I just heard he'd spouted this load of crap.
-
I just heard he'd spouted this load of crap.
-
So they are losing because he is trying to make them play better?
only in football...,
Modifying post.Comment
-
Seriously Chris, that's way over the top. He's having a laugh and the league is more interesting with him in itOriginally posted by Chris View PostComment
-
A bit like Brendan's first few monthsOriginally posted by Buzzo View PostSo they are losing because he is trying to make them play better?
only in football...,Comment
-
Chelsea's Mourinho warns Juan Mata he must change his game to get back in the team
"I want Oscar as my No.10, I want the other players to adapt to that reality and learn do things they weren't ready to do before"
Juan Mata has been brought face to face with his Chelsea future - and *discovered it will not be bright.
Blues fans have been calling for the Spaniard - voted the Londoners' Player of the Year for the past two seasons - to have more game-time after watching him last less than an hour of the only two games he's started under Jose Mourinho.
But, in a stark and explicit statement of intent, Mourinho made it clear Mata has lost the status he previously enjoyed and will have to find a new role if he is to get into his starting XI.
The Special One said: “First of all, there are things that I cannot speak of with you but I can with the players - deeply, deeply, the way I’m reading the situation and the reasons why, in this moment, he’s not playing so much, are things I can speak about with him but not you.
“But he played against Everton from the start and you can analyse his performance.
“And he played against Basel, not like Ba or Mikel coming in to rescue the game, but he came on when the team was winning 1-0 and had specific tasks to do.
“It is part of a process with him, too.
“One thing is to play with Ramires and Oscar in the side, them closing each flank, and Mata as a No10 behind a striker - clever assists and clever passes, fantastic actions because he has great talent.
“But it is another thing to adapt to the way we want to play.
“In this moment, Oscar is my No10 and, if somebody tells me that Oscar is not Chelsea’s best player since the beginning of the season, I’d have to disagree.”
It means Mata, whose World Cup place for Spain will be under severe threat if he does not play regular football, being back on the bench against Fulham in Saturday's tea-time game.
Mourinho added: “It is up to him to dislodge Oscar, just as I have to prove to the fans that I am good.
“They can play together, yes, but when Mata adapts to it.
“But I’m not ready to play Oscar, making him follow full-backs, because he plays in that role for the country with more talented players than anyone else in the world in that position.
“So I want to build with Oscar as my No 10. I want the other two players, from the side, to adapt to that reality and learn how to do things they were not ready to do before.”
Juan Mata and Oscar: By the numbers
Season 2012-13
Appearances 34 35
Minutes played 2,293 2,744
Goals 4 12
Total shots 46 46
Shooting accuracy 43% 52%
Goals-to-shots ratio 9% 26%
Blocked shots 14 24
Assists 5 12
Chances created 47 97
Passes 1,351 1,838
Pass completion % 83 85
Crosses 93 222
Cross completion % 24 21
Dribbles 92 56
Dribble completion % 40 38
Tackles 86 25
Tackles won % 69 56
Think they have got Oscar and Mata round the wrong way.Comment
-
If we've got any money in January throw it all on MataWe come not to play.Comment
-
-
He would fit in wonderfully.....won't happen though after Sturridge and Moses and being 14 points ahead of them come January.Originally posted by Imy View Post
Comment
-
Originally posted by Imy View Post
And some more. He'd be an amazing signing.
--------Sturridge
Mata---Coutinho---Suarez
Comment
-
Oscar has been their best player this season.
But Mata was far, far better last season and hasn't had a look in! Its almost like having Bramble as a lone CB with Hyypia and Stam on the bench then coming out and saying "If anyone says Bramble hasn't been our best CB this season, I disagree".. Well no **** but give the obviously better player a chance in the role he is best playing in and ****ing see sense that he was and still is the better player.. Rant.. Over.Vive la FranceComment
-
-
If we're seriously in the hunt for a CL place, we've battered a few decent sides and we can offer a starting place (based on merit which Mata will surely earn) then I don't see why we shouldn't go for him.
What other EPL teams would seriously go for him?
* Not Spurs as they have eleventy midfielders.
* Arsenal? They have a brilliant playmaker already (Özil).
* Man Utd? Moyes wouldn't know what to do with him.
* Man City? Most likely suitor.Was muß, das muß.Comment
-
You have no idea how tired and irritated I wasOriginally posted by Buzzo View Post WTF?
That's some analogy... Plus I like Mata 
Vive la FranceComment
-
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has confirmed that there is no recall clause in 20-year-old Romelu Lukaku's loan deal at Everton.
Full story: Daily MailComment
-
4:50PM, TUE 24 SEP 2013
Mourinho 'cried' after missing out on United job
Jose Mourinho cried when it emerged that Sir Alex Ferguson had decided to appoint David Moyes as Man United manager, according to a new book in Spain.
El Pais journalist Diego Torres claims in a book called 'Preparense Para Perder' that Mourinho thought he was certain to be offered the job at Man United, and reacted badly when Moyes was appointed instead.
Mourinho, fed by his devoted agent [Jorge Mendes] believed that Ferguson, as well as an ally, was his friend and Godfather. He was convinced that they enjoyed a friendship of genuine trust. He thought that his fabulous collection of titles, two European Cups, seven League Cups and four in four different countries, constituted an endorsement no other candidate had. When he learnt he had chosen Moyes, Mou was incredulous. He screamed: ‘But he’s won nothing!’
– EL PAIS JOURNALIST DIEGO TORRESThanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
Comment