Debates, Manager - Written by BlueChampion on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 23:56 | 2,618 Views | 118 Comments | Add Comment
Kill Jose Mourinho, Kill Drogba, Kill Lampard . . . Kill Yourself!
See, I’m going to be as level-headed as possible in the assessment of our situation. We all had enough time for our knee-jerk reactions, outbursts and execution orders for our manager and some of the players. Posting this after more than 36 hours since this match got over, I’m able to see the varied views of the visitors of this blog and other blogs, sports websites etc. Dont see me as a prick with eternal hope. I just want show you the unpopular perspective.
We lost to Liverpool (of all teams) once again at Anfiled in the Champions League semifinals. I’m as frustrated and annoyed at this like anyone else. The team has given their everything over the last 9 months. They are really hungry to succeed wherever they go but sometimes, they did falter. You can’t win them all everytime. They may be one of the best-paid players but these defeats would have given ‘them’ more pain than they have given to us, because they have this tremendous winning mentality. I for one, in whichever sport I follow, never talk about the players’ salaries, when they show commitment and hard work and still lose. That would be a very cheap thinking, from my point of view. Instead of shouting for their heads, I feel sorry for them. I’m unable to hate them or frown at them for what they have done so far.
Many times, I get annoyed/frustrated at myself for some of the words/actions. What I can do then? Nothing. I just go on and hope I dont repeat the mistakes. That’s how I feel now about Chelsea now. It will be very cruel and heartless if I go overboard on my assessment of my team now. Drogba scored 32 goals and most of them very crucial ones and he had a bad day in office on Tuesday. I can’t simply pounce on him because he had a bad day after he outscored every striker in Europe. We’ve all had bad days in office. Sometimes, they just happen. It’s not that you’re not concentrating enough or something but they simply happen. Some call it the law of averages or fate or destiny or whatever. That’s what happened to Chelsea. We played superbly for 8 months despite all issues and remained as the only team in all competitions as on first morning of May. Teams do have their bad days and luck does play a part on when you’ll have that bad day or whether that would make you draw or lose.
I’m not a Jose Mourinho worshipper. But I love him. He is a great manager for his age and a fantastic personality. Most of the mourinho-haters are uncontrollably jealous of this man and also because their manager is a lousy, fat, old-fashioned bugger. Mourinho is all they want their manager to be. They have a secret admiration of his style, his tactics, his people management and his media-handling. Like anyone else, he is not error-free. He makes mistakes and learns from them faster than anyone else, which is why I’m hyper-confident about the next season. If he can achieve so much without his first choice keeper for half the league matches, without his centrebacks for so long, his pacy wingers who are the life blood of his formation, with problems with his ‘next to God’ Forbes 10 owner - hats off.
If you say Jose did not anticipate these or did not act swiftly, that’s your opinion, not a fact. Well, I have an opinion too. I feel that Jose must have done all that is possible to avert an injury inflicted selection crisis. Knowing that Roman and Jose had a poor relationship (which is a fact), knowing that we were after so many players in January (which is a fact), I will conclude that Roman’s stubbornness or way of showing ‘who’s the boss’ has cost us dearly. Dont get me wrong. Roman had a huge influence and contribution in the revival of this club. The trophies that we have won over the last few seasons would not have been possible without Roman or Jose. There is a general formula that sells easily: “credit all the successes to Roman’s money and debit all the losses to Jose’s management”. Think of a multi-billion producer who hands over his mutli-millions movie project to a director. When the movie becomes a blockbuster, how much credit do we give to the producer and the director?
For more than one reason, Jose’s situation is unique. One important reason is that the owner of the club knows, follows and loves football. Owners of many other clubs (incl Man Utd) may not know that the football is round (or sphere, for purists). Roman wants to be involved in certain things which Jose may not be able to refuse. Jose did say that he would quit Chelsea, if Roman starts interfering in his business but that’s only good for the media interview. How practical do you think it is to quit a club like Chelsea which pays him handsomely, which gives his a great challenge to test his genius. May be, he thought the Roman-Jose battle is also a challenge for him to manage and succeed and he doesnt want to give in.
We had injuries in Jose’s first and second seasons in Chelsea. We ended up winning the league in April. Our ill-fate with injuries was so much that even the ex-Chelsea players ended up with broken bones and twisted shoulders (Gallas, Duff, Gudjonsen, Crespo etc). Add to this, the uncertainty of Jose’s situation, requiring players and managers to rally around him. Because of all this have we performed poorly? A big NO. Okay, the idea of quadruple which was alive until day before yesterday, has taken a beating. But that doesnt make this a bad season or something. May be, expectations on Jose has increased exponentially, only because he was good enough to deliver back-to-back titles. Remember, the expectation of the Board (read Roman) is to win the league title one more time by 2010 and win a champions league title by 2015. Going by this, suggesting that Roman should sack Jose is complete madness. Keeping personal egos aside as much as possible, for the good of Chelsea and the dream Roman has, it makes perfect sense for Roman to keep Jose, unless he dates Roman’s new wife or something.
There is a widespread feeling among Chelsea fans that we should drop league ambitions and conserve and preserve our resources for the FA Cup final. I disagree here. I’d prefer to give it one last big push for the league. Man Utd is on the driver’s seat in the league but their semifinal loss is also going to have an impact on their game. Our loss will impact will our game too but I dont think many give us a chance now and the pressure is less, which can work to our advantage. The manner in which Man Utd were beaten must have been very heart-breaking for the Reds. They went their as favourites to win, had thrashed another Italian team 7-1 but they were taught a lesson by the Italian giants last night. They now have to fly back to UK and get ready for the weekend derby against Man City, who I believe, would give them a fight and might even nick a point or three.
Instead of getting overboard and over-emotional, I prefer to appreciate what we have managed to achieve and hope the promises and potentials can come good. The future’s bright and the future’s blue!
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2. cap123
what fucking ever.
we didn’t even deserve penalties after the amount of chances we created and liverpool missed.
3. abdullah
A sad night for Chelsea……we lose the Champions League and the Premiership four days. The only thing Chelsea can do is to win the final piece of silverware we have hope left in….The FA Cup. I dont think we should blame players as this defeat is the responsibility of all. I guess thats what happens when you battle in 4 competetions till the end with a limited amount of succesful players and a never ending injury list. Tough luck Chelsea, better luck next time. May next season be more succesful than all the previous…..Blue4lyfe.
4. robben 16
you know…. i thought that this is gonna be a good season for us… every one did … we had every thing … but the luck and the injuries were against us..
what can we do…..
5. Johnarejr
I would have been ticked off if the loss was in 90 minutes. A loss on penalties with two misses comming from a player fresh from an injury and the other who doesn’t play often hurts. But, it was an honorable loss. Rafa can’t claim much superiority. Chelsea gave all they could. If we win the FA and chase Man U to the last game, no true fan should hang their head low. If God doesn’t love Chelsea, why is the sky Stamford Bridge Blue?
6. Midfield_decider
Oh, please guys, don’t say rubbish like “injuries, bad luck all through the season”.
The only one responsible for this defeat and the loss of the league title is the one whom most of CFC fans call “the genius”, i.e. Jose Mourinho.
All of you have watched today’s game. Did you see any passion, any desire, any courage to win this game in our players? Did you see any plan to score a goal? What about the last substitution of Geremi for Makelele??? What was the sense in it? What about having a small squad for 4 competitions? What about having no proper back-ups for CB position?
Jose Mourinho doesn’t even know the fact that the players who have spent most of their recent time on the bench are least likely to score an after-match penalties. That was exactly the case with Robben and Geremi.
Have you seen how much exhausted was Drogba? He was hardly standing on his feet! Playing him every game like playing a robot is a mere stupidity. Have you seen Lampard’s free-kicks to nowhere?? This is what happens when you declare an overrated player as “untouchable”.
The most hurting thing is that Liverpool was not good at all. I mean in our best or even average form we could beat or draw them. But we were so awful that we lost to them.
That fat bloke Rafa Benitez is much smarter than Jose. He rested all his main players for a whole week. What did Jose do when he could do the same? Jose was chasing 2 rabbits at the same time and now he is left with noone-No Premiership and no Champions League. That’s what happens when you are a stupid manager. He used his main players in the last games against Newcastle and Bolton. What did that give to him? Nothing. He drew both games and killed his players before the crucial European game. You can imagine how different would be things today if we had Carvalho who was injured by Jose’s stupidity.
This man lost to Rafa Benitez 2 years ago and he had 2 years to learn his lesson but no, he hasn’t learned it yet.
Every game relying on your best players just shows that you are unable to manage a team with little resources. And please don’t say “Triumph with Porto”. If the officials didn’t rule out Scholes’ perfect goal against Porto, this man would have never ever won the Champions League.
Now I truly understand what the fans of other teams mean when they say “with all the money you spent you should be winning and entertaining”. Hell, they are right. Even Ranieri could take Chelsea to the semi-finals of the Champions League and came 2nd in the league. Can you imagine our success if we had someone like Guus Hiddink, Alex Ferguson, Carlo Ancelotti or even Marcello Lippi with all this resources? If I was in Roman Abramovich’s place I would sack Mourinho at the end of this season even if he has to pay him big amounts of money.
Please get rid of this man who has creativity only to respond to other managers and to whine when you lose. Jose would be much more successful if he was an actor not a football manager.
It’s just a shame that most Chelsea fans do not understand his elementary mistakes because of the emotions and sympathy they feel towards Jose Mourinho.
With this man on charge Chelsea will hardly ever win the Champions League.
That’s it.
7. Manish
Guys I am devasted….I don’t think I will be visiting sports websites, forums etc till start of next season….
Like Arsenal our season has also come to an end within a span of three days….whom to blame,I am not sure…..but if we continue to play such sort of football we will face this ignominy time and again….
and BC for you….u said that winter transfer would bring in Kompany, Richards,Quaresma…nothing of sort happened….then u said Robben is out for the season….that again wrong…so please don’t spread rumours…
and guys please learn to see flaws in team’s performance…entire season we played average football still many didn’t see anything wrong….
That’s all from me guys…keep faith…
8. Fwembt
M_D, It is possible that your ignorance is surpassed only by your inability to communicate in English.
1. Geremi came in for Maka for the penalties. Geremi is regarded as being better on a set piece. That is simple.
2. Mourinho is hardly to blame for Carvalho’s injury. He played the game, he was injured, these things happen. JM did not run out there and cripple him.
3. Yes, we were “chasing two rabbits.” This is the nature of things. Which would you have us give up oh wise one? Do we concede the EPL by playing less than our best there? Or should we tank in Europe so we can win the EPL? What if resting players costs us one and our fres players lose in the other? We had to play our best available players in order to try to win. If we had taken the quad or won the EPL or CL you would have been the first to celebrate it.
4. We know you are upset, we all are. I sat in front of the tele in shock for 10 minutes. These things happen. Don’t blame it on JM. We lost to a team that has played two meaningful games in the last month. We tried to chase history and we came up short. Ask the players what they think of their manager. You can’t find a negative quote.
Why did we lose? We were weary, we were without some of the best players in the game, Drogba continues to struggle when Sheva is not on the pitch, Kalou was awful, Lampard was serviceable but it seemed no one in front of him was inclined to anything other than stand, SWP could have been useful earlier in the game. There are a bunch of reasons. Don’t be so stupid and prosaic as to rely on the asinine “blame the manager” strategy. What you will do if you can’t rely on pure foolishness and bombast I don’t know, but figure something out.
9. Maysam
Fwembt , I agree with you.
let me tell you something, if Mourinho does not win premier league or champions league next season, Roman will sack him.
10. Shyam
cap123
—>you F*****g watever, This is NOT the moment to say this, have some common sense and shut the F**K up!, we are all disappointed and frustrated, This is a SPORT, we win some and we lose some, you moron. Chill
Abdullah–>
Man, wiser words werent spoken, I agree that playing for 4 cups has taken its toll, but in my opinion, it looks like our draw with Bolton was a downer, and the players werent really motivated enough to win, it appears to me like they are thinking, “what can we do? we are doing our best”, If you see, they really are not realising their potential, the sharpness has worn out, not coz of lethargy but coz of the continous and rigorous use in the last few weeks,
Liverpoo, good luck for them!! they need to prove it against Manure, this “intellectua” coach of theirs..he makes me laugh, he is like a fat lady describing an accident or gossiping, not sour grapes, I am proud that we are/were here, with the run of bad luck going our way
Midfield_decider —->
“The most hurting thing is that Liverpool was not good at all. I mean in our best or even average form we could beat or draw them. But we were so awful that we lost to them.” you said it, we werent the best team today and STILL they couldnt beat us, go figure.
“This man lost to Rafa Benitez 2 years ago and he had 2 years to learn his lesson but no, he hasn’t learned it yet”–>mr Midfielde, Rafa is NOTHING but an over rated “intellectual” manager!! He thinks he is some kind of a game player, we all know how good JM is at that, and more!
Accept that we were going to be caught, by the law of averages, by luck, by reality, anything, accept that we really lost the edge, and you will be at peace with yourselves rather than being bitter,
“If I was in Roman Abramovich’s place I would sack Mourinho at the end of this season even if he has to pay him big amounts of money.”—-> you are not in his place and you cannot do anything of that sort!!! I am sure, you havent forgotten the triumphs and the joy JM gave all of us with absorbing the pressure off the players, he is a true leader with a wicked wicked sense of humor, which I feel you wouldnt understand or relate, after the game, did you watch JM & JT hug? They came to terms with it, sad but definitely with their heads high and already thinking about next. JM is definitely THE MAN, and I wud think that Roman would be foolish to let JM go, I wouldnt be surprised if JM leaves himself, for not delivering, I am sure following Chelsea and JM, You should be aware of the kind of person JM really is, my fear is that, and not that Roman would ask him to go.!!!To a large extent, the uncertainity of JM at Chelski courtesy of Roman,it had a lot to do with the frame of mind of the players.
Fwembt
Thanks, I agree and you nailed it with “We lost to a team that has played two meaningful games in the last month. We tried to chase history and we came up short. Ask the players what they think of their manager. You can’t find a negative quote. “
My complaints about yesterday’s game
1)Robben, he shud have come in earlier, he really has the capability of going wide and then cutting in, he did that once in the game, JM just had faith in Drogba and Kalou for too long in the game, he just should have gone for the kill, why he didnt go? I have no idea
2)Maka, he has been having a wavering season,He did have a good game(compared to the rest of the season only, definitely not so great by his standards). it really would have been great if JM planned in an aggressive mode, instead of defensive(just my feeling.
The Good
1)Petr Cech–>Take a bow Cech, you did what you could, You were amazing and you are a great asset to our team, Thank you.
the penalties, I think poo went in with a lot of planning, they probably figured out(as the commentator said) that his left side being his weaker side, they put the penalties there,
BAD LUCK.
2)Drogba, he is amazing, keep up the good work, it was great to see him motivating the rest of the team members, and actually doing it with action.
3)Essien, if only you had Ricardo……………………………………………… I am sure he would have taken a shot at the goal, he was everywhere, no doubt he is called The Tank :)!
JM, what is he gonna do to keep the guys motivated and fight for the FA cup??!!! It really comes down to THAT talk from the manager, which would just turn the team into a frenzied group of people.
Jose, man, you werent able to lift the guys yesterday do it for the rest of the season.Do SOMETHING!!!
Players… guys we all know how hated we are, for our success, they take comfort in the fact that its because of our money and the supposedly arrogant JM, they hate our straightforward talk, they hate our glee when we are happy, we celebrate in style and we make a statement, all Chelsea haters are haters because they want to be us!..
Keep the faith guys.. come on. Go Chelsea…
11. RomanHoliday
After being on then seat of my pants with a dry throat for the whole match I was kind of relieved that it was all over.
Although the season is nearly over trophy-wise and we do have something left to play for and I will enjoy it whatever the outcome.
I hope that next season :
we come out with a bigger squad , avoid injuries as much as possible and have a litle more luck with penalties .
That is all I ask cos I think we now have :
Character, resilience ,courage, never-say-die spirit and big game experience .
But one plus one often does not add up to two.
But whatever I will enjoy the ride.
And we WILL have to buy cos Drogs, Essien , Mikel and Kalou are going to the African Cup for a month.
Fancy Tevez, Diego,Berbatov in the line up? guys?
And about Roman Ab, with his new beau keeping him happy, he should not be that
eager to rock the boat and bring on new headaches for himself. Cos compared with the dough AC Milan and Inter Milan have cost over the years his money/investment in CFC is good value.
12. joeblue
I am devastated , the season is crumbling around our ears , its time to bid JM goodbye , we hav to understand that CFC is more imp. than JM and it seems JM cant take us further than this!!!! He has been given money, players , time but still he has failed to deliver the one prize we really want!!!!
Infact m already looking forward to the summer when Jose finally gets the sack and we hire Klinsmann , so exciting it wld be , his team play some of the most good loking football u can see and we need a new drive and ambition , a young ,fresh and active coach!!!!!
All the failure i attribute to Jose , fwembt u still defend Jose???? Unbelieveable the club hardly matters to the people visisting this blog , we r being laughed upon by the whole footballing world as braggers and blabbers!!!
Yet people r not interested in the CFC’s defeat , they still defend the falmboyant manager , which is another reason i dislike JM , he has projected himself so huge , so big ,even bigger than the club itself!!!!
Why was Robben given the first penalty???? Foolish as always , a player who has been out for so long , has never taken penalties at this level is handed the first who misses and puts enormous pressure on us , who chose HIM????? Definately not Roman!!!!!
Carvalho wasant crippled by JM but the team certainly was , when we needed a decent sub-defender all we can play is our best midfielder Essien at CB , how shameful , if we wld hav won the CL with him at CB it wld be a shame on the whole tournament!!!!
But still all u FAKE fans r interested in is the manager keeping his job , and not CFC go forward and play beautiful football and not get laughed upon by the whole world !!!!! The day people start wanting the best for CFC not JM wld be the best for our club , JM has not established the club , yes he has won us many trophies but now we r stagnating , its the same old result every season , we need change , freshness , motivation , desire and passion above all we need a new manager!!!!!
13. Fwembt
Joeblue, Not going to bother addressing the majority of the drivel that you spouted since this is hardly the place for a fight. I defend JM because he is a part of the club. Those of us who defend him are hardly “FAKE” fans. We cheer, for the team, watch every game, and buy all the merchandise the same as you do. Just because we don’t see eye to eye on who should be the manager does not make us FAKE fans. We are all crushed by the defeat but refuse to give in to the inane, brainless second gueesing. We all love the club or we wouldn’t be here. Deal with it. I doubt you were crying last year.
I have not heard anyone in the footballing world laughing at us. I am assuming you conjured that out of the depths of your own dimly lit mind. I am guessing Robben went first because he was fresh. I have no idea, nor do you. I know for a fact that Robben was the person JM thought gave us the best chance to win. If you don’t agree that is your perogative but please try to voice your dissent in a manner vaguely resembling rational thought.
14. joeblue
Thank u fwembt for trying to show ur a REAL supporter and of course extending ur support to JM , again!!!! Looks like the only blog or site u visit is this one , unfortunately for us pal this aint the only one , i hav been to other blogs and sites and they r laughing their heads off condemning our manager as the blabbermouth he is , and the dreams and comments he comes up with!!!!
Just go and visit any such site and THEN u will know what i m talking abt , buying merchandise and watching matches does not make u a REAL fan , why???? cuz u dont find any faults in JM , and if so then why the hell r we out of the 2 biggest tournaments???? The reason we dont see eye to eye is not that u and me want diff. managers , but the fact that u seem to defend Jose and his tactics even when he is wrong , so what if he is our manager??? He was wrong all night yesterday , he has been wrong in choosing players , wrong in the squad selections , wrong in the transfer market , wrong in tactics ………U might not face this but i surely do!!!!
This IS the difference between Real(CFC fans) and Fake(only JM fans) fans!!!!!
15. joeblue
This is for all those foolish enough to believe fwembt :
THIS IS JAMIE CARRAGER IN AN INTERVIEW AFTER THE MATCH ON JM——–
He’s the funniest thing to come out of London since Del Boy and Rodney. I do read all of the stuff that’s said before and after the games, and I find most of it really funny. You hear all this about mind games but it has no impact on the players at all. I think the managers make a few comments and they get blown up because it’s entertaining. Mourinho just says crazy things all the time. The southerners aren’t known for their sense of humour, but Mourinho’s press conferences put that right. You can’t take what he says seriously most of the time.
Chelsea have spent nearly half-a-billion to build a team. For us to be even competing with them every year for one major trophy is a major achievement as far as I’m concerned. When you look at what Rafa’s done in three years, it’s outstanding. He joined us just after Arsenal had been champions with an unbeaten record and you’d never have believed then we could possibly finish above them in the Premiership two out of the next three seasons and win more trophies. Pound for pound, trophy for trophy, Rafa has clearly been the best manager in England since he came here because of the circumstances in which he’s brought us success and the standard of teams we’ve beaten to do it. Rafa’s one reason why we go into this game so confident. He’s proven how, tactically, he’s the best manager in the world.
16. joeblue
THIS IS SAF ON JM’S COMMENTS ON RONALDO———–
Maybe he is trying to unsettle the boy. But it is really below the belt to bring class into it. Just because you come from a poor, working-class background does not mean to say you are not educated. What Ronaldo has are principles, that is why he has not responded to it. Other people are educated but have no principles
17. joeblue
IT PAINS ME NO END TO READ THESE , BUT THIS IS WHAT BBC SPORT SITE IS FLOODING WITH AT THE MOMENT……………
A CFC FAN——– I’m sick of watching these overpaid players generate such little passion - this is the Champions League semi final for ‘heavens’ sake (sorry for the lame outburst, but the moderators will not allow what I want to say). We, the supporters deserve more than this. Chelsea were awful tonight, and none of the players wanted it enough! Well done to Liverpool, as much as I hate to say that, but at least their players have the passion… The Chelsea players only want the big money, and lets face it, they are going to be paid their wages whatever happens - I’m gutted.
FROM A NEUTRAL——- well done Liverpool, very well deserved. It’s good to stick JM’s idiotic, pseudo-intellectual words right back down his throat!!!
ANOTHER CFC FAN——True, this result has summed up chelsea’s season. When we won 4-1 at West Ham, albeit it was west ham, I though, oh, they might start playing well now. but it was faulse hope, and they carried on being their normal boring, route one selves.
You know what… Its almost exactly like watching england… but every week.
Have we scored more than 3 goals against proper teams (not macclesfield) except in the west ham match?
If not. thats shameful. REALLY shameful.
18. Fwembt
Nicely done. You quoted two opponents and some other hacks that agree with you. What do you expect Sir Alex and Carragher to say about Mourinho? Brilliantly played. Anyone can do that. What we saw was a tired team playing a well rested team. If you are so incredibly stupid that you think JM has something to do with that than please continue to wallow with the rest of the swine.
I read the Times and the Guardian so the opinions of a few of your fellow idiots hardly matters. We are all “REAL” CFC fans. The difference you are too daft to understand is that some of us support JM and you don’t. That does not mean we are not fans, it just means we have a different opinion. Perhaps when your mother releases you into the real world you will learn that actual adults can have seperate opinions on things they both support. Until that point you keep trolling with the uneducated masses.
Do I agree with every move that JM makes? Surely not. Am I going to call for the head of the man that has brough CFC more silverware in the last two years than in the 50 prior? No. Take a step back and realize that part of the reason people hate JM so much is nothing more than simple jealousy. He has taken our Blues to heights unimaginable only 10 years ago. He is not perfect but he has surely given CFC his very best. For the last two years that has been enough. We now have one bad year and fair weather fans begin to call for his head. It’s sad really. Enough on this though. Shall we just agree it was a heartbreaking loss and move on?
19. foursquare
any trash i can throw at a man u fan … he’s been going on and on about the usual money mercenaries that are wayy too over paid and jibberish…
20. joeblue
This argument can go on forever , with both of us trying to show the other side of the coin but mind ur language no need to get my parentage involved , i dont want to use abusive language for a fellow CFC FAN as U say!!!!!
It WAS a heartbreaking loss but i wish the mistakes made by JM were as trival as people want me to believe , but the one thing i want to tell one and all STOP COUNTING JM’S TROPHIES AS HIS DEFENSIVE LINE , OTHERWISE SAF CAN GO TO RETIREMENT EVER WORRYING ABT FOOTBALL , WITHOUT THE HUNGER FOR MORE TROPHIES IT IS MEANINGLESS TO GO ON!!!!!
21. Midfield_decider
Everyone here knows that I haven’t used any abusive words to any fellow fan here so far…but now it is a time.
Fwembt you are the biggest PIECE OF SHIT I have ever seen in my life. You wanna know why?
You have something against my English? Did you bother yourself to think that these sites are not only visited by englishmen? If my English is so bad how could you understand mwhat I wrote and reply to me? Is English of your beloved JOSE Mourinhho better than mine? His English is bad and it was even worse 3 years ago when he came to England. Yet he used to be a professional interpreter. How many languages do you speak in? I wonder if you if you could say a word in my native language.
As for Jose and his tropheys, anyone from the best 7 managers in the world could win those tropheys win Roman’s money. Alex Ferguson, Rafael Benitez, Guus Hiddink, Carlo Ancelotti, Ottmar Hitzfild, Frank Rijkaard and even Arsen Wenger could win all that tropheys + the Champions League.
You are saying that Geremi is good at penalties??? Don’t you understand that the players who spend their recent time on teh bench are least likely to score? Remember the last World Cup’s final and after-match penalties. The late substitute Trezeguet missed it. In 2000 Uefa Cup final between Arsenal and Galatasaray the bench-warmer star Davor Suker missed it. And these are only few examples.
I’m sorry but you know nothing about football.
Joeblue is right.
I hope Roman Abramovich is wise enough to sack Jose. After that all CFC fans like you, Fwembt, could follow Jose wherever he goes.
22. Manish
Guys disappointment is quite visible and understandable….but it would be better if we all keep restraint on ourselves….expressing one’s views is most welcome but there are always enough civilised words for it.
23. Midfield_decider
Manish,
you are right but civilised words are used when you are talking with civilised people, not uncivilised ones like Fwembt.
Cheers.
24. boruff
guys…i dont know what to say. im heartbroken…u guys can fight until the next season starts for all i could care. at least we have something to read in this blog, ahahaha.
lastly, thanks BC for making this blog. i luv CFC, everyone & everything in it even if we dont win anything.
cheers…
25. Alby
I think that this year we were very unlucky because of the injuries.This year we played twince in Anfield and Carvalho didn’t play in both games I think if Carvalho had played the result of the game wil be diferrent.!!I believe in Chelsea’s player and J.Mourinho and I hope next year to be better because this team has fans in all over the world one example it’s me I live in Greece but I will be Chelsea’s fun for ever because it’s worth..!!!
26. Manish
Guys now that a great and tiring season is coming to an end and we all have been witnessing our matches all along, I think it is a great opportunity to analyse and dissect our players’ and team’s performance at our own level…off course club authorities will be doing it….but we all also have been keen observers of team and everyone of us must have analysed the team from different perspectives…..so it would be nice if we all express our views about our strengths this season, our shortcomings and possible remedies, our players who hold the key to the future and also the new replacements one will like to see….
Keep up the spirits.
27. bigbadblue
It clear now that we have lost who the fans are…Everyone calling for Jose’s sack on this blog had not done so before today. so whats changed? one more defeat they can’t handle? Please feel free to move on.
And really, when did Chelsea ever play entertaining football ort score goals by the bagful. Piece of advise to some fans, decide what sort of football you like to watch and find a team that embodies that. dont carry on about how unattractive bla bla bla only cos you lost and you cant stand to lose.
28. Somak
I expect positive show in FA cup Final….
29. cap123
oh Shyam you shut up, you ‘moron’, this is the perfect time to pissed off with your own team, when you go out of two tournaments in such a short amount of time. I was saying we didn’t deserve penalties the way we were playing you jackass, i have an opinion.
‘chill’ lmao
30. joeblue
You seem to be big only in name , bad i dont know but this must be ur true name bigbadstupid :
‘Everyone calling for Jose’s sack on this blog had not done so before today. so whats changed? one more defeat they can’t handle? Please feel free to move on.’
shut up JM lover , who r u to choose teams for other people???? Hav u ever read ANY posts earlier???? looks like u hav just turned up right now at the big bad time , so stop ur blabbering when u dont even know whats been happenin at this blog!!!
Just cuz we havent played beautiful football means that we never will???? What sort of stupid self-made rules r these???? Do u know even 1% of football????
do u even know that Arsenal played the most boring sort of football before Wenger took over???? U know nothin , looks like u just turned a JM lover , congrats and go to hell , nobody has asked ur opinion!!!!!!
31. Fwembt
A. I am not a piece of excrement, just for the record.
B. I didn’t say Geremi was good at penalties but he is certainly better than Maka.
C. I am not an Englisman either. I don’t care how well JM speaks English, I only wish him to manage.
D. Joeblue, I know you have been calling for JM’s head for awhile now. It is clear we don’t agree but I think we can both continue to support our club. I agree that the hunger for more trophies is vital to success. I don’t agree that one year without them makes it worthwhile to sack someone.
E. M_D, I actually know quite a lot about football. I have played, coached and officated for longer than I care to remember. I was only trying to suggest a reason that JM may have gone with Geremi over Maka, I didn’t say it was his best idea ever. Given that you have never met me I would suggest not continuing the ad hominem attacks.
F. It is a shame that whenever we lose this place turns into a salivating mass calling for the head of someone. This loss was awful, the season has certainly turned downhill. I didn’t think JM was very good in this game. It was clear by the 70th minute that Joe Cole and Kalou were not going to make a difference. I would have inserted SWP and Robben at that point. SWP was incisive when he entered and I can’t help but think that his earlier inclusion would have been the difference.
G. When JM leaves I will still be a CFC supporter. I couldn’t care less where he will go after this and I will not follow him there. I think he is a good manager and I defend him as so. When we get a new manager I will do my best to support him as well. There is no need to vilify me because we don’t agree. It is possible for mature adults to disagree without name calling.
32. Maysam
Sacking JM is a mistake.
and i am sure Roman won’t do that this season
33. johnarejr
I remember for the past couple of years, REAL Man U fans were talking about getting rid of Sir Alex. They said he was past his prime, uninspiring, had no new ideas. The FAKE fans must have had their way and now look at the results of a few years of patience. No Doubt, Chelsea has it’s flaws and Mourinho is far from perfect. But, the day someone becomes qualified to judge who is and isn’t a true supporter of the team based on standing by a manager during one “unsuccessful” season is the day when pigs fly! Jose, review the season, make the needed changes, and go on.
34. Adonis
Come on, people, take it easy. It’s a sad loss but there’s no need to be cursing at each other. We need to remain respectful and discuss Chelsea and their affairs, not our hatred of one another. Mourinho has certainly made a few mistakes, in his strategy for this match and planning for the season. But some of the greatest teams are ones that come back from losses swinging, that come off the canvas and win. He certainly made mistakes, but he’s delivered the goods before. One more year of JM won’t hurt anyone, our team is young and he wants to win Champions League as badly as all of us want it. They should all learn and grow from this season and hopefully the ball will bounce in our favor next year.
35. Midfield_Decider
Oh my God,
Fwembt, what kind of maturity are you talking about? Whose words are these: “M_D, It is possible that your ignorance is surpassed only by your inability to communicate in English.”
If you consider yourself as a mature one then keep your mouth tightly shut up. It’s none of your business whether I’m able or unable to communicate in English.
As for your coaching, there can be people who spend all of their lives in football by playing or coaching but they may still lack ability to analyze the game deeply. And you are one of them.
Did you watch 2 legs of Milan-ManUtd game. That’s the way football should be played. There was not only good attacking but also good defending too, especially from Milan in the second leg. You and the Mourinho-likes have much should to learn from Sir Alex and Mr Ancelotti.
You still insist on Mourinho?? Fist of all this man has no honour. To lie in front of the public is nothing for him. And every team reflects the character of its manager. That’s the main reason why Chelsea FC plays negative football, cannot show character on great European games like in the semi-finals of 2005 and 2007. Chelsea’s manager is a lier and has no honour and that’s the main reason why Chelsea FC is hated by others not because Roman Abramovich has invested huge amounts of money. You want a proof? Read this:
“Jose Mourinho was stripped of his self-appointed status as the special one and became the deluded one as Liverpool visited another Champions League nightmare upon Chelsea.
Mourinho’s disappointment was understandable, as he had to swallow a second semi-final defeat in front of an Anfield gallery that has taken particular exception to his unique, outspoken personality.
But it took all of Mourinho’s brass neck and some very thick blue-tinted spectacles to sit and declare - without any sign of his tongue drilling a hole in his cheek - that the best team lost and that Chelsea were truly
we lose…I’m so sad…
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