The Mourinho Thread

[edenhazard17 281]

Anyone know, when is the preseason first training session started ?

[LucienDillonCFC 77]

Anyone know, when is the preseason first training session started ?

Pretty sure i read this would be 1st of july

[Barbara 15,149]

Anyone know, when is the preseason first training session started ?

As much as you can trust Mirror, I'd say July 8th

Jose Mourinho gives over-worked Chelsea squad more time off ahead of pre-season

[Jase 43,479]

Jose Mourinho gives over-worked Chelsea squad more time off ahead of pre-season

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-manager-jose-mourinho-gives-2011111#ixzz2XgDBKSMN

Oh Mourinho, you are fantastic.

I believe that was already made known somewhere previously/some time ago. Just a recycled news.

[edenhazard17 281]

Pretty sure i read this would be 1st of july

As much as you can trust Mirror, I'd say July 8th

Jose Mourinho gives over-worked Chelsea squad more time off ahead of pre-season

Okay, thanks. Seems like 1st or 8th July then. Seems 8th July more reasonable though, the players deserved a nice long break.

[El Guaje 4]

then we agree, as Romario would say, when Pelé doesn't say a word, he's a poet.

Now if you're discussing the football players, then... nuff said.

Que?

[Barbara 15,149]

Que?

if you meant Pelé commentating I agree, if you meant him as a player a discussion isn't even worth.

[El Guaje 4]

if you meant Pelé commentating I agree, if you meant him as a player a discussion isn't even worth.

Where was that stated mate? Or is this just a defense from hinting at a potential down grade remark on a man I find lesser to Romario?

Regardless, this isn't the place for discussion

[Barbara 15,149]

Where was that stated mate? Or is this just a defense from hinting at a potential down grade remark on a man I find lesser to Romario?

Regardless, this isn't the place for discussion

no, dear, you certainly don't understand me. Romário is the one who said Pelé should keep his mouth shut, as when he's wordless he's a poet. It wasn't me... it was Romário himself. You said something about Pelé that I may agree if you meant him as a public persona who speaks from time to time about football. When he speaks, I agree, he's a clown. It's too much nonsense coming from one trap. That's it, chico. Cheers

[El Guaje 4]

 

no, dear, you certainly don't understand me. Romário is the one who said Pelé should keep his mouth shut, as when he's wordless he's a poet. It wasn't me... it was Romário himself. You said something about Pelé that I may agree if you meant him as a public persona who speaks from time to time about football. When he speaks, I agree, he's a clown. It's too much nonsense coming from one trap. That's it, chico. Cheers

Ok? Then what is wrong with what I stated? Pele and Cryuff are the biggest clowns in world football from their constant comments on matters that revolve around world football. Two of a kind.

[Milan 17,881]

Petr Cech talked a bit about Jose Mourinho's phone calls to Chelsea players -

You are spending another week in Prague where you are working in your football academy. This special week off has been given to you by Jose Mourinho?

He called to every single player, asked us about our health and if we are ready for the upcoming season. After that he gave us a special week off. He also started joking that he should be given credit right from the very beginning because of that.

Funny man

[Jase 43,479]

Cech spoke about Mourinho in his interview with the Guardian.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jul/02/petr-cech-chelsea-rock-for-people?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

This will be the sixth time Cech has arrived at Cobham after the close-season break to find a newly appointed manager in place, if Roberto Di Matteo's rather downbeat summer coronation a year ago is included. Mourinho was his first manager at Chelsea and is the latest to arrive preaching stability and longevity. "Every manager who comes in has ideas, a long contract, and you hope he stays forever. Every year I sit here saying: 'This is a great manager with a lot of experience, one of the top managers in the world, and we hope he stays for years and years.' Then the 'other thing' happens as well and, two years later, I'm back here saying the same thing [about someone else]. That is how football goes.

"It all depends on circumstances, on the way the team progresses, but with José I only have great memories. He gave me the chance to be the No1 at Chelsea. I was 22, joining a big club [from Rennes] where Carlo Cudicini was first-choice, a player who had the most clean sheets the previous season. You think: 'Well, if the new manager comes in and just picks him then I'm dead.' That was the challenge. But he gave me the opportunity to start and show what I could do, and that is when my career kicked on. Secondly, obviously, we had such a successful time. I hope that we can reproduce that now and even push it forward."

Even emulating that glittering first spell, which yielded two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and two League Cups in a little over three years, would constitute a triumph though, for Chelsea, the Portuguese's return means so much more. Mourinho will rouse those in the stands as much as he galvanises on the pitch. "He will always make you see what he wants you to see," Cech says. "He knows his team, is careful how he manages his players, and everyone feels part of it. The work he puts in, all the small details in terms of preparation for the individual players … he is so demanding, but everyone is on top of his game whether he is playing or not. It makes people want to work.

"It's the mentality, the wording and the detail he puts into everything. He's a manager who'd rather lose than draw a game. Some would say: 'OK, if you can't win it, just don't lose it.' But with him that's not the case. He's all about winning, and winning the right way. 'Right' doesn't necessarily mean in a 'great' way, as in a nice way to watch. Sometimes you have to win a game 'ugly'.

"If you play against a team who are really physical you have to find the way to compete. In the Premier League, teams play different styles and it's almost impossible to play 'nice' football. But the 'right way' means you are tactically prepared and use the weapons to kill your opponent. Sometimes you impose the way you can play and you play football that is beautiful to watch; sometimes it's really scrappy, but you still need to win the game to win the title. This is the right way."

Benitez doesn't like this...

"It's the mentality, the wording and the detail he puts into everything. He's a manager who'd rather lose than draw a game. Some would say: 'OK, if you can't win it, just don't lose it.' But with him that's not the case. He's all about winning...

[mtowle182 79]

Lol that last quote is great.

[ZanSnake 1,211]

It's about as quiet and interesting as the Arsenal trophy cabinet in recent days.

Hoping to hear some information about a play going (Torres ) or coming in (Cavani? ), soon.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Simply José.

[Barbara 15,149]

Petr Cech talked a bit about Jose Mourinho's phone calls to Chelsea players -

You are spending another week in Prague where you are working in your football academy. This special week off has been given to you by Jose Mourinho?

He called to every single player, asked us about our health and if we are ready for the upcoming season. After that he gave us a special week off. He also started joking that he should be given credit right from the very beginning because of that.

Funny man

do you have a link or is it in Czech?

[Milan 17,881]

do you have a link or is it in Czech?

It is an interview for the Czech press, I translated the most interesting bits. I can provide the link but it would be in Czech.

[Barbara 15,149]

It is an interview for the Czech press, I translated the most interesting bits. I can provide the link but it would be in Czech.

no need dear, it's just I would love to know more about what Petr has to say

Thanks for sharing, btw