Robbie Savage in not talking shit shocker!
CL Semi-Finals 13/14 - April 22,23,29,30
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I find it amusing how much stick teams like Rangers and Celtic got in the past for 'anti-football', usually from fans of clubs with 20 times the resources.
brilliantWhy can't he win playing good football? You don't have to play defensively to win...
And how much will he care? What is better, he goes out and plays attacking football and maybe ends up like Pellegrini is as things stand - a respected manager but with little to show for it. Or, he can play boring but effective football, win a treble at Inter, win a Champions League with FC Porto, as well as many domestic trophies. Some managers can play offensive football and win things, Mourinho has his forte in setting teams up defensively like no one else can. Play to your strengths.
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But... if his boss, and the Chelsea fans are happy, then what does it matter? He doesn't have a duty to "football" to play good football... if Chelsea football club put their priority over winning things, which I imagine they do at the moment, then the Mourinho way is the right way - for him and for Chelsea - to go about winning games.
Hmm. I doubt Abramovich is happy with the style of football.
Expect the chavs to nick a 1-0 or 2-1 win here
I heard that he's less bothered about attractive football then he once was... but you may well be right.
Then why re-appoint him in the first place?
If I was giving my money I wouldn't be happy with that to be honest.
I won't be raving. Chelsea should be able to beat Atletico at home by playing actual football. Might just tune in for the inevitable penalties.
He tried to make them play football for a good part of the season. The change came after they lost the Stoke game and Mournho decided to return to his usual (winning) tactics.
Atletico are pretty pragmatic themselves.
Don't know but it's only a matter of time before the acrimonious fall out.
Why the feck must every single comment be about buses and drab football? If you don't like it don't watch it. Its funny once but now its just boring,
Buses are cool. Trains are better.
Personally I enjoy it, theres something funny and somewhat satisfying about the almighty free flowing attacking religion getting frustrated by 10 men behind the ball.
I also do enjoy a good defence.
Atleti will struggle with Mourinho's disciplined wingbacks, and it will cost them.
I reckon it ends 2-0, no way Chelsea concedes a goal here.
I reckon it ends 2-0, no way Chelsea concedes a goal here.
You should Coach us to talk about other things...
I cant work out why people go on and on and on and on about it, its really not that interesting, literally. As my team it is interesting because things like this rarely matter if the team you support gets results. I can only think its jealously that one team is clearly more organised and faring better than another.
Personally I revel in the fact that teams know no matter how good they are we are the last side they want to play!
Pellegrini has my respect for being an honourable guy and bringing 4222 to the PL. Mourinho is a bollockless coward, just fearful of losing as Wenger said.
Chelsea play in their famous 7-2-1 formation
God I hate everything about this tin pot club
An early Atletico goal would make this an excellent game tonight. Fingers crossed.
I like it because it makes teams have to change their approach and adapt, although I can understand why people like watching high speed end to end games with lots of space.
To me defending like you did against Liverpool is no more boring than someone like Barca playing short passes until the other team is bored to death.
Better final renties vs Madrid or Madrid vs Madrid
Doubt they'll fall out over football styles. Of course he'd want them to play expansive, but Roman wouldn't have appointed him because it was top of his priority. And it's not something that will happen right away.
Bottom line is fans wanted him, no doubt the players wanted to play under him and if he sacks him again, how good will he come out of it?
looks like a 5-4-1 to me.
Mourinho is making catenaccio seem positive. Negative beyond belief.
Mourinho is making catenaccio seem positive. Negative beyond belief.
What's the story with there being a load of free seats? Cl semi final shouldn't be that hard to sell out.
You know exactly how Mourinho will set up his game so you know which final is more likely to be the more entertaining one.
Well if he is fearful of losing he seems to be doing a pretty good job of avoiding his fear.
Pellegrini has respect, Mourinho has trophies, unfortunately.
Why do people clap when it's meant to be a minute's silence? always gets me
Rent boys can't even do a minute silence right
In terms of wacthing probably the derby. For England, our co-efficient and me, Chelsea :P
Who is going to pay good money for this?
Usually moronic clapping from imbeciles. Incapable of paying respect through silence. Good to see the Atletico players and fans not clapping.