it would be grat for england. i hope he comes. a great manager and a great team.

Jose Mouriniho is a credible manager.

BC,

With the fat payoff jose got while leaving chelsea i do not think money will lure jose at this moment… FA is not going to pay him any such amount which he wont get in any big club.

with the likes of barcelona and real not too stable currently a big job is definitely on an offer soon. SAF will soon retire and may be the best choice for england!!! what say…

jose to man utd and SAF for england!!!

he gave chelsea the trophy back after 50 years and what he got back ??? sacking.. hate from blue fans craving for so called beautiful football or only the owner?. Even the chelseafc website had no thanking note until next day . U r on grants propaganda to give you a bad name after every interview making everyone feel as if u never did anything good for the chelsea fans.”He must kill your name before he kills you”

dont go to liverpool please… even if u give them the trophy back after 18yrs(they r not gonna win this yr too ) people will still say u bought the trophies.

You are the special one and will always be where ever you go what ever you do.

If I wanted to have an easy job… I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.
Jose Mourinho quote

I think he would do a wonderful job although some say he is too controversial. He speaks fluent English and many other languages, he has detailed knowledge of English football and English players, he is used to handling the media under high pressure situations, he is tactically astute most of the time and is a born organizer and excellent at man management.

I would rather have a man of passion and conviction as manager who was possibly a little too controversial than someone politically correct and too meek and mild to actually sort out the entire England structure from top to bottom and shake up the FA (which is what is required).

That said, I think it is odd that he is prepared to back track on what he has said previously that it is a job for someone at the end of their career who does not relish lots of day to day player contact and that an English man should manage the English team - that’s one hell of a turnaround in attitude.

I think boredom right now for him is a factor and also having rose tinted spectacles on remembering England and English football. There are no big European clubs that immediately look like wanting to change their coach and they probably will not register an interest in him until towards the end of this season. So he knows he will probably not be coaching again for a long while and I would imagine and he’s going stir crazy. May be he has looked at the outcry over here to back him for the position and allowed himself to be wooed.

I think he should take care, club management and day to day coaching of the players is what he always seemed to love and he would get none of that with the England job. It really is a poisoned chalice and if he failed at it his career might never recover (look at Taylor, Hoddle, Keegan etc) and he is only relatively young.

I would hate him to make a decision just because he was fed up with sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring. I have to admit I would be shocked if he ended up saying yes if Barwick asked him, shocked and fearful for him because it almost is the “impossible job” yes even for the Special One!

I honestly doubt Jose will take the job. England will forever be doomed by the height of expectations the nation sets for the team. Not even the great Jose could get anything out of this team.

I also don’t understand why everyone in England suddenly loves Jose. Isn’t everyone afraid that he’ll bring in the dreaded “boring style” to the team? Hypocrites!

he will take it for sure. and FA will offer him for sure.

Nihongo Blue

FA’s probable offer to JM would be a huge amount. It would be much more than what Chelsea was paying JM.

JM should not coach England as he would become tied for Man Utd. He should stay as it is and boss Man Utd once Fergie leaves. I’m sure Fergie will take a call this May. I wish Man Utd makes contact with JM and promise him the job to replace SAF.

hahahaha who ever has commented about SAF becoming england manager should be out of thier mind, do you seriously think SAF would even consider england job even if hes to retire tomoro, no chance, esp after 20 odd years of good time at man utd, why on earth he would want to deal with all this highly over paid bunch of players who are hardly interested in playing for their country, and after all hes a proud scotish man, lol…. that sums it up. look at the amount of money england spend on football and have a comparison with croatia. the amount of money john terry gets ina week might be the whole budjet of croatian football for a year. they should stop over paying players, stop boasting all english players are world class and try and play some football. in each of thier respective clubs, the english players looks good becos of the players around them. as much as i like John terry, i hate to say this, he’s no were near at his best if he dont have ricardo carvalho on his side. and eveytime media hypes terry and under-rate ricardo. lampard has been phenominal for past 2 or 3 season, scoring over 20 goals, why cant he do the same with england, he cant becos, he dont have someone like makalele sitting behind him breaking up the opposition attack and playing as a defensive play maker, which allows lampard to attack as much as he likes, england need to sort out their egos. and i worry if jose takes up the england job, it could seriously effect chelsea, as we have quite few english players, and he could come back to haunt us. not that he dislikes chelsea, but he could have a littile ego against Roman and want to show him who is the real boss. but one thing is for sure, if they get Jose, he would certainly win them trophies at any cost.

I cant believe there is even some discussion on who shld win the balon d’or , it is by far the deserved Kaka , the greatest player of this generation, no contest whatsoever by that ever-injured Messi or the trick pony Ronaldo, they hav miles to go before they can kiss even the hem of Kaka’s robes………..lol…….

and on the Jose-England issue, well i wld rather care less, they will hav to handle a man whos off his rocker most of the time and he wld hav to handle some of the most overrated and poor footballers of their time…………lol……funny situation, which has no redemption, jst keep trying poor England, ur jst not good enough, when will u understand that??

I agreed with you CFC, so what should England do?
This is my opinion,
Jose Morinho is an outstanding manger but yet to be tested on an international level. England should go for either Guus Hiddink or Jurgen Klinsman. Both of them have been tested on an international scenes and I believe either of the two will surely help England.

It is not going to favour Chelsea FC in all ways if Morinho is appointed as the next England manager

Owonatty, with all due respect, England is certainly no Germany— Klinsmann had a great team.
JOEBLUE– What’s up mate?!
It would be the biggest shame for Jose to manage England. To see him (his team) once every month is a crime for football fans around the world. Not that they’re so asthetically addicting—they’re not. But they’re ruthless, efficient, and they win. He needs to manage a club, and wherever he goes–yes, even Liverpool (it’s not going to happen, God willing.) they’ll become my second favorite club, and immediately title contenders.
Some of you might redicule my comments but the witness for that is the Chelsea JM left behind–full of confidence and self belief all because of him.
Anyways, I like the English national team. They’re a good team that’s less than the sum of its parts. I hope they get Capello and everyone’s happy.
Oh, and Nihongo Blue… there’s no coaching instability at Real Madrid. They’re playing well, and top of the table.

Adonis

There is never stability wrt manager as far as real madrid is concerned whether they are top or at bottom. If they lose against barca this dec u can see something anytime

at the moment they are really playing good.. Raul seems to have rediscovered his form after a long time.

@Blue Champion

On TSO’S England Adventure
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first of all why it’s being discussed here……………..i don’t think it’s england blog……………anyway you run the blog you have the right………….
second TSO won’t be in for england…………..reason he wantas a club as many over here mentioned,second he knows he cannot be successful with the limited option in the terms of player available for england……and the crap that is england
and contrary to this the job may actually suit him caus england is the most boring team on earth so he won’t have to teach them anythin………he will just have to remove rooney,joe,hargreaves and add midfield engines who can run about 90 min not knowing what they are doing

on Baloon d or
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cheater serves it definitely as much as i hate to say

true bluefashin or whatever

either you don’t understand football or you started watching football only from last season. jose played amazing football for two seasons where were you then? jose is the best football manager on earth now and he can make any team win any trophy.

jose for england. or may be for man utd but never for liverpool (he might win the long pending premier league for liverpool)

TBF

This is not the first time England is being discussed here. I’m surprised why you didn’t ask this question before. Oh! may be you saw the man’s picture and the blood boiled . . eh!

@Blue Champion
see……………i don’t hate or despise jose in any way and fully respect what he has done for chelsea………………………….but the problem is everyone is becoming too much of an emotional johnnie for him……that’s all
and second contrary to majority of what over here say i don’t believe that jose is the best even in premier league…………i have my reason caus i just don’t see the trophies involved and neither the exhibition football…………i rate a manager on basis of many factors………..i don’t rate a manager on just how god damn goodlookin he is or how flair footy his team is playing or how good is he in his press conderence ………..

Cool it. Everyone has opinions and also thinks his own is the correct one, me included. Like I said, I’m very curious to face Jose as our opponent. I want to see how he fares with Man Utd or Liverpool and then see what kind of opponent he is, and how Chelsea fares in premier league vis-a-vis a Jose-managed-top-team.

Well i dont think there is anything wrong in discussing football in general on any blogs, this is a chelsea blog, first and formost i enjoy watching football, if its chelsea or arsenal or man utd, i have a soft spot for chelsea, doesnt mean i wont discusss anything else apart from chelsea, and come on guys, appreciate some ones work, BC spend a lot of time and enrgy writing up all these things, i dont agree some of his views, vice versa, but i guess we are all here to discuss , put our opinion and views across, doesnt matter if its right or wrong.

With regards to England @13 , they should first stop this, John terry is world class, lampard is world class, gerrard is world class, rooney is worls class, there is no average or medicore players in england, all of them are world class, get rid of all this over rated players, bring in some new fresh legs from under 21 side, agbonlahore, ashley young, theo walcott, gareth barry, nigel reococker, dawson. give them some chances, let them fight for places for an england shirt, once the players have this belief they are automatically in the squad, then thats the end of it, you just have to see the case of david beckam, once hes droped from england side, hes hardly used as a sub inda first part of last season in real madrid, then he has to show everyone, hes not just a celebrity footballer, he came back and started playing superb, and i believe he played a major part in real madrids titile last season,and rightly so hes called back for england. they should get a manager who wont qqqqqq upp to get an autographs from england players, rather players q up for a place inda squad. and i hate to say this but, end of the day england got lot of top players, but too much expectations, too much money, too much ego, all this creates a good recipe for disaaster.

sorrry for my spellings and grammer..

sorrry for my spellings and grammer.

CFC, u think that England players r world class?? this is what englishmen wld like to believe and all england fans, england hav no world class striker except for Owen who spends more time in the hospital than the pitch, Rooney is a promising talent, thats it, he is no Messi, he has done nerly nothing at the international level, Crouch is not garunteed a start for his club let alone country, and Bent and Defoe are sub players at best!!

Their midfield stinks, and is the most overrated in the world, Gerrard is avg at best for England, Lampard is worse than pathetic, Becks cant run , the only thing he has been good at all his life is crossing and set pieces, so u garuntee a place for an ever injured oldie playing in a pedestrian league?? Joey Cole is not a left winger.Period. Carrick can be called avg at best when compared to players frm all over the world, Hargreaves is another overrated joke, had jst one great tournament, no consistency, and what shld i say abt Lennon and Walcott , i mean roadside talent at Brazil, they wont be selected for their country ever if they played in a country like France, Italy, Brazil, Argentina etc, trash and when i hear ppl sayin ‘oh they will be greats’……..what the s*** hav they done?? for club or country?? english media, huh jst need a coaxing to make every striker another Henry, every midfielder another Zidane and every defender another Beckenbeur………….makes me sick……………

joeblue . . rooney has achieved more than messi. messi is just too selfish and glory minded - ask etoo and henry. messi’s selfishness will be his downfall. messi is an one dimensional player compared to a rooney who is a complete player. so dont say messi is better than rooney etc. im watching messi play week in week out. you’re wrong about other players too, but i chose to talk about rooney alone.

hahaha well joeblue, i didnt want to be that harsh you knoww,i enjoy reading ur comments, even though sometimes i dont agree, but this time ur 100 percent right, well said,, we just have to compare some teams, for example the 98 world cup team for france, 2002 team of brazil, and 2006 italy, anyone with a bit of football knwoledge can see what is wrong with england. a bunch of players highly overpaid, who cant even take a decent penalty. most of them play with a fear, and seems like they say to each other, dont pass the ball to me, pass it to someone else, they all should have been kicked out then and there, right after the world cup, brot in some new young players into the team.atleast england wouldnt have been disgraceful for failing to qualify for euro 2008. they could have had an excuse of players with no experience, (typical excuses, injury, ref not fav england, artificial pitch la la la ),the whole set up itself is very wrong, how can they complain about artificial pitch, makes me laff, players who comes from south america and african continents play on road side and paddy fields, here they get too much of luxury. if u see holland, france, germany they all do very well in their under 21s and england never wins anything in that catogory. their lies the basic problem. if you perform one good game, score one wonder goal, most of the time lucky, media starts, ohh genius, boy wonder, world classs, complete player, all these craps, i think people should look into the reality and just accept the fact that premiere legue is best but its not due to the english players, its due to the players from aborad, who comes and shows what they can do. england should get a coach who has the courage to tell players like JT or lamps or stevie G , that you are all a bunch of crap, if you dont perform, you are out of the team. anyways, i think i should stop criticizing the players and put the blame on the FA, they always wanted someone, who acts like a puppet, soo failing to qualify will be a good lesson. oh one more thing , just to rub it up a bit more, do anyone agree with me, in the last world cup ghana and ivory cost were better teams than england, very unlucky to ge drawn against giants like brazil and holland. we will have to wait and see who FA appoints, hope not another steve mc or some other joker. some one with a bit of backbone.

kevin, i dont know if joeblue was makin a direct comparison of rooney wid messi, what i think is you cant compare both of them, both completely different players and i dont personally think rooney is a complete player, hes good, infact very good, but with the likes of henry, zidane, figo, and the ever lasting, maldini, they are world class, and rooney should be a 100 mile behind them to be named as world class or even a complete player, stevie G, a complete midfielder as many would say, but compare him to the likes of fabregas, kaka, ronaldo(the diving machine) all midfielders, they got a spark somthing special, other than the every now and then thunderbolts, i dont think gerrard is somthing phenominal, if you rate the player, with regards to goals scored and assists, he comes far below lampard, so whose better lamps or stevie g, so it entirely depends how u want to put a player into world class catogory,i personally think a player is world class or any wer near, if they have performed consistantly on big occasions, produced moments of brilliance on big stage, with out getting panicked. C ronaldo is brilliant, but u just have to compare him and kaka, in the last CL, ronaldo was shadow of a player compared to kaka wen it came to the semi finals, and he destroyed Man utd, thats world class. anyways everyone has an opinion and i respect ur point.

here we go, Kevin , what has Rooney achieved?? yeah Messi is selfish but then do u see the no of assists he makes week in and out?? every week if Barca notch up even one goal its thanks to Messi, or more often he scores himself, and not taking any credit away from him when he goes for glory he takes it, when Messi is on goal, it 99 percent a goal, so what more does a manager need?? a player who can score, who can play wonders and assist the others……….wow, Rooney well the only thing he can do regularly out of the ordinary is get offside so many times that the linesmans arm starts to pain, and after that splutter abuse after abuse like a little rotten kid on the ref……..ugh world class…….dnt think so!!

Oh and for ur kind info its not just U who watches football on this blog!!

@CFC
dude u r right on the money, Englishmen needed a hard kick to start their engine, its been years since england hav done anythin worthwhile and atleast since i hav started followin football i havnt seen anybody(barring Owen) who really can be called a consistent and world class international player at the highest level………..contest this if anybody can…………..

messi 99% a goal? you must be joking. messi is a very poor decision maker in front of the goal. are you sure you’re watching la liga? if you consider goals and assists, then your lampard is a better player than messi. england is like your own 30m striker, loads of class but under performing. spain under achieves but does get this kind of stick. thats what you get with immature fans! joeblue you are grossly wrong but i will come back on it later ;-)

TBF@19,

Virtually the whole of England (including Arsenal, Lpool, Man Utd fans) are raving for Jose like no man’s business.

you are as usual among a tiny, insignificant minority that remains completely blind in my view on this issue.

English fans outcry for Mour is the claerest indication of how much they feared the man’s tactical genuis and ability. Of course, to destabilize Chelsea those same fans waged an effective propaganda to the effective that the man was killing football. why will they now want a man who kills football to manage England? you know why?

They know, that the only thing jose kills is the opposing team’s capacity outsmart him. jose was killing Man utd, arsey and Liverpool. he was making nonsense of barca. That is what our opponents cleverly called killing football. Unfortunately, we have an owner who was so naive as to buy into this clever propaganda. now he has gotten rid of the man, and the people who lured him into that decision are going all out to cry for the same “boring man.”

Hmmmmmmm. i know, Jose can deliver with england. Jose needs no super stars to perform. Porto was nothing exceptional but the man delivered consistently with Porto. Check the records.

BC,

I just visited the JoseforEnglandmanager blog. The first paragragh, which I paste below, says it all. it captures what many of us discerning blue fans have long suspected.

“Go on – admit it. Unless you are a Man Utd fan, you would have loved Jose Mourinho as your manager. The raincoat, the bust-ups with an owner who knew nothing about the game, the cryptic, Cantona-style post-match ramblings … the man’s a football genius. And whoever you support, you have to admit José Mourinho is a class act.”

Mour is a class act- Am not saying it, that is the verdict of majority of English fans.

BC@20,

Am not curious nor want Jose managing any team against us. Hell No. I don’t want him doing to us what he succeeded doing to Asrenal and man Utd for the most parts when he was with us. I know the man knows how to win his games. He should not please come to EPL. No.

I have never really supported England. In fact recently cos of what they were doing to lamps, i actually was praying for them to fail so they realise that Lamps is not the problem.

that said, I do not think tho that England are Crap. I think the reality tho is that talent for talent they are behind the best in the business. Italy and france in Europe, Brazil and Argentina in South America. In fact, I dare say, talent for talent, Ghana will give England a whipping any day (Ask Peter Cech and his countrymen…. ha ha ha)

@Mourofessien

see england national team is the biggest shit on the earth at competitive level………………as joeblue and cfc have earlier pointed out they are a bunch of overpaid,non talented footballers who become national heroes overnight

the only english players who are even anythin more than decent at international level and poccess any kind of ball abilities
1.wayne rooney
2.steven gerrard
3.ashley cole
4.joe cole
5.michael owen
6.shaun wright phillips-he is wasteful in front of goal and making final decisions but he has excellent ball skills and dribbling abilities
7.owen hargreaves
8.john terry-not caus of ball skills but yes the most decent centre back of england

half of them are no where near their foreign counterparts………………to put it simply just think it yourself…………………….i have mentioned john terry yet i find that the unsung hero of chelsea ricardo carvaLHO IS MUCH BETTER caus i have seen him performing weeks and weeks out…………

even tough i am an indian,i don’t find it embarrasing to admit the same goes for indian national cricket team………………bunch of overpaid media made stars
.same is the case with the media and the fans…………one day heroes and saviours are built………………….media can’t stop congratulatin when we win and can’t stop critisin if we lose…………………….and same goes for the fans…………….majority thinks we know more than the pundits…………..we are the best………….it’s just a minor problem somewhere………….so i don’t give a shit to what english media and english fans[take my word majority are females who must have voted for jose their heartthrob]

@Mourof essien
the only manager currently who can beat jose in trophies count is fabio capello and he is damn jobless………………if chelsea has vacancy he expresses interest and if england has vacancy he shows interest…………and he claims that l’pool is after him weeks and weeks out but he remain jobless………………he gets a job when real is in dire need of manager and real throw him out even after he has ended a 4 years drought without any transfer,without any decent amount of time………………………………do u know the reason why caus clubs have not been created for glory hunting muppets[no inplication to anyone on this blog.......pls don't take it personal]who are just supportin the club which wins so that they can brag about the trophies day and day out………………………………….and again fabio capello will outdo frank riijkard anyday in the biggest poll if the vacancy is available for earth national team but riijkard will be the chosen one caus the board,the club of the football association[england fa excluded]know more about football and the welfare of their club…………………….england is probably the only decent national side[historically] which will take jose as their saviour …………..germany,italy,france,brazil,argentina will not even put jose on their shortlist and neither for that matter barca,real,ac,inter,man utd or arsenal for their fans have been spoilt by what you term as fancy football along with winning

Nihongo, I disagree with you on both counts First, Raul finding his form… I didn’t realize you can lose your form if you’re Raul!!! :P And second of all, Schuster’s a good coach. I have a feeling (and am hoping) they’ll go for stability and stick with him for a couple of seasons. He’s certainly built a terrific team, now they need a couple of more players to complete the puzzel… but enough about Madrid, this is a Chelsea blog.
Joeblue, you’re quite right about England not being world class, but I want to ask you a question… if all of the players you mentioned performed well (not at their best necessarily, but better than average. A 7/10 from each, let’s say) wouldn’t they be quite a good team? I’m not saying Italy or France here, but quite good. I think that what some people are saying is that if they perform well individually, the team has tons of potential. I agree with that. And I agree that the players have all underperformed, mind you.
Whoever was knocking Messi… I’m a Real fan, but I completely acknowlege how amazing Messi is. He’s a bit dirty (hand of God goal, anyone? Drove me up a wall!!!) but when he’s on, he’s utterly unstoppable (hat-trick in El Clásico–are you kidding me?!)
Messi’s younger (two years), faster (come on, you know it… he’s turbo-charged), sexier (we’re talking football here folks, football.) and more talented than Rooney. By far. I don’t have to explain this last one. He’s done great things with Argentina (U-20 WC, Copa America), Barca (La Liga twice, Champions League, Supercopa twice.) and virtually all the young player accolades in the world/spain.
What’s Rooney done?? He’s broken more bones than won trophies with England. He’s good, don’t missunderstand me. But not Messi good. Not even close.

Hey True Blue Fusion,
BC makes this blog work so we can come chill. If you don’t like an article don’t read or comment it. Simple. He works hard, and we should encourage him not put him down.
Keep it up BC

Oh and TBF,
I hope that Capello gets the job as well.
He knows how to win, and form follows the function for him. Just what England needs, a man who kicks their player’s asses and shows them who’s boss. Of all the English nationals, England has at least one good, solid, world-class player except for goalkeeper, left winger, right back, and striker.
So they can do very well with indoor 5-on-5 tournaments

Hey BC,
I love the site, how it all looks… I like the banner on top, but why’s Crespo there?? hahaha.