The Mourinho Thread

[zolayes 14,489]

And I'm sorry, but Jose has absolutely nothing to moan about. It was his decision to let Lukaku and Mata leave. It was his decision to persist leave Cole out of the team. His decision to start Schwarzer in such an important match. We have played rubbish football for the majority of the season and we were rubbish for 80 mins against the bottom team.

Jose has to accept these facts. All the "I have no striker" talk is just bullshit because we had Lukaku and we LET him leave. All this under happened under Jose's watch. He just has to accept ours and his shortcomings this seasons instead of playing a blame game.

We've improved this season but that's to be expected because two seasons ago we had an ageing squad and last season, we lacked depth. This is our best squad since we last won the league.

The fact is that it's Hazard and our defense that has been saving Chelsea. But we look clueless when we are expected to dominate possession. The team is a reactive one, not a proactive one and it's why we have lost to only minnows this season.

We don't play football like a big team and that's largely due to the conservative tactics of the manager and his inability to set-up a team to play good football. Jose might be one of the best, but he has noticeable weaknesses.

Im sorry but you are so wrong on so many things .. I m not sure if you a troll or just stupid ,, JUST one point Cech was ill bur that didnt affect the result

[The_Flash 1,144]

Sack Jose get yourself to ********

It's not his fault the refs are a joke and we have the shi******* strikers what ***** was Ba doing falling over ARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH

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[Peppen 934]

Spot on José. The players failed him today. They HAVE to win these games, they just can't lose them, it's that fucking simple.

He'll have some spending to do, and some deadwood to get rid of and I'll be 100 % behind him. Let's do this.

[zolayes 14,489]

Klopp would be great too

just go back to the RAWK

[Peppen 934]

Klopp would be great too

Fuck off you cunt.

[The only place to be 11,313]

His decision to start Schwarzer in such an important match.

Didn't you say you'd given up with English football.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Cech wasn't benched. Cole wouldn't have made a difference? That back 4 has been consistent in not conceding in 9 home games and conceding only 6 in 18 games.. Why would anyone want to change that?

He's doing the best with what this squad compromises of. An inherited squad, not a freshly built one.

This is what you guys are quick to forget. The back four's job is not only to defend. Jose is known to to be very cautious in how he asks his fullbacks to play. They rarely get forward as they used to, the CB's rarely contribute to goals from set-plays as they used to (although that might have to do more with Lamps only playing a bit-part role . He's by far our best set-piece taker). Our two full-backs are woefully played out of position.. It's obvious to anyone watching there is a problem there.

When your full-backs don't (or can't) overlap well, this puts even more pressure on the front four to find spaces. And when you play on a small pitch like the one at The Bridge, and the opposition is happy to sit back and defend, you aren't going to create clear cut chances.

This has been one of our biggest weaknesses this season. It improves us defensively, yes, but it also makes our attacking play predictable and easy to defend against. It becomes even worse when Hazard is not playing.

It's true that the squad was inherited, but it's also true that we spent 100 plus million pounds in the two transfer windows. We sold Mata and De Bruyne yes, but they were non-factors in our season to begin with.

We've run out of excuses. Jose has not been the best manager in England this season, Rodgers has. His taken an easily inferior squad, albeit with better strikers (one of them our clueless board sold to them!!) and not only are they top of the PL, but they are playing amazing, attacking football. Fullbacks overlapping like mad, one touch, expansive passing, playing with the whole length of the pitch and so on..................

The hope is that when we get a better striker (again, our clueless board and Jose LET Lukaku go) we will play better football, because it's been awful to watch all season. Jose has to prove that he can create a team that plays good, attacking football and that wins football matches. I'm sure this is what Roman and the board briefed him at the start.

We've made strides in terms of accumulating more points in the league and being in the Semi's of the CL. We can only move on from here. But I will be lying if I said I was happy with the turgid, awful nonsense our players produce almost week in week out. For a big club, that isn't good enough.

[GZ25 45]

Give credit to him, there is no way teams like Liverpool or City will end up as runner-up or 3rd place with '35 yo' Eto'o, Torres and Ba as their strikers,

This season project: Build a rock solid defense: DONE, now let's him get his Militos and Drogbas for next season

[duo11bluecl 207]

Give credit to him, there is no way teams like Liverpool or City will end up as runner-up or 3rd place with '35 yo' Eto'o, Torres and Ba as their strikers,

No just happens to have the best defence in Europe and probably 1 of the best CAM in Europe too. The problem isn't that but our inability to win against crap teams who always set out to park the bus.

[Henrique 9,133]

I said it before and I still believe Mourinho failed to build a defense. I dont see Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azi, as our definitive version for next season. The "we have a strong defense" thing is bullshit. We have a strong defensive system, in fact our defense (back four) is average at best. In the first leg of the season we were conceding too many goals (Stoke and Sunderland managed to score 3 against us), and there is a reason for that. Mourinho was trying to implement a more offensive football (he said it many times) he even said he didn't want to play David as a DM. Ramires+Lampard were our double pivot for most part of that period.

A good defense is not the one that makes your attacking and midfield players spend too many time in their defensive duties. A good defense is the one that provides a stability for attacking players. People here used to say City and Liverpool have poor defenses, but their goals scored/goals conceded is not that different from ours.

Its clear that if we a had a better striker, we would be in a better position, but our issues are more than a CF question. At least a full back is must, so Ivanovic can resume his normal duties as CB.

[Henrique 9,133]

Give credit to him, there is no way teams like Liverpool or City will end up as runner-up or 3rd place with '35 yo' Eto'o, Torres and Ba as their strikers,

This season project: Build a rock solid defense: DONE, now let's him get his Militos and Drogbas for next season

NOT.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

He has ruined our attacking play to be honest, last season we scored 115 goals this season we are no even close to a 100

[The_Flash 1,144]

It's a miracle we were even in it with those strikers

[Sidzeret 2,257]

"Congratulations to my players, because they gave what they have and what they don't have. Congratulations to Sunderland, because they won.

"Congratulations to Mike Dean, because he made a fantastic performance. And congratulations to Mike Riley(Head of Premier League Referees), because what they did during the season was fantastic for the way the championship is going.

"So congratulations to all of them and I have nothing more to say."

You can't ban him or fine him for being sarcastic. #OneOfUs

[bababoom 4,478]

We should make a formal complaint against Dean that was a disgrace

Well done Jose tell it how it is all season they have cheated us

Jesus Christ, get a hold of yourself... you sound like a Liverpool fan.

[The_Flash 1,144]

Jesus Christ, get a hold of yourself... you sound like a Liverpool fan.

Hahah please don't start me I am very upset

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

If Cech was ill then I take back my comments on that, but what about Cole? Was he injured or ill too? We've only gotten worse in terms of style of play and it's ironic if you consider we currently have more flair players than we've ever had. It's like buying a Ferrari and driving it like a Fiat.

If we at least managed to put two passes together in the final third, then maybe we wouldn't have been in the situation we are in today. The way a team play is largely dictated by the manager and when you have a team of Eto'o, Salah, Willian, Oscar, Schurrle and you still struggle to play well against an awful Sunderland team, then that's a failure on the manager's part.

The point is the team hasn't bee maximized to its full potential this season. We are still a team that relies solely on counter-attacking football against teams of similar quality to us and a team that looks hopeless in possession against teams that are inferior to us.

This is not proactive football but reactive football. I LOVE Jose Mourinho. More than most Chelsea fans I'm sure. I even followed the man's career when he was in charge of other teams. But I'm also a good listener and I've listened to his press conferences this season. He has spoken a lot about the "evolution of the team". The evolution of our playing style. "Being proactive not reactive." He's so far failed in this regard, I'm sorry.

He's brought results. That's the stereotype about Jose isn't it? A winner, but his teams play dire football? Ok, let's see what the results are by the end of the season. I know this is a transitional season, but I swear to god, if we could at least play some decent footie and show this evolution, then it will be so much easier to take. Football is not just about winning trophies. Long time CFC supporters know that.

If you think this is not a fair criticism then I don't know guys. I'm very angry as I'm typing this now and I'm typing from the heart and just saying how I feel. I'm not going to berate our club on general football forums like some other fans do. I keep it indoors amongst us. If I can't be honest on this board, then I can't be anywhere else.

Honestly I'll take a 3rd place finish and elimination in the CL quarter final whilst playing good football than 2nd place and elimination in the CL semi final while playing the turgid crap we've endured all season. Of course, we are not yet eliminated from the CL, so let's see what happens. And the players also deserve criticism for a spineless, gutless performance. I hope they show some balls on Tuesday.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

He has ruined our attacking play to be honest, last season we scored 115 goals this season we are no even close to a 100

We played more matches last season than we can possibly do this season and this season is not yet over as well.