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i know we have discussed this before but i am still not sure we know the full story.

Mourinho's defeats at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League: First 99 games: 1 Last 7 games: 4

"To create chances Chelsea left themselves open on the counter. They're not very good. " was a comment i saw about yesterday

Chelsea's first loss to PL newcomers in 14 years

Eden Hazard hasn't scored a Premier League goal in 18 games, a run lasting 1645 minutes.

Chelsea basically need two points a game from here just to hit 60, never mind anything resembling a top four place.


what are your views on the reasons for their short term decline?

Specialist in failure innit.

I watched a bit of the game yesterdya, and second half they battered Bournemouth.

What I did notice was that when Fabregas got the ball, he killed any tempo and momentum the rest of the team had built up by taking far too long on the ball, and generally playing sideways passes.

I honestly think that if they just got shot of him, or told him to speed it up a bit, it would have a big impact on their performances.

I thought Willian was their best player and that lad with the mask on (Matic?) also looked very good too.

Playing with Hazard up top is never going to work, he needs to give Diego Costa a massive but up the arse and get him scoring goals again.

They arent far away from being back on it IMO, but it needs the players to realise they have to actually put some work in

One word. Confidence.

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Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich would be "foolish" to sack manager Jose Mourinho, says former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35026325

 the numbers on Eden Hazard's bad season at Chelsea and what's causing it.

http://www.espnfc.com/blog/tactics-and-analysis/67/post/2734634/eden-hazard-struggles-at-chelsea-not-entirely-his-fault

The defence has gone.

Eveyone can see Terry has finally lost it (hurrah!) but Cahill and Ivanovic are shadows of their former selves too.

I guess the cehtre of defence will be Zouma and Stones next season.

Having the best keeper in the Europe out injured is a massive neg too of course.

Chelsea v PSG

never mind psg, they have sunderland and watford next....

i know there has been some  talk on here about not rubbing it in to other teams  fans but lets face it, chelsea are in freefall and it is a pleasure to witness.

its nearing the end game, right?

Mourinho says "one possibility" for downfall is last season he "did an amazing job and brought players to a level that is not their level."

Mourinho  "if I was a player, I'd be giving a lot more".

Mourinho criticising his players in public, feeling "betrayed" and writing off top-4 hopes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35098712

Certainly, the prospect of no CL next season must hurt.

If Abramovich does put Mourinho in a sack and throw him in the Thames who takes over?

any of chelsea, utd or city would be under starters orders for Guardiola at the end of the season, right?

Would Pep go to a Championship side?

 ;applause;

Jose Mourinho: Chelsea board discuss manager's future

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35110013

F**k sake he's gunna end up at United isn't he?

How is Mourinho still in his job?  It's failure on an unprecedented scale.  Imagine if Moyes had done this at United!

Think there are 40 million reasons. 

I expect he will be on a similar arrangement to Di Matteo in that the compensation stops when he gets another job...which will be about ten minutes after he's left.

The only reason they haven't sacked him is because they believe he's the best man right now to sort it out. If they hit the kill switch, it's because he isn't any longer the man they want.

Once Mahrez goes to United because they're short of attacking midfielders(...) and Wenger wouldn't bid enough (...), Ranieri will decide now is the time to go and the Tinkering One will be back at the Bridge.

That or they let Mourinho ship out the whingers and start afresh.

Yes they pretty much said this on SSN today.  £40m is a mythical pay off figure.  Would be funny as fuck if Jose just stayed on gardening leave for 4 years though and sucked up the 200 large a week and had a 4 year holiday.

Mourinho sacked

Twitter is great right now

So much fun to see such a graceless, humourless, egotistical twat get tossed out.

On the other hand - removes one of my enjoyments this season in terms of watching his increasingly pathetic post-match interviews

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the word is they will go for diego simeone at the end of the season, another Hiddink inter-regnum first

If you are going to get £40M if you get sacked, why would anyone want to stay employed?

Didn't expect that, fancied more of a clear out in the window than Jose to go.

well seeing as at least half the team wasn't performing for him, it was easier to get rid of the special one than ship out half the team?

reports say he is being paid to the end of the season, only

"The BBC claims Mourinho will waive the €50m, if its true that’s deserving of respect and very considerate of him towards Chelsea."

Money is probably irrelevant to someone like mouriniho. He has plenty, and is more driven by wanting to win trophies.

For fucks sake.

We play them at the weekend.

Surely this is the biggest fall from grace in English football? Win the league and sacked in the same calendar year?

Roberto Di Matteo winner of FA Cup and Champions League 2012, sacked the same calender year.

Good point, but he didnt have the same history as Mourinho. Mourinho had been a chelsea legend for over a decade and won a shit load for the club. There was a small degree of good variance for Di Matteo as he took over when Chelsea has already progressed a few stages in each comp.

"Mourinho and Real Madrid will talk this week. Perez likes him very much and Benitez is having problems." [beIN Sports]

I will miss Jose - the premiership will be a lesser place without him IMO.

If all this ends up with Benitez at Arsenal when the time comes I will cry.

One name that seems a fit at Chelsea for me is the Spurs boss, going to have a year out of the champions league, need a rebuild.  He is obviously quality.  Would he take a step down though?

It'll be like taking yr hand out of a bucket of water.

Spurs is a step down to Chelsea?

Feel free to quote me on this, but there's more chance of a Graham Norton led talent competition between now and the end of the season deciding who gets the job.

By sacking Jose, the board have decided they are going to keep the players he fell out with. They have recognised and reinforced the idea that the power rests with the players at Stamford Bridge and the next manager is going to need to have an ego even bigger than Mourinho's or an aura to inspire such unending confidence that the likes of John Terry will sit cross-legged and listen intently at team briefings.  

Poch fits neither criterion.

and steve  mc owned his life last week

shit when someone changes their gaffer before a game eh?

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The word is obviously spreading around the premier league!! We should have kept quiet!!

 BBC Radio 2 presenter Jeremy Vine has been a Chelsea season ticket holder for 20 years. Here he pours out his feelings in a letter to sacked Blues manager Jose Mourinho.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35129915

or you just described him as an old lady. Its the haircut isnt it?

Hang on...pleno in the thread...

I didn't really 5 bet, pleno. Honest.

;hide;

I realise he has gone, but this 2 part article on Mourinho is very good in my opinion.

And somewhat worrying as a Middlesbrough fan, as some of the things tehy say about the way Mourinho has his teams play football can directly be seen in Karanka!

https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/articles/the-devils-party/ (https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/articles/the-devils-party/)

https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/articles/the-devils-party-part-2/ (https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/articles/the-devils-party-part-2/)

got to feel a bit queasy about all the effusive farewells to mourinho from his players

they lost 9 out of 16, very visibly fell out with him and stopped playing for him

and no doubt today if one scores they'll be kissing the badge and be cheered to the rafters

player power seems rampant at Chelsea

extraordinary atmosphere yesterday it seems

3-0 and being booed

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They were great to watch yesterday, & Oscar was sensational.

What exactly is Drogba's role going to be?

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