Flip Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Think people are being harsh on Torres performance last night. A number of times he held the ball up well. Won some good freekicks. Unfortunately when he did have support he wasted it. Don't agree. He didn't offer anything, whenever he held the ball he lost it soon and as a striker you should ask more than the best thing being a foul won at the edge of the box. He was terrible in my opinion and think someone more mobile like Eto'o could've done a better job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Think people are being harsh on Torres performance last night. A number of times he held the ball up well. Won some good freekicks. Unfortunately when he did have support he wasted it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 4th best passing success in a team where the back 7 smashed it forward at random every time? That's arguably a bad stat. So you missed my point? Good on you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Losing the ball =/= unsuccessful pass, if that's what you're getting at. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Really don't like him throwing in the towel this weekend. It's sad that the league title has become secondary in this age of football. Also find it amusing how good teams are allowed to readily admit they are playing weakened teams, but poor teams that do it get punished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Really don't like him throwing in the towel this weekend. It's sad that the league title has become secondary in this age of football. Also find it amusing how good teams are allowed to readily admit they are playing weakened teams, but poor teams that do it get punished. Very good point, hadn't thought of that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 The Master. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 He knas exactly what he's doing, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 When it comes to the park the bus and knick a goal approach, there's non-better than Mourinho (and Chelsea in general). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Rattled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Can't help but think Ba's goal was pure luck though. Mourinho is an expert at negative football with counter attacks but that was an absolute gift. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 When it comes to the park the bus and knick a goal approach, there's non-better than Mourinho (and Chelsea in general). Forget the bus, it's that oil tanker from Mad Max 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 He's an absolute master at shutting up shop, like, the sides are drilled so well. Will never agree with his 'philosophy' but I can't help but love him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaAltieri Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Love him, too. Not pretty, his approach, no way in hell, but he does it the best. Fat Sam and Pardle try as they might, and we can see the results. 0-4's all day long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Disgrace that Chelsea spend so much on players to have them used as barricades. The man does get results though, but it's quite ridiculous. Not surprising that they have been susceptible to losing to minnows this season, as these are games they have to take the initiative, and they struggle with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaAltieri Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Injures to key players, big Champion's League game coming up, going to Anfield to play the league leaders who are scoring for fun... comes away with a 2-0 win. He's fucking ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaAltieri Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Disgrace that Chelsea spend so much on players to have them used as barricades. The man does get results though, but it's quite ridiculous. Not surprising that they have been susceptible to losing to minnows this season, as these are games they have to take the initiative, and they struggle with this. You might enjoy reading this: http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/04/23/in-defense-of-jose-mourinho-for-chelseas-tactics-against-atletico-madrid/ Having said that, calling Mourinho’s Chelsea displays anti-football has become a lazy and shallow platitude in and of itself. In the age of information, every football result in the world is at your fingertips. However, searching Google and perusing through social media is a vapidly shallow way to analyze a sport as intricate as soccer. For example, I cannot count the number of times I’ve seen Chelsea catch flack this season for only managing to score a single goal. It is simply easier to hop on the social media bandwagon and make a joke about their “negative tactics” than it is to view the match in full. Were people to do that, they’d realize that such low score lines have been born out of poor finishing and not cautiously defensive tactics. Don’t believe me? Another little factoid for you… Chelsea has the highest shots per game average in the Premier League at 18. Despite that stat, they are continually maligned for being negative and boring. The old adage “don’t let the truth stand in the way of a good story” is certainly alive and well with modern football supporters. Let’s also ignore the fact Chelsea has scored beaten their top rivals while scoring 2 vs. Liverpool, 3 vs. United, 2 vs. City, 6 vs. Arsenal and 4 vs. Spurs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Injures to key players, big Champion's League game coming up, going to Anfield to play the league leaders who are scoring for fun... comes away with a 2-0 win. He's fucking ridiculous. To go to Anfield without Hazard and win 2-0 is nothing less than masterful. That squad should never really be anywhere near to winning the league with two games to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Injures to key players, big Champion's League game coming up, going to Anfield to play the league leaders who are scoring for fun... comes away with a 2-0 win. He's fucking ridiculous. To go to Anfield without Hazard and win 2-0 is nothing less than masterful. That squad should never really be anywhere near to winning the league with two games to go. What?! Chelsea have the 2nd best squad in the league by a fucking mile. Not too mention the £110m+ they've spent since the end of last season. He is definitely the master at drilling a team for a catenaccio style display though. One of kind at that for the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Injures to key players, big Champion's League game coming up, going to Anfield to play the league leaders who are scoring for fun... comes away with a 2-0 win. He's f***ing ridiculous. To go to Anfield without Hazard and win 2-0 is nothing less than masterful. That squad should never really be anywhere near to winning the league with two games to go. What?! Chelsea have the 2nd best squad in the league by a f***ing mile. Not too mention the £110m+ they've spent since the end of last season. If they had someone of the Suarez/Aguero ilk it would be the best IMO, i still don't think City's squad is that great. (outside the forwards) their first eleven is mostly class but they have some real weak points when key players go down. City wouldn't have been able to put out a competitive team in midfield and defense if they had the amount of players Chelsea had missing. ( enforced or otherwise) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Mourinho has managed to convince people his squad is awful, and incapable of winning the league. Good job on his part. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Injures to key players, big Champion's League game coming up, going to Anfield to play the league leaders who are scoring for fun... comes away with a 2-0 win. He's fucking ridiculous. To go to Anfield without Hazard and win 2-0 is nothing less than masterful. That squad should never really be anywhere near to winning the league with two games to go. What?! Chelsea have the 2nd best squad in the league by a fucking mile. Not too mention the £110m+ they've spent since the end of last season. He is definitely the master at drilling a team for a catenaccio style display though. One of kind at that for the moment. The squad's unbalanced though. Torres is finished, Et'o is past it and Hazard was out injured. I didn't see many predicting a Chelsea win before the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Just to say also that Liverpool were really stupid yesterday. All they needed was a draw. They should have just sat back too, and let Chelsea waste all of the time in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Injures to key players, big Champion's League game coming up, going to Anfield to play the league leaders who are scoring for fun... comes away with a 2-0 win. He's fucking ridiculous. To go to Anfield without Hazard and win 2-0 is nothing less than masterful. That squad should never really be anywhere near to winning the league with two games to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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