season he'd just had at Madrid, 99% of us would still back him.

it was the right deicison. we was playing awful and he had stress with JT as I remember and other players of the squad. hell, we did even loose to rosenborg in the CL. think if you would look a few years back ago, most of the people did want him to go at chelsea, because we were playing awful, not getting results and were clearly on the downhill. but some people now are just blind because of emotions...

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http://www.marca.com/2013/05/19/en/football/real_madrid/1368945895.html

Everyone's expecting it but better wait till Monday when he speaks to Perez.

If it is indeed confirmed on Monday, I expect the forum to crash. A wankfest 6 months in the making

[Toli 977]

^ it is not confirmed that he will speak to perez on monday. AS is saying there wont be any meeting and he will finish season normally. Marca, El Mundo are saying he could be sacked on monday. so lets wait and see

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it was the right deicison. we was playing awful and he had stress with JT as I remember and other players of the squad. hell, we did even loose to rosenborg in the CL. think if you would look a few years back ago, most of the people did want him to go at chelsea, because we were playing awful, not getting results and were clearly on the downhill. but some people now are just blind because of emotions...

Nope.

It was a mind bending decision by the board and down to club ownership naivety, that.. and Roman's broken down relationship with Jose'. Which clearly effected things on the pitch (not enough waitrose eggs were purchased). All in all though, you are going to have 'dips in form' at some point in the season, Jose' could have revived the campaign like Grant Steve Clark did. The sacking itself was shocking (worst moment as a football fan, worse than moscow), fans were crying and protesting outside stamford bridge, The JT fall out was fabricated and he himself denies any rift.

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Tumblr has some wierd shit there...

Not sure what is more disturbing the gif itself, or the text in the right bottom corner.

[Toli 977]

Nope.

It was a mind bending decision by the board and down to club ownership naivety, that.. and Roman's broken down relationship with Jose'. Which clearly effected things on the pitch (not enough waitrose eggs were purchased). All in all though, you are going to have 'dips in form' at some point in the season, Jose' could have revived the campaign like Grant Steve Clark did. The sacking itself was shocking (worst moment as a football fan, worse than moscow), fans were crying and protesting outside stamford bridge, The JT fall out was fabricated and he himself denies any rift.

it didnt seem fabricated at his last match. mou was very cold with terry etc.

"could have"- yeah but also the opposite could've happened. it didnt look like he could turn it around anymore. he lost control over the squad and we were on a complete downhill. I think it was the right decision to sack him.

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it didnt seem fabricated at his last match. mou was very cold with terry etc.

"could have"- yeah but also the opposite could've happened. it didnt look like he could turn it around anymore. he lost control over the squad and we were on a complete downhill. I think it was the right decision to sack him.

Downhill?, lmao.. hardly, it was still early enough in the season and only a very naive owner with no long term project (which Roman proved himself to be through that saga) would sack a manager of Jose's calibre like he did. Or 'treat' a manager the way he did, i.e.. Grants appointment, certain signings forced upon him etc. Only Chelsea fans with extremely short-term mentalities thought the decision was the right one. That's why everyone was in shock, fans protesting outside the bridge etc, still pining for him ever since.

If Jose' returns this summer, all will be forgiven though, in regards to Roman.