Chelsea

[Gibbo]

I imagine it will be Cahill shown the door.

[Arn]

Mourinho Calls Diving a 'Disgrace' and Seeks Bans for Neymar and Balotelli


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has spoken of his aversion to diving and simulation. The Portuguese manager believes such behaviour, including attempts at getting players sent off, is against the cultural values of the game.

During last weekend's game against Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea striker Fernando Torres was sent off after a clash with Jan Vertonghen. Mourinho was incensed by the decision, claiming after that the Tottenham defender swayed the referee through unlawful means.

During his first spell at Chelsea, Didier Drogba and Arjen Robben were heavily criticised by the media for simulation. Mourinho insists that his position on the matter has not changed and reprimanded these players at the time.

The former Real Madrid manager also mentions diving incidents involving Neymar and Mario Balotelli during recent Champions League fixtures. The Balotelli incident was of particular significance as the Italian won a penalty late in the game that enabled AC Milan to secure a 1-1 draw with Ajax.

"I hate diving," Mourinho is quoted as saying by the Daily Mail. "My players know they will be in big trouble with me if they dive. It's very bad."

"The search of a red card to another player for me is a disgrace," he continued. 'If one day I win a game where I feel I did it because one of my players didn't behave correctly, I will strongly criticise him.'

"This is not about winning or losing; this is about keeping a culture or allowing a culture to change. I have not dropped a player because of diving but I have been strong and critical. I spoke about it with (Didier) Drogba and (Arjen) Robben."

"It's up to the authorities of football,' he said in relation to retrospective bans. "I am nobody, I just give my little opinion. If they don't do anything, next week people will do it again."

"The Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp has a two-match Champions League ban for speaking with the referee or the fourth official, but Neymar? Balotelli?"

Mourinho, in making these comments, is also issuing a verbal deterrent to his players. Manchester United manager David Moyes made similar remarks aimed directly at Ashley Young. Moyes publically criticised Young for simulation in an attempt to stamp the behavious out of the players game.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/51...lli-drogba.htm

[Sarb]

He had issues with Balotelli and doesn't like Barcelona. That's a surprise from Maureen

Didn't have issues with Pepe being a cheat for him did he?

[BobTheCharmer]

perhaps with age he is changing his outlook on life, maybe a new leaf is turning.

[RichC]

And there's a huge piggy flying in the sky!

He just loves to stir things up I think, his players over the years have always dived and they'll continue to do so at Chelsea now, saying stuff like this gets him press coverage.

[Sarb]

And there's a huge piggy flying in the sky!

He just loves to stir things up I think, his players over the years have always dived and they'll continue to do so at Chelsea now, saying stuff like this gets him press coverage.

One word

Drogba

[Arn]

One word

Drogba

He dived and cheated in more or less every game but after Mourinho left he dives and cheats much less.

He is only one example. Ashley Cole is another.

[Buzzo]

I don't get how anyone thinks he's a bit of a character and the league is or was all the better or more entertaining for his presence - he's an obnoxious, vindictive, humourless egomaniacal ******. "Characters" have a bit of charm and make incisive/cutting remarks in a clever and amusing way. Mourinho is mesmeric in a sort of thank-god-I'm-not-like-him way. It's like watching a mental patient trying to give himself a blowjob and getting in the odd successful tongueflick at his helmet.

Much as the drunken porcine sandwich faced one before him he plays the media like a fiddle and they are to stupid and scarred of him to realise it.

I can't stand him or his type.

[BobTheCharmer]

I'd like to share a romantic drink with Jose. True story.

[Buzzo]

Not even an April Fools...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...be-scored.html

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists his sense of smell can predict the different phases of matches before they happen.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says he does not get nervous during matches because he can "smell" when goals are about to be scored.

Mourinho's two substitutions inspired Chelsea to a 3-1 win at Norwich on Sunday. The visitors - who made the 120-mile journey to Norfolk by plane on Saturday - had got off to a flying start when Oscar fired them into a fourth-minute lead after Demba Ba's lay-off from a Frank Lampard through-ball.
However, instead of pressing on to take command of the game, Chelsea failed to make the most of their positive opening as Norwich, fighting for points at the other end of table, responded after the break.

When Ba scuffed his shot in front of an empty net, the hosts were level through Anthony Pilkington, who earlier might have earned a penalty after being tripped by Ramires.

After the introduction of Eden Hazard and Willian, Norwich saw all their hard work undone when a poor backpass from Alex Tettey was seized on by the Belgian, who squeezed the ball under England goalkeeper John Ruddy before the Brazilian midfielder cracked in a superb angled drive to finally put the result beyond doubt.

Mourinho acknowledged Norwich had pushed his side, using the strengths of a squad assembled at a fraction of the cost of his own.

"I think that if you try to play like other people do, and you have no players for that, you are very stupid," said the Chelsea manager.

"If you try to play like someone else does, you never reach their level. You have to try and be the best to the style of your players. That is very simple.

"When I say to (Branislav) Ivanovic: 'Don't make an early cross because (Didier) Drogba is not there,' I know what I'm saying. He'd be crossing for what? Why would you want to play like another team? Don't try to be clever because you will become stupid."

Mourinho admitted there was a period where he felt the match could go either way before the tactical changes paid off.

"During the game I am not nervous. I have feelings. I smell things, and when that easy (open) goal (from Ba) was missed, I had a smell that they would score a goal.

"We could have won or lost it at 1-1 because we, at that moment, didn't want a point. We are trying to be top, so we tried to win it."

Mourinho felt he had to do something to try to turn the game back in his side's favour, with Norwich pressing for long spells in the second half.

"They come in and they change the game, the manager did very well. If they come on and make it worse, it's a very bad decision by the manager. It is their responsibility," the Chelsea manager said.

"We all knew that a point here would be a bad result for us, but I think the team - not just the boys who came on - coped well with the pressure."

[Vermilion]

Correct, no need for April, he's a fool every day of the year.

edit: Also, why was that article not titled...'Mourinho Smells!' ?

[john316]

He's a cock without the swagger he used to have. He's trying to press the same buttons but without the old juggernaut team, he just sounds foolish now.

[Darkon]

Isn't it just a bit sensational writing on "I could smell it coming" expression?

[Muddled]

Mourinho's looking a bit desperate for publicity and headlines.

[Liverpel]

I have a similar gift.

Everytime Mourinho opens his mouth, I can smell bull****.