The Mourinho Thread

[robdog 2,084]

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.

I remember the disappointment from the Stoke City loss. I thought we could get them, then the equalizer & then that screamer from that unknown dude. We secure that win, everyone would be looking up to our nutz. That is why I find it sad. The Big Boys didn't stop us, it was the lil' guys. I have been following CFC for a while & that always seems to be the case. Win the matches we shouldn't, but lose the ones we should win. Case in point, our 03/04 UCL campaign. Defeat the so-called invincibles, but lose to Monaco. However the best that happened was that we got Jose cause of it I loved Don Claudio, but Jose is Da Man. He is constantly proving it too. Win some & you lose some. I can deal w/ that.

[yuvala 2,167]

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

CHELSEA WIN PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK AWARD

Our 1-0 win away against Manchester City has been judged the best display by any team in all four divisions in the past week by the League Managers Association.

A panel comprising Howard Wilkinson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Joe Royle, Dave Bassett and Barry Fry made the decision and Jose Mourinho will receive a specially engraved crystal football in a presentation tomorrow at Cobham

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3656950/title/chelsea-win-performance-of-the-week-award

:blue scalf:

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Everything i do is mind games everything i say is mind games...

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

About Cavani : " I don't Know ".

[sutro 1,026]

Everything i do is mind games everything i say is mind games...

He was mind gaming the press right there

[Jase 43,479]

Seems like Pellegrini has got touchy with Mourinho's talk about our title chances..

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1707799/man-city-boss-manuel-pellegrini-hits-back-chelsea-jose-mourinho-title-talk?cc=4716

Pellegrini said: “Maybe it is a small horse if the manager thinks like that. It can be a little horse but very rich. This is the team that spends most money in the last 10 years, it is the team that spends most money this year and the team that spends the most money in the transfer window so [it is] little but rich.”

City outspent Chelsea in the summer window of 2013 but Pellegrini argued that the Londoners paid more in transfer fees over the 12-month period, as well as in a decade of Roman Abramovich’s ownership.

Pellegrini accused Mourinho of trying to take the credit if Chelsea do win the title but attempting to escape the blame if they do not.

He added: “I think he is favourite but he thinks if he wins he will have the merits but if he loses he does not have responsibility. It is the way he acts. Everyone acts the way he thinks is better for his team.”

Pellegrini also insisted that, while Mourinho has claimed it is a transitional year for Chelsea, he could also argue City should not be expected to win trophies this season but opted not to take that approach.

He said: “It is very easy for me to say: ‘It is my first year in the Premier League -- I am just getting to know the players so we don’t have to expect anything in this year,’ but I don’t think it is the way. I think we are working every day to try and do our best. We will see what we can do in all the competitions.”

[Rmpr 8,977]

Seems like Pellegrini has got touchy with Mourinho's talk about our title chances..

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1707799/man-city-boss-manuel-pellegrini-hits-back-chelsea-jose-mourinho-title-talk?cc=4716

He does have a point.

[Jase 43,479]

He does have a point.

Maybe so. We may have spent loads of money but that is one way of looking at it. Look at the players and their age, despite being quality, we got and compared that to City. Either way, it's hilarious that he has reacted to Mourinho's comments, not just on our title chances but also City's, when he should know that Jose, if anything, was trolling or trying to rile up oppositions. Pellegrini basically took the bait a tad too easily.

[ZanSnake 1,211]

Maybe so. We may have spent loads of money but that is one way of looking at it. Look at the players and their age, despite being quality, we got and compared that to City. Either way, it's hilarious that he has reacted to Mourinho's comments, not just on our title chances but also City's, when he should know that Jose, if anything, was trolling or trying to rile up oppositions. Pellegrini basically took the bait a tad too easily.

The master bested the wannabe students

[Rmpr 8,977]

Maybe so. We may have spent loads of money but that is one way of looking at it. Look at the players and their age, despite being quality, we got and compared that to City. Either way, it's hilarious that he has reacted to Mourinho's comments, not just on our title chances but also City's, when he should know that Jose, if anything, was trolling or trying to rile up oppositions. Pellegrini basically took the bait a tad too easily.

I know that, but he is indeed right when he says it is very convenient for Mourinho to use the "tiny horse" analogy!

Not that Jose is taking the wrong approach (to the contrary), but still, it isnt like Pellegrini went on a crazy Wenger rant or anything like that...

[James W Clark 28]

Mourinho has made Pellegrini his bitch.

[Jase 43,479]

I know that, but he is indeed right when he says it is very convenient for Mourinho to use the "tiny horse" analogy!

Not that Jose is taking the wrong approach (to the contrary), but still, it isnt like Pellegrini went on a crazy Wenger rant or anything like that...

Better than this rant I suppose...

[zolayes 14,489]

No manager can TROLL like Jose

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho praises new signings and looks forward to welcoming Didier Drogba back to Stamford Bridge

[Jase 43,479]

And now Pellegrini is at it too with the mind games.

[bababoom 4,478]

I swear City has spent more than us in the last five years? anyway, Pellegrini is rattled, i have a feeling he's going to bottle it.

Wenger, Pellegrini and Rafa are all the same, they get far too emotional, Jose is most likely laughing at these comments. Alex Ferguson said once Rafa came out with the 'facts' rant, he knew he got to him.

Pellegrini is going to bottle it with City, just you watch.

[Mr_President 404]

I swear City has spent more than us in the last five years? anyway, Pellegrini is rattled, i have a feeling he's going to bottle it.

Wenger, Pellegrini and Rafa are all the same, they get far too emotional, Jose is most likely laughing at these comments. Alex Ferguson said once Rafa came out with the 'facts' rant, he knew he got to him.

Pellegrini is going to bottle it with City, just you watch.

Pretty sure they have, but Pellegrini did say last decade. Hardly fair to compare our spending vs theirs over a 10 year period considering they were complete nobodies until whenever the sheik rolled up (City were the very definition of mediocrity). So, the 5 years prior to the sheik coming in, of course they hardly spent anything compared to Chelsea; this was just Pellegrini responding to the bait and making a stupid and irrelevant point.