The Mourinho Thread

[Styles 9,790]

20% possession in the first half for Real Madrid at home to Bayern Munich. That's TWENTY PERCENT of the ball AT HOME. This is a Madrid team that has technically brilliant footballers all over the field (faaaaar more than we do) and they still have to resort to defending extremely deep and counter-attacking. Hope that puts things into perspective for some.

[zolayes 14,489]

I dread to think what punishment they would dish out if he said the FA were doing a great job

[robdog 2,084]

  On 23/04/2014 at 19:41, Styles said:

20% possession in the first half for Real Madrid at home to Bayern Munich. That's TWENTY PERCENT of the ball AT HOME. This is a Madrid team that has technically brilliant footballers all over the field (faaaaar more than we do) and they still have to resort to defending extremely deep and counter-attacking. Hope that puts things into perspective for some.

funny I wonder where are the idiots on the Jose thread talking about how lame it is to play defensive Come on now, come in here & criticize Don Carlo you arm chair gaffers.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

Jose was obviously sarcastic though.

[Fulham Broadway 17,091]

  On 23/04/2014 at 19:53, AndersonBLUE said:

Jose was obviously sarcastic though.

Really ? Do you think so ?

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

Charged for what?

For saying a good things about the refs and their chief?!

[AndersonBLUE 819]

  On 23/04/2014 at 19:56, Fulham Broadway said:

Really ? Do you think so ?

You don't? You also thought the ref was 'unbelievable' and deserved congratulating?

[Fulham Broadway 17,091]

  On 23/04/2014 at 20:15, AndersonBLUE said:

You don't? You also thought the ref was 'unbelievable' and deserved congratulating?

No. I was being sarcastic mate.

Jose should respond thus

[Alan Partridge 1,124]

No doubt in my mind that Next season Jose will turn this team into an absolute winning machine. Will be a great fuck you to all the haters in the FA and press

[Jase 43,479]

Liverpool v Chelsea: Roman Abramovich backs Jose Mourinho's plan to field 'B team' in Anfield showdown

[LAM09 6,880]

  On 23/04/2014 at 20:45, BluesMaster said:

Liverpool v Chelsea: Roman Abramovich backs Jose Mourinho's plan to field 'B team' in Anfield showdown

Good to see he his sticking up two fingers to The FA.

[didierforever 7,349]

what a brilliant performance from bayern munich. 65% possession. 500+ passes completed. wonderbar!!!! oh wait!!! they just lost 1-0, please tell those people who wanted us to play awesome attractive football against ATM that sometimes, you have to adapt.

[Fulham Broadway 17,091]

  On 23/04/2014 at 20:45, BluesMaster said:

Liverpool v Chelsea: Roman Abramovich backs Jose Mourinho's plan to field 'B team' in Anfield showdown

Weird seeing as abramovich never talks to the media. The Telegraph must have special psychic powers.

[bababoom 4,478]

It's Jose' word against theirs, obviously he was being sarcastic but can they prove it? They'll charge him anyway but I find it ridiculous.

[The Skipper 20,593]

  On 23/04/2014 at 19:41, Styles said:

20% possession in the first half for Real Madrid at home to Bayern Munich. That's TWENTY PERCENT of the ball AT HOME. This is a Madrid team that has technically brilliant footballers all over the field (faaaaar more than we do) and they still have to resort to defending extremely deep and counter-attacking. Hope that puts things into perspective for some.

  On 23/04/2014 at 21:00, didierforever said:

what a brilliant performance from bayern munich. 65% possession. 500+ passes completed. wonderbar!!!! oh wait!!! they just lost 1-0, please tell those people who wanted us to play awesome attractive football against ATM that sometimes, you have to adapt.

No, it isn't the same. Real did that against a possession based, tiki-taka side in Bayern Munich, everyone knows that you sit deep and counter against a Pep side. Real were brilliant on the counter, committing 4/5 men forward. Us on the other hand whenever we did get the chance to counter only committed about 2 men forward. Plus, Atletico Madrid don't even play a possession based game.

IMO (which I know I might get blasted for by some on here) we showed AM a bit too much respect. The line up we sent out there was okay, the defensive strategy we employed was impressive but we were horrible going forward on the counter. There's no denying that we could've been a lot more adventurous going forward on Tuesday night.

We didn't need to play "attractive football" (whatever your definition of that is) but we were far too conservative I think.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Its all about stereotypes...Chelsea/Mou public picture is bad, they think of us as football destroyers, people will alway speak about us like that. Real on other side, everyone loves their superstars and ''fancy football''. Even if we both play same football type, they will call our performance cowardly, while praising Real.

I agree though, Bayern are possesion based, while Atletico is counter, high pressing team. We should try to attack more, not just sit deep. Still, we played away and got decent result. Bayern lost. That is all what matters.

[Henrique 9,133]

  On 24/04/2014 at 00:39, The Skipper said:

No, it isn't the same. Real did that against a possession based, tiki-taka side in Bayern Munich, everyone knows that you sit deep and counter against a Pep side. Real were brilliant on the counter, committing 4/5 men forward. Us on the other hand whenever we did get the chance to counter only committed about 2 men forward. Plus, Atletico Madrid don't even play a possession based game.

IMO (which I know I might get blasted for by some on here) we showed AM a bit too much respect. The line up we sent out there was okay, the defensive strategy we employed was impressive but we were horrible going forward on the counter. There's no denying that we could've been a lot more adventurous going forward on Tuesday night.

We didn't need to play "attractive football" (whatever your definition of that is) but we were far too conservative I think.

I dont see any kind of tik-taka in Bayern game, they are a completely different animal when compared to Barcelona. They play a lot more with their wingers and full backs, and they try a lot more aerial balls. They just have a possession based game, but I just think the tiki-taka thing became an overused word these days.

But I agree about the rest. You don't need to be ultra-conservative. There are many ways to win a match, you dont't have to decide between being ultra-defensive or having a possession based game. Real Madrid and Chelsea had completely different strategies. While Real was there to win in the counter attack, it was clear Mourinho wanted a 0-0 from the beginning.

[Henrique 9,133]

  On 24/04/2014 at 00:53, BlueLyon said:

Its all about stereotypes...Chelsea/Mou public picture is bad, they think of us as football destroyers, people will alway speak about us like that. Real on other side, everyone loves their superstars and ''fancy football''. Even if we both play same football type, they will call our performance cowardly, while praising Real.

I agree though, Bayern are possesion based, while Atletico is counter, high pressing team. We should try to attack more, not just sit deep. Still, we played away and got decent result. Bayern lost. That is all what matters.

I dont think we played same football type. Two completely different matches.