Pre-season, Premier League, Season Review - Written by BlueChampion on Sunday, July 29, 2007 17:23 | 2,196 Views | 49 Comments | Add Comment
Does Jose Mourinho Deserve The Criticism He Gets?
We’ve been discussing quite heatedly about Jose Mourinho and Chelsea’s playing style under him. So, I thought I’ll tell you what I feel. Jose has been getting a lot of criticism from various quarters for various reasons. I’d like to analyze to see if he really deserves this amount of criticism. Remember, he’s a darling of a great percentage of Chelsea fans that his name is sung everytime we play at Stamford Bridge. A lot of his players, rivals and competitors have great respect for him and hold him in very high regard. But still he seems to have this incredible love-hate relationship with the press, fans, rivals and sometimes even with his players!
While I believe that Jose’s Chelsea played high tempo football (referred by some incorrectly as beautiful football, in my humble opinion) in 04-05 and 05-06, last season the playing style had to change due to the injuries and for the news signings. Also, I believe that only because we changed our playing style last season, we were able to give a close run-in and end up at No.2. But the big question now is the title of the post. Does he deserve the flak that he receives from a very small minority of Chelsea fans and a majority of the other club fans?
Let’s get this straight. Who hired Jose? Roman and Kenyon. Are they happy with Jose? Two titles in three years and lot of promise. They’re certainly happy and that’s why he’s still in the job. Roman has the money and power to throw Jose out any day and pick and choose from the cream of football managers. Instead, he extended Jose’s contract by another 4 years or so. Isn’t that strong enough message that the Chelsea management is happy with Jose Mourinho’s management of the team? They might have some ego clashes here and there but they are not against his way of football management, in principle.
Chelsea hardly won anything for 100 years when compared to the biggies that we’re now competing with. What can push Chelsea straight away to the league where Man Utd, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus etc are there. Again, what can push Chelsea up? Titles or the way we play football, which takes you quicker to their league? Man Utd won the title in 1951-52. Do you know if they played great football to win the title? History remembers and records that they won the title. As simple as it sounds.
Now, think for a moment what the Chelsea management has in mind. They want to make Chelsea a top club worldwide by 2015. What would they be interested in? Titles or one-touch slick play? Titles will improve the fan base and will bring in new fans and that’s a proven fact, especially in Chelsea’s case. This statement needs no argument.
In business, when a company enters a new market, they cut the price so much that they can establish a foothold in the new market. That’s called the ‘penetration price’. All the criticism Chelsea gets, some deserved and some undeserved, are the price we pay for having penetrated the cartel of Man Utd, Liverpool (!) and Arsenal.
When Jose came in to England, it was a completely new league for him, with respect to the competition, language, culture, quality of players, nature of football and he had a few legendary managers already in the league for more than a decade. With huge expectations on him, he delivered two titles. Of course, he had the financial backing of Roman but to win the title in any league is no joke and no amount of money can guarantee that.
I certainly believe Jose knows more about football than me. That’s why I’m blogging about Chelsea and he’s managing them. Given a free hand, he can make them play as brilliant as possible. One thing is about quality and other is about quantity. Are we heavier towards quality or quantity depends on the direction and vision provided to us by the management. It’s very clear that, at the moment, given the club ambitions and the management’s expectations, substance rules over style.
Now, your argument could be that Man Utd does that, why can’t we? We did, as I said in 04-05 and 05-06. You have realise that most of the guys in the newsrooms are basically fans of Man Utd/Liv/Arsenal and find it hard to digest the fact that Chelsea not only are challenging them but also dislodging them. Looking at some of the match reports (not articles) in even some reputed magazines it’s quite obvious that the club allegiances influence the way things are reported. In 04-05 and 05-06, Chelsea played the best football in England and I dont think Jose was given credit for that. In some ways, unfortunately, Jose is fighting a losing battle. If Chelsea plays well, the credit goes to Roman, his money, Drogba’s form, Cech’s brilliance, Ranieri’s signings etc and when Chelsea does not play well, his face is in the centre of the dartboard.
The other side of the story is that, in Man Utd, the expectations are different. Fergie went empty handed for three seasons and he is still on the job, because Man Utd are a big club with loads of trophies in their big cabinet and they can afford to stay trophy-less for a few seasons, just like Real Madrid. Do you think Jose would retain his job if he were to win nothing at all for three seasons? I doubt if he’d be retained beyond the first trophyless season. Jose, despite all the riches available at his disposal, he does not have too much time to experiment or invest on anything that’s going to benefit after two or three seasons. Management wants results. From the marketing side, Chelsea is making huge strides in highly untapped football regions in the world such as the USA and Asia. What can help them is the titles and trophies. You might ask: Is it not possible to play high tempo football and at the same time win titles? Yes, let me repeat, that’s what we showed and proved in 04-05 and 05-06.
Compare his situation with Fabio Capello. I also know that there were a lot of reasons for him to get sacked. Under him, Real Madrid started playing in a different style that was not welcomed by a large section of the fans and the board. He won the title and he was sacked. Logic is simple. Real Madrid has won more honours than any other club in football history. They know that if Fabio isn’t there, some Claudio will be there.
All said, I love watching Chelsea, however they play. That’s more because I enjoy wholesome football experience than those moments of brilliance or spurt of action. I enjoy the way we grind the opposition, I like the way we tactically shut the opponent out of the game, I like the way our players lurk around, waiting for the very same movements of the opponent players on the pitch to create an attack, and I love the way we win the ball. Lot of these stuff are called by many as boring football, which is unfortunate because this is football. Football is not just about those one-twos or the chip over the heads or triangle passes.
If anyone tells me that my team is playing boring football, I simply won’t agree. Who decides what is interesting and what is boring? It is subjective, certainly. It’s lies in the
eyes of the beholder. Of the bigger teams, Liverpool played the most boring form of football last season, in my eyes. None of the pool fans are going to agree with me and that’s fair enough. I’m not saying it’s wrong to comment about Chelsea’s playing style but keep in mind, that it’s simply your opinion and we all have one for ourselves. We need multiple opinions and that’s what makes life interesting. If we all had thought exactly the same way about each and everything, life must be awfully boring!
Following the extensive debates and arguments going around in BlueChampions.Com, I feel, may be, we need to define and differentiate the terms ‘fans’ and ’supporters’ separately. Fans being the ones who support Chelsea club and enjoy watching Chelsea team while ’supporters’ support Chelsea club as much as any other fan but don’t enjoy watching Chelsea team currently as much as the fans due to the current manager, current players, playing style or whatever.
In 04-05 and 05-06, I was getting tired of defending ourselves from non-Chelsea fans of ‘you bought the titles’ propaganda and in 06-07, ‘boring boring Chelsea’, ‘200 million for two titles’ and ‘chelsea in crisis‘ had me busy. That’s fine, standing up for my team and what my team does, is after all what the fans are expected to do, right?
[tags]Chelsea, Jose Mourinho, Peter Kenyon, Roman Abramovich, Premiership, Football, Man Utd, Alex Ferguson, Real Madrid, Fabio Capello[/tags]
49 Comments
2. Nihongo Blue
I think jose did a tremendous job with Joe Cole to impove him as a player. remember when joe won us a match in 2004 what remarks jose gave … he has to go and help the team in defence too… he isnt just about there to score and foget.. i liked it a lot.. it helped joe to improve overall and find a place in england team.
He did a tremendous job with Drogba, who was nothing more than a ‘good striker’. He worked on Mikel and taught him some discipline and made his football mature. He struck a magnificent partnership with his captain, which is very important. He re-engineered Joe Cole. He retained and developed Carvalho despite Ricardo’s intial disappointment. Improved/introduced the versatility in the game for a lot of the players. More than anything, he has protected the players from any pressure, by sacrificing his own image in public. I did not go into this part in the post very deliberately as I was only talking about the titles and playing style.
4. Nihongo Blue
and on top of every thing… WINNING MENTALITY!!
5. Anonymous
I like high tempo football
6. Mourofsame
BC, this piece is absolutely brillIant. You captured it all. I keep saying that the rest of English fans know the worth of mour but together with the press, they are deliberately waging a propaganda warfare on him and the team as a way of hampering his plans. I love the way our fans at the Bridge last year stuck with and sang his name throughout. Majority of Blue fans are very smart, you know. When tou see gold, you do not wait for others to tell you. I said earlier, that Jose told his team very early on, that with the exception of Maka, Carvalho and Ferreira none of them had ever won either league or CL so if they wanted to be champions, they needed to have faith in the leadership. The greatest accomplishment of Mour for me was fact that he inculcated into them such gritty self belief that no matter the odds, their spirit is never down. Remember, us agaisnt Arsenal at the Emirates last season, playing 10 against 11. our real spirit was made manifest. we made them to chase shadows. manure and loserpool would have been taken apart by Arsenal in that situation but not Mour’s Chelsea. and some are complaining because the opposing fans and press claim we are boring? But who says there is no beauty in defending? who says beauty lies only in attacking? I have always been number one fan of the Italian national team (in fact my love for Chelsea came from my eternal support for the Azzuri- blues)- they made the defensive art such a beautiful thing- what have they got to show for it- 4 world cups. am I happy, you bet i am. Mour is the biggest thing that happened to chelsea after Roman. Those who do not see, will eventually do. BC, the piece is great, do not worry.
7. CiGoL
You stole the words from my mouth… an amazing read indeed!! You are a true fan…and served the right meal… just the right amount of motivation a fan needs… keep blogging!
cheers
8. Manish
blind ‘fans’ u all are….unable to see the obvious or want to ignore it….Jose’s role has come to an end at Cheslea….and why to be so emotional about it…change is the rule of nature otherwise rot sets in….Jose has done what he could and time has come for him to give way to new ideas.
9. Mourofsame
Blind fans because we are behind the man who has put our team on top of the world and the team that evokes the greatest passions (love and hate) in the world of football? If this is blindness, then may we forever remain blind. Mour is just bout to start the next phase of Chelsea’s dominance and you will live to see it and eat back your words.
10. Manish
if I have to eat my words I would be happiest…
11. Blue Champion
In 2004-05, Roman Abramovich wanted to bring Ronaldinho, Zidane and David Beckham to Chelsea. Jose Mourinho refused to bring in any such mega stars. Read this conversation between Roman and Jose:
Roman: “Now that I’m here I’m going to buy Ronaldinho. Would you like that?”
Jose: “No.”
Roman: “I’ll buy you Zinedine Zidane.”
Jose: “No”.
Roman: “David Beckham?”
Jose: “No.”
Roman: “OK, here’s a name you can’t refuse. Tomorrow, for you, I’ll make my big friend Andriy Shevchenko a Chelsea player.”
Jose: “No, no and no.”
Roman: “But you don’t understand, Mr Mourinho. I’m talking about buying the biggest stars in world football.”
Jose: “No, it’s you who doesn’t understand, Mr Abramovich. You only need one star at Chelsea — me.”
This is an excerpt from the book ‘Leadership - Lessons of Mourinho‘ written by Luis Lourenco
12. BlueBlood58
oi BC say no more
The extracts from the book say exactly what type of person is. He is his own man!!!
Does what he wants, says what he wants and if he can put Mr A in his place so to speak, then we can all shut up giving JM stick - not that I will - unlike others!!
KTBFFH
13. The Big Bad Wolf
Manish is Indian ppl! He doesnt know much about football!!!!!!!!!
Ignore him
14. Blue Champion
The Big Bad Wolf - Let’s not discriminate or insult anyone for race, language, religion or country. Reason him, argue with him and prove him wrong or ignore him. Let’s kick racism (and all the off-shoots of it) out of football and out of our minds.
By the way, I’m Indian too and I’m very proud to say that. Of course, it’s in the blood!
15. QJA
Brill post, BC. Nailed it. I think history will reflect better on Jose’s time than the headlines as he’s truly one of the most remarkable EPL coaches of the 21st century. Neither Rafa Benitez nor Arsene Wenger have been lauded or denigrated as much as Jose and even SAF didn’t enjoy such a meteoric rise in prestige as Mourinho in his first few years at Manchester. What Mourinho has done is absolutely astounding– which is why many people can’t accept it.
I especially enjoyed the bit about how you enjoy Chelsea’s football for its own merit and not for how it matches up with the term “beautiful football.”
LKROOF. (Racism out of football.)
-QJA
16. Manish
Wolf, I can only laugh on petty minded like you.
17. Nihongo Blue
@The Big Bad Wolf
Who are u to surmise that being an indian manish doesnt knows about football… get a life… it feels so insulting even replying such comments.. but cant help.. have to..
grow up!!
18. Mourofsame
I really love the angles brought about by Joeblue and Manish. Life will be boring without that. Come on Manish, though we know you are wrong, keep the anti Mour flame burning as long as you join us to KTBFFH. Cheers
19. saji
quite brilliant posttt,,,, people hav different opinionss but,, they can keep to themself,,, chelsea play great footballl,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
20. Snotz82
Brilliant article, it just like u read my mind… Keep it up, this is what i called true blue..Chelsea!! Chelses!! Chelsea!!
21. Adonis
Well done BC, once again. I enjoyed the artivle, very well reasoned. You know I love Jose and can’t imagine him leaving Chelsea, but for some reason I want to see him coach in La Liga or Serie A, so people can understand the measure of his brilliance once he conquers another league. Maybe a place at Real, that’d be nice to see 
And I can’t help ignoring it, Big Bad Wolf, you’re the stupidest sounding racist I’ve ever heard.
22. Peter jones
Brilliant read .sums up everything
23. AgentBlue
helloo ya’ll!!!!!
24. AgentBlue
hey BC…….I think you should be charged dude!(lol) i think sumhow you found a way to get inside ma thoughts(lol)!
Well written……excellent piece!!!!!
25. AgentBlue
I know this topic is very sensitive among sum of us Chelsea fans!
Im a Chelsea fan and im not scared to say that I also admire Jose!
The fact is that if it was some other guy managing Chelsea, most ppl would be totally impressed with his record!
Its just because of his attitude….his “arrogance’ at times which I sometimes find intriguing…..lots of ppl hate him 4 it why?
Neway brillliant article again BC!
26. Manish
Guys, I think enough from me abt Mourinho…I will wait for first few matches to put further my points…btw whats the news regarding robben….is he really set to leave..if its so then shouldn’t we try for quaresma or drenthe….and what abt alves bid…please update.
27. Snotz82
” We reached a ridiculos situation that there were 14 coaches linked to my job last season. It was a crazy time when I was in mature state of mind, I may have ended things at Chelsea” - JM on how he came close to walking out of Stamford Bridge last season.
I think JM is our best manager so far. His contract is still on going (2010) and he has many season to prove himself and why sacked him suddenly? I have to agree that we shouldn’t be into aggressive management and annoying like real Madrid. Other rival fans just envy and got irritating by him and becoz of that, he put the pressure on him and not the players. He also bring all the players into one team. What I like about last season perfomance is the never die attitude. Yes, we lost the epl but that doesn’t stop us to be more ambitious and hunger for success….
28. RomanHoliday
Jose is becoming one of the GREATEST managers if not the GREATEST Chelsea has/ had/ will have ! (sorry for bad grammar)
Want to see more of guys like him when he leaves and he will someday.
Better than having Eriksson , don’t you think?
29. Blue Champion
Thanks everyone!
I see some new people joining the community! Warm welcome - Peter Jones, Snotz82, saji, CiGoL, QJA. Keep visiting. This will surely be a better place with more and more and more fans/supporters.
By the way, have you all signed up for ‘The Blue Champions Club’ fantasy league challenge?
30. saji
thanks BC,,, i always read your articles,, never posted any ,, but this one was quiteee brilliant as i said,,,long live josee and chelsea together…
31. Maysam
I have not read this article yet , but I like Mourinho , He is God .
and I have a good answer for all of his critics . ,no I don’t say :)) I don’t know the age of members . sorry
32. bigbadblue
Jose on Joining Chelsea:
“I intend to give my best, to improve things and to create the football team in relation to my image and my football philosophy.”
33. joeblue
hey guys , for those who believe i m waging an anti JM warfare , u r completely wrong , infact if u hav read my earlier posts u wld know , its not MR.jose i dont like , its him AT chelsea i dont like!!!
I believe in the rule of shelf-life , everything has a life , a time of prosperity and a time of degradation and end , wether that be a human or a game , Chelsea fortunately had been blessed to hav a coach as Mr.Jose , arrogant , confident and having a winning mentality , which has spurred Chelsea to become a team of such prominence in not only the EPL but also europe!!!!
Neither do i mean to undermine Jose’s qualities nor his efforts , in fact i clearly state this for ppl having a prejudiced opinion abt me!!! believe u me guys i like this man , but i also believe that the time has come for a change , nothing lasts forever , and alas its adieu time for this legend of 3 seasons!!!
He possibly cannot achieve anything more here , it will be in the benefit for both club and coach to part ways , his football has been…..ahem.. of a less stature and he has collected all trophies possible!!!
If ppl say the CL , i wld laugh at u , we hav seen in the past seasons by luck , error or whatever u guys might make up the excuse , he has been unsucessful , he cannot win us the holy grail , and that is wat is needed to boost CFC to a legendary status , it is a must , a necessity , a thirst waiting to be quenched, and if a manager boasting himself to be so great cannot win it for us in 3 seasons , with 500 mn pounds and this amt of talent at his disposal , sorry to say he NEVER can!!!!
34. joeblue
Roman has signed Jose but it begs the question , what is a team??? a team exists only cuz it is supported , it is envied and enamoured , yes Jose has had his sucess , but lets not forget we fans r the most important!!! not any manager , nor any player ,it is US becuz of whom the club markets ,we buy the tickets, visit blogs , buy merchandise ,sympathise at losses , jump in joy at wins , be there thru thick and thin ,r we getting paid for it??? no!!!!
does it rule our life???no!!!
Then why do we bother to watch football??? because it brings smiles to our faces , fills us with passion , lightens fire in our bellies so we can thump our chest and say we r Chelsea supporters , we watch football not for some man earning millions , but to see ur team play FOOTBALL, to see them dominate , play exquiste stuff and show the world wat we r capable of which makes u proud to be a Chelsea supporter!!!!
50 years from now , history books wil write Chelsea as winners but wld it matter if we r dead and dusted???? the thing that wld matter wld be the smiles of passion and appreciation , and fondness we had for the sport , for the passes , the set-ups , the goals and the game itself , maybe in our greed for trophies we hav forgotten the sport itself , at times like these i look inside and hope that someday ppl wil realise this!!!!
I kno its strange to see somethin of this demenour written by me but i plead u to just think abt it , with your heart and not your brain , for a change!!!!
35. zubinj9
BC i have joined the squadgod. But i am not able to create a team, also i cannot scroll down the webpage of the site- squadgod.
Please help me out from this situation soon.
Hope you respond soon.
36. AgentBlue
Joeblue…………dnt worry im not arguing with ya now dude!(lol) U remind me of ma mom(lol) Always trying to correct a problem that really doesnt exist(hehehehe) Dnt take that the wrong way Mate!
Any way maybe one day we will actually agree on something!(lol) Besides the fact that we love Chelsea!
Oh U and manish as well!
Cheers!!!!!
The 2 stubborn boyz on the blog(lol)
Nuff respect!!!! Zn
37. Mourofsame
JoeBlue says “50 years from now , history books wil write Chelsea as winners but wld it matter if we r dead and dusted???? the thing that wld matter wld be the smiles of passion and appreciation , and fondness we had for the sport , for the passes , the set-ups , the goals and the game itself , maybe in our greed for trophies we hav forgotten the sport itself , at times like these i look inside and hope that someday ppl wil realise this!!!!”
You are wrong my brother. I remember with bitterness matches that my favourite played the football of angels and lost. And I remember with lots of fondness matches, that we won- Winning is what comes to mind first- second to that are those details. I do not reminisce at all those silky games Chelsea used to play a few years back, when we were such a flip flop team that could beat Manure 5-0 and lose to some bottom team the following week. Victory is the first thing. after that you can indulge in the luxury of the how. JoeBlue, would you rather be a gunner over the last three seasons than be a blue fan? Iwould not trade places at all. We play beautiful when we need to but firstly we need to get the business done. Unless we want to start a parralel league that we will label, the exhibition football league. My 5 cents.
38. Blue Champion
Zubinj9 - I’ve approved your application. You’ll be able to play around now.
39. Adonis
Very very well said, Mourofsame. Couldn’t agree more. You don’t remember how Real Madrid played football from 1955-1960, but you know they won the CL 5 times in a row. That’s what people know. To win is better than to be flashy and stumble, again Chelsea vs Arsenal being the prime example over the last few years.
How can you say JM can’t win us the CL?? You are no judge of that, none of us are. I’m sure you’re familiar with the situations in which we’ve been eliminated, with the Liverpool goals (or lack of them) and such. I’m not saying we deserved to win, etc. We haven’t yet. But with a bit of luck we certainly could have been in the finals of the CL 1 if not 2 times.
Wait, if this season we get eliminated in the SF, then you’d have reason to say something.
And JM has won it before. With Porto. So why not with Chelsea?
40. Adonis
Hey BC I just had an idea for a post… How about a post comparing our players to the best players in the world?? And not just in positions, but in certain situations… Free kicks, penalty shootouts, etc… I’m sure it’ll spark much debate and be an interresting topic overall.
41. RomanHoliday
Joe is quite poetic ,nice stuff . I like the ” dead and dusted ” stuff.
Me ? I’m a JM man .He ” IS ” Chelsea at the moment . Yes I like pretty football too. But ya gotta win too. Both is good .And hope we see EXCITING football this season.
By the way Manure’s so-called beautiful ” football can be a bore too. They do the same stuff over and over again. Rather have ballet moment like KaKa rather than the hectic-at-the small teams as much as we can Manure stlye.
42. Midfield_Decider
Hey guys,
I liked very much what joeblue wrote. Bravo, joeblue.
There are only 3 of us in this blog who think that Mourinho’s time has come. Me, joeblue and Manish.
I read here people turning our attention to Arsenal who have been playing attractive footy and yet won nothing. My question is: do they have players and money we have in order to win tropheys? No, they don’t. Another question: is Arsen Wenger the only manager who can make a team play attractive? No, he is not. Why don’t you turn our attention to Ferguson who has been winning everything by playing attractive footy?
Okay, Jose has had everything within him (brain) and at his disposal (money) to win all domestic tropheys. But does he have enough brain to win the so called holy grail, The Champions’ League? My answer is NO. The only chance he can win it if he stays at Chelsea for too long, I mean by trial and error. There’s no chance that this man can win the deluded trophey when around him there are guys like Benitez, Ancelotti and Rijkaard. He won’t win this trophey easily if he wins it at all. I can assure you that Chelsea is not the team to win next years CL. So, if we won all domestic tropheys why do we need him? Now it’s time to go for Europe and entertainment. And it’s clear that Jose is not the man for this.
I’m afraid that we’ll lose Robben to Real Madrid. That will mean that Jose swapped Robben for Malouda. LOL
43. ashton
m_d you seem to miss the whole point. jose has won enough. even if he wins nothing for the next two seasons fine enough. why do u think, if he does not win CL, he should go? roman is fine with him, it’s his money, Roman’s money and not fans’ money. even if no one turns up for the game or no one buys merchandise, roman can still run the club. why are you jumping up and down???
44. Midfield_Decider
ashton, you’re a clown LOL:)))))
45. ashton
M_D, thanks a lot, same to you! LLLLOOOOOLLLL!!!!!! very funny . . .
46. Midfield_Decider
ashton, you need a proof that you are a clown?
If Jose wins nothing for the next 2 seasons everyone who supports him here will be against him. You doubt it? Just ask others.
And if everything is about Roman’s satisfaction and his money what the hell are people discussing here in this blog for more than a year?
47. huntycfc
I’m going to follow on from yourself Ashton. M_D you say that Mourinho is not the man to win the Champions League and he never will for Chelsea, but yet this is the same man who defied the odds and steered Porto to Champions League glory. Now I’m not going to sit here and say that we’re definitely going to win it next season and we’re going to blitz the domestic side of things as well, but this is the same man who has steered us to two semi’s in 3 years. One in which we were horribly denied of progressing and, if we had done, I am pretty sure we would have overcome AC Milan. And I do believe that the strain of losing many key players and playing 60 games in a season where we were playing with 70% of our squad at any given time contributed to our demise against Liverpool last season.
If we play like we have done in previous seasons, with the cover that we have brought in for all positions and the quality that has been brought in (Malouda and Pizarro namely, and possibly Alex), I do feel that we will have what it takes to push even further, and if lady luck is on our side as well even win the Champs League next season. We definitely have the talent in the squad, and we have proven winners within the squad as well.
48. Midfield_Decider
huntycfc, I see you weren’t around here when we discussed all this in May when Chelsea got beaten by Liverpool once again. You are telling the same old nonsense.
In his first season with Roman’s money even Ranieri took Chelsea to semi-finals. It’s not an achievement.
As for Porto, lady luck smiled to Jose once in his life for his hard work. Nobody expected anything from Porto, there were no pressure on them, and they just killed their opponents with their (oops Jose’s) negative football and when they couldn’t do that they were saved by referee’s mistakes like Scholes’ disallowed onside goal in quarter-final or many disallowed one-to-ones of Morientes and CO. against Porto goalie in the final game stopped by off-side whistles when the score was 0-0 an 0-1.
Chelsea is not Porto. Other teams know what to expect from Chelsea and Jose.
Why didn’t we have cover last year? Because Jose was too naive to think that we can compete in 4 competitions without a cover. Again Jose’s fault.
Why we couldn’t score against Liverpool in 2005? Because Jose’s prime goal is not to concede, so he couldn’t teach his players how to score against teams like Liverpool. Again Jose’s fault.
His faults go on and on and you brig them as excuses for our failure. LOL
If you’re not gong to sit there and say that we’re definitely going to win it next year then don’t say anything. Because I say that we are definitely not going to win it next year.
Oops! Just realised that the post is a little tooooo looooong! Hope you won’t mind it!
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