The Mourinho Thread

[Laylabelle 9,539]

Besides Liverpool have 2 bloody decent strikers,Man City are just a bit mental.We dont have that at the moment.Guess its easier to defend a lead rather then loose it then try and play catch up sorta thing

[Toli 977]

No matter what anyone says about Jose, you either love him or you hate him but this man has got guts, know how & is the best tactician in the UK by far.

As I look at the January transfer market, I have no alternative but to admire Jose´s dealings here.

Sold KDB, Mata for a huge profit, released funds by letting Essien to go, but invested the money & bought much needed DM Matic, pipped the liverpoops for Salah, spent around 12m for much sought for Zouma, signed Traore young & talented player.

As far as I am concerned, Chelsea is a clear winner of January dealings, by far.

If we are the winner, we'll see by the end of the season and in the future. its also possible that salah and matic both will flop and Mata will shine at United etc. we have to wait and see before we can make a proper statement about our transfer dealings.

and best tactician in the UK? I dont know. there arent many good coaches at the EPL at the moment. Rodgers and Pellegrini are probably the only ones, who can compete with Mou. Especially the latter. I would even say that Pellegrini is a better tactician for the modern football and how he sets up the offensive play of his team. Mou is more old-school I think. Sometimes he is too minded on the balance and defense at his team (for eg against West Ham)

[bushman 2,043]

If we are the winner, we'll see by the end of the season and in the future. its also possible that salah and matic both will flop and Mata will shine at United etc. we have to wait and see before we can make a proper statement about our transfer dealings.

and best tactician in the UK? I dont know. there arent many good coaches at the EPL at the moment. Rodgers and Pellegrini are probably the only ones, who can compete with Mou. Especially the latter. I would even say that Pellegrini is a better tactician for the modern football and how he sets up the offensive play of his team. Mou is more old-school I think. Sometimes he is too minded on the balance and defense at his team (for eg against West Ham)

May I suggest for you to believe a bit more into the team ?

Chelsea made the best dealings in January, by far. Jose is the best tactician in the UK, just trust me on it.

[NishC300 1,865]

Exactly how is it being a NEGATIVE approach to football scoring 3 GOALS (!) against the reigning champions, then taking pace out of the game, rest players and actually SECURE the 3 points? If we kept pushing, it could actually result in United pulling back into the game... I seem to remember another game against United, we were 3 goals up and it ended in a draw...

I guess if teams were awarded an additional point for scoring more than 3 goals it would make sense, or some sort of economical bonus. Sadly, that is not the case.

Furthermore you find our GD embarrassing (fewest goals conceded, eh, but that is not enough huh) compared to City. Get a grip, mate. They have the best strikers in the BPL, if not the world. They are the finished article. Liverpool, same story. Worldclass strikers while we have.. Torres.

We are winning games, accumulating points and fighting for the title. Those are far more important than winning 4 or 5-0 against United instead of 3-1.

Never criticised us for winning games, I just don't like the negative game.

Moreover in the 3-3 game which we drew was our mistake was that we sat back and gave United the chance to come back in the game, moreover our team is stronger than it was back then and United is weaker. I simply don't like a negative attitude mate. Overall I'm quite happy with things but there are some details that are quite frustrating. I understand what you say but I'd prefer if this team adopted a more positive attitude.

[Toli 977]

May I suggest for you to believe a bit more into the team ?

Chelsea made the best dealings in January, by far. Jose is the best tactician in the UK, just trust me on it.

I believe in the team. I just think that City is the better team and will win the EPL, while we will be fighting for 2-3 spot.

he is probably the best, he still tends to be to negative approached sometimes and thats a thing I hate on him. sometimes he is just too dependent on his pragmatic thinking and his principals. but hopefully, we will do the right moves in the summer and he will form us how he wants to.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

No matter what anyone says about Jose, you either love him or you hate him but this man has got guts, know how & is the best tactician in the UK by far.

As I look at the January transfer market, I have no alternative but to admire Jose´s dealings here.

Sold KDB, Mata for a huge profit, released funds by letting Essien to go, but invested the money & bought much needed DM Matic, pipped the liverpoops for Salah, spent around 12m for much sought for Zouma, signed Traore young & talented player.

As far as I am concerned, Chelsea is a clear winner of January dealings, by far.

If you are talking in view with our long term goals, yes.

But then again, January window is all about making those vital transfers to clinch us the title.

But I'm okay with long-term.

[bushman 2,043]

I believe in the team. I just think that City is the better team and will win the EPL, while we will be fighting for 2-3 spot.

he is probably the best, he still tends to be to negative approached sometimes and thats a thing I hate on him. sometimes he is just too dependent on his pragmatic thinking and his principals. but hopefully, we will do the right moves in the summer and he will form us how he wants to.

Ok now you are talking.

[bushman 2,043]

If you are talking in view with our long term goals, yes.

But then again, January window is all about making those vital transfers to clinch us the title.

But I'm okay with long-term.

i trust in you completely. There is nothing better than Sidzeret & his comments.

[HD3D 1,038]

Today, Jose claimed Citeh could hit Chelsea for 5 or 6 goals in Monday´s title crunch.

Since we know Jose likes to play with the UK media but how does this drivel helps the players is beyond me.

Meanwhile, Cahill insists Chelsea can go to the Etihad & win - & have no intention of trying to shut up shop.

Probably so the players don't panic if City scores within the first minutes. Being hammered by 5 or 6 will be the first thing on their mind if that happens, considering it's been happening to all other PL teams. Might as well prepare them for it so they stick to the strategy.

That's probably it.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

i trust in you completely. There is nothing better than Sidzeret & his comments.

Happens when you have to match up to the brains of the famous Bushman.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Young boy got destroyed in this thread.

[bushman 2,043]

Happens when you have to match up to the brains of the famous Bushman.

That´s not an easy thing to do. Stick around kid. In Bushman you can trust.

[Peppen 934]

Never criticised us for winning games, I just don't like the negative game.

Moreover in the 3-3 game which we drew was our mistake was that we sat back and gave United the chance to come back in the game, moreover our team is stronger than it was back then and United is weaker. I simply don't like a negative attitude mate. Overall I'm quite happy with things but there are some details that are quite frustrating. I understand what you say but I'd prefer if this team adopted a more positive attitude.

Again, you criticize the team for not pushing onwards and bagging in more goals. A simply question to that critique is WHY? Why risk a healthy 3-0 lead? We don't get 4 points for scoring and winning with more than 3 goals. We get 3 points winning 1-0, just as Man City or any other club get 3 points for winning by 5 or 6.

What I can't wrap my head around is why exactly closing down, resting players and securing the win is an outright negative approach? You'd probably be infuriated if we lost our 3-0 lead, while pushing for a completely unnecessary fourth goal, am I right?

Our team is relatively young and with a new manager. We are winning, starting to play well AND our team has a great future in store. You want all that, and add in four or five foals instead of three? Well fuck me mate, that seems a little spoilt to me.

I get what you're saying, but your point seems a little daft. 3-0 against United, close down the play and secure the win is in no way frustrating, at least to me.

[Barbara 15,149]

Young boy got destroyed in this thread.

rightfully given the amount of nonsense spouted

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

rightfully given the amount of nonsense spouted

Indeed, indeed. I just hope he didn't cry too much.

[Blue Armour 4,459]

I gave other examples in that same post such as the times Man City have always looked to score even more goals despite leading and anyway it was quite apparent in that game that Man U were looking likely to concede more. Forget the United game, this is just a terrible trend that is starting to be created. Instead of scoring MORE GOALS we just go defensive and look to scrape a win.

Well comparing our GD (or anyone else's) with Man City is embarassing, it's lower than Arsenal's and the Liverpool are below yet boast a better GD.... It's just not a good attitude to have. Being negative. Simply shutting up shop and not looking to score.

What happened to the stuff we saw against Hull in the 1st half on the 1st day (or against Villa on the 2nd day for 20 mins or so)?

I was talking only about the United game in particular, but as for the rest of the games Peppen is right.

Just look at how many chances this team puts to waste. Do you remember the countless times this season, when we took a 1-0 lead and failed to finish off the opposition? And how many times that has come back to bite us?

Its no wonder Jose is being very precautions, he just doesn't trust our team enough to hold out attacks for long. And the problem arises mainly because, we have been poor at finishing, missing the better pass at the final third, and of course, not having a striker with the right caliber.

[NishC300 1,865]

I was talking only about the United game in particular, but as for the rest of the games Peppen is right.

Just look at how many chances this team puts to waste. Do you remember the countless times this season, when we took a 1-0 lead and failed to finish off the opposition? And how many times that has come back to bite us?

Its no wonder Jose is being very precautions, he just doesn't trust our team enough to hold out attacks for long. And the problem arises mainly because, we have been poor at finishing, missing the better pass at the final third, and of course, not having a striker with the right caliber.

You do have a good point there mate. I will definitely take that into consideration but in that game against United our finishing wasn't exactly poor.....

[Blue Armour 4,459]

You do have a good point there mate. I will definitely take that into consideration but in that game against United our finishing wasn't exactly poor.....

Thanks, but the thing is we're not well equipped to hold back opposition teams for too long, and definitely not a team with United's attacking potential. We did take a 3 goal lead, but there was still a good portion of the game to go. One goal from United could have changed the tone of the match, but fortunately Hernandez's goal came really late.

Whilst I wish we hadn't just kept piling on defensive midfielders like Mikel and Luiz to make our attack blunt, I can totally understand Mourinho's need to change the team mindset to protect the result.

[Melanicus 5,208]

Jose Mourinho is already looking forward to the challenge that awaits him and his squad next season. Since returning to Stamford Bridge in the summer our manager has maintained his focus is on improving both the individual and collective abilities of his squad. If this is achieved Mourinho expects he will be able to declare us legitimate title challengers by the start of the next campaign, and looking ahead to this summer and beyond, he explained it is something he is relishing.

'I am enjoying building a team and building for the future,' he said.

'I am enjoying not working just for today. I'm enjoying not starting again next season with another team, spending a lot of money, bringing in and selling a lot of other players. I'm enjoying this very much.

'I don't enjoy being the underdog, so I'm going to enjoy next season more when my work as a coach and the club's work is going to have a sequence - to start next season and immediately say we are candidates. That is our challenge. The education these players are having during this season allows them in the next pre-season to be face-to-face with an opponent and say "we are the same as you, we want to win as much as you".

'I see this summer as a very quiet summer for me and for the club: finish this season, work a couple of weeks to prepare the details of pre-season, one, maximum two signings and one or two to leave because they want to play more. I see a very quiet and calm summer.'

Mourinho may not envisage a particularly busy summer for himself or the club, but the World Cup in Brazil - which starts in a little over four months' time - will ensure the footballing fraternity will have something to feast on when the domestic action takes a break. Ashley Cole is hoping to feature in his fourth World Cup for England and despite no longer being guaranteed a starting place at Chelsea our manager underlined why he believes our left-back warrants a spot in Roy Hodgson's squad.

'I think the national team managers in every country know who are the best players, who are the players they trust and who are the players that were important during qualification. I don't think they are influenced much by the fact a player is playing a lot or not so much,' assessed Mourinho.

'Ashley is playing well for us. Okay, he is not playing every game but when he plays he is playing well and I think that is what Roy Hodgson needs to feel and needs to know.

'At the moment our team is playing very well from a defensive point of view. We've found some balance. On our left side we have Eden, a very offensive winger that plays very wide, and we have stability with Azpilicueta being behind him as a strong defender. On the right side it's different because we have a winger who comes inside a lot and a right-back that is going forward, so we are finding the balances.

'I believe more in stability and knowing the player and what they can give you in high pressure situations like a World Cup. It's not my problem, it's Roy's problem, but I think he goes for stability and takes Ashley and Leighton Baines who are the left-backs that helped the team qualify.'

[kellzfresh 7,229]

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I was talking only about the United game in particular, but as for the rest of the games Peppen is right.

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Just look at how many chances this team puts to waste. Do you remember the countless times this season, when we took a 1-0 lead and failed to finish off the opposition? And how many times that has come back to bite us?

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Its no wonder Jose is being very precautions, he just doesn't trust our team enough to hold out attacks for long. And the problem arises mainly because, we have been poor at finishing, missing the better pass at the final third, and of course, not having a striker with the right caliber.02

Exactly!

In madrid, mourinho was more attacking because they had clinical finishers like ronaldo who doesn't miss as much as our attack put together.

If we had a vanpersie/cavani, mourinho won't need to secure leads since he'll be confident of us taking our chances and killing off games