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Jose Mourinho's Chelsea

Doon frae Troon said:
Is that Liverpool speak for 'our players were not talented or accurate enough to break down their defense'.

How do you explain away the two goals. Lucky?

I did not see the game so I can't give a judgment but a 2-0 defeat says it all.
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The first goal came from a mistake when Gerrard slipped and we were pushing up - the second goal came in the last minute when we were pushing for an equaliser and had all our men attacking.
 
chrisd said:
How a manager chooses to deploy his team is entirely his decision, it's the opposition managers job to counter any plan!
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No doubt at all - the tactics deployed yesterday from one manager wouldn't be my preferred tactics to play :thup:
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Is that Liverpool speak for 'our players were not talented or accurate enough to break down their defense'.

How do you explain away the two goals. Lucky?

I did not see the game so I can't give a judgment but a 2-0 defeat says it all.
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Tbf, the first goal was a tad lucky.
 
chrisd said:
How a manager chooses to deploy his team is entirely his decision, it's the opposition managers job to counter any plan!
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Couldn't agree more mate. You only have to look at Jose's record. Kevin Keegans record as a Manager isn't so impressive,played some cracking football tho ;)
 
chrisd said:
I refer to my earlier comment - Pulis does it = master tactician. Jose does it and football as we know it is dead!
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Sorry but I don't call Pulis the master tactician - the football he played at Stoke was turgid awful football

Haven't seen many Palace games so can't comment on his tactics for Palace but he has done a great job for you this season
 
Gary Neville just pretty much summed up Liverpools performance on MNF,Desperate. Just hit and hope shots & crosses instead of playing it to Suarez on the floor. The manager as to take responsibility for that.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Sorry but I don't call Pulis the master tactician - the football he played at Stoke was turgid awful football

Haven't seen many Palace games so can't comment on his tactics for Palace but he has done a great job for you this season
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Phil .... You get the (tongue in cheek) point that I'm making!
 
There is an old adage to the effect that the worst mistake you can make is one you have previously made and that is what Liverpool and Rodgers were guilty of yesterday.

After an hour it was more than clear that their approach to the game was not succeeding yet there was no change in their tactics. He is still a relatively young and inexperienced manager and will learn from experiences such as this.
 
HawkeyeMS said:
Mate, I'm not a modern day fan. I've been watching football for 31 years from the bottom of the old division 4 to the Premier League. I started to lose interest when We got to the Premier League. The Premiership is supposed to be the best league in the world and the CL is supposed to be the pinnacle of european football yet just about everytime I turn on to watch the supposed best teams in Europe I get served up dross like Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid the other night. If all you care about is winning then fine, you enjoy yourself but you'll excuse me if I don't find it very interesting.
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Sorry mate my post wasn't aimed at you personally it was just an observation in general.
 
In the words of Mr Ian Holloway

"My arms withered and my body was covered with puss-like sores, but no matter how bad it got I consoled myself by remembering that I wasn't a Chelsea fan."

also fans spitting on the Hillsborough memorial and chanting Gerrard your cousin is dead.... classless fans from a classless club imho.

Amen
 
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Pin-seeker said:
It was Ba,midway through the 2nd half. We were been shown replays of the incident. Gary Neville commented on it. If I wanted to make a team look bad I'd have put a link up of the trouble with the fans after the game :thup:
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Is this what you mean http://t.co/pG4V0cm23a

I never, unlike some, call a whole body of fans "scum", because every club has them, LFC included.

Many idiots shout things during minutes silences all over, but Chelsea have twice massively disrupted minutes silences for Hillsborough with hundreds taking part. If what is alleged above is true,but with previous form, would not be surprised, how do you see that as a Chelsea fan?

I've met some Chelsea fans over the years, and had no problems and some are cracking lads, including lads on here.

With the two Hillsborough silences I haven't heard many apologies from the club, the manager, supoorters groups, or people on here. Do you not condone it? You didn't at the time.

And overall why? Man U (a bitter rival) have shown respect in the main.

Why do chelsea hate us that much, cos we knocked you out of a few CL semis, we weren't bitter rivals before that. Does that justify this level of filth?
 
Liverbirdie said:
Is this what you mean http://t.co/pG4V0cm23a

I never, unlike some, call a whole body of fans "scum", because every club has them, LFC included.

Many idiots shout things during minutes silences all over, but Chelsea have twice massively disrupted minutes silences for Hillsborough with hundreds taking part. If what is alleged above is true,but with previous form, would not be surprised, how do you see that as a Chelsea fan?

I've met some Chelsea fans over the years, and had no problems and some are cracking lads, including lads on here.

With the two Hillsborough silences I haven't heard many apologies from the club, the manager, supoorters groups, or people on here. Do you not condone it? You didn't at the time.

And overall why? Man U (a bitter rival) have shown respect in the main.

Why do chelsea hate us that much, cos we knocked you out of a few CL semis, we weren't bitter rivals before that. Does that justify this level of filth?
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Is that the reported spitting on the Hillsborough Memorial or the singing "Wish it could be Hillsborough everyday" on the train up from London ?

It's not loading up ?
 
chrisd said:
I refer to my earlier comment - Pulis does it = master tactician. Jose does it and football as we know it is dead!
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I think the reason the likes of Pulis can play like that and people give him credit for it is because he is using, (without being disrespectful) a lot of average at best PL players. So he has to do the best he can and that is to keep it tight and organised and try to grab a goal.

When a manager of a team like CHelsea that is full of top class PL players and internationals then people expect them to do a bit more than just park a big blue bus and try to scrape a goal on the counter attack.

But, I can't fault him for it. He has got a slightly weakened team due to injuries and suspensions, but still went to Anfield and got 3 points. If he had gone there and tried to take the game to Liverpool he probably would have walked with nothing more than a good beating.
 
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