The Mourinho Thread

[TrippingStep 336]

Don't get me wrong, I knew they'd park it, I just didn't expect a fucking masterpiece lol.

What I don't understand is why he made so many changes from the match from Stoke.

I thought he would have played nearly the same players.

This match was asking players that could do something from deeper positions as it would surprise no one that West Ham would try to crowd Hazard and Oscar.

Wonder if we would have beaten Liverpool if Ramires was not suspended and Ivanovic injured that led to Azpi playing to the right and being a big part in the Eto'o goal.

[TrippingStep 336]

Don't get me wrong, I knew they'd park it, I just didn't expect a fucking masterpiece lol.

When I saw the line-up, I expected an average performance but that we would still win.

I think that if Jose would have to win this game as his life would depend on it, he would have chosen a different line-up to maximize the chances.

[TrippingStep 336]

One of the thing we could improve watching the last matches is the way we have players positioned in the box. When we have opportunities to cross, the players in the box all tend to attack towards the goal, leaving only speculative low crosses and not more easy back pass.

It's one thing we were doing better last year, not so many players in the same line.

[Parky 739]

The draw with West Ham is Mourinho's fault he has to take accountability. You don't start Mikel and Ramiers at home to a bottom 3 team like West Ham especially with our winning form. He went for the safe win which is typical Jose.

However at this stage of the season and where we are on the ladder we needed to take a slight risk and be attack minded. Lampard and Matic should have started. Ramiers was poor and Mikel really showed he has no place in our squad.

This error could have cost us the title.

[NishC300 1,865]

Is it just me? But what a hypocriticial statement by Mourinho to criticise West Ham of '19th Century' football. I mean it's not like he's ever done it eh?

[lucio 5,418]

gets the lineup horribly wrong then makes some drastic change than results in ivanovic playing left back. pathetic

[Parky 739]

The game also showed that Jose needs to bring in a prolific striker/target man in the mould of Drogba and atm the only person that can do this is Cavani.

Another mistake by Jose is not playing Cole as starting LB as he is still one of the best all round LB's in the world. The starting back four should be Cole-Terry-Cahill-lvan with Azpilicueta rotating for the LB/RB positions.

I believe Ramiers should become a squad player next season, doesn't have the quality for a XI place in quality wining team. He will never start in a team like Bayern, Barca or Real. Don't get me wrong his a good player and his versatility and stamina will perfectly suit him as a good squad/rotation type player.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Is it just me? But what a hypocriticial statement by Mourinho to criticise West Ham of '19th Century' football. I mean it's not like he's ever done it eh?

it'll be even worse if Jose plans a defensive approach against City on Monday.

[termninja 5,290]

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Oh Jose oh Jose, you can't beat West Ham,

but I still love you, fuckers dig in like they were in 'Nam !

Oh Jose oh Jose, you rock, I still love you,

there is only one Special One, he's called Mou !

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[ZOS 580]

Well that actually fired them up!

I guess a fried spud will do too

[edetarod 2,155]

i guess some people in here don't know Mou at all, of course he's going to complain about West Ham parking the bus, not because of complaining but to divert attention from his players

and it's worked, everybody is talking about Jose and not the players

he's been doing it his whole career, i expected fans from other clubs not to see it but our own fans, geez

like SAF does it after every game he doesn't win, he complains about something

that's why they're the best managers in the world

[Jase 43,479]

i guess some people in here don't know Mou at all, of course he's going to complain about West Ham parking the bus, not because of complaining but to divert attention from his players

and it's worked, everybody is talking about Jose and not the players

he's been doing it his whole career, i expected fans from other clubs not to see it but our own fans, geez

like SAF does it after every game he doesn't win, he complains about something

that's why they're the best managers in the world

That is true but think by now, people have wised up to his usual tricks and I don't think it has stopped people from talking about our failure to convert chances yesterday; the striker situation and others.

[bushman 2,043]

Jose talks about last night´s failure to divert attention from players, I read above.

Then, I would like to ask..does his talk about Citeh winning the PL helps Chelsea´s players ?

[Blue Traveler 256]

I can't remember us parking the bus like what West Ham did lastnight and never moved it!

Yes simetimes we played defensively but we always had our fair share of attack under Jose.

Under RDM against Barca we parked it a little but that was because we were one man down in Terry at the first half in New Camp!

Having said that i don't have a problem with teams doing that as i believe we will have better chances to dominate and score goals against these teams rather than a team which cuase us problem with their counter-attack! with West Ham ultra defense last night we could still find afew leaks and score goals but the key is you convert that few or make thing harder for yourself and we decided to waste them!!

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Lets not forget Jose's work this season, we are still in the title race, still in the CL, still in the FA Cup (for how long ?) but overall, the team is promising, and we can really dream big for next season.This is a season where it could finish with titles, or with nothing, but we already know that José will be again sucessfull.

[bababoom 4,478]

I can't remember us parking the bus like what West Ham did lastnight and never moved it!

Yes simetimes we played defensively but we always had our fair share of attack under Jose.

Under RDM against Barca we parked it a little but that was because we were one man down in Terry at the first half in New Camp!

Having said that i don't have a problem with teams doing that as i believe we will have better chances to dominate and score goals against these teams rather than a team which cuase us problem with their counter-attack! with West Ham ultra defense last night we could still find afew leaks and score goals but the key is you convert that few or make thing harder for yourself and we decided to waste them!!

No we did it in both legs against Barca and in the final against Bayern. We definitely 'parked the bus', i still remember Drogba playing as a LB But we won and no one can take that away from us. So when i see Chelsea fans on twitter and Facebook slate West Ham for 'parking the bus' i just laugh because when we did it they hailed our performance as 'heroic'.

It's our own fault we couldn't get past them, West Ham wanted a point and they got it, fair play.

[bushman 2,043]

Well under Jose:

Ins: Salah, Matic

Outs: Mata, Essien, KDB, Bertrand on loan so far.

Is this team better off now or will it be better next season ?

I sincerely hope so. However, if Jose does not get a striker who can pop in around 15 or more goals, the team will be close to trophies but no cigar at the end, I feel.

[Fernando 6,743]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-WDZikiXhQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[The only place to be 11,313]

Jose talks about last night´s failure to divert attention from players, I read above.

Then, I would like to ask..does his talk about Citeh winning the PL helps Chelsea´s players ?

Really? It's designed to apply pressure to City and take the pressure off of our own players. Do you honestly think he tells the players that they're not good enough to win the title in the privacy of the training ground?

[AswinR 96]

That is true but think by now, people have wised up to his usual tricks and I don't think it has stopped people from talking about our failure to convert chances yesterday; the striker situation and others.

glad it was not just me who tought that....but the striker situation did come up ....it was that obvious

Jose talks about last night´s failure to divert attention from players, I read above.

Then, I would like to ask..does his talk about Citeh winning the PL helps Chelsea´s players ?

so that there is no pressure or "seems " like there is none .... but we all know he has an eye on the trophy... infact an eye on all the trophies and thats the kinda guy he is....