Will the self acclaimed 'special one' survive a Trophy less season?

[OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475]

It's one of only 4 cup trophies to win in a season, might not be the priority for these teams but of course they care.

[JamieD 18,961]

Well then the Chelsea owner, directors, manager and most of their fans are idiots, as are the counterparts at Arsenal, Man Utd... because they all de-prioritise the league cup when they are in Europe and/or the FA cup.

You're correct, they are.

[Don81 2,838]

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[elephants stoned 2,994]

Its not just this season at Chelsea, his time at both Real and Inter was pretty disapointing by his own standards and Chelsea are not the force they were last time he was at the Bridge. Their defence is very poor for a Jose team and although they can play some lovely free flowing football with Hazard and Oscar in particular, they just are not scoring enough, letting Lukaku go on loan to Everton whilst keeping Demba Ba looks crazy now. It all makes for a exciting Premier League title race though with Man U out of it already and City dodgy away results Arsenal doing well but have they got the staying power and Chelsea very inconsistant.

[OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475]

His time at Inter was anything but disappointing.

[King Jela 20,371]

Its not just this season at Chelsea, his time at both Real and Inter was pretty disapointing by his own standards and Chelsea are not the force they were last time he was at the Bridge. Their defence is very poor for a Jose team and although they can play some lovely free flowing football with Hazard and Oscar in particular, they just are not scoring enough, letting Lukaku go on loan to Everton whilst keeping Demba Ba looks crazy now. It all makes for a exciting Premier League title race though with Man U out of it already and City dodgy away results Arsenal doing well but have they got the staying power and Chelsea very inconsistant.

His time at Inter was disappointing ? Won the league and cup double in his first season then clinched the treble, including the Champions league, in his second.

Going to Real Madrid was just the wrong move though. Far too many ego's, including his own.

[simplythebest 11,453]

His time at Inter was fantastic.

[keithgersbear 3,225]

His Inter side was my favourite ever Mourinho side.

[stuart1994 4,303]

He made Inter world beaters !

[Goianegra 4,682]

And look what happened to them almost immediately after he left.

[Thermopylae 15,286]

I was thinking just the other night how different he is since Madrid ... you would have thought he has what it takes to come back from his first failure but who knows perhaps he doesn't?

[simplythebest 11,453]

Chelsea have hardly been consistent since he left the first time, one league title and a pretty bizarre CL win, few other lesser cup wins.

Jose will get it right unless Abramovich gets impatient yet again

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,815]

The have a lot of talented players but Mourinho needs time to mould the team in his own image.

[OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475]

The have a lot of talented players but Mourinho needs time to mould the team in his own image.

This.

Once he gets his own team I think things will come good for Chelsea though. A good holding midfielder and Lukaku added to this team and they'd be looking pretty good IMO. Maybe another centre back as well.

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,815]

This.

Once he gets his own team I think things will come good for Chelsea though. A good holding midfielder and Lukaku added to this team and they'd be looking pretty good IMO. Maybe another centre back as well.

I think you can see that they are missing that big physical spine that he had during his previous spell.

I wonder if he might go for Tiote in January. He's exactly the sort of player that Mourinho likes in the middle of the park IMO.

[OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475]

I think you can see that they are missing that big physical spine that he had during his previous spell.

I wonder if he might go for Tiote in January. He's exactly the sort of player that Mourinho likes in the middle of the park IMO.

Hope not, he's been poor any time I've seen him recently. Shame because he was great when he first arrived in England.

Schneiderlin(sp) would be a better option IMO. Or Matuidi from PSG, I like him a lot.

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,815]

Hope not, he's been poor any time I've seen him recently. Shame because he was great when he first arrived in England.

Schneiderlin(sp) would be a better option IMO. Or Matuidi from PSG, I like him a lot.

He's playing well this season after a terrible season last year. Not a great player going forward but he's got a lot of energy and he's aggressive and that's exactly what Jose likes in the engine room.

Somebody like Matiudi would be better but he's cup tied already. He's out of contract in the Summer is he not?

[keithgersbear 3,225]

Football has moved on though in many ways since 2004. The physical aspect isn't going to beat technical quality all the time now. Mourinho doesn't seem to have a clue what to do with small technical players and this Chelsea side is boring as hell.

[OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475]

He's playing well this season after a terrible season last year. Not a great player going forward but he's got a lot of energy and he's aggressive and that's exactly what Jose likes in the engine room.

Somebody like Matiudi would be better but he's cup tied already. He's out of contract in the Summer is he not?

I'll be honest I havent seen much of Newcastle this year. If he is back to his best he would be a good signing.

Dunno but if he is there will surely be a lot of clubs in for him. I'd like to think Chelsea would be one of them.

[TEFTONG 60,174]

I liked his book....

[gazza27 15,283]

Clearly needs a striker

[simplythebest 11,453]

Football has moved on though in many ways since 2004. The physical aspect isn't going to beat technical quality all the time now. Mourinho doesn't seem to have a clue what to do with small technical players and this Chelsea side is boring as hell.

He won the title with Madrid with record points just in 2012.

[Christchurch Rangers 1,229]

After our game was finished seen the score on the bbc site that chelsea were 1-2 down to WBA

what were you doing anywhere near the BBC

Boycott the buggers

[elephants stoned 2,994]

His time at Inter was disappointing ? Won the league and cup double in his first season then clinched the treble, including the Champions league, in his second.

Going to Real Madrid was just the wrong move though. Far too many ego's, including his own.

Yeah but then in true Jose style he fell out with everybody and left under a cloud, h could have turned that Inter side into the new Barca but he fucked it up hence the disappointing comment

[TravelingWilBEARy 4,319]

There was never going to be instant success at Chelsea, it's still a squad in transition.