The Mourinho Thread

[The Skipper 20,609]

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3211104

A half dig at Frank Arnesen.

[5354 204]

The above interview seemed to try to deflect some pressure for Torres. lol

[edenhazard17 281]

Jose Mourinho says he'll axe any misbehaving Chelsea players in bid to protect the club's image

And they still think Hazard kicked the ball boy at Swansea.

"If you are selfish, if you think about yourself and you don't care about the club, don't care about the image, if you don't care about the fans then we are in big trouble, so it depends on you if the relationship is fantastic or if it is not fantastic.'

"Sometimes you have groups that adapt to this in a very easy way; sometimes you have groups that it becomes like a doctrine, and everything is easy.

"Sometimes you have a couple of guys that are not too keen to accept these kind of rules and this is where you have some problematic relationships, and the club in that moment either supports the problematic player or the manager.

Lol, he mentioned about Madrid and their players indirectly.

A half dig at Frank Arnesen.

Lol.

So, very sorry to say, but Eto'o is the first choice and Sheva is the second choice. Chelsea's little secret finally revealed.

I still remember I've read somewhere that Eto'o said he was close to play in the same team with Drogba. So this is confirmed then.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

'I would turn down everyone in the world — not just the United job — for Chelsea.'

Oh Jose, you're such a flirt

[Kezza 1,965]

Can't wait to see his welcome home!

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Well here is jose eating doughnuts

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2340652/Jose-Mourinho-eats-doughnuts-Heathrow-Airport.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[mybodyisready 155]

Well here is jose eating doughnuts

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2340652/Jose-Mourinho-eats-doughnuts-Heathrow-Airport.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Leftovers from Benitez

[Jase 43,479]

Not that I wanna doubt what Mourinho said but it's easy for him now to say that the job here has been the only one he wanted in England after all that has happened.

[Term-X 7,891]

You don't have to be a psychologist to grasp the idea of Mourinho showing restraint and diplomacy, after knocking out a retiring manager in the CL at Old Trafford. News of which was revealed to him by Ferguson himself. United fans were kidding themselves..

[gary gordon 1,777]

OMG! Mourinho said Torres is "so-so"

Mourinho OUT!

FUCK I'm bored! The off season blows!

[Fernando 6,585]

A half dig at Frank Arnesen.

Well so far Mourinho has been right, and it was what I expected of him.

Arnesen was horrible and you can tell by his further work at Hamburg.

While Emanolo and company has been doing a stellar job.

Only a fool will not see this.

And Mourinho ain't no fool, so he recognizes and respect the great work this department is doing.

[dumps 284]

He said "1 or 2" signings is normal. with 1 signing made, and we are still weak upfront and specifically CDM, do people think we will see more than "one or two signings" or are we going to just see one more signing (my priority would be CDM, im happy with promoting Lukaku in terms of a new striker).

like everyone else, im so bored with the lack of club football! all the same questions are going through my head: what formation will he play, will he promote some youth players, whos going to go out on loan, whos he going to sell, who would be jose best xi, are KDB and Lukaku going to be in the team and who are we going to buy!!!!

[Ramox 246]

MOURINHO: ONE DIRECTION

Financial Fair Play regulations are changing the football landscape from the time Jose Mourinho was previously Chelsea manager. He has been discussing the subject and what he considers to be the benchmark for success.

The implementation period for UEFA's FFP regulations began two years ago with club accounts since then subject to assessment. Those wishing to participate in European club competition cannot make big losses when outgoings are measured against revenue from football activities, with similar criteria to be applied to the Premier League as well. It is altering approaches to the transfer market.

'It's very motivational and demands more from you,' notes Mourinho.

'You have to think more about every decision and every move. Every wrong move you make has an influence on the future. You need to work more closely with the board in the financial area, you have to have a different perspective and a different look at the players on loan and youth football.

'It's more global. Instead of just focusing on your team, and your targets and ambitions, it's an overall view. It's a different profile of job and I'm happy with that, I'm enjoying that.'

When it comes to what he expects to be able to achieve in his second spell at Chelsea, Mourinho believes that achievement follows naturally when the fundamentals are as good as they can be.

'I'm not worried about a definition of success, I'm worried about high quality work in every area I can influence,' he explains.

'That is the basis for success and a good definition of success. There was one Chelsea manager, Luiz Felipe Scolari, who when he came to Chelsea, he was saying he never saw a club with such organisation in the analysis department, he never saw a group of players with such a working ethic. That was a year after me and I was saying to myself and my assistants that he never mentioned my name, but it was a big compliment because it was my working ethic, my department of analysis and preparation. It was [match analyst] James Melbourne who came to me when he was a young kid and now he's the head of that department.That's my work, that's success.'

Mourinho highlights returning to comfortable qualification for the Champions League every season as one of the most important immediate targets, with Chelsea having left it late to achieve that in the last two seasons.

'We need to go back to this stability,' he says. 'It's important for the players, for the young players' development, for the club, for the fan base and for the economic situation which is more important with Financial Fair Play.

'This is what we want, me as a manager, the owner and the board. The owner and the board want stability and then after that if we are working well and working together, success comes naturally.

'Everybody accepts the way we are going. I'm not trying to push in a different way. We are all in the same direction.'

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3212071/title/mourinho-one-direction

So many quote about the FFP.. I think this rules out Cavani and the expensive alternatives

[mediator 2,026]

I Like that idea, we would play with our loanees and our academy in stead of spending big each transfer window.

I just want us to sign a true world class DM like De Rossi and for the rest, we are okay

[Barbara 15,149]

I think we need more than a great DM.

I still think our worst problem is a FW, Schurrle helps, but doesn't solve based on what I read about him.