The Mourinho Thread

[Blue Warrior 109]

Trade Torres for a pint and a pack of peanuts and it would be a good deal. Danny and Nando members of the 1 in 30 club.

[The_Flash 1,144]

I really feel for Jose I know if I was him I would come out and say

"... Once again my strikers couldn't score in a brothel they are absolute pish... I only have more pish on the bench and there is no one else I think I may get myself registered to play as I will have more chance of getting a goal than Etoo. I am away to cry "

[Henrique 9,133]

I hope this hasn't been posted before.

A good analysis by Robbie Savage can be read here. Best parts:

"Chelsea have not really clicked this season but they are in the top four and two points off the top of the table. They are not where they are by playing fantastic football but you have to say they are very well placed because that group of players will undoubtedly have a spell this season where they click as a group.

And at the Emirates Stadium on Monday, when I compared the teams and looked at both benches, I would have to say they looked more like potential champions than Arsenal did.

The bottom line is that the spine of the 2013 Chelsea team is not as good as the 2004 side. Didier Drogba has gone and the players that remain - from Frank Lampard in midfield to John Terry in defence to Petr Cech in goal - are aging.This Chelsea side is not as strong as the one that Mourinho had during his first spell at Stamford Bridge, when he won the league twice in three seasons between 2004 and 2007.

I have talked before about how bizarre it was for Mourinho to loan out Romelu Lukaku this season and, clearly, signing a new striker in January would increase Chelsea's title chances massively."

People are saying a lot of bullshit these days. This team is not as good as the 2004 side because this one is better.

"Didier Drogba is gone". People just forget the player Drogba was back in 2004, a player that still would play 2 years as a Chelsea player before becoming a really great striker. I remember he was the kind of striker that could miss a incredible chance in front of the goal. Drogba was just a shadow of the striker that played in UCL Final in 2012 and was PL top scorer in 06/07 and 09/10. Our strikers barely scored back in those days...very similar to what is happening right now. Drogba only scored more than 12 goals in a PL season in two occasions, and in 4 seasons he could not score more than 10 goals. Drogba was never a goal scoring machine.

John Terry is aging but he still a top quality defender. Lampard is in the decline of his career? Yes. But the team have Mata, Willian, Oscar, Hazard...

That 2004 team was a team of hard workers. PL today is way more competitive than in those days.

That team from 04-06 wasn't even the best team of the Abramovich era. The team of the 08 UCL Final, and the attack of the 100+ goals were better. Its really bad how the press make that team look the zenith of Chelsea story and of the Mourinho career (his Inter de Milao team was better than his Chelsea from those days). Its time for those idiots to stop this bullshit.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Highlights: we currently are ninth in the league in Shots on Target Percentage (SOT%). We’re the same distance away from Stoke in that category as Arsenal. In the Shots per Goal stat, we require 9.24 shots to score, where Arsenal and Liverpool only require 7.2 on average. City require 5.9. We’re as close to Stoke in that category as Arsenal and Liverpool.

Just Crazy...

[Mouri_Matic 560]

The Liverpool game will show us THE TRUE JOSE MOURINHO. I expect him to tell the team to park it because he is afraid Liverpool will destroy us, but if he doesn't then it prove he has CHANGED and that Arsenal game was just one of those game that we need to approach differently-like he said himself. But if we park it, we all know he hasn't changed much and all the progress of play transition we tried in the last 2 months are over and he is back to the old days, which mean we need to look at how Roman will respond.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

The Liverpool game will show us THE TRUE JOSE MOURINHO. I expect him to tell the team to park it because he is afraid Liverpool will destroy us, but if he doesn't then it prove he has CHANGED and that Arsenal game was just one of those game that we need to approach differently-like he said himself. But if we park it, we all know he hasn't changed much and all the progress of play transition we tried in the last 2 months are over and he is back to the old days, which mean we need to look at how Roman will respond.

Mourinho will not park it at the bridge, unless it's barcelona or bayern. Heck when he played barcelona with inter at the san siro, he went attacking and won 3-1

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Mourinho will not park it at the bridge, unless it's barcelona or bayern. Heck when he played barcelona with inter at the san siro, he went attacking and won 3-1

Only after they went 1-0 down early on, by then they just knew they had to win or they were out of the CL so not that surprise really, a bit like us against Napoli. But like I said this game will show us if he has changed at all, or the same old scared of superior team mentality still live in him. I hope we go toe to toe with them, but in reality we would be better off defending it deep this 1 and hope we do well on the counter.

[The_Flash 1,144]

I think with the risk of suarez we might have to park the bus, we need to not lose the games and with our lack of strikers

[Melanicus 5,208]

Torres scored against Chelsea, bought in January.

Meireles scored against Chelsea, bought in January.

I hope Suarez will score.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Torres scored against Chelsea, bought in January.

Meireles scored against Chelsea, bought in January.

I hope Suarez will score.

Bought in January but by Real Madrid so no, hope he doesn't

[Blue Warrior 109]

You play to your own strengths and don't give your opponent what he wants. Not a fan of this defeatist talk, No surrender.

[Cosmin 2,484]

Bought by no one in January. He just signed a new contract, FFS. And this new contract doesn't allow other clubs to pay his release clause (which is probably huge, anyways) unless Liverpool misses the UCL spots.

Suarez is absolutely stunning lately. In my opinion he is, by far, the best player in the world at the moment. His form is just unbelievable. I don't like him as a person, of course, but I have to admit that he really does look unstoppable.

Yet, Ozil was Arsenal's biggest gun and somehow we managed to annihilate him.

[HD3D 1,038]

"I don't have the money to buy you, but do you have any cousins that can play like you?"

Is it me or he actually used a football pick-up line on Drogba? LOL!

[Styles 9,790]

I think with the risk of suarez we might have to park the bus, we need to not lose the games and with our lack of strikers

Parking the bus at home against Liverpool. Oh dear oh dear.

[Blue Warrior 109]

Minus 1000 points for cowardice.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Parking the bus at home against Liverpool. Oh dear oh dear.

Sadly if we don't want humiliation I am afraid, that is how far they have progressed and we have regressed.

[The_Flash 1,144]

Sadly if we don't want humiliation I am afraid, that is how far they have progressed and we have regressed.

It is depressing, i would love to say we will go and beat them, but it is unlikely with our strikers. We will have to if we dont want a humilation and noone needs it, the players, jose or the fans, i dont want to see us get beat like 4-0

[laeth 527]

Wonder if Mourinho still wants ti counter like he did with Real, but mix it with more possession based play?