someone said he played 36% of the games he was available for before injury
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someone said he played 36% of the games he was available for before injury
just like Porto, Chelsea and Real Madrid eh
Really?
Fair enough. I know there was the concern about playing Ndombele and GLC together, but I’ve certainly never got the hint that Jose doesn’t rate him. Even gone on record to say how he was a shy nervous kid but really made an impression on him.
Once he’s fit again, I imagine he’ll be one of the first names on the sheet.
Nope, he's head coach.
I rarely get bent out of shape on a player but Paulinho was I'm afraid one of those.
But would agree with you on the other. Capoue was a strange one, wasn't very good at all for us but at Watford, I thought he and Doucoure were their best players.
If only the cunt could.
This post is so deranged that it's almost not worth responding...but I'll try to 'deal' with your ramblings quickly.
1, You clearly have a crystal ball...how do you know where we'll finish?...we could be 4th or 10th, who knows TODAY? Nobody knows, so your entire point is empty.
2, Water is wet and the sky is blue, you are saying nothing at all noteworthy here!
3, See number 2!
4, Never said our squad should be 9th...I did say that we have sub-standard players...your point is?
5, You are just rambling here...show me where I said we were 'a borderline bottom half squad'?
Cause for encouragement you ask? We have played great under him at times...he has not had a fair chance yet so there is a way to go yet....I recognize what he is trying to build and I like it (a defensively strong team that can beat anyone...and playing pragmatically when needed)
Jose's team building ability is right up there with the best...sure, he has had the money to do it quickly in the past, but he will need to be more patient/creative here, which is understandable. There is not another manager who is more decorated that him and he has been at the top for over 20 years. (enough for you?)
I've said it before and I'll say it again, we have lots of problems right now (injuries, players off form, players not good enough and C19 to help mess things up even more). Jose still has work to do and yes, he has made mistakes, but sacking him anytime soon is not something I will agree with, even if we win nothing this season, I'd still rather have him in charge of our rebuild.
Question for you....if you could sack Jose tomorrow and hire his replacement immediately, who would you hire?
I don't think it is not rating him personally as not wanting to have two attacking players in midfield so he is unwilling to play GLC and Ndombele together because he wants Sissoko in there for defense.
I doubt he will ever be one of the first names on the team sheet under Jose because he wants to keep possession, move the ball forward and make passes that may get intercepted.
But hopefully he will see more time if Jose is going to try and save his job by pretending to play more attacking football.
Started 36%, played minutes in 100% (usually as sub for Tanguy)
Not my numbers but i saw it posted recently so pinch of salt i supoose.
Now Mourinho has finally started playing Ndombele deeper it may well open the door GLC to play in front if he returns from injury this season. He has bern played RWF too so that may also be an option
just watch this city game now. their defenders are constantly on the ball with heads up looking to play forward and get things going! we have sanchez, dier, aurier and davies doing that! theres a ridiculous gap in quality. the way the games played now you cant have donkeys at the back like you used to get away with
Insight into Jose's communication with players.
You get the impression that Jose likes to breed resentment and anger in his squad. To divide them and work out who is on his side.
Might work sometimes. Other times, it won’t.
So true.
Rooney was well past his best then, shocking player once he hit 28/29
This is just wilful nonsense blinded by your hatred for Mourinho.
He rates Gio highly, has always talked well of him and gave him plenty minutes when fit.
The issue was obviously that Tanguy wasn't fit enough to play deeper alongside Hojberg and Gio wasn't right for that position either.
Also, they were our only two creative options so they were being rotated as we had so many games to play.
Jose has said recently that he believes Tanguy is now ready to play in the deeper role and we've seen him and Hojberg in there for the last few games. Against weak opposition and strong opposition.
If Gio can get fit again we will see the midfield trio we've wanted all season.
LOL
We’ll see Jose has had plenty of chances to show us he is willing to play attacking football and every time, even when we are down he chooses not to.
But I love the ignore everything he has said and done and trust that this time he will change defense for Jose.
If only it were so simple that we could just ignore everything Jose has done with us like the apologists want us to.
Head manager
I'll caveat this straight from the start. It's something I read on the internet so could be utter bollocks, however the context suggested to me that it was true.
Context: it was a thread about bad experiences with celebrities. Most of the posts seemed to be about Cilla Black, but the only post about sport was about Mourinho.
Post: someone claiming to be a waitress at a London restaurant said Mourinho and the Chelsea squad (I can't remember if she said the year) turned up after booking a table.
According to her they were all horrible. Rude, sleazy, arrogant, just typical Chelsea I guess. Interestingly she didn't know the names of the players.
She knew Mourinho though, and said she was shocked by him. Not only did he laugh at the behaviour of the players, but was essentially the ringleader.
Pure hearsay but I still remember that. It really doesn't seem far-fetched.