The Mourinho Thread

[Stingray 9,441]

José Mourinho and Chelsea's remarkable tactical transformation

the author tried to make it look as though we were 'reactive' last night, he went on and on about how the 'old' Mourinho is back after the Sunderland league cup defeat and that its 'OK' and people should appreciate his tactics... a very misleading article to what Jose is really trying to do, IMO

I thought the same .... He confuses constant pressing, going up in numbers and be dominant, falling back when not in possession and hitting them hard on the counter with 'reactive'. Quite wrong tbh ....

If anything, it is called being 'agentic' which I very much prefer as a term.

[sutro 1,026]

All other teams/fans hate him but deep inside they ALL would love to have him!

[Stingray 9,441]

All other teams would like to have him deep inside !

That sounds very, very wrong ......

[sutro 1,026]

That sounds very, very wrong ......

I expected a gif!

[Stingray 9,441]

That sounds very, very wrong ......

I expected a gif!

Mate, i would get banned for following this lead ....

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

EXCLUSIVE

By ROB BEASLEY

Published: 9 minutes ago

JOSE MOURINHO will break the bank to solve Chelsea’s striker crisis.

Diego Costa, Edinson Cavani and Mario Mandzukic are the only three names on his wishlist

Isn't that guy full of sh*t ?

[The_Flash 1,144]

Cavani can be good, how about we give them Ba and Eto'o and Torres and we will take Cavani and Ibrahimović???

Lol, a girl can dream

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

All other teams/fans hate him but deep inside they ALL would love to have him!

[Blueman 57]

very funny

[Term-X 7,891]

There are members on this forum (I/we exposed them) who would rather have Mata at the club than Mourinho..

Just think about that for a moment.

[HD3D 1,038]

Do u guys believe Mou on the whole "little horse" thing or do u think he's just playing mind games ?

He's being honest, but not because he doesn't think Chelsea has a chance this season, in my opinion.

I think he's assuming that position in self-defense. Let's not forget Chelsea is a sacking club with very little tolerance for failure. If Mourinho claims we're in for the title race this season (knowing it will be very difficult) and in the end we fail, then the pressure will be on. The media will be all over it too. Can you imagine the summer headlines? "Is Mourinho getting sacked after falling short in the title race?" or "Will Abramovich give Mourinho another chance after a season without silverware?" .

To prevent this, he chooses to warn everyone beforehand, including the Chelsea board, that Chelsea is not yet ready and it's very likely we won't win anything at the end of this season. But I'm sure he knows we have a chance.

[Jase 43,479]

After Monday's game...

[Cosmin 2,484]

I think Mourinho has a point when he says that we are not favourites. City have a great squad, Arsenal have continuity, but just think about how many changes happened in our team before and during this season. Remember how Azpi turned into a LB or how Oscar, Hazard, Mata and Willian kept rotating a few months ago. Even at this point we don't even have a crystalised starting 11 to begin with. We don't know who is our main striker. Remember how Matic was signed just a few days ago and he's already in the starting 11. Jose is building, he's thinking everything through all the time. Nothing is ready for us, yet. Still, we are there, just like he said. Which is just enormous. Imagine what happens when the mechanism will be ready.

Nevertheless, being in the title race might seem normal, but just think about it as if there was no Mourinho. What he managed to do so far is astonishing, but people don't understand that anymore, since they got used to it.

[Alan Partridge 1,124]

Of course we aren't favorites. City have the best squad and Arsenal have been top all season.

It's great that we are right up there already and that is due to Jose's managment

[kellzfresh 7,229]

He got everything right. The team, the strategy, the tempo, the mood. He knew the stakes, he knew how to win, he knew when to risk, when to gamble, when to hold. It was, quite possibly, the perfect game.

There have been more than a few landmark performances in the career of Jose Mourinho, but a very strong case can be made that this was his finest as a Premier League manager.

The impact on the title race was not immediately obvious. Chelsea started the day in third place and ended it there, too. The same with Manchester City in second. Goal difference separates them now, rather than three points, but goal difference can still win leagues and if the competition ended tomorrow the trophy would go to Arsenal.

No, Mourinho’s impact was greater than a mere jostling for position. He exposed a myth, he challenged the perceived wisdom, he inspected the evidence and threw it contemptuously to the floor. His revelation, the statement he made to the rest of the league, was that Manchester City are not invincible. There should be no procession, no deference, no awestruck observation of their inevitable progress to the finishing tape. This team can be beaten. This team have weaknesses. That was Mourinho’s message for the masses. Chelsea’s performance was an invitation for others to do the same, to get at City’s defence, to place obstacles in the path of that all- conquering midfield.

What Mourinho proved was that if a coach can cause City as many problems as they are causing him, they are vulnerable. Few coaches have Chelsea’s squad, of course, or Mourinho’s intelligence in deploying it but now there is hope and a map that shows where the treasure is. This was worth more than just three points to Chelsea.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2551120/Manchester-City-0-1-Chelsea-Match-report-Branislav-Ivanovic-wins-game-Blues.html

[robdog 2,084]

After Monday's game...

This is a sad image. CFC would be top of the table if we could only beat the likes of West Ham & Stoke City

[Jase 43,479]

Team Focus: Pragmatic Mourinho Proving Hard to Predict

Jose Mourinho's eye for small details at Chelsea makes big difference against Manchester City

[nofacej 132]

This is a sad image. CFC would be top of the table if we could only beat the likes of West Ham & Stoke City

I think it's a very encouraging image. It's much harder to consistently beat the big teams than it is to consistently beat the small teams. It means we're almost where we need to be and after the previous two seasons that's a great feeling. Add a top class striker to our squad and we'll find it much easier to score against the lesser teams, and suddenly draws will become wins and losses will become draws.