The Mourinho Thread

[bushman 2,043]

So much was written today about Jose & I just like to ask one more question.

Is Jose suited to accommodate the likes of Hazard,Mata, Oscar & William ?

Well, he better. Otherwise, it may not sit well with Roman for much longer. Certainly, Roman wants them to play more " beautiful " football as we read about.

In January we will see what influence Jose has over the transfer market. Whether, Zouma, Draxler & Guarin are bought. Some say, these players are more fitted to Jose´s style of play.

[thekid9 418]

STOP SAYING BULLSHIT!

It's annoying as heck!

Are you deaf? The guy has been complaining about the same thing for a month!!!!!! That the team has a chance to score 2, 3, 4 goals and doesn't and he DOESN'T like it.

20th....

Even if that's the case....he didn't buy a striker in the summer....people need to start getting over their jose fanboy attitude and see that it's his fault! the SAME players were scoring fine last season under Rafa!

Mata, Hazard , Oscar, Lampard were all on double figures , Even Torres had double figures by this point!!!!

So they players haven't changed , the manager has them trying to do extra responsibilities , that they don't really need to do , and therefore the attacking part of the game is suffering.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

So much was written today about Jose & I just like to ask one more question.

Is Jose suited to accommodate the likes of Hazard,Mata, Oscar & William ?

Well, he better. Otherwise, it may not sit well with Roman for much longer. Certainly, Roman wants them to play more " beautiful " football as we read about.

In January we will see what influence Jose has over the transfer market. Whether, Zouma, Draxler & Guarin are bought. Some say, these players are more fitted to Jose´s style of play.

It's hard to accomodade 4 AM's in one formation, plus Schurlle and KdB. Unfortunately the one's that have been put "aside" are a player of the year and the other great talent. At first I believed he could rotate them but ou just can't keep changing them and still be consistent..

And I hope we don't buy Draxler... More talented than Kevin? Maybe yes, maybe no, but he would still be the sixth choice for AM...

[Special Juan 28,139]

Imagine asking Torres, Ba and Eto'o to just do their job, and score goals

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Imagine asking Torres, Ba and Eto'o to just do their job, and score goals

Something like this?

[thekid9 418]

Something like this?

But even the AM's are not scoring as many , Cause they are too busy "doing their defensive duties" they got on fine just attacking last year!!

[bushman 2,043]

It's hard to accomodade 4 AM's in one formation, plus Schurlle and KdB. Unfortunately the one's that have been put "aside" are a player of the year and the other great talent. At first I believed he could rotate them but ou just can't keep changing them and still be consistent..

And I hope we don't buy Draxler... More talented than Kevin? Maybe yes, maybe no, but he would still be the sixth choice for AM...

Well, the way I see it. Roman spent plenty on Mata, Hazard, Oscar, William. He bought them cos he wants to see his Chelsea playing an attractive football, I feel. Subsequently this Jose comes back, apparently the differences between him & Roman were settled, be it. Now, Roman sees his Chelsea playing shitty football & not winning. What do you think Roman will say to Jose ?

Welcome Jose, how much money do you need to buy YOUR TYPE OF PLAYERS ?

I get the feeling, of course I am not certain, he just might say. Dear Jose. I hired you to play gradely football & I do not want to go back to your defensive, boring 1 nothing games. Either you succeed or start packing.

Would you invest one billion into a football team & watch them to park the bus ? Di Mateo was fired because of it & I agreed,then. So this my view of it & we will see who gives in come January.

[thekid9 418]

Well, the way I see it. Roman spent plenty on Mata, Hazard, Oscar, William. He bought them cos he wants to see his Chelsea playing an attractive football, I feel. Subsequently this Jose comes back, apparently the differences between him & Roman were settled, be it. Now, Roman sees his Chelsea playing shitty football & not winning. What do you think Roman will say to Jose ?

Welcome Jose, how much money do you need to buy YOUR TYPE OF PLAYERS ?

I get the feeling, of course I am not certain, he just might say. Dear Jose. I hired you to play gradely football & I do not want to go back to your defensive, boring 1 nothing games. Either you succeed or start packing.

Would you invest one billion into a football team & watch them to park the bus ? Di Mateo was fired because of it & I agreed,then. So this my view of it & we will see who gives in come January.

If he wants to play defensive crap and 1-0 wins with this team of amazingly talented attacking players, I'd rather he left now and we get someone in who wants to play football.

[bushman 2,043]

If he wants to play defensive crap and 1-0 wins with this team of amazingly talented attacking players, I'd rather he left now and we get someone in who wants to play football.

Exactly as I feel, but tell it to the others here. Soon, a swarm of bees are coming out their hive.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Exactly as I feel, but tell it to the others here. Soon, a swarm of bees are coming out their hive.

He is not going to be sacked until 2015 at the very least, if he is sacked now he will get £52m pay off because he is on £13m per year, just never gonna happen especially with FFP. That money would be better used to sign a top class striker.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

At the end of the day, we needs to stick with him because he is quite possibly the last chance we have at building a properly sustainable club for the next decade.

Who are the alternatives? Some other rent-a-coach who gets his paycheque, doesn't fix the underlying issues and then is replaced after two years? We need to go all-in with Jose and hope it pays off.

100% agree.

I believe in Jose, there are certain patterns of play he's trying to implement and it looks very promising, but the team need time and some reinforcements in key areas.

Last night it was very strange again, as was at Stoke. We pressed them very high, winning the ball in great positions to counter attack and if we had a proper striker on the pitch, we'd have been 3 up by 60th minute.

On Monday we have a huge test, psychologically for the players its a massive task. More important than a win at the Emirates is what happens after that, if we can win our next 5 games then it makes us title contenders.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

I'd like to see us return to the dominating, speedy system of yesteryear and I think we have players that it suits. We're just lacking the midfield to do it.

I also think that system is completely wrong for Mata, but perfect for players like Hazard, Schurrle, Willian and Oscar.

I'd like us to also invest in defenders who are stoppers and just get the ball to the next level....and then we need that next level. Rami can drive the ball out of defence with pace and so could Guarin potentially.

If you look at our academy, we have players who are powerful and speedy so why not just make that our ethos? We seem perfectly set up to play that style effectively for the next decade.

I agree we have to build a system and stick to it and unfortunately, that means jettisoning players who don't fit even if they are talented. However, even in a specific, system, you need players who can give you a little something else to help give your attack variety. Willian, Schurrle, Oscar, and Hazard all fit Mourinho's style but they all do the same thing offensively. They all prefer to come through the middle. They dribble past players, cut into the middle and shoot. You need something else. You either need a magician sort of player in the middle there who can create for others like Ozil did at Real Madrid or at least a natural wide player who can pull defenders away from the middle and cross the ball into the box. It means we will have a lot of trouble breaking down solid defensive teams. Our offensive predictability makes it too easy to play us and also ensures that we are too reliant on spectacular individual play.

[yuvala 2,167]

Same old problems we have .. please solve it ASAP.

1. Our pivot sucks.

2. We dont capitalize on chances.

3. OUR STRIKERS SUCK !!!

4. we concede late goals and fuck up.

5. OUR STRIKERS SUCK !!!

Sounds familiar?

Jose, please do something about this starting with buying a striker, buying a CM and sorting out our defence !

[bushman 2,043]

He is not going to be sacked until 2015 at the very least, if he is sacked now he will get £52m pay off because he is on £13m per year, just never gonna happen especially with FFP. That money would be better used to sign a top class striker.

According to my latest he gets 10.2m per year. Never mind, how much. Roman is worth 12 billions & 40m to ship him out is peanuts. I doubt he will hesitate to see his Chelsea playing park the bus football.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

100% agree.

I believe in Jose, there are certain patterns of play he's trying to implement and it looks very promising, but the team need time and some reinforcements in key areas.

Last night it was very strange again, as was at Stoke. We pressed them very high, winning the ball in great positions to counter attack and if we had a proper striker on the pitch, we'd have been 3 up by 60th minute.

On Monday we have a huge test, psychologically for the players its a massive task. More important than a win at the Emirates is what happens after that, if we can win our next 5 games then it makes us title contenders.

Would we all still be happy if he insists on using parking the bus tactic every match? Yeah we will eventually win most of our game against but do we really want to see that?

Why can't we play like Man City? like Madrid? like Barca? like Dortmund and Bayern? hell even like Arsenal, Everton and Liverpool atm

We got better players than a few of them, why can't we play like them? Or is attack not possible for Jose?