LDN Blue 7,903 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 But complaining about our defense this season? Saying we should buy other players? Are you forgetting we only conceded 14 goals in 19 matches and had the best defense in the first half of the league. The defense just had a very poor game, end of. I'm glad the boys showed so much spirit and still went for point when the game was 4-1 or 5-2. Hazard in particular was magnificent. And we're still (joined) top of the league, with City having harder away games coming up.To be fair, we've only conceded one less goal than United who are meant to have the worst defence in the league lmao. Fernando and MrBlueGuy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I hear Neil Warnock is available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 City may have harder away game but we've been iffy away this month away.Sod them need to win our games n not ever repeat this performanceYeah this ^. To be fair, City have surprised me quite a bit.. They haven't dropped as many points as they usually do, which means we haven't had to room to make mistakes that City themselves used to get away with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I hear Neil Warnock is availableIt's not too late to get Pardew in, contracts are yet to be signed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 It does contain a sliver of truth to it though, as much as I didn't want to say it, but it is what it is . That's the only thing that makes sense to me. Add that to the fact that he's done it before in the past. He clearly has his favourites, sometimes to the determent of the team. please, with all due respect to you, that's BS.Sorry. Diego Costa has been one of our best players this season. I'm not saying Mourinho shouldn't use Remy more or something, but this Mendes convo is just BS and unnecessary conspiracy talkingHe has the players he trusts, likes, protects, favorites, or whatever. It has fucking nothing to do with their agent. He wouldn't have won so many things if he was influenced by it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Fernando 6,585 Posted January 1, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted January 1, 2015 To be fair, we've only conceded one less goal than United who are meant to have the worst defence in the league lmao.I think today downfall had a lot to do with Matic not being his usual. A sub-par Matic exposed our weak link in the defense. Thus I'm glad this happen now in the January transfer window so to see if we can buy anything. ZOS, Chelsea Legend 11, 11Drogba and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I think today downfall had a lot to do with Matic not being his usual. A sub-par Matic exposed our weak link in the defense. absolutelyI called the Matic poor appearance somewhere in the middle of the first half, we were still winning 1x0We have a poor defender on Cahill, that overachieved last season in a system that protected the heck out of him (his penalty today was ridiculous, the tackle horrible off timing), and Ivanovic has been terrible. I don't have complaints about Terry, but he IS slow. So if Matic - who's been really tired and needs to be rested asap - is having a day off, then it exposes our frail defense.José should have Zouma play though. He may make the same mistakes as Cahill, but I think he wouldn't make as many.José has been taking the first team thing farther than necessary because most of our substitutes are out of form, but Zouma ain't one of them. Fernando and Muzchap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chels 2,502 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I think today downfall had a lot to do with Matic not being his usual. A sub-par Matic exposed our weak link in the defense. Thus I'm glad this happen now in the January transfer window so to see if we can buy anything. When Matic performs poorly it means our defenders have to defend for themselves, which they are completely incapable of doing (except Azpi but even he got skimmed a few times). BlueLion., LDN Blue, Muzchap and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I think today downfall had a lot to do with Matic not being his usual. A sub-par Matic exposed our weak link in the defense. Thus I'm glad this happen now in the January transfer window so to see if we can buy anything. Yeah. It's a problem I think we've known about for a while, the cover of when Matic isn't available. The job he does is quite tiring, so 3 games in a week will definitely take its toll on his body. I imagine that he'll be rested vs Watford, but there's enough talent that could be available on the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 please, with all due respect to you, that's BS.Sorry. Diego Costa has been one of our best players this season. I'm not saying Mourinho shouldn't use Remy more or something, but this Mendes convo is just BS and unnecessary conspiracy talkingHe has the players he trusts, likes, protects, favorites, or whatever. It has fucking nothing to do with their agent. He wouldn't have won so many things if he was influenced by itYes, he has, BUT. Replace Willian for Remy. When Costa isn't playing well, replace him. Give Remy minutes to prove what a good player he is.That's the point. Those things aren't mutually exclusive, both players can be great, and that's why we were excited when we signed both Remy and Costa. One of them isn't getting a fair chance to prove himself.You might think he won't do something like that, but I personally believe he does. Nothing to get upset about, Barbara. Muzchap and Irakozium257 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 When Matic performs poorly it means our defenders have to defend for themselves, which they are completely incapable of doing.2/4 anyway lol. I think the reason Mourinho keeps Azpilicueta at LB is because Hazard's defensive burdens aren't as big as Willian's.. Thus he feels he needs to reinforce that left-hand side. I wonder if it would be different if Mourinho placed Hazard on the right of midfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Yes, he has, BUT. Replace Willian for Remy. When Costa isn't playing well, replace him. Give Remy minutes to prove what a good player he is.That's the point. Those things aren't mutually exclusive, both players can be great, and that's why we were excited when we signed both Remy and Costa. One of them isn't getting a fair chance to prove himself.You might think he won't do something like that, but I personally believe he does. Nothing to get upset about, Barbara.You didn't understand... I'm not saying Remy shouldn't be played more, he probably should, what I'm saying is that it's completely nonsense from you to write, and I quote 'Mourinho doesn't want Remy to outshine his agent's (Jorge Mendes) striker, Diego Costa, or even compete with him'That's a ridiculous comment all day and night long. Compete? Outshine? Come on, Remy may deserve more chances, but there's no way in hell he's the level you're making him out to be and even worse, saying José won't play him so Mendes' player still has the spotlight. Even if there was the ill intent in Mourinho's heart - which I assure there isn't - what gain does Mendes have now? Chelsea WONT sell Costa, there's nothing there for Mendes and really, you should be ashamed of implying Mourinho would do such a thing. That's unethical, wrong, unprofessional, nearly a fraud.If that's what you think your manager is capable of I'd respect your comment much more if you asked him to be sacked. If you believe a manager is withholding a player so another player gets the spotlight because of who his manager is and what shared interest they have, you should ask for this manager to be sacked, simple as that.He has a favorite system, has always had, it has nothing to do with who the agent is. I'm not upset, it's secondhand embarrassment to have one of our fans to think as ill of our manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,062 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Mourinho needs to learn to use an ENTIRE squad. Muzchap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueGuy 1,552 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 You didn't understand... I'm not saying Remy shouldn't be played more, he probably should, what I'm saying is that it's completely nonsense from you to write, and I quote 'Mourinho doesn't want Remy to outshine his agent's (Jorge Mendes) striker, Diego Costa, or even compete with him'That's a ridiculous comment all day and night long. Compete? Outshine? Come on, Remy may deserve more chances, but there's no way in hell he's the level you're making him out to be and even worse, saying José won't play him so Mendes' player still has the spotlight. Even if there was the ill intent in Mourinho's heart - which I assure there isn't - what gain does Mendes have now? Chelsea WONT sell Costa, there's nothing there for Mendes and really, you should be ashamed of implying Mourinho would do such a thing. That's unethical, wrong, unprofessional, nearly a fraud.If that's what you think your manager is capable off I'd respect your comment much more if you asked him to be sacked. If you believe a manager is withholding a player so another player gets the spotlight because of who his manager is and what shared interest they have, you should ask for this manager to be sacked, simple as that.Tbf there is some truth in the Mendes-Mou and players connection thing. I remember reading the book by some Spanish Mou hater who talked about how Mou wanted to sign Hugo Ameida(spelling) for Madrid in 10-11 as backup striker just because of their connection with Mendes. Also how he hated Pedro Leon for something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 You didn't understand... I'm not saying Remy shouldn't be played more, he probably should, what I'm saying is that it's completely nonsense from you to write, and I quote 'Mourinho doesn't want Remy to outshine his agent's (Jorge Mendes) striker, Diego Costa, or even compete with him'That's a ridiculous comment all day and night long. Compete? Outshine? Come on, Remy may deserve more chances, but there's no way in hell he's the level you're making him out to be and even worse, saying José won't play him so Mendes' player still has the spotlight. Even if there was the ill intent in Mourinho's heart - which I assure there isn't - what gain does Mendes have now? Chelsea WONT sell Costa, there's nothing there for Mendes and really, you should be ashamed of implying Mourinho would do such a thing. That's unethical, wrong, unprofessional, nearly a fraud.The difference between us on this matter is you think Mourinho can't ever do something like that, you even assure yourself. That's very fair, because we normally agree on a lot of stuff, but I happen to disagree with you on just this one thing. Barbara and LDN Blue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 The difference between us on this matter is you think Mourinho can't ever do something like that, you even assure yourself. That's very fair, because we normally agree on a lot of stuff, but I happen to disagree with you on just this one thing.Not saying I agree or disagree on your notion, but there's definitely political influence on football period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,350 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Terrible performance from the squad as a whole but again, wrong subs for me. Madmax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! supporter 3,088 Posted January 1, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted January 1, 2015 Really someone wants to criticize Jose Mourinho? Really? Someone really wants to get off the ship early?Jose has won 2 of our 4 leagues, before his return, we were playing UEFA LEAGUE !, which is embarrassing in the 4 competitions are alive and we have played this season a spectacular performance, Diego Costa and Jorge Mendes? seriously ?, Yes, Diego is not too well but he has scored 14 goals in Premier League and disown Diego is a big mistake. and of course if someone thinks that our coach Jose Mourinho leaves manipulated by his representative I think that person has not quite understood anything.We really forget that we can still win The Quadruple this year ?. I'm sure if we win The Quadruple then people which they get off the boat now I'm sure they try to get on again when we get through this period of underperformance. We're just tired, when we play our game FA Cup we will have time to recover and regain our high level of start of the season.I hope no one doubts About Jose. He is our leader and although we have failed in our month and a half, we have to be more united than ever. Now is when you see the best supporters, not only when they get victories. I am not a follower of Jose Mourinho and Chelsea just because we win, we are something much bigger than that simple opportunism.Now is the time for us to be together. I keep paddling in our boat, and I never go down. Mourinho's commands, we followed him. stroey, Muzchap, Mana and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 He made a mistake, he should have stuck with the lineup that got results at Derby, Stoke and should have at Soton.I just don't understand playing a defensive team in those games, and then opening up for a team with more quality. Muzchap and Madmax 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueGuy 1,552 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Wouldn't surprise me however if he starts going back to tight defence football again. Maybe this Spurs result is our Sunderland Capital One last season, I fear we will repeat last season's mistake... LDN Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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